Only 29 out (club and country)Originally Posted by Steve French
Only 29 out (club and country)
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
Jack's lack of form this year is a suprise to sum but not others. We were all pretty pissed off losing Cesc & with our inablity to compete for the best players in the transfer market we looked to Jack as the saviour. Not just us, but the press built him into something that maybe he wasn't. For someone so young to have an immediate impact it is bound to build the reputation he has, especially as he's English & the expectations that come with it. I thought, probably like most of you, that he would return from Summer break a year older/wiser having had more training etc & would be even better, more consistant. The fact is that this year we have Flamini doing his stuff allowing the likes of Rambo & Ozil to show their quality. Maybe Jack simply doesn't look quite so good anymore, especially as he doesn't seem to be acting any wiser & he's style of play will lead to him being injured quite a bit. He showed with his recent performance agianst Marsaille that he can be an Arsenal player but against City he looked like a little boy lost. If we are now in a position to compete with the Mancs & Chelski financially then I can see another couple of quallty midielders coming in to the squad ( Gundagon, Drexler, Bender, Di Maria ), which could result in the loss of another young Englishman that once showed promise.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/...ger?CMP=twt_gu
At least the lad shows passion and commitment.
Fuck off FA.
And fuck off just arrived shitty fans.
There's a fine line between passion and commitment and just utter stupidity.
Unfortunately our Jack is a bit dim.
It makes selection against Chelsea easier.
What about the paid officials that make stupid decisions and frustrate the hell out of players?
Why aren't they being held accountable for their gross incompetence and blatant acts of corruption? They are not volunteers, so why no accountability on their part?
I agree with this, there is no accountability. I remember having this debate with a mate years ago - I said that if refs became professional then they'd be better, obviously if it's their full time job they'd do it better than if it's a part time hobby and it was ridiculous that in such a high profile game the refs were still amateurs. My mate disagreed, he didn't think it would make them better. He was right. I still don't understand why, logically they surely should be better if they're full time, but they're not.
All that said, Jack is a twazzock and none of the above justifies his idiocy. He needs to grow up.
He's lucky to have stayed on the pitch. If they'd have seen it he'd have been given a red so we can't really complain about the ban.
But you have a point about the officials. He's been charged under a new pilot scheme where incidents not seen by the ref are brought before a panel. What about other incidents such as fouls, penalties and wrong calls for offside? Will they bring in cameras to judge on that stuff? I have no idea how linesmen are able enforce the offside law. How are they able to see when a ball is played and when the attacker has strayed behind the defensive line before the ball is played?
There is no point getting angry about it or playing the victim. He or any other player was going to get charged for that. All day long.
He'll be fined and miss a minimum of one match.
It was wrong, yes. But I can empathise with the lad after being in a rugby setting all game getting fuck all from the officials and shit calls against you.
That said, this might just be a bit of a lesson to him, where he has to learn how to keep a level head whilst facing the greatest of adversity. I still believe he has it in him to be a proper player and leader of our team.
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