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Match Day Thread Leeds Utd v Bristol City Match Thread

Discussion in 'Leeds United' started by ellandback, Feb 13, 2020.

  1. Irishshako

    Irishshako Well-Known Member

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    <laugh> Maybe he's coming out...........as a Scot:emoticon-0136-giggl
     
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  2. Irishshako

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    Didn't another player refuse to play because he was joining Villa. What was his name?
     
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  3. NostradEmus

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    Stems back to when I was a kid in the early 90's. I used to love watching the results come in and it was a bit of a standing joke that Cowdenbeath were getting hammered every week. They conceded well over 100 goals one season.

    That resulted in me kind of looking out for their results every week to see if they had somehow managed to even score a goal. The bad run continued for a couple of seasons. It just became a habit of looking out for their results which continues to this day!
     
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    <laugh> I thought it was something to do with you having Scottish ancestry:grin:
     
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    Surely not, I mean <yikes>
     
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    Charlie Taylor did it about a move to Burnley
     
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    That's the one Lee. Burnley/villa/west ham they all look a like:grin:
     
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  8. LeedsInHeaven

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    I don't blame any ex players who wanted to leave during the Cellino era, it was obvious we were going nowhere.
     
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    True he failed to engender any team spirit. Wouldn’t even share his spliff with them allegedly. No wonder they wanted out.
     
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    Thought about Taylor when he said it but thought Villa ?
     
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  11. Irishshako

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    I thought that as well Chesh...but it was burnley. Another player who thought he was bigger than the club.<ok>
     
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  12. Irishshako

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    It's lucky us supporters don't think the same way.<ok>
     
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  13. LeedsInHeaven

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    We all know it but choose to ignore it, most footballers aren't fans of the club's they play for. Even the ones that are only have a short career, so financial security is a big temptation - that and getting away from nutters like Cellino
     
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  14. Irishshako

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    True. I'm not naive enough to believe footballers of today care about the clubs they play for. But regarding Taylor, a bit like J. Clarke, there heads were turned and lets be honest in footballing terms they had only been a wet day playing in the first team. I appreciate the short career argument, but as I've said before, if things don't work out, get a real job like the ordinary fans that help pay their wages.<ok>
     
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    The old agents don’t help a whole lot with the touting around of their players. Huge bonuses to be earned from signing on fees etc. Naturally a young lad of say 20 is going to be heavily influenced by an agent who
    Maybe represents a dozen big name players
     
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    I'll give him 10 for staying on the bench :emoticon-0102-bigsm
     
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    Agreed. :emoticon-0148-yes:

    I can't stand the short career argument for many reasons.

    Number 1 is that the career isn't as short as it once was these days.

    Number 2, & most significant is that even average players earn more in a year than most fans do in a lifetime! Do the math!, as they say. How many fans have multi-million pound houses with a butler to answer the door, & Ferarris etc. parked outside. Apart from @Jammy 07 , I can't think of any. <whistle>

    Next up, how many people manage to stay in the same type of job all of their life these days? I for one was forced into a new career by redundancy & the speed of change in technology. So why can't they? At least they know it's coming. Me & my colleagues didn't.

    The list is endless. There's no excuse for players to spout this 'short career' nonsense these days.
     
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  18. Irishshako

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    <applause>
     
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    A better argument is maybe you need to make money while you can. We’ve all seen ‘world beaters’ who go on not to amount to much, either they get crocked or simply never deliver on their potential. So if a player can lock in up to a few million with a 3-4 year contract with a big club prepared to pay silly money just for ‘potential’, you can understand why they do it. They can’t be sure they’ll get that chance again (some will of course, but some won’t).
     
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  20. Irishshako

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    :emoticon-0127-lipss:headbang:
     
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