Penny for them?

[COYB]

two nill, and weve spent fck all

 

[TX Bill]

In all seriousness though, he must be a little bit gutted that he is not still at Everton. He knows the team spirit there is not like anywhere else.

Basic Maslow aint it? I mean all PL footballers are set financially. He however was part of something special at Everton that hits home in ways money can't buy. You all know those kind of companies you work for when you feel dead proud to be there and every day is a grand one. That's what being an Everton player must be like. He had it. And he threw it away. Daft bugger.

Some good posting today.

 

[GhostOfDixie]

Some good posting today.

Why thanks.

 

[Cena]

two nill, and weve spent fck all

I take full credit for starting that chant tonight. Was well proud of meself

 

[Bundy]

If I were him I would care either. It's only a job man.

 

[padefc]

lescott" it could have been me why didnt is stay?oh cos am a tit who is a money grabbing glory hunter who sits onthe bench more than not.......why didnt i ,listen to every one"

 

[Whitebootman]

Basic Maslow aint it? I mean all PL footballers are set financially. He however was part of something special at Everton that hits home in ways money can't buy. You all know those kind of companies you work for when you feel dead proud to be there and every day is a grand one. That's what being an Everton player must be like. He had it. And he threw it away. Daft bugger.

Nailed it.

Maslow's heirachy of needs. It's a pyramid and a useful management tool.

Whilst Lescott is just a tool.

 

[Richard Parker]

He is thinking [Poor language removed] Jags is back there my ENGLAND place gone

This. With bells on.

4 or 5 more games like that from Jags and he's off to South Africa for the summer.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

I'm going to go against the grain here.

If I was Lescott, I would have demanded a move sooner.

Perspective.

Now how many of you would turn down a once in a life time job - identical to the one your doing now, closer to home, three times your annual salary and with even greater prospects because heads out of arses a second, Man City have that.

Because thats exactly what Lescott was offered. It was a once in a life time offer because Mark Hughes was never going to last and no manager in that situation would ever rate Lescott so highly again. Man City trebled his wages for doing exactly the same job, closer to his home (He lived in Manchester while at Everton) and offered greater prospects. The move (and hefty transfer fee) put the England spot light on him and also lifted him well and truly above Matthew Upson.

He's an Aston Villa fan, not an Evertonian.

Lescott bares a lot of frustration because of Mark Hughes' antics. Coming out with the likes of "David Moyes is naturally feeling agrieved because a bigger club is after one of his star players". Right Mark, wait until your managing West Ham mate, I'm sure Moyes will have some fun then.

Me, if I ever bump into Lescott, I'll thank him for his service, providing some fantastic moments such as this at Anfield;

 

[Barlows Boots]

All of the above but he's still a [Poor language removed]'ouse!

 

[Bruce Wayne]

He's not going to win things at City either. Trebling your salary is one thing, but lets face it, he doesn't need more money. What's he going to do with it? Buy another couple of flash cars? Another holiday home?

 

[jonuk]

There's always somthing else to spend your cash on. Whilst we may want a new car, a prem footballer may spend time chasing a new garage to store his car collection in ; )

Thats football - we have some players who seem especially happy to play for Everton and love the club and i will love them back for it. I won't expect every player that comes here to love the club, just give their all while they wear the shirt and be professional. His departure aside, Lescott did this, was a great buy for us, played well and we made a good profit on him. I wish him well (but not success!)

He represents a model for how this club can compete, and yes, that does involve occasionally cashing in on players who are expendable.

 

[ChicagoToffee]

I'm going to go against the grain here.

If I was Lescott, I would have demanded a move sooner.

Perspective.

Now how many of you would turn down a once in a life time job - identical to the one your doing now, closer to home, three times your annual salary and with even greater prospects because heads out of arses a second, Man City have that.

Because thats exactly what Lescott was offered. It was a once in a life time offer because Mark Hughes was never going to last and no manager in that situation would ever rate Lescott so highly again. Man City trebled his wages for doing exactly the same job, closer to his home (He lived in Manchester while at Everton) and offered greater prospects. The move (and hefty transfer fee) put the England spot light on him and also lifted him well and truly above Matthew Upson.

He's an Aston Villa fan, not an Evertonian.

Lescott bares a lot of frustration because of Mark Hughes' antics. Coming out with the likes of "David Moyes is naturally feeling agrieved because a bigger club is after one of his star players". Right Mark, wait until your managing West Ham mate, I'm sure Moyes will have some fun then.

Me, if I ever bump into Lescott, I'll thank him for his service, providing some fantastic moments such as this at Anfield.

Well said Danny. Any one of us would have done the same. A move that guarantees, absent some idiocy, that Lescott will never need work again once his playing career is done and presumably his children as well. Playing football is a little different than the jobs most of have. Dare say there are few here that work because it is their passion or joy. I work because it pays bills, puts a roof over my family's head, puts food on my table and should provide a comfortable retirement. That is why I work. If someone would pay me three times what I make now to do the same work, you'd only see a cloud of dust as I hit the door.

Now, we're all biased because of the angst from the Lescott wrangling and rightly so. But if one of your mates at work told you he was going across the street to your competitor's shop because they were going to pay him three times more, you'd say one of two things:

Good on you.

Are they still hiring?

 

[ChicagoToffee]

Wish I was out there but this emerald encrusted platinum throne is actually quite comfy.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Well said Danny. Any one of us would have done the same. A move that guarantees, absent some idiocy, that Lescott will never need work again once his playing career is done and presumably his children as well. Playing football is a little different than the jobs most of have. Dare say there are few here that work because it is their passion or joy. I work because it pays bills, puts a roof over my family's head, puts food on my table and should provide a comfortable retirement. That is why I work. If someone would pay me three times what I make now to do the same work, you'd only see a cloud of dust as I hit the door.

Now, we're all biased because of the angst from the Lescott wrangling and rightly so. But if one of your mates at work told you he was going across the street to your competitor's shop because they were going to pay him three times more, you'd say one of two things:

Good on you.

Are they still hiring?

Lets face it, he was already earning around £2.5m a year with us, plus bonuses. Lets not pretend this was a choice between earning a good living or being on the breadline. It bares very little relation to any circumstance any here would find themselves in and I certainly wouldn't begrudge anyone here moving jobs to treble their salary.

Lescott though, if he earns his Everton salary for 10 years (quite reasonable), it would still equate to around £600,000 a year over a 40 year 'career' if he never lifted a finger ever again.

So lets not trot out the line that he was moving to provide for his family or any of that garbage.