There were people saying he was lazy?
Bloody hell. Gylfi was consistently up there with our hardest working players.
Looking forward to seeing the side built around him next year - as it should be. He's quality, even though we did overpay.
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There were people saying he was lazy?
Bloody hell. Gylfi was consistently up there with our hardest working players.
Looking forward to seeing the side built around him next year - as it should be. He's quality, even though we did overpay.
ArtetaMagic
Player Valuation: £15m
Roberto strikes again!
Geoff Nulty
Player Valuation: £750k
Below is the letter James McLean wrote to his then chairman, explaining his reasons for not wearing a poppy. It's articulate, clear, and reasonable. There has never been any suggestion that he hates Britain or the British, or even that he merely tolerates the country pureply for the money he can earn here. His objection is to one particular annual practice, and even in this regard, he is simply opting out, rather than berating those who follow the custom of wearing a poppy. Many - Irish and otherwise - would agree with him. Neither is he - tachnically speaking - working in a foreign country. Although he would wish it different, he was born and raised in the UK.
Dear Mr Whelan
I wanted to write to you before talking about this face to face and explain my reasons for not wearing a poppy on my shirt for the game at Bolton.
I have complete respect for those who fought and died in both World Wars - many I know were Irish-born. I have been told that your own Grandfather Paddy Whelan, from Tipperary, was one of those.
I mourn their deaths like every other decent person and if the Poppy was a symbol only for the lost souls of World War I and II I would wear one.
I want to make that 100% clear .You must understand this.
But the Poppy is used to remember victims of other conflicts since 1945 and this is where the problem starts for me.
For people from the North of Ireland such as myself, and specifically those in Derry, scene of the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre, the poppy has come to mean something very different. Please understand, Mr Whelan, that when you come from Creggan like myself or the Bogside, Brandywell or the majority of places in Derry, every person still lives in the shadow of one of the darkest days in Ireland’s history – even if like me you were born nearly 20 years after the event. It is just a part of who we are, ingrained into us from birth.
Mr Whelan, for me to wear a poppy would be as much a gesture of disrespect for the innocent people who lost their lives in the Troubles – and Bloody Sunday especially - as I have in the past been accused of disrespecting the victims of WWI and WWII.
It would be seen as an act of disrespect to those people; to my people.
I am not a war monger, or anti-British, or a terrorist or any of the accusations levelled at me in the past. I am a peaceful guy, I believe everyone should live side by side, whatever their religious or political beliefs which I respect and ask for people to respect mine in return. Since last year, I am a father and I want my daughter to grow up in a peaceful world, like any parent.
I am very proud of where I come from and I just cannot do something that I believe is wrong. In life, if you’re a man you should stand up for what you believe in.
I know you may not agree with my feelings but I hope very much that you understand my reasons.
As the owner of the club I am proud to play for, I believe I owe both you and the club’s supporters this explanation.
Yours sincerely,
James McClean
KaiserEFC
Player Valuation: £70m
If we’re building a side around Gylfi Sigurdsson next season then something has gone horribly wrong.
Jayhow15
Player Valuation: £35m
I wasn't.
Sorry I stand corrected "one of the best players in his position and age in the world"
Injuries ruined him. I remember when he burst onto the scene. He was rapid, strong, good in the air. He looked like he had the lot. Such a shame
milks
I hate football
..all this and he had the right levels of snide that would have marked him out as being able to play at the top level too. What an unfortunate injury that was
No it hasn't.
He's our record signing and a very good player.
We should have been building the team around him this season, rather than throwing him in in different roles when he was half-fit etc.
It's no coincidence Rooney's form dropped off a cliff once Gylfi got injured.
Put him in a central role, and he can make things happen for us. He's never been a player who can control the tempo of a game, but that should come from a player behind him, operating next to a sweeper like Gueye.
Mads
Player Valuation: £50k
This thread is underperforming, we need Marcel to shake up the squad
stannyr
Player Valuation: £1m
Have we not learnt anything about buying players from the Eredivisie?
carolinablue232
Player Valuation: £70m
We’ve learned we always buy the wrong ones.
You`d have to find him first.
stannyr
Player Valuation: £1m
Who would have been the "right" ones?
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