Stokes Arrested

[S.Kennedy]

I think the vice-captaincy should go but that is it. As somebody earlier said, standard British late-night street stuff.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

He needs to get in touch with Steven Gerrard about getting off beating a bloke up on camera.

 

[Hennybogan]

I don't think he will have any real problems after seeing that, not jail time for sure.

 

[S.Kennedy]

Even Jimmy Anderson was out,

Thought he'd be going to bed early with a cup of coco these days?

 

[S.Kennedy]

Well the guy is backing away and shitting his pants and Stokes is stalking him. Doesn't look good from that!

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Much depends on what question is being asked here. He won’t be going to jail, but I suspect neither will he be representing his Country in international sport.

 

[Burgey]

Jeez there’s some hard blokes on here. Will really think twice about winding you guys up any more.

 

[Hennybogan]

Depends what happened before, but yes most of what was shown was Stokes being the aggressor. The punch is nothing special but the guy did hit a concrete road and luckily for Stokes the damage was minimal.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Well the guy is backing away and shitting his pants and Stokes is stalking him. Doesn't look good from that!

Well yea, because one of them just tried to smash a bottle over their heads and got disrupted. In a fair fight they have little chance. It was a cowardly attack

I think it's all very easy for people to look at the footage in the calm light of day. But if someone from a group attacks me or my family/friends with a weapon I ain't stopping until they're incapacitated - whether that be knocked out or dead. The two that attack look very similar on the footage - as in they've both got a dark jacket and a light coloured shirt. The only way to distinguish them on the footage is one has bright white shoes and the other are a bit duller. So it's also possible Stokes didn't know which was which, particularly in the mayhem. I would argue he has every right to incapacitate them when one has used a weapon. The guy had his hands up - it was semi-defensive but you don't know if they're going to attack again or not, they could pick up another weapon and attack. They attacked, they get no benefit of doubt.

 

[tooextracool]

Perhaps I am missing something, but to me it just looks like a bunch of stumbling sots with poor aim. The man who initiated the entire thing should count himself lucky that Stokes' only managed to land one of his right hooks on target. Hopefully we can all just move on and focus on the one person in England who currently rates James Vince (and it's not James Vince).

 

[Hennybogan]

Is there footage of any of those guys actually trying to hit anyone with a bottle?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Is there footage of any of those guys actually trying to hit anyone with a bottle?

In the first bit of the video, it does seem like the guy who started the whole thing had something in his hand. It's not clear though. Imo, more than Stokes, it's the bloke who started kicking him in the head when he was down on the pavement who looks really bad here.

Stokes looks pretty bad in the second video though. Clealry the agressor there. Don't think it's quite as big a deal as others, but he's undoubtedly one dumb sob to get involved in something like this and pretty lucky that he didn't hurt the guy badly

 

[OverratedSanity]

Anyone have full access to this article which was published last week? Sounds hilarious

Ben Stokes: There is adrenaline but I'd never punch anyone

 

[cnerd123]

Is there footage of any of those guys actually trying to hit anyone with a bottle?

https://streamable.com/r80mh

 

[OverratedSanity]

https://streamable.com/r80mh

Ah, hadn't seen the uncut thing. Jeez, he kept going at them didn't he?

 

[stephen]

The first half of the video was defensible. The second half really is not. The guy he knocked out was clearly submitting and backing off.

There should be some leniency for the fact that they were attacked but the continuing aggression late in the video was appalling.

I don't know how to feel. I want England to be full strength for their thrashing but I don't want someone who acts like that to be representing their country.

 

[cnerd123]

There was definitely one guy attacking someone else with the bottle and Stokes swooped in and that is all fine for me

Following them as they were backing off is a bit...eh. I mean, if they were cowardly enough to attack with a bottle once, I wouldn't want to turn my back to them again. I can see why he didn't want to stop till they were both KOed

Whose the prick kicking the guy in the head when's on the placement tho? What a little bitch that guy is.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Whose the prick kicking the guy in the head when's on the placement tho? What a little bitch that guy is.

awta. That was the worst thing in the video for me. Probably the most dangerous thing in there too. A punch is nothing compared to getting stomped in the head when down on the pavement.

 

[mr_mister]

Was Hales the guy yelling for Stokes to stop?

 

[Spikey]

i reckon we need to have a postal survey on whether Ben Stokes should be allowed into the country