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Offline pauliewalnuts

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?% Villa. John O'Shea's gigantic wedge.
« on: October 28, 2010, 12:17:25 AM »
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ALEX FERGUSON has stepped up his plan to get Manchester United stars to commit to Old Trafford by offering John O'Shea a £16.5million contract.

The United boss followed Wayne Rooney's deal by getting Patrice Evra to agree to a big contract as revealed exclusively in yesterday's

Now defender O'Shea is being tied down.
His £80,000-a-week four-year deal is modest compared with Rooney's £250,000 and it trails Evra's £100,000.
But O'Shea, 29, will have no complaints. This third contract deal also lets United fans know the club will do all it can to fight off any raids from Manchester City.

Old Trafford chief executive David Gill said: "We have a policy that wages should be 50 per cent or less of turnover.
"We believe we can do that and still retain and attract the stars we need. That's a sensible model. Clubs have other models. Each to their own."

Ferguson moved as O'Shea had just one year left of his contract.
As well as Rooney, Evra and O'Shea, Anderson will also be getting a new deal.

Football is going to hell in a handcart.

I don't mind the top players getting super money, it is more about the really average players (the likes of the Sidwells and Beyes of this world) getting their 40k a week that bothers me most.

John O'Shea 16.5 million pound contract?

Has the world gone entirely mad?

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Re: ?% Villa. John O'Shea's gigantic wedge.
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2010, 12:18:26 AM »
Spot on. It got ridiculous a few years ago and is getting even worse.

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Re: ?% Villa. John O'Shea's gigantic wedge.
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2010, 12:37:25 AM »
I didn't realise Manchester United had that sort of money. 

It's obscene.

I was hoping the bubble had burst.  Obviously it hasn't

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Re: ?% Villa. John O'Shea's gigantic wedge.
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2010, 12:38:32 AM »
John O'Shea.

£80K per week.

I can't for the life of me see how those two statements could be in anyway connected.

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Re: ?% Villa. John O'Shea's gigantic wedge.
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2010, 12:41:20 AM »
Laughable. United fans keep calling him John O'Shit and now he's on £80k. Football has went to the dogs.

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Re: ?% Villa. John O'Shea's gigantic wedge.
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2010, 12:46:56 AM »
John O'who?

Isn't he that lazy excuse of a footballer who's been content being used as a squad player at United throughout his entire career?

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Re: ?% Villa. John O'Shea's gigantic wedge.
« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2010, 12:52:56 AM »
John O'who?

Isn't he that lazy excuse of a footballer who's been content being used as a squad player at United throughout his entire career?

And is now getting eighty grand a week to do it. I can think of a few words to describe him but 'lazy excuse' isn't two of them.

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Re: ?% Villa. John O'Shea's gigantic wedge.
« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2010, 01:01:18 AM »
He's goes to training for a few hours, 5 days a week, sits on the bench unless he's needed to come on or starts if the starting RB doesn't start and gets 80k for that? Moronic. More fool Ferguson if he genuinely values him that much. Foolish.

Surely he must be the most paid back-up RB in the world?

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Re: ?% Villa. John O'Shea's gigantic wedge.
« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2010, 01:20:33 AM »
So 183 league starts in 11 years gets you 80K a week? Insane.

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Re: ?% Villa. John O'Shea's gigantic wedge.
« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2010, 01:24:27 AM »
Ignoring the money, I don't blame him for staying there. He gets a medal every time they win a trophy, he's a regular international  and he probably plays as many games as he would anywhere else. 

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Re: ?% Villa. John O'Shea's gigantic wedge.
« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2010, 01:30:47 AM »
Does he have football ambition or just money ambiton with easy success that comes along with it?

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Re: ?% Villa. John O'Shea's gigantic wedge.
« Reply #11 on: October 28, 2010, 01:38:14 AM »
What could he do anywhere else? He plays around forty games a season, wins trophies, plays in the Champions League and he's a regular international.

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Re: ?% Villa. John O'Shea's gigantic wedge.
« Reply #12 on: October 28, 2010, 01:45:12 AM »
I understand Dave, I just find it incredibly sad and depressing that a (very average) back-up RB is getting paid that amount of money.

Off-topic-ish: Did anyone read in the Sunday Times that Roman Abramovich wants a salaray cap in the Premier League?

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Re: ?% Villa. John O'Shea's gigantic wedge.
« Reply #13 on: October 28, 2010, 01:45:14 AM »
Ignoring the money, I don't blame him for staying there. He gets a medal every time they win a trophy, he's a regular international  and he probably plays as many games as he would anywhere else. 

It's not him I blame, would any of us turn down 80K a week for how few days work he's done in the past 11 years? I'd be happy to play 183 games a season and earn 80K a year.

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Re: ?% Villa. John O'Shea's gigantic wedge.
« Reply #14 on: October 28, 2010, 04:11:30 AM »
O'Shea has been their first choice right back for the last couple of years. Missed a good bit of last season through injury and arguably they missed him when Da Silva stupidly got sent off against Munich. A decent defender but poor enough on the ball especially going forward. Looked a better player at centre half for Ireland next to Dunne and its his best position but he has done a decent job at full back under Trap too. Use to piss me off that he was happy to accept being a bit part player for United but he has been a regular for a while to be fair. Think MON copied the Cuellar right back idea from it Id be thinking. Ferguson uses Brown at right back too sure.

But yeah, how can we attempt to keep Ashley Young if Fergie or whoever decide to throw $100k a week at him. We cant afford that. O'Shea and Evra are past their best anyway. United cant afford it either which is why I would love to see them finish outside the top 4 this year and see it all end in tears. Unlikely but we live in hope.

 


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