Phil Neville

[LinekersLegs]

He'd played the wife at table tennis.

The term "Beat" is used throughout sport, to batter someone is to beat them easily, that is the context we are talking about here.

Like I said, a load of PC brigade bollocks again.

But he didn't use that context, if he had there would have been no issue.

I personally would find a tweet " just battered my brother, feel better now" very ambiguous if it was missing the sport context and "battered the wife" is a common way to reference domestic abuse.

You can believe if you want that similarity is pure accident but as I said before I find it strains credulity that he wasn't trying to make a lame joke.

 

[Caolam]

You would think the F.A. Could get something right sometimes, just by sheer fluke.

 

[verreauxi]

He'd played the wife at table tennis.
The term "Beat" is used throughout sport, to batter someone is to beat them easily, that is the context we are talking about here.
Like I said, a load of PC brigade bollocks again.

Aw come on, Neville knew exactly the double-entrendre of his tweet, which is why he apologized for it, and you do too.

 

[Jonte]

Stole a living and still thieving.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Well if he's not getting charged for those tweets then I hope Holgate will be treated similar

 

[danny=)]

Well if he's not getting charged for those tweets then I hope Holgate will be treated similar

love the 'watch pingu' lol

 

[GrandOldTeam]

 

[ashwuk76]

Just came to post that!!
What a class A whatever you want to say he was. So glad pointer is no longer here

 

[sageyefc]

Can't stand him

 

[Goat]

Timmy says its banter.

 

[Hantakun]

"Meticulous", "driven", "competitive" Phil Neville... or does he rather come off more like a creepy perv of a boss with these "man management" methods?

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/30/phil-neville-england-women-know-players-lives

“I text them individually and we have 30 WhatsApp groups, one for every player. It’s the only way we can be in constant contact. It means that every single minute of the day I know what players are doing.

“I know every part of their lives. I know about their animals; if they’ve got a dog I know its name. My players love their dogs. I know about their partners, I know if they go to the cinema – it’s the detail you need to be successful. If they have an ice cream I know about it.”

Neville regards such contact as part of a holistic, emotionally intelligent approach to management. “You’ve got to build relationships,” he said. “We’ve got this new culture now and for me to know every facet of my players’ lives is important.”

 

[Yarrgh]

"Meticulous", "driven", "competitive" Phil Neville... or does he rather come off more like a creepy perv of a boss with these "man management" methods?

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/30/phil-neville-england-women-know-players-lives

But does Phil know if any of them can make an instant coffee if he popped around?

 

[sageyefc]

"Meticulous", "driven", "competitive" Phil Neville... or does he rather come off more like a creepy perv of a boss with these "man management" methods?

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/30/phil-neville-england-women-know-players-lives

Like father like son

 

[KaiserEFC]

All in all the worst player with all things conseidered Everton have had in my lifetime.

 

[catcherintherye]

"Meticulous", "driven", "competitive" Phil Neville... or does he rather come off more like a creepy perv of a boss with these "man management" methods?

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/30/phil-neville-england-women-know-players-lives

To be honest thats the complete opposite of holistic. It comes across as the behaviour of a stalker, or even an abuser. If you wanted a holistic grown up approach you give people space not micro manage every aspect of their lives.