Goodbye Sanga?

[Niall_Quinn]

Not sure I agree with that. They're still professional and competitive sportsmen, if they didn't want to win they wouldn't be doing what they do and that goes for every sport. It's true that footballers are mercenaries but it's the nature of the sport itself that has turned them this way. I don't think it's a case of one or the other, more that both go hand in hand now.

Competitive maybe. Professional sportsmen? No way. Genuine sportsmen don't cheat, they don't claim penalties and free kicks when they know bloody well they weren't touched. They don't hold their face when they get tapped on the knee. They don't try to get their opponents disqualified. Usain Bolt is a sportsman. Ben Johnson wasn't, he was a lousy cheat. Same as modern footballers. Win at all costs including violation of the rules is not sportsmanship. Give 100% and win within the rules, that's proper sport. And shake your opponent's hand at the end, win, lose or draw. The Ferdinand bitches, Terry and Cole - professional? Can't see it. And what I'm saying is if they have no respect for the game when they are on the pitch then I don't give much credence to what they claim when the are off it. What I see with this lot is they are always hanging around the manager's door looking for a pay rise when all they really do each week is bring the game into disrepute. And so I wonder how much they actually love the game and how much by comparison they love the cash. Their actions speak pretty loud, a few exceptions notwithstanding.

Anyway, regarding Sagna. My attitude is fuck him, if he wants to stay, fuck him. If he wants to go, fuck him.

[Power n Glory]

Competitive maybe. Professional sportsmen? No way. Genuine sportsmen don't cheat, they don't claim penalties and free kicks when they know bloody well they weren't touched. They don't hold their face when they get tapped on the knee. They don't try to get their opponents disqualified. Usain Bolt is a sportsman. Ben Johnson wasn't, he was a lousy cheat. Same as modern footballers. Win at all costs including violation of the rules is not sportsmanship. Give 100% and win within the rules, that's proper sport. And shake your opponent's hand at the end, win, lose or draw. The Ferdinand bitches, Terry and Cole - professional? Can't see it. And what I'm saying is if they have no respect for the game when they are on the pitch then I don't give much credence to what they claim when the are off it. What I see with this lot is they are always hanging around the manager's door looking for a pay rise when all they really do each week is bring the game into disrepute. And so I wonder how much they actually love the game and how much by comparison they love the cash. Their actions speak pretty loud, a few exceptions notwithstanding.

Anyway, regarding Sagna. My attitude is fuck him, if he wants to stay, fuck him. If he wants to go, fuck him.

If all that is true now, then it was true during the Invincible era. Our current state is clouding your judgement.

[Niall_Quinn]

If all that is true now, then it was true during the Invincible era. Our current state is clouding your judgement.

Realisation is refining my judgement.

[Niall_Quinn]

Time for the fans to change their game. It's the fans that have been left behind in this glorious advancement. If football is to be a corporate event then we should demand refunds for a loss. Claim depreciation on the "assets" being retained and work out a percentage cut on asset disposal. And so forth. The modern game needs modern fans. Or strike a deal that offsets this compensation based on entertainment, which right now is absent. Open up the one way street for oncoming traffic.