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*Official* English Football Season 2014-15

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Eds

International Debutant
Abou Diaby moving to a club with a half-decent medical team would be a victory for football.
 
duffer

duffer

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flibbertyjibber said:
Bentley a classic case of too much money for an average player and he doesn't need to work hard so walks away. If he has been sensible he is made for life though many ex players like David James recently end up in trouble as they fritter it away stupidly.
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James always struck me as someone intelligent. Wonder how you can piss away that much money.
 
sledger

sledger

Spanish_Vicente
Didn't David James have OCD or something? I remember stories of him playing Tekken 3 for 48 hours straight.
 
duffer

duffer

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I haven't heard that but it might be true. One thing I have heard is that in American sports things like money management is being taught to most of the players once they enter the pro's. Wouldn't be surprised if they did it at football academies too.
 
sledger

sledger

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Yeah, it seems quite a lot of pros have huge problems with this. I heard the reason Brad Friedel is still playing in his 40s is because he's owes people huge amounts of money and is basically broke. Lee Hendrie another famous and recent example of a player who's literally lost it all.
 
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Pothas

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Yeah, rather different cases though. Friedel made some bad investments I think. Keith Gillespie one that gambled it all away.
 
duffer

duffer

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I can sort of imagine what it's like. You spend a decade or more of people fawning and worshiping you and then all of a sudden you're yesterday's news. Once you get there it's almost impossible to get paid. The fawcet turns off quickly in sports.
 
King Pietersen

King Pietersen

International Captain
sledger said:
Yeah, it seems quite a lot of pros have huge problems with this. I heard the reason Brad Friedel is still playing in his 40s is because he's owes people huge amounts of money and is basically broke. Lee Hendrie another famous and recent example of a player who's literally lost it all.
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Michael Chopra another excellent example, has a massive betting addiction. Jimmy Bullard mentioned in his autobiography that some betting mobster that Chopra owed a **** load of money too turned up at the Ipswich training ground. Ipswich ended up paying his debts off for him in the end. He's going to finish his career broke.
 
Cabinet96

Cabinet96

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So less than 48 hours after Cesc to Chelsea is confirmed the Cazorla to Atletico rumours start. Don't know whether to laugh or cry.
 
sledger

sledger

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duffer said:
Good article on the Cesc transfer from an Arsenal POV. Arsenal fans should aim anger at Arsène Wenger, not Cesc Fábregas | Toby Moses | Football | theguardian.com
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What it comes down to is this: if Kim Kallstrom was needed last season I fail to see how Wenger and the board have decided Fábregas wasn’t required this term.
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Yeah, this article rather misses the point that Arsenal lacked cover in midfield, not bona fide great starters. Unless the Grauniad is seriously suggesting Fabregas should have been signed as a reserve I don't really get what point it is making here.

I don't get why there has to be "anger" at anyone, either. This is just something that has been whipped up by the media so far as I can see. I'm not angry at all, it's just one of those situations that is really, really horrible.
 
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