And at no time was it implied or taken to task officially that there may have been obvious sectarian or even racist issues in targeting a foreign player in Scotland for a political,(as in seeming sensible and judicious in the circumstances).minded football agenda by the press and media.
That is what annoyed me the most.
But thankfully Gerrard, Defoe and his other team mates and advisors steered him through it when a reasonable man, especially a good family man, would probably have thought "fuck this, I'm out of this cesspit".
Wee hero who has become a greater player and already a man of huge stature in our history.