I understand why you'd be frustrated if someone had said that. Indeed, someone (maybe several people) may have said EXACTLY that. However, I didn't - thank you for noticing!seems to be the common theme I'm hearing though, that he's on £x per week and so can't complain, which I feel is really fubar. Sorry matey, haha.
Objectively, if I had to spend two years off work and have several operations to get healthy enough to go back to work, I'd rather be on J-PG's contract than the one I am currently on. I don't think that's a controversial thing to say, is it?