Darren Gough: You’re not fat!
David Graveney, England’s Chairman of Selectors, has apologised to Darren Gough for the way in which Gough was left out of the World Cup side.
“Particularly with Darren’s years of service for England I should have dealt with it in a far better way. Both men were assessed in terms of their current fitness status. Things have been portrayed in a slightly insulting way to Darren, which I regret; he is very professional and does a lot of work in order to keep himself fit.
So discard the PC-ness of it and read the undertone. “Sorry, Goughy, I shouldn’t have left you out of the side for being a bit of a chubber, I should have made up a reason and told the media that. Sorry for thinking you’re a bit of a porker (when you clearly are).”
Hmm.
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SixandOut.net - The International Cricket blog » Handbags at Darren
Feb 28, 2007 at 11:34 pm
[…] I mean dawn. Erm. You know. Darren Gough celebrated the announcement of his return to Yorkshire and assuming the position of Captain by taking the opportunity to have a bit of a dig at England Chairman of Selectors David Graveney over Darren’s World Cup snub. Graveney had already apologised to Darren for calling him fat but apparently that wasn’t enough for the former Strictly Come Dancing winner: I spoke to the chairman of selectors and he said that I was ‘just about there’ for the World Cup. He said there was a chance. But cricket’s a funny game, and four wins later, everyone’s a world-beater and that hides what’s really going on. […]
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