Johnson - “I Don’t Deal With That Element of it Here.

Surely contractual issues are Mark Ashton's responsibilty? Footy managers usually are not businessmen.

 

He is the head coach so not likely to be sorting contracts and things

 

ageism? at 37 not really to old.. I probably exert as much energy on a 3 hour stint on a sunday afternoon as he would for 90 minutes and I do it 3 times in the week albeit for just 2 hours and I am double his age!

 

Talk about posting a thread just to bash the manager. The season has not even started yet but the neighsayers are in full voice.
I'm really beginning to wonder why I stay on this site when the fans won't get behind the club and team.

We have been in far worse scenarios than we are currently in, but the bigoted views towards LJ are getting too much on here for me.

 

I ran my first Marathon Aged 52 and have ran 5 since. Ibrohimovic is 35,Buffon 39. Cant see age being a factor as far as Wilbs is concerned.

 

Wiz - Wilbs is at the end of his playing career. It has been a long and relatively distinguished one and he's now at the point of a major change. He could likely get a playing deal elsewhere and as a "proper" professional, it's only natural that he would like to continue playing but at the same time, he needs to think about his future. He would have to uproot his family to move on and as he's only likely to get a short term deal, there's a lot to think about.

He has a lot to offer the younger kids and I think he's doing what any educated person would do - looking at options and evaluating what is best for his future.

You're not a bigot Wiz...you still have LJ issues like a lot of us but the Wilbs situation is really nothing to do with this.

 

Yes I agree with you on the flip flopping-An ex colleague of mine has a walking football team that he runs for over 50's- seems a good idea and I must give it a try

 

I'm with you brother! Just wish the successes outweighed the failures but I guess it makes the few we have so much sweeter.

 

Wiz, over the past 6 months or so you seem to take everything personally and build in a little extra to feel " hurt" or "targeted" ! no one intimated you were an ageist or a bigot ...and what is age? simply an artificial concept of time related to a period .. [ an artificial concept of sequence and duration ] like vegetation or "crops" none have the same sequence of start and end, whether it is species or like.

My reply was ageism? at 37 not really to old.. [ works the other way also, at 15 or ? to young to be doing that ] and then a comparison of what is possible by peeps double his age ! ( or older) You do have time to troll the papers and things and bring to the board some interesting " facts and features".. I don't, I have 4 time consuming hobbies, 3 physical, so always thankful of others input, it is a "said " you do not have to say thankyou everytime a piece is brought to the attention of board, other wise a lot of threads would just be 30 or so posts saying thankyou *******? You merely make a comment, as you say "on your own opinion" or if directed to someone, you state "***** " I think you are off the mark/wrong/up the wrong tree /or suchlike.
finished my breakfast and tea off to pack and check kit for this afternoons adventure 50m underground, where half a tonne of rock has to be sorted!

 

Galavanting with your wife in Cornwall ( substitute Ann in my case) sounds like a great life to me Wiz and to follow up with a Chinese is a bonus. We are about the same age Wiz and like you I think we long suffering supporters have our priorities right and our thoughts come from the right place, which is the heart. Life is for enjoying and having your own personal opinions should never be regarded as a detriment to others, and perhaps if we all said what we feel then the world might become a more acceptable neighbourhood.

P.S. Can I read anything in to the fact that some supporter got a City shirt with an Oxford United label on it? Perhaps a corporate move on the part of Steve Lansdown?