When Are England Going To Stop "Taking The Bloody Knee"?

[dave50]

It's becoming embarrassing.

[Old_Geezer]

When they elect non-racists to the squad.

[douglas9401]

The next game will be the last time for a while at least. :-)

[Bobbisox1]

Well done the Lions

[Meaghan27]

Well done the Three Lions! A win is a win!

[Peter Pedant]

stop taking the knee
when the Palace go-phers stop asking
"where you from den?"

[tomus42]

When it stops making idiots angry.

[Ellipsis]

Strange how they're doing better as a team now ...

[andy-hughes]

I thought it significant that the England team took the knee, but the American team, representing the country where the nonsense originated, did not.

[douglas9401]

This side of the pond always plays catch-up with fashions and fads in the colonies.

[andy-hughes]

douglas - // This side of the pond always plays catch-up with fashions and fads in the colonies. //

A fair point - so it's time that the England team caught up with the fact that the American team have stopped taking the knee, so maybe they should as well.

There are myriad ways to show opposition to racism in football - employing non-white managers would be an excellent start - and this nonsensical posturing was redundant at the time it started, and has only ever become more so.

[douglas9401]

Long ago I decided to accept that the word had a pace that didn't always mesh with mine.
I decided to accept it and devote less time to shaking my fist at rainclouds and other displays of impotent rage.

There may be a lesson there for others but on the other hand they may take a contrary position just because.

[bednobs]

When they want to. Just as you have the right niot to do it if you so wish