Yep. Anyone who's had anything like that will tell you it's absolutely horrid.
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Drico
Player Valuation: £50m
I tend to agree with you - I don't like to see any player injured at any level. However, we also need to accept that this is not the same as watching a local match and seeing somebody hurt, put out of work and into financial distress as a consequence. Most Premier League players now are on such preposterous salaries that sometimes I find myself struggling to see their value. I can't bring myself to lament the loss of a player who might be on 100k week who really does not stand out in any positive way for that huge outlay involved. Even when the worst sadly happens to the rare few, they won't starve.
Iwobi, whether one rates him or not, is not going to matches on the tram, entertaining people and eking out a modest living. That doesn't mean one would wish harm on him. It just means that it is so much harder to see players as "like us" anymore. The emotional bonds are weakened by the commercialisation of the game.
I'm pleased for the lad that, apparently, the news is better today than it looked like it might be on Friday. But, honestly, when one overpaid player is largely replaceable by another these days without bringing anything particularly special to the table, it's no surprise people do think in terms of Football Manager. Good luck to the players for hitting the jackpot - but that comes at cost to the fans in terms of subscriptions, ticket prices, etc. People lament that ordinary people are being "priced out" - wait until the new stadium does that - and they are being priced out due to a transfer of wealth from working class people to television companies, clubs, nation states, venture capitalists, agents, and...players.
I can swallow people like Lionel Messi being multi-millionaires. His extreme talent merits extreme wealth in a world of entertainment that lavishes wealth on top actors and pop stars. I'd tax him to the hilt, mind. But the more common-or-garden player...nah. 100k a week is a bad joke when ordinary people are being priced out and nurses are on strike. And when one 100k a week player cries off injured, along comes another one to take his place...with just as little impact.
The modern player means as much to the modern fan, in most cases, as a sprite on a Playstation.
To be fair to the lad he's not living in the first half of the 20th century either, he can't be expected to build a tramway between home and ground just to justify his salary to fans.
COYB!
John.
tommye
Player Valuation: £100m
Best news I've had all weekend
hktoffee
Birds of a feather flock together
Soccernet was right.
hktoffee
Birds of a feather flock together
Mate we know it. The OS will be the last to provide info.
Furey1878
Player Valuation: £70m
The club posted that it's 3 weeks on Instagram and presumably all other social media about an hour ago.
Blue Roo
Player Valuation: £15m
Yeah have wondered the same thing and why other wealthier clubs haven't come knocking.
One of the most undervalued players in the market imo.
He's may not be one of the best 10s around but in terms of defensive box to box play he's up there with the best.
The ability to make up ground and break up opposition play or be there as first receiver at a turnover, all over the pitch, has been remarkable and can't think of many other players in that class.
If he can just get the players to work off him and take the initiative, he can take this club a long way (or make the club a lot of money in transfer).
Toffeelover
Player Valuation: £80m
Who is Lampard going to select to replace him ?
Our medical team have probably diagnosed the wrong ankle
Reading the last paragraph, I’ve realised I trust the medical team at Finch farm very little.
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