Jay leaves a sour taste in the mouth

WHETHER Jay Rodriguez did or did not make a racist remark to Gaetan Bong, how juvenile was it for him to be telling an opponent that his breath smells?

Don’t get me wrong, there were childish antics when I played, but the actions of West Brom star Rodriguez (below) reaffirmed my belief that the game is now full of men-children.

It’s all about how kids are brought up at football clubs these days.

I had to pick up sweaty underpants, I had to clean boots, I’d have 2p coins left under U-bends in toilets and if I didn’t find them then I’d have to run round the track.

As an apprentice you knew your place. But players are mollycoddled all the way through the system now — they’re told, “you’re the best”, at school, “you’re the best”, in their academy, they make their debut at 17 and are millionaires by 20.

So they use phrases such as, “you’re ugly”, or “you’re this or that”, and it’s all baby talk. They need to man up.