ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC"

[roydo]

Rob Jones your thinking Roydo. I'm thinking Mike Marsh or Tanner, though I'm sure it was Marsh.

Yeah Rob Jones. Looked a player when he started as well, Tanner was a Bristol lad I recall. They got him for about £10k from Bristol Rovers, but just slotted in to the side and looked really comfortable. The story down here was that they signed Nick Tanner to help them sign another Rovers player, cant remember who, who was the next big thing.

And Bristol Rovers at the time had a habit of producing decent players, strikers in particular.

*heads to wiki*

 

[maccavennie]

Yeah Rob Jones. Looked a player when he started as well, Tanner was a Bristol lad I recall. They got him for about £10k from Bristol Rovers, but just slotted in to the side and looked really comfortable. The story down here was that they signed Nick Tanner to help them sign another Rovers player, cant remember who, who was the next big thing.

And Bristol Rovers at the time had a habit of producing decent players, strikers in particular.

*heads to wiki*

Yep Rob Jones looked a decent right back at the time.

 

[wandyr79]

Rob Jones your thinking Roydo. I'm thinking Mike Marsh or Tanner, though I'm sure it was Marsh.

Was Mike Marsh, came and played for Barrow in the Unibond Prem (Now Conf North) before the likes of Kidderminster in the Conference.

 

[ToffeeDoug]

Was Mike Marsh, came and played for Barrow in the Unibond Prem (Now Conf North) before the likes of Kidderminster in the Conference.

Think he played a while for Southport as well.

 

[hibbos left peg]

Mike marsh played for Knowsley united, they named the stand after him

 

[WA Toffee]

Take the actual player out of the question, but just how big an ego/nerve must any 20 year old have to ask, in all seriousness apparently, one of the most famous football clubs around, (yeah, shoot me, but they are), to be paid £180,000 A WEEK?

It beggars belief.

I know what you mean, but Sterling himself will be nowhere near the negotiation process, it will all be done by his agent. Sterling probably knows as much detail as we do

 

[Kurt.]

...it is amazing how times change. I can imagine that in this day and age, blokes who even have a career outside top flight are in a strong financial position. I remember some years ago a local player who had retired through injury signing a non-league contract paying £700 per game. He received offers to play league football again but couldn't afford to repay the insurance.

Friend of mine Tony, had a decent career at QPR ( no 2 to Seaman ) , then moved to Milwall, also welsh international , no 2 to Nev at the time...anyway, he suffered badly with problems with his fingers keeping breaking... he retired injured from pro football and moved to the states for a while as a player/coach..... whilst there some lad in uni took a close interest and decided to invent a special glove with built in splint protection in the fingers... this enabled Tony to play competitive again. Came back to uk and signed for Dagenham who were non league at the time, he combined playing with a coaching role at arsenal @Dithering Dougie .....anyways, Dagenham won promotion to the football league but as Tony had already received an insurance payout he had to pay a large lump sum to allow him to play as a pro again. Random story I know but there you go.

 

[zirc]

Maybe he isn't really all that greedy and just wants to get the hell out of there before blobfish runs him into the ground and he's permacrocked by the age of 24.

 

[Khalekan]

You must bear in mind that he only apologised to those directly involved with his club. Anyone else can curl up in a corner and die as far as that lot are concerned.

Not only that, he says he reacted in the way he did because he saw the United player's studs.

A tosspot of a man playing for a tosspot of a club.

 

[Khalekan]

Yeah, sadly. Saw Tom Ritchie this afternoon, played for Bristol City and Sunderland, (and a Scottish International) when City were in Div 1.

Posting letters for the Royal Mail.

Nor sure Raheem will need a second income when he draws his pension.

I think Neil Webb, once an England international in the not too distant part, is a postman nowadays as well.

 

[WA Toffee]

I think Neil Webb, once an England international in the not too distant part, is a postman nowadays as well.

Better than walking the streets I suppose

 

[boris]

Yep, and Wenger is as likely to pay me £180000 a week as Sterling.

He mightn't want 180k a week from Arsenal. What he wants from 1 club might not be what he wants from his favoured destination.

 

[TheFinnFan]

What is this arsenal sterdie talk?

 

[ToffeeDan]

Sterling wants the Sterling..while Slippy picks up them dollars.

 

[Eggs]

Was that an ex Liverpool player eggs as I seem to remember one of them getting crocked and then having a decent non league career and not being able to come up with the team he got promoted with as he had been paid insurance for his injury

....it was, Maccavennie. He's back with the Reds coaching now I think. He was outstanding in non-league and as you say, played a key part in promotion but couldn't come up with that side.