Press-ed off again

[Monty]

The players need to grow up. Your mate has left, it happens in all jobs in all walks of life and the reason we didn't qualify for the Champions League is because you bottled it against a bottle 6 side.

Yes.

I really enjoyed the Enzo Maresca 'fisherman' bit over the weekend. I understand that most of us are too close to our problems to be able to see our relative privilege compared to most of the world and all of human history...but like, fuck, fuck guys, you're playing football for a living! At the absolute top level! It's exciting! Isn't it? ISN'T IT?!?

IDK, they just come across like big time actors at the minute, Oh I cannot possibly work in these conditions...Yes you can. Yes, you can.

[aj2k77]

And now we have it for all to see why we've bottled the final test every time so far with this group of players. They don't have the mental strength. Sulking because your mate has left his job is a pathetic reason for the performances so far.

[django]

The thing is although I have as much sympathy as you can have for someone ‘only’ being offered 5k a week I don’t really see what the club could or should have done differently.

I have some sympathy for the other players who might feel unwanted now they’ve been made available and might feel there’s a lack of loyalty or stability. But in both cases what else is the club supposed to do?

The appeal of football is wrapped up
for me with sentiment and feelings and I wouldn’t have wanted to lose Ramsey, Watkins, Mings or Mcginn in the summer but Monchi and co can’t afford to be sentimental when they have to balance the books. And it currently looks like we’ve kept some players too long.

If that is the substance of the ‘something’ that’s not right from Dave’s article then they need to snap out of it pretty quick.

[SaddVillan]

If they were all so upset at the prospect of losing JJ, then perhaps they could have considered taking a collective £40m pa pay cut.

Might that have helped us balance the books without needing to sell?