It will probably never happen, but I look forward to the day when football is run by proper grown-ups instead of idiots who couldn't run a bun fight in a bakery!
How could i forget punishment for picking up the ball, hovering over it, kicking it away when the opposition has been awarded the free-kick.
Oh Gabriel Blow Your Horn
They have 2 other games he could play if he went now.
Yeah but I mean he's not going to do it off his own back because he would've done it by now. And, the Premier League have backed the club. Also, if he went for the last two he'd miss two Wolves games, so we're obviously not going to agree to that now.
I mean there are more internationals in October so this would make us think twice. How do you know Raul isn't aligned with their stance?
How do you know there weren't talks that broke down over this a month ago? We don't know either Mexico or Wolves stance from the beginning or what was said between the two.
How do we know he wants to play ? We know he loves playing for his country but the thought of being locked in a hotel room for 10 days away from his family may mean he doesn’t actually fancy it at this time himself …
That'll be Fabio
He's pretty much the poster boy of Mexico?
Oh dear, the vision is not up to much then
Probably a fine.
Or a longer ban for Raul??
He will be in a hotel. So won’t do any exercise for 10 days . Far worse than not playing a match in 3 weeks - both physically and mentally
Says the club will have additional sanctions. Probably a fine
I wouldn’t have thought not it’s already a sanction isn’t it that if you don’t release you can’t play a player for 5 days until after the Int Break. They can’t just change that. Mind you when it’s FIFA or UEFA nothing would surprise.
True a small fine which will hold us back buying anyone in January lol
A longer ban for Raul would be detrimental to Mexico as well and will penalise the player for something that is not his fault. So hopefully they won't go down that route and any additional punishment will be financial.
Agreed. As much as he loves his country and playing for them, 10 days in isolation away from his family and friends in a hotel after all he has been through will not be appealing. I imagine he wouldn't say that as he won't want to upset his Mexican manager or supporters, but will feel it. He's been put in a crappy position, as has everyone. No one really wants this but it's beyond everyone's control. I'm sure Wolves feel between a rock and a hard place too, God forbid they upset their army of online Mexican fans who bring in all that fantasy money. I think Mexico could have been more understanding though.
He should be saying that to the Mexican association though shouldn't he! It's perfectly reasonable and legitimate and which he has no control over.
State the facts clearly to his followers! 'I want to play, Wolves want me to play for my country, Wolves want me to play in our match vs Watford, i'm not fully match fit, i'm bang out of form but need as much game time as possible, the restrictions require me to isolate for 10 days. Put all that together neither Wolves, Mexico or myself are responsible for this situation but plenty of people did die over the past 12 months due to the pandemic so in this case i stay put to at least offer some value to my club. In the future i will be available for selection and history shows Wolves have always supported my playing for my country'
really...you call that simple?
