Away from that comment, it's harder to take the mick in football, because people take offence a lot quicker than they tend to in other sports.
"I take offence at a lot of things, but it would be stupid to be that angry all the time.
As pointed out by a couple of Twitter users, The Sun in particular seems to have taken an intense dislike to the Manchester City midfielder, publishing various stories criticising him for such inexcusable offences as "earning a lot of money" and "shopping at Primark".
His offence still needs a lot of work, but at 21-years-old he can become a vital player for the franchise and in combination with Jabari Parker they can form an elite frontcourt.
I don't believe Mr Routh was actually intoxicated at the time of the offence based on a lot of the things he did – shooting accurately at the victims, driving 105 miles without an accident, not having slurred speech … I think he was psychotic".
He called the comparison "very extreme and extremely offensive," and told Sky News "his remarks create a lot of offence with same-sex couples.
Admittedly, Paul Abbott's Shameless may not have portrayed it as the most stable of places – but both it and Abbott's recent crime drama No Offence do end up capturing a lot of the city's warmth and wit as well.
In Darlington, people came up to us after we finished offering their interpretations of what they'd seen (and of the actors' looks – "no offence Katie, but you look a lot plainer on stage than you do in real life").
"This has caused a lot of offence to a lot of people.
