Shit journalism Mr.Lawton....

No doubt you're scared of incurring the wrath of our friends at Old Trafford and Anfield and kopping a ban like so many other journalists have in the past when they've refused to fall into line.

Why not avoid taking the flawed moral high ground like so many of your peers and refuse to join in the totally disproportionate slating of 'Johnny Foreigner' that has been going on since Wednesday evening?

I won't bore the readers with my comments, but would direct them (and your good self) to the comments posted below your article - the majority of them being reasoned and accurate...

http://sport.independentminds.livejournal.com/1225145.html

'Independent minds' my arse...