PhilStarbucksSilkySkills Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 (edited) Hard to believe the kind of twaddle this guys is talking. I really can't stand people with his mentality. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26383249 And just to help you all decide if Sol is right: Stato time: Sol Campbell gained 73 caps between 1996 and 2007 There were three full time captains during that time Alan Shearer (1996-2000) David Beckham (2000-2006) John Terry (2006-2010) Sol Campbell himself was made captain for the day on 3 occasions during those years Edited March 1, 2014 by PhilStarbucksSilkySkills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 (edited) Indeed utter BS from Campbell, he wasn't the first Black Captain either, think Ince (at least) had the armband first and looks to have probably captained Campbell for England. Edited March 1, 2014 by rudemedic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Campbell's a :censored:ing idiot, who was never captain material for me. Of the three black players to have captained England, only Paul Ince was of genuine international captain calibre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilStarbucksSilkySkills Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 Campbell's a :censored:ing idiot, who was never captain material for me. Of the three black players to have captained England, only Paul Ince was of genuine international captain calibre. I was just looking at this captain list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_England_national_football_team_captains I make it four captains of darker persuasions - Paul Ince, Sol Campbell, Rio Ferdinand and Ashley Cole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 I was just looking at this captain list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_England_national_football_team_captains I make it four captains of darker persuasions - Paul Ince, Sol Campbell, Rio Ferdinand and Ashley Cole 'Darker persuasions'?! I forgot Cole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 darker persuasions Like, Darth Vader or the Undertaker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Procul Harum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 He really shouldn't come out with this nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilStarbucksSilkySkills Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 (edited) Like, Darth Vader or the Undertaker? Ha. I actually nearly went with "darker side of the force". I expect it to become the new Politically Correct term with months. ;) Although thinking about it, either term would be fitting for the "I could have been a bigger, but the racists held me back. There's no evidence but I'll throw my accusations out there anyway" idiots such as Sol Campbell. Basically with this book he seems to have turned to a career of professional victimhood. Edited March 2, 2014 by PhilStarbucksSilkySkills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShireBlue Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 He added: "I don't think it will change because they don't want it to and probably the majority of fans don't want it either. This is the quote that bothers me. The vast majority of England couldn't give a :censored: what colour the captain was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 How does he know it wasn't homophobia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilStarbucksSilkySkills Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 How does he know it wasn't homophobia? Or the fact that he's mentally impaired Or maybe, just maybe Alan Shearer and David Beckham were England's biggest and most influential players during the times he regularly made the starting eleven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 A picture to help understand why. https://twitter.com/Sport_Witness/status/440045241651847169/photo/1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 A picture to help understand why. https://twitter.com/Sport_Witness/status/440045241651847169/photo/1 So black players have to be colossal twats to make it to the top? How sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukka Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 (edited) I listened to the monday night club on 5 live who were doing a big piece on this, including about 20mins of his interview. A few things I noticed. 1. How big an opinion of himself Sol has: (These are direct quotes) "I could have been the captain for 10 years" "I was the best defender in the world between 2001 - 2004" "No one in the world could have coped with the pressure I did. They would have been dead" Who do you think you are? You were a good defender. One of the best in the world at the time, undoubtedly. The "BEST"? Cannavaro and Nesta would have had a bit of a say on that. You bang on about pressure. They were burning effigies of Beckham. John Terry has had more pressure on him than most. The captains at Arsenal whilst he was there: Viera, Henry and Gallas. Maybe it's cos you mention pressure Sol?! Maybe others, regardless of skin colour were better leaders than you? 2: Steve Claridge needs a slap. Edited March 4, 2014 by pukka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Think Sol's going to be back in the news after Houghton's sacking. Easy publicity for his book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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