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[Football] Loyalty !
- Thread starter ditchy
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Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
- 30,559
Rowett 1/9 to get the job so almost a dead cert but I think Moyes would have been ideally suited to the Stoke job and that group of players.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Can't see the fuss about Rowett, won nothing in his career
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
He comes across very well and was doing a great job at Birmingham. No guarantees but he's probably a good bet.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
It amazes me when fans talk about loyalty, when discussing players and managers. The only loyal people in football are the fans.
mikeyjh
Well-known member
In fairness, Rowett is a pretty good fit there!
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
All talk and a nice jumper, but a nothing in the way of success
1066familyman
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- Jan 15, 2008
- 15,185
100% true, but I'd perhaps add... nowadays.
Le Tissier is an example that immediately springs to mind. Probably would have had a load of England caps, and more money, had he gone to one of the 'big' clubs.
Bladders
Twats everywhere
If you want loyalty, buy a Labrador
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He was just a lazy bloke who wasn't really up for a proper challenge, in my opinion.
el punal
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Bang on! If you’re a professional footballer or manager it’s a career, or a job, the same as any other form of employment. If you’re good at whatever profession you’re in and you get head hunted by a prospective employer, with better prospects and more pay, no one would bat an eyelid. It would be seen as career progression. Use the same scenario in football and the knives are out, and accusations of greed and disloyalty are thrown in your face.
It, too, amazes me how blinkered some fans are to players wishing to move on to (in their view) a club which offers more opportunities.
GloryDays
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And even that's asking something these days.
1066familyman
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- Jan 15, 2008
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Big fish, small pond mentality? Perhaps. I don't know.
There were plenty of other examples though....Trevor Brooking next one that immediately comes to mind. Countless others who showed outstanding loyalty to one club if we thought about it.
I am a glass half empty sort of person when it comes to player loyalty. Even Denis Law took the blue moon shilling....and cried crocodile tears when the dirty reds were relegated. You would need to be a mug to not take a seriously better offer. Or frit. Vardy stayed put exactly because he feared the competition at Spuds in my opinion. Anyway....
1066familyman
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- Jan 15, 2008
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Jimmy Armfield was an interesting one. Often perceived to be Mr.Blackpool, but he himself said he was ready to go to Busby's Babes but the Blackpool chairman wouldn't let him!
Don’t disagree but there are still some loyal servants behind the scenes, take Derek Allen our (recently retired) Secretary, Ken Barnard (kitman) and Sally Townsend as examples/exceptions. I’m sure there are more.
Disappointing thread. Was hoping from the title it was another binfest about giving free STs to anyone who travelled to Gillingham or something similar.
Kalimantan Gull
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or perhaps after Birmingham screwed him he thought sod it, got to look after number 1, because any club can sack you at a moments notice even when you're doing well
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
They are great and all worked very hard for the Albion, but none of those are players or managers.