Barry "Messi" Bannan - again

[Whiney MacWhineface]

I'm managing to get by nicely without £7m. I'm not saying I wouldn't like it but I'm not sure what I'd do with it!

Well, you could adopt me, I'm an orphan. I'd also agree to support Barca or Hull, or whoever. I'd also promise to stop playing that hippie nonsense loudly in my bedroom.

[Chris Jameson]

I'm managing to get by nicely without £7m. I'm not saying I wouldn't like it but I'm not sure what I'd do with it!

Well, you could adopt me, I'm an orphan. I'd also agree to support Barca or Hull, or whoever. I'd also promise to stop playing that hippie nonsense loudly in my bedroom.

You'd go through that £7m in no time with your bloody incense sticks and afghan coats. On the other hand I could pay you to take my daughter to Hull so I never have to, I'll take my son to Barcelona whenever he fancies it though.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I'm managing to get by nicely without £7m. I'm not saying I wouldn't like it but I'm not sure what I'd do with it!

Well, you could adopt me, I'm an orphan. I'd also agree to support Barca or Hull, or whoever. I'd also promise to stop playing that hippie nonsense loudly in my bedroom.

Hold on, Nick, think about it before you commit. Is £7m enough to have to endlessly listen to Josh Ritter? I'd be asking for at least double.

[Dave]

I reckon that chap Winston Bogarde or what ever his name is, wasted his time talent and life, but no doubt he is a rich man now
I wonder when he gets an old man he will have a few regrets

Well, if he does care at all about football (and his time at Chelsea would suggest that he doesn't), he'll probably just look on his Champions League winner's medal and his various league title and cup medals that he won with Ajax and Barcelona and rightfully decide that he's probably achieved more than 99% of people who play professional football. And been ridiculously well-paid while doing it.

[Chris Jameson]

I've thought about the £7m and have decided as long as I can have a house overlooking the sea in Scotland I'll take it. I'll probably give most of it away to charities, but obviously not talk about it.

[Percy McCarthy]

Paulie,depends on your philosophy in life, you don't get the days back
no one on their death bed ever said they wished they had more money in the bank

I suppose the discussion just keeps revolving,
 and in the end we wont agree, but I reckon that chap Winston Bogarde or what ever his name is, wasted his time talent and life, but no doubt he is a rich man now
I wonder when he gets an old man he will have a few regrets

my own view is that a artiste wants to paint, a actor wants to act, a performer wants to put on a show, and a footballer should want to play football, if he doesn't because of money he's making the wrong choice

yes its easy for me as I don't have to make that choice, but that's still my philosophy on life, and that's what I think they should do, but its every one to there own

but i still don't get why a footballer doesn't want to play the game if he gets the chance, just to put a few more quid in the bank, and I never will

The reason the discussion keeps revolving is because you keep talking about 'a bit more money', a 'few more quid in the bank'. If that was the case, I think everyone, even the Bomb Squad,  would agree with you. But it's not always the case; sometimes it's opting for millions of pounds and life-long financial security for.your family instead of thousands of pounds and much less financial certainty for your folks, just so you can play football.

[john e]

I reckon that chap Winston Bogarde or what ever his name is, wasted his time talent and life, but no doubt he is a rich man now
I wonder when he gets an old man he will have a few regrets

Well, if he does care at all about football (and his time at Chelsea would suggest that he doesn't), he'll probably just look on his Champions League winner's medal and his various league title and cup medals that he won with Ajax and Barcelona and rightfully decide that he's probably achieved more than 99% of people who play professional football. And been ridiculously well-paid while doing it.

so he was already a mega wealthy, successful and talented person, and he still chose to waste 3 years mucking about in Chelsea's reserves

he's worse than I thought

[john e]

Paulie,depends on your philosophy in life, you don't get the days back
no one on their death bed ever said they wished they had more money in the bank

I suppose the discussion just keeps revolving,
 and in the end we wont agree, but I reckon that chap Winston Bogarde or what ever his name is, wasted his time talent and life, but no doubt he is a rich man now
I wonder when he gets an old man he will have a few regrets

my own view is that a artiste wants to paint, a actor wants to act, a performer wants to put on a show, and a footballer should want to play football, if he doesn't because of money he's making the wrong choice

yes its easy for me as I don't have to make that choice, but that's still my philosophy on life, and that's what I think they should do, but its every one to there own

but i still don't get why a footballer doesn't want to play the game if he gets the chance, just to put a few more quid in the bank, and I never will

The reason the discussion keeps revolving is because you keep talking about 'a bit more money', a 'few more quid in the bank'. If that was the case, I think everyone, even the Bomb Squad,  would agree with you. But it's not always the case; sometimes it's opting for millions of pounds and life-long financial security for.your family instead of thousands of pounds and much less financial certainty for your folks, just so you can play football.

ok, I get the point, i'l give it a rest now

[Dave]

I reckon that chap Winston Bogarde or what ever his name is, wasted his time talent and life, but no doubt he is a rich man now
I wonder when he gets an old man he will have a few regrets

Well, if he does care at all about football (and his time at Chelsea would suggest that he doesn't), he'll probably just look on his Champions League winner's medal and his various league title and cup medals that he won with Ajax and Barcelona and rightfully decide that he's probably achieved more than 99% of people who play professional football. And been ridiculously well-paid while doing it.

so he was already a mega wealthy, successful and talented person, and he still chose to waste 3 years mucking about in Chelsea's reserves

he's worse than I thought

They gave him a contract. He kept himself available for selection. He was paid the salary he was owed.

If they choose to pay him that money and not play him, what do you want him to do? Insist they transfer him to Crystal Palace just so he can play a bit more football?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I reckon that chap Winston Bogarde or what ever his name is, wasted his time talent and life, but no doubt he is a rich man now
I wonder when he gets an old man he will have a few regrets

Well, if he does care at all about football (and his time at Chelsea would suggest that he doesn't), he'll probably just look on his Champions League winner's medal and his various league title and cup medals that he won with Ajax and Barcelona and rightfully decide that he's probably achieved more than 99% of people who play professional football. And been ridiculously well-paid while doing it.

so he was already a mega wealthy, successful and talented person, and he still chose to waste 3 years mucking about in Chelsea's reserves

he's worse than I thought

If it's any compensation, he's now skint.

[PeterWithesShin]

As a player will have around 10 years of being able to earn big money I don't blame them for seeing out their contracts. It's the fault of the club for offering the contract in the first place. This especially applies to players at the end of their contracts where they want to make the maximum they can.

I think it is different for younger players, they should be wanting to build a career so as they have those years of big money. And yes I know, £5 a week is big money to most people but you know what I mean.

I also think with some of the younger players that maybe they can't affords the massive drop. For arguments sake i'll use Bannan.  And again, this is all for arguments sake so no nitpicking on figures please. He earns 20K a week with us, Blackburn offer him 5K. What if his outgoings are more than 5K a week? Is he still a waster for taking the money?

[eamonn]

So we accept then that most footballers are full of shit in regards to the love of the game? When we agree it does just boil down to cash for them!?

I do my job purely for the money, I don't derive any pleasure from it. I expect that some footballers are just the same.

Accounting for an IT company, or IT for an accountancy firm isn't it? What's not to love?

[TheSandman]

RE Bannan, maybe he just doesn't want to sign for Blackburn? They have crisis club written all over them and I don't think that moving there is a good move for a young player needing to rebuild his career as some seem to think it will be. Hutton is probably looking at losing the vast majority of his wages and maybe uprooting a young family to move and we don't know what is going on behind closed doors. In this article his attitude seems very different to what people on here think it is. I can easily see him ending up there regardless later on.

For the others I just genuinely don't think we've had serious offers.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

I'm managing to get by nicely without £7m. I'm not saying I wouldn't like it but I'm not sure what I'd do with it!

Well, you could adopt me, I'm an orphan. I'd also agree to support Barca or Hull, or whoever. I'd also promise to stop playing that hippie nonsense loudly in my bedroom.

Hold on, Nick, think about it before you commit. Is £7m enough to have to endlessly listen to Josh Ritter? I'd be asking for at least double.

Having barely survived my elder daughter's Mariah Carey monomania, I will take your advice. There are some thing money can't buy.

[Percy McCarthy]

The most ridiculous thing about us all going on about this for so long is that 'nobody knows anything'. For all we know, the Bomb Squad might agree with john e and others and be prepared to take a financial hit for the love of the game, but nobody's offered anything like reasonable terms. Having seen some of them play close up, I must say that were they with other clubs and we were after them I'd be pissed off. For instance, I wouldn't pay Ireland in washers. Who's to say that other clubs are not thinking the same?