'Mollycoddled' footballers can't even buy their own fridge
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'Mollycoddled' footballers can't even buy their own fridge - Manchester United's Gary Neville
Red Devils skipper reckons players should know where to draw the line...
Manchester United defender Gary Neville believes that footballers should learn to live without having to contact their agents for every little thing in their lives.
This comes in the light of Sir Alex Ferguson launching an attack against stars who rely heavily on their agents, branding the players as being "cocooned".
"I completely agree with his [Ferguson's] sentiments," Neville said in his column for the Times of Malta.
"It is one of my pet hates when I see players who have agents that do everything for them.
"They don't know how to set up their own bank account, they don't know what they're spending their money on and they can't make their own decisions.
"Not every player is like that but some are totally dependent on agents and advisers.""Every footballer needs an adviser at some point. But a player doesn't need to pay between five and 15 per cent of his wages to a guy to set up a bank account, buy him a new fridge, or ask his club's chief executive for a pay rise."
He continued: "For me, life is an education and you learn things as you go through it.
"I think a footballer should sit down and negotiate with a club, even if his agent is sitting with him. It is in a player's best interests to be there and see what is going on."
The 34-year-old revealed that players sometimes pay up to 15 per cent of their weekly wages to their representatives, although he maintained that there are times when a footballer would require an adviser.
"The idea of allowing someone to look after your financial and professional existence is something I cannot agree with," he said.
"Some agents do a good job but there are others who stifle and mollycoddle players.
"Some agents will come into a player's life when he is 20, leave his life at 34 and never want to know him again. -
LOL SO TRUE!
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Awesome stuff from the Senior Neviller. I can't understand why I never used to like him. In a world of bland, monosyllabic footballers, he's an absolute Godsend.
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buy fridge so simple. go to dept store, select which fridge you like, pay with your credit card and then arrange when they deliver to your house.
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True story, Rooney9. There was a player at Fulham about ten years ago who kept complaining to the club that he always woke up with a wet head. The club were very concerned, thinking that it was some kind of bizarre medical condition, but they couldn't find anything wrong with him. Eventually, they sent a liason officer to his house to check things out. It turned out he was sleeping underneath an open window and getting rained on in the night. They cured his problem quite quickly by simply shutting the window. Not all footballers are stupid, I've met quite a few clever ones, but some of them are so staggeringly dense that you wonder if they could ever have survived in the outside world without assistance.
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whats the name of that fulham player lol. seems unreal to be true leh lol.
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I think it was Fabrice Fernandes. Google his name and 'wet head' and I think you'll find the story!
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I cant believe he can be that shittyhead. rain drop onto his head, he dunno what to do, dunno how to close his window meh lol. when rain drop onto his head, he didnt wake up automatically meh and realised need to close window lol.
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Originally posted by Iain Macintosh:
I think it was Fabrice Fernandes. Google his name and ‘wet head’ and I think you’ll find the story!
o.O you're the guy who writes for the Newpaper!! wad a surprise to see u here in these forums.. -
Ian Rush: Playing in Italy was like playing in a foreign country.
True Story.
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its like providing a kid with a maid for many years till he is 30+
you get the same thing, people who can't take care of themselves.
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Originally posted by Iain Macintosh:
I think it was Fabrice Fernandes. Google his name and ‘wet head’ and I think you’ll find the story!
lol, r u really the real lain macintosh? -
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evil
haha
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Originally posted by Iain Macintosh:
True story, Rooney9. There was a player at Fulham about ten years ago who kept complaining to the club that he always woke up with a wet head. The club were very concerned, thinking that it was some kind of bizarre medical condition, but they couldn’t find anything wrong with him. Eventually, they sent a liason officer to his house to check things out.
It turned out he was sleeping underneath an open window and getting rained on in the night. They cured his problem quite quickly by simply shutting the window.
Not all footballers are stupid, I’ve met quite a few clever ones, but some of them are so staggeringly dense that you wonder if they could ever have survived in the outside world without assistance.
Wait..... you're the Iain Macintosh?
The one who regularly writes for the New Paper?
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these footballers are really like kids. so big already still dunno how to take care of themselves.
the fulham story very funny. doesnt he know that he was drenched when raining lol
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Originally posted by Iain Macintosh:
I think it was Fabrice Fernandes. Google his name and ‘wet head’ and I think you’ll find the story!
OMG are you really Ian Macintosh the british guy the football collum on The New Paper?!!
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Originally posted by Melayusentiasa:
OMG are you really Ian Macintosh the british guy the football collum on The New Paper?!!
of course not lar kaoz. If I create a username John Dykes, am I him?
dun be ridiculous la
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Originally posted by Rooney9:
of course not lar kaoz. If I create a username John Dykes, am I him?
dun be ridiculous la
It really is him la click on his name.
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not to be a wet blanket, but anyone can just pose to be anyone over the internet.
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God, I hate to think that anyone would ever be so bored that they'd pretend to be me on the internet! Click on my name, it provides a link to my Twitter page. That should be proof enough?
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chill ppl
Iain Macintosh, anyone here will surely welcome you to join us for future football discussions, welcome onboard!
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Originally posted by Iain Macintosh:
God, I hate to think that anyone would ever be so bored that they’d pretend to be me on the internet! Click on my name, it provides a link to my Twitter page. That should be proof enough?
See I told you its him! Hello remember to mention me on TNP :D
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Originally posted by Iain Macintosh:
God, I hate to think that anyone would ever be so bored that they’d pretend to be me on the internet! Click on my name, it provides a link to my Twitter page. That should be proof enough?
hey can I feedback to you that i hate reading or rather dun read articles contributed by your colleagues at Strai Time's Sports Tay Yeak Yeak and indian guy rohit brajnath or something, esp Tay writing on sunday times, just a waste of space on sunday times sports pages, its horrible.
cheers
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Originally posted by Iain Macintosh:
Awesome stuff from the Senior Neviller. I can’t understand why I never used to like him. In a world of bland, monosyllabic footballers, he’s an absolute Godsend.
so macintosh, any more such players who are morons in real life that you know of? care to share mate, thanks.
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i dont fancy reading articles by the writers' of the straits times too. always talking out of point and showing the least respect for fellow fans.
