Behind Enemy Lines
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Good news but can’t help but think it’s a shame he’s not also back as a part-time coach for the strikers too.
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[Albion] Bobby Z is back!!
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Sussex Nomad
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Why is having a club legend back home a gravy train? Would you say the same if Calde came home too? Strange response.
Sussex Nomad
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Possibly because he hasn't/doesn't want do his licences?
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clapham_gull
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Continues from what ?
Under Bloom never struck me as that kind of club, rather the opposite.
Can you name me the ex-players also on the gravy train ?
It raises an interesting point. How much do ex players get paid for this type of work? The ex pros that do this are usually from the era of pretty big bucks but not crazy money hence they kind of do it as a retirement job.
Bobby zee is minted and made big money in his day. Does he really love the club that much that he will do it for fun? Maybe, who knows?
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desprateseagull
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One question. WHY want he offered this gig, straight away, when he finished playing?
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Because Mullery wasn't busy with Spurs new ground then.
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dejavuatbtn
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Other than former players who are part of the Community Scheme, ex player and managers who are paid “ambassadors”, scouts etc my point is that the professional football bandwagon now extends from the parents of prospective 8 year old to retired old pros being paid to chat to the privilidged few who can afford corporate hospitalilty. Whilst the new money in the game is all very welcome, very little of it ends up benefiting the “sport”.
I have absolutely no problem with BZ continuing his association with the club - he deserves to but as Dwayne has posted, he doesn’t need the money. If professional football in now a ticket for life then perhaps they shouldn’t be paid quite so much - it is no longer a short career.
dejavuatbtn
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See my other response - I see Rosenoir has returned. Hopefully there will still be a seat for Calde when he hangs up his boots.
It isn't a ticket for life for even the majority of ex layers let alone all. And who would you prefer to be club ambassador? Steve Ovett?
Perhaps the state socialist committee that sets the wages for all our citizens should look into this. I'm sure they will.
(You are entitled to sneer at the way the club runs its affairs if you wish, of course. Personally I consider that if this is how Tony wants to spend his money, that's fine by me. There are far more inappropriate things in this world to gripe about.)
The answer (the next post after yours) is clearly 'no'.
Not Andy Naylor
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I imagine PB would say that retired pros chatting to punters in the lounges helps keep the money coming in so that we can keep buying better players. All part of the stuff surrounding the modern game, whether we like it or not.
I admire your socialist spirtit. I am assuming that you insist on beng paid nothing for your work, or at the most be bare minimum to keep you in thin gruel
Thunder Bolt
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He wanted to enjoy his fishing, and was coaching in Dubai.
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Thunder Bolt
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I admire your socialist spirtit. I am assuming that you insist on beng paid nothing for your work, or at the most be bare minimum to keep you in thin gruel
Not to mention his Versace buttons.
I agree. Also even if you have been well paid during your short playing career (which BZ undoubtedly was), there is still the fact that you are woefully unprepared for life in the 'real' world if you try and get a job outside your sport after retirement. You can imagine an interview for a job in Insurance say:
Interviewer: "So Mr Ex-Professional Sportsman, what qualifies you for this role?"
Ex-Pro: "Well for my entire adult life I've played with a ball in a field."
(A friend of mine was a professional county cricketer and that is an exact quote of him summing up what he could offer potential employers)
junior
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Are part-time striker coaches even a thing other than in computer games?
junior
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Maybe he was.