Quinton de Kock.

[Dave Blue]

I heard a black South African journalist saying on the radio this morning that de Kock had done a lot of good work on race relations and was an active supporter of racial equality but that he thought his reasons were that he didn’t believe he should be forced to take the knee as it was a token gesture (though I think the player himself hasn’t actually made a statement yet)

Bamba seemed to be in two minds on Saturday, you could see he was almost trying to take the knee and then stopped himself. The Middlesbrough issue must be because of the booing heard in that area of the country when England played there. The north east in particular seems to be a very confused place at present.