The footballer gets arrested thread

[Uke]

Hope there is fall out from this. Disgusting behaviour (and unbelievably thick)

Three points against Watford and 90 minutes on the pitch for starters

[South Coast Royal]

What surprised me most was that the player was in the right frame of mind after all the furore during the day.
Presumably he is very thick-skinned and thick.

[SouthDownsRoyal]

What surprised me most was that the player was in the right frame of mind after all the furore during the day.
Presumably he is very thick-skinned and thick.

Shows how little he cares

And Moyes, yeah I’m an animal lover but he is really important so basically, whatever.

[paultheroyal]

West Ham's ignorance and lack of public perception on this case is quite frankly staggering.
Zouma is clearly very thick, obnoxious and those around him are equally as bad.
He will get into trouble and some form of punishment deemed.
He will be seen at a cat sanctuary helping out and making a sizeable donation.
You will also hear..

"Kurt Zouma woah, Kurt Zouma woah"
"he plays at centre back, he kicks his f*cking cat"

[genome]

Yeah, it's one thing for a footballer to do an extremely horrible and cruel thing because they're thick, rich and irresponsible

But for a Premier League club not to realise, or not care, that it might look bad to play him on the same day as the news coming out, is utterly baffling. I would've thought they have employees who carefully look after this kind of PR stuff

[NathStPaul]

I think the police have a lot to answer for tbh. If they had come out and immediately said it was under investigation then I don't think West Ham would have played Zouma. For the police to come out and say they weren't interested, despite the video evidence, it gave the green light for West Ham to start him.

[YorkshireRoyal99]

What is it about footballers doing unbelievably stupid things. The arrogance is staggering.

[LWJ]

I think the police have a lot to answer for tbh. If they had come out and immediately said it was under investigation then I don't think West Ham would have played Zouma. For the police to come out and say they weren't interested, despite the video evidence, it gave the green light for West Ham to start him.

Is it not just the Met who said they aren't? IE due to location?

[NathStPaul]

I think the police have a lot to answer for tbh. If they had come out and immediately said it was under investigation then I don't think West Ham would have played Zouma. For the police to come out and say they weren't interested, despite the video evidence, it gave the green light for West Ham to start him.

Is it not just the Met who said they aren't? IE due to location?

Not sure of the geography, certainly think the relevant force should be looking into it and arrest and interview.

[Pepe the Horseman]

It was inevitable that one of the pundits would say it, but Chris Kirkland has suggested kicking cats is worse than racism.

Obviously not the same, but just reminded me of this from Gordon Strachan https://www.indy100.com/sport/gordon-st ... ts-8857801

[Brum Royal]

Zouma's 2 cats confiscated by the RSPCA

[NathStPaul]

Are they going to be sent out on loan?

[leon]

You'd have thought with all the bad publicity the Met would be keen on the collar.

[exileinleeds]

Apparently Essex police are investigating, and WHU have "fined" him £250k or two weeks wages.

[South Coast Royal]

Apparently Essex police are investigating, and WHU have "fined" him £250k or two weeks wages.

Apparently the fine will be donated to animal charities.

Those cats should feel proud today that their suffering will not have been in vain as hundreds of animals will benefit from it-I hope somebody tells them.

[BROB0T]

What did you expect? All backs are the same!

[BROB0T]

[Hound]

Not often I get on my vegan soapbox but it isn’t just Zouma who is a thick twat

Literally anyone who eats meat/dairy is willingly partaking in some of the most brutal treatment of animals - intelligent ones - imaginable (sample - artificially impregnated pig lives the last 3 months of its gestation in a cage that is so small it can’t even turn around). This is acceptable according to the rspca

And yet some cat, which is probably pampered for 99% of its life, takes a couple of kicks and there is a mass outcry

Honestly give an animal a choice between being kurt zouma’s cat and one of our ‘humanely’ treated farm animals and I know what it’d choose

[NathStPaul]

We don't eat cats though. Cats are a domesticated animal who we associate with being our pet so there is of course a lot more feeling towards them when there is mistreatment or out and out cruelty. You're right in what you are saying to a degree, all animals should have proper treatment but there rightly or wrongly is a dissociation between our domestic pets and our food, it is uncomfortable for meat eaters to think about where their hamburger came from or what conditions the lamb lived in whilst eating a Sunday roast.

[Uke]

We don't eat cats though. Cats are a domesticated animal who we associate with being our pet so there is of course a lot more feeling towards them when there is mistreatment or out and out cruelty. You're right in what you are saying to a degree, all animals should have proper treatment but there rightly or wrongly is a dissociation between our domestic pets and our food, it is uncomfortable for meat eaters to think about where their hamburger came from or what conditions the lamb lived in whilst eating a Sunday roast.

Aren’t cats supposed to taste like chicken?

There’s probably a pussy joke there too