01-09-2025, 15:54
(This post was last modified: 01-09-2025, 16:14 by theo_luddite.)
We've frozen more than a few out before that came over that way. There was one lad from West Ham the lads wouldn't even look at let alone pass to when he was stood a mile from any defender in their box. Someone will know who I mean. It sure as hell wasn't Callum Marshall last season. He was one that never stopped trying when many of ours that knew they were facing no contract extension had long given up. Last heard of in the League at Port Vale I think. Mipo? Or someone before him? He was supposed to be here for a season and we'd sent him back before Christmas he was that popular. Liverpool won't be offering £125m for him this afternoon anyway.
To be fair, most of the Prima Donna lads we get know why they are here and it's not hard to spot those that will on to play for England or any other international country after a handful of games. Castledine is already starting to shape up that way. It will take him a few more games to get in the groove but we rarely get a bad 'un from Chelsea or Leicester. It might take Goodman (OK, he's from Palace) a while to get his act together but he's proved he can do the good stuff when we need him to, he just needs to give his rush of blood antics a bit of work. That's what you get sometimes from picking kids. Ask Souness.
They can have the attitude, eff me show me a professional athlete in any professional sport that dosn't have an ego the size of the sun, but they don't need to gob off about it in the dressing room. They might be Prima Donna League (or equivalent in Europe) and even International cap bound but telling them around them when they come out of the showers that they've reached their level or are over the hill isn't tactful or clever, even if it's true. The idea is to big up the whole squad or keep your gob shut and learn. Most players are aware of their limitations, where they will end up and where they've come from. They don't need some cocky teenager telling them that they are a bunch of losers/has beens and expecting them to be his best mate for the next 9 months.
To be fair, most of the Prima Donna lads we get know why they are here and it's not hard to spot those that will on to play for England or any other international country after a handful of games. Castledine is already starting to shape up that way. It will take him a few more games to get in the groove but we rarely get a bad 'un from Chelsea or Leicester. It might take Goodman (OK, he's from Palace) a while to get his act together but he's proved he can do the good stuff when we need him to, he just needs to give his rush of blood antics a bit of work. That's what you get sometimes from picking kids. Ask Souness.
They can have the attitude, eff me show me a professional athlete in any professional sport that dosn't have an ego the size of the sun, but they don't need to gob off about it in the dressing room. They might be Prima Donna League (or equivalent in Europe) and even International cap bound but telling them around them when they come out of the showers that they've reached their level or are over the hill isn't tactful or clever, even if it's true. The idea is to big up the whole squad or keep your gob shut and learn. Most players are aware of their limitations, where they will end up and where they've come from. They don't need some cocky teenager telling them that they are a bunch of losers/has beens and expecting them to be his best mate for the next 9 months.
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