the monk Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 15 minutes ago, tomhollywood said: This is so often overlooked by fans I think when talking about player moves. I think some fans forget that players will have families and make decisions based on that as well as money and football club ambitions. If I were a player for example, the thought of London or a big city would be awful to me as I love being out in the hills. I'd take less money for a better lifestyle that suited me and my family. Ey ,no hills and countryside near Dore ! So he's going to uproot his family and put them in foreign schools thousands of miles away from friends and the larger family that he said he wanted to be close to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Farrell Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 So the excuses for him not being able to find a proper club and going semi pro are as follows so far: 1. To avoid Covid 2. The weather helps his knees. 3. The food 4. Cyprus is the new Premier league 5. He missed Big Dave 6. He's a big Ayia Napa music scene fan. 7. His Gran also retired there. Any more ? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyTrev Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Interesting where the players have ended up from that side that we thought was so good after their contracts have expired. New Zealand, Cyprus, Oxford, Italy, Stoke. Interesting that no top end Championship clubs were interested enough to sign any of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dukeries Owl Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 5 minutes ago, Sefton owl said: Cyprus as a country has a good handle on the covid situation with only 1500 cases so it makes perfect sense to live there and play football. Be honest, Who really wants to live in this country at this moment in time? Half of the eastern Euopean / African world according to Boris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Reminds me of a mate of mine, lost his management job at a big IT firm and ended up delivering for Hermes after a few months of no offers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acquiescefc Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, the monk said: Ey ,no hills and countryside near Dore ! So he's going to uproot his family and put them in foreign schools thousands of miles away from friends and the larger family that he said he wanted to be close to Hes in Cyprus not the Pitcairn Islands. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Farrell Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Just now, TrickyTrev said: Interesting where the players have ended up from that side that we thought was so good after their contracts have expired. New Zealand, Cyprus, Oxford, Italy, Stoke. Interesting that no top end Championship clubs were interested enough to sign any of them. No surprise though. We have been paying far too much for mediocrity. We bought the falsehood that if you want top players you have to pay top money, when instead we ended up paying top money for average players. Flawed model that we finally seemed to have ditched all be it 3 years too late. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costello 77 Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, Prince said: Reminds me of a mate of mine, lost his management job at a big IT firm and ended up delivering for Hermes after a few months of no offers. I know where you're coming from but... I admire your mate. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the monk Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, acquiescefc said: Hes in Cyprus not the Pitcairn Islands. Nor the prem or Championship! How ever its dressed up, its a massive step down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costello 77 Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 11 minutes ago, Mr Farrell said: So the excuses for him not being able to find a proper club and going semi pro are as follows so far: 1. To avoid Covid 2. The weather helps his knees. 3. The food 4. Cyprus is the new Premier league 5. He missed Big Dave 6. He's a big Ayia Napa music scene fan. 7. His Gran also retired there. Any more ? Think you're being a bit cynical there.. he's taking a tremendous risk with his hair in that heat. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG D Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 11 hours ago, SiJ said: Is he taking his Uncle Big D with him? Hope so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshOwl Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Socialist_Owl said: the MLS is at least a few rungs higher than the ******** Cypriot domestic. What an embarrassment. After years of the big Billy testicles routine, he ends up off the veritable map. I’m sure he’s not embarrassed mate, I’d wager he doesn’t give a **** 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acquiescefc Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, the monk said: Nor the prem or Championship! How ever its dressed up, its a massive step down Hes 31, not technically blessed, injury prone, yellow/red card prone. He will admit hes not Prem or Champ standard any more, theres no dressing up/down. Have a lot of love for the passion and determination he has given from a physical and mental position and he will always be recognised as one of the good guys. But to suggest hes taking a hit on his dreams is ludicrous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the monk Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 3 minutes ago, acquiescefc said: Hes 31, not technically blessed, injury prone, yellow/red card prone. He will admit hes not Prem or Champ standard any more, theres no dressing up/down. Have a lot of love for the passion and determination he has given from a physical and mental position and he will always be recognised as one of the good guys. But to suggest hes taking a hit on his dreams is ludicrous. Your first statement is what my problem is ,fans on here calling Monk because he dropped him and as you say he's not up to standard Good luck to him , but I won't let people convince me Cyprus is what he had in mind when he went back to London 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miffed Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 3 hours ago, areNOTwhatTHEYseem said: According to some, we should have sacked our manager in order to keep Hutchinson. Ironic that there are similarities between what Monk has done and what Luhukay appeared to be doing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzlebeak Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 14 minutes ago, FreshOwl said: I’m sure he’s not embarrassed mate, I’d wager he doesn’t give a **** and that was the problem 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannofan Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 13 minutes ago, the monk said: Nor the prem or Championship! How ever its dressed up, its a massive step down But he's not bothered about it being a step down. A step down was giving up on his Chelsea dream . This is a bloke who thought he'd retired, instead he earned millions in new contracts and wages with us. Now he gets to play a sport he enjoys, his family don't have to live in this country and can experience a different lifestyle for a bit. As someone else has pointed out, he could have done a Fletcher , earned a bit more, and worked in a dive like Stoke. For me, Fletcher must be consumed by greed to still want to slog it out for that club in this league. Hutchinson- who I have no great love for - has nothing to prove. Good for him. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG D Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Socialist_Owl said: the MLS is at least a few rungs higher than the ******** Cypriot domestic. What an embarrassment. After years of the big Billy testicles routine, he ends up off the veritable map. Can you give us any actual examples of this Billy testicles routine? Or are you just making stuff up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acquiescefc Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 im sure hes still drawing 10 times a week in wages more than most of the fanzz in a tinpot league so id say hes not that fussed. back of the net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyblack Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 26 minutes ago, the monk said: Nor the prem or Championship! How ever its dressed up, its a massive step down who cares, should be a nice place to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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