06 Jun 2018 03:11:28
We see it so often in football today, A player who was world class or almost at that level for his team! Get his big money move to a top club. The player then seems to regress and be half the player he was? Almost like he said to himself " I've got what i want big club, big wage, Wag and a hot model in the garage " i can stop trying or making the effort.

It can't be just me that views things like this and Alexis Sanchez springs to mind! He was awesome for the Gunners and that goal he scored against us still hurts! I ask myself. So where is this guy everytime he plays? Maybe its the team not playing to his abilities or is he just not putting the effort in.

Now this will never happen but would you agree to some sort of penalty against a Team, Player or Managers bad performances. I was thinking of this slogan

" A Positive Stat equals Negative Vat br stats lower than an 8 will see the taxman triple his rate "

Im sure that will get players playing out of their socks hitting them in their pockets.

1.) 06 Jun 2018
06 Jun 2018 06:33:28
Sanchez has played for Barcelona and Arsenal who are both pretty big clubs so I’m not sure your analogy works. He also works tirelessly on the pitch and there is clearly no lack of effort so I’m not sure how you penalise that.

There is an issue in football that players and managers can be truly awful and still get paid as they have contracts that guarantee their income irrespective of performance. Look at Moyes, keeps getting sacked, keeps getting jobs.

2.) 06 Jun 2018
06 Jun 2018 08:25:47
He shouldn't keep his Wag AND his hot model in the same garage, that's just asking for trouble. Also, probably shouldn't keep women in a garage at all. #metoo.

3.) 06 Jun 2018
06 Jun 2018 10:01:15
The major issue for me is that most of these 'flops' tend to be the big fish and everything is played through them at the smaller club - they can make a mistake because they get the ball back 30 seconds later and the other players and fans are more forgiving. They then arrive at the big club, see the ball half as much, are asked to do other things that they weren't asked to do when main man and often struggle with the adjustment to being one of many as opposed to the one!

Zaha will be the same if taken by a CL team again. Some players are just suited better to being the main man, Le Tissier style, he would have been a virtual non-entity had he left Saints for a top club imo. Mahrez I bet will be the same at City. Some players like Le Tissier (because he is smart) know where their bread is buttered, others want it all and often come up short because there are half a dozen other players all vying to be the main man at the new club - always hard being the new kid as well unless ultra Zlatan confident of course.

Happens in most industries. Sanchez is just struggling from the style, nothing to do with confidence/ ability, purely to do with the way he plays not being suited to the way Jose has Utd playing.

4.) 06 Jun 2018
06 Jun 2018 14:48:02
Le Tissier was a virtual non-entity most games at Southampton. Saw very little of him till he ended up volleying a 89 minute winner in then everyone raved about. Never saw the fuss personally.

5.) 06 Jun 2018
06 Jun 2018 22:23:28
I don't know why this post has got me out of hiding. I'm a every day reader and have been an occasional poster over the years. First as U-N-I-T-E-D F-O-R-E-V-E-R and then another name which I can't remember. Eds will probably know based on my email which has always been the same.

Got to disagree with Beast and Mort with respect to Le Tiss. It was a different time so difficult to make direct comparisons. Of course he was no athlete like many of the stars today but in terms of technique and technical ability he was simply superb.

He carried a team that probably should have got relegated every year but he kept them in the top division, which sometimes felt like single handedly and when he retired I think they went down inside a three or four seasons.

During his peak years her could have played for any of the top sides and would have been one of their better players. Was he luxury player - yeah he was but he could get 20+ goals almost every season and most of them were crackers. You obviously would have to use him correctly and play to his strengths, otherwise you would have another Veron (another superb player) on your hands if all you wanted was a hardworking centre mid.

Which brings me to another point. Pogba is a luxury player for us at this moment and I believe we bought him a the wrong time and he has suffered because of it. Luxury players tend to thrive if the team is complete and they are allowed to do their thing. I'm hoping with Fred coming in to play alongside Matic - Pogba will be able to play further up the pitch and really show everyone how good a player he is. I think he is going to have a great season for us. The last two have been tough on him as he has had to drop deep where he makes little impact and can't influence the game.


Finally, just wanted to thank the eds and posters for all their debates, banter and insightful comments. Also, I had some pretty tough times over the years and always turned to my family here and always got lots of support so just wanted to say thank you.