Kids make mistakes. As football obsessive, my primary concerns about any player are that their mistakes are not on the football field. We live in an age of self appointed morality cops, who spend their lives frantically on the lookout for things to be offended by.
The witch-finder generals in this particular instance, were handed a near perfect storm via Dele Alli’s airport lounge video, which was universally dubbed “racist” – whilst also being filmed and published by a person of colour!
Regular readers will be aware that Dele Alli has irritated me enormously, ever since he joined us. However, piling on someone you don’t care for particularly in their professional capacity – simply because one has been gifted the opportunity by something that was done in private – is not on.
Kindly make no mistake, I wouldn’t care if this video had emanated from a West Ham player. I take a view that his video was clearly ill-advised, but far from racist, in my opinion.
Take your ban son, and use the frustration to fuel the quality of your football.
