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Post by Tatty on Sept 22, 2021 9:31:40 GMT
I don;t get the grief he's getting for wanting to keep a squad number. As for Rio, he'd had a pop at fellow pro saying he's here picking up a pay-cheque without knowing the full ins and outs. So Ole was right to have a go at him. Re the shirt number, I personally find it contradictory to that image portrayed in that article. That he's just a humble guy trying to fight his way back to contention etc. But he's got enough of an ego to hold on to a squad number in spite of the fact that he barely ever uses it? What are the ins and outs? He's perennially injured, never plays, had been paid very well till date. What reason could there possibly be for a contract renewal for such a player? As I said it does not happen to normal people that they continue to get paid if they can't do their job. Rio is absolutely right in his first instance - he's taking up space that could go to a youth player. It's ridiculous that Tuanzebe cannot get a look in while Jones takes up a vital spot. Manager goes on about Jones being a no fuss player and a proper professional - no kidding, I'd not make much of a fuss too if I was getting paid full wages for not playing at all. Honestly fail to see what makes Jones' situation so special. But why should he give up the squad number? Why does it annoy you he didn't? No one knew about the state of his knee. So before opening his wobbly gob, why didn't Rio reach out to a former colleague? He's been injured more often than not, so how's he taking a young players spot? Tuanzebe doesn't get a look in coz Ole either doesn't rate him or doesn't trust him. No idea about the contract renewal. You'd have to ask him and Woowar on that one, but would you turn down ~£100k a week? No one's saying he's special, but the pelters he's getting for things out of his control are really not on, IMO. |
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Post by redcase on Sept 22, 2021 10:39:54 GMT
Re the shirt number, I personally find it contradictory to that image portrayed in that article. That he's just a humble guy trying to fight his way back to contention etc. But he's got enough of an ego to hold on to a squad number in spite of the fact that he barely ever uses it? What are the ins and outs? He's perennially injured, never plays, had been paid very well till date. What reason could there possibly be for a contract renewal for such a player? As I said it does not happen to normal people that they continue to get paid if they can't do their job. Rio is absolutely right in his first instance - he's taking up space that could go to a youth player. It's ridiculous that Tuanzebe cannot get a look in while Jones takes up a vital spot. Manager goes on about Jones being a no fuss player and a proper professional - no kidding, I'd not make much of a fuss too if I was getting paid full wages for not playing at all. Honestly fail to see what makes Jones' situation so special. But why should he give up the squad number? Why does it annoy you he didn't? No one knew about the state of his knee. So before opening his wobbly gob, why didn't Rio reach out to a former colleague? He's been injured more often than not, so how's he taking a young players spot? Tuanzebe doesn't get a look in coz Ole either doesn't rate him or doesn't trust him. No idea about the contract renewal. You'd have to ask him and Woowar on that one, but would you turn down ~£100k a week? No one's saying he's special, but the pelters he's getting for things out of his control are really not on, IMO. He doesn't own that number. He hasn't done enough to make such demands. It's ridiculous that he refused to give it up. What should Rio have known about his knee? Isn't it what we all know anyway? That it is almost always injured and rarely makes a full recovery? As long as Jones has his name on the roster, he's taking up a spot that someone else can have and actually make some use of. That spot is wasted because he doesn't do anything. I'd never refuse that kind of money. But then again I don't blame Jones for accepting it, I question the club why they offered him a new contract. I can only speak for myself, and I'm not pelting him. His injuries are fact, and the fact that in the past few years he has never looked like recovering is also a fact. He should never have got the contract and that's on the club. |
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