No of course not. But getting back to the players, I've no problem with any of our players showing respect to fellow professionals at the right time, Ive also never criticised their ability or their desire to win. I am just concerned that sometimes they get star struck and are in awe and this...
I'll try to explain Knotty. I've just got back from Ethiopia where I was photographing the indigenous tribes of the Lower Omo Valley. There's another photographer who does the same thing, a french guy called Eric Lafforgue whos work is brilliant. If i ever met him I like to think that we'd...
I'm a photographer.
Of course there are other photographers whos work I admire and whos books Ive bought but If I ever met them I would never ask them to sign said book as i believe it would reflect badly on me, make me out to be a bit tinpot. Doesn't stop me still admiring them though.
Unfortunately I'm old enough to have been there in 79. Players changed shirts at the end of the game with the player nearest to them as a sign of respect, it was all low key. However, I do remember Bobby Moore searching out Pele in 1970, only because it was so unusual.
This is exactly what I'm talking about ..... Does it really boil down to not doing a Derby and staying up for a few seasons, is that the limit of our ambitions, is that what the last 20 years have been about?
You don't think star struck players with one eye on who's shirt they're gonna ask for has any impact on how they play. What does it say about they're 'inferiority complex' attitude, remind me again who Ezequiel chased for a shirt on Saturday. I only mention him as he embodies the couldn't give...
Attitude is everything. Show no respect for the big teams or their big players, just like Ezequiel did on Saturday.
Dads - Stop getting your kids to hold up signs asking for opposition players shirts no matter how good said player is. I know this has been covered in other threads, but this is...