are players actually interested in signing to a club, to play in front of (watch what i do here) 40-50 plus thousand fans a week, or are they primarily focused on picking up as much money as possible? a decent point was made on the SMB message board earlier about clubs needing a player, more than a player needs a club..what are your thoughts?.
Sad but very true. Securing a financial future over the thought of securing a potential legacy at a Club now seems to be the aim of the game with players. Young English players moreso, which infuriates me, left rotting on the multi-million pound subs bench at City, but quite happy (in some cases) to pick up a wage as opposed to taking a cut and having the opportunity to play week in, week out. I look at this Remi deal, 3 French players already at NUFC, great support network for him on a personal level, playing to a packed out 52,000 capacity stadium every weekend. He chose to run out the tunnel of a wendy house who are currently bottom of the league because of £££.
good post the thought of training, day in day out to maybe get a few mins but pick a daft wage up, or play regularly for still good money..surely you'd want to be playing?
Absolutely. I don't think the PL has helped itself over the years either, they should have taken greater responsibility in regard to stricter fair play rules years before now, preventing the culture thats now consuming every club in the PL. We like to put ourselves on this pedestal that we have the most exciting and competitive league in the world, when in actual fact it's not. Living up to that hype has left the entire league in a situation now where Managers are no longer given an opportunity to fail, players have zero loyalty to a Club and wages have completely left reality. There's no shame in not getting a game now, I look at Balotelli pulling up to Carrington in his camouflage Bentley, signing autographs like he's their linch-pin when he can't even get a game at the weekend? It's the league/clubs fault too, they've created these monsters by allowing a 22 year old kid to be paid £200,000 per week. Players can afford not to be bothered.
It is ridiculously frustrating that some players are more interested in money and will happily regularly not play in the first team given most men would give anything to be good at football!
Good player too. Captain of the French champions and an international. Hopefully Harry won't sabotage this one!
