Nowt will change with this lad until he's hit in the pocket. IMO he should be sacked. I don't even think he has any interest in being a footballer anymore. I hope he ends up in Scottish league three or Northern Ireland on about £200 a week. That said, I still blame Big Tits for ****ing up with his contract.
Jack Rodwell will not feature against Hull City as Chris Coleman said that he's not been given any indication that the 26-year-old wanted to be a part of his plans. Rodwell told the Daily Mail earlier this week that despite wanting to leave the club, he is 'fitter than he has ever been' and would play against the Tigers this weekend if necessary. Amid a midfield injury crisis at the club, he has not played any football since a 1-1 draw in the Checkatrade Trophy against Grimsby last November. Coleman says he was told by the player that he wanted to leave 'some time ago' and has heard nothing to the contrary since then. The Black Cats boss made it absolutely clear that his priority was working with the club's young talent. He said: "[Knocks on table]. That's all I need to hear. A knock on my door: 'Yes Jack.' 'Can we have a chat.' 'Yes.' 'I want to play football.' 'If you want to dig in with us, roll your sleeves up.' "I haven't had that. "The last conversation I had with him, he didn't want to be here. "He wants to play somewhere else. "I can't drag him onto the pitch and say 'please Jack, come and play football for Sunderland,' and I shouldn't have to. "We're sitting the day before a big game talking about a player that doesn't want to play for the club. "I'd rather talk about Asoro or Maja, the players who do want to play for the club, and who can help us, inexperienced though they are," he added. "They are putting themselves up. We might play badly, we might play well, but they are here and they are having a go at it. "I don't really want to talk about players who don't want to be here and I don't want to have a go at it because that is not going to help us out, although I understand that you have to ask the question. "I'd rather focus on the players who come and knock on my door and say 'why aren't I playing?' "I like that. That's what I want. "I don't want to focus on someone who doesn't want to be here. "It's not personal between me and him. If he doesn't want to be here, he wants to be somewhere else, that's his prerogative – there's nothing I can do about that. "All I can do is concentrate on the boys that are here and make sure that we try and squeeze every last ounce out of them and get on with that." Coleman again insisted that he wanted to work with players who were eager to play for the club as he prepares to send out another threadbare squad on Saturday afternoon. He said: "That's the type that I want. "Whether you are talented or not so talented, it's the mentality that I want. "It's going into situations where you are not guaranteed anything, but you are willing to give everything – even though you might get slapped in the face at the end of it and get no thanks. "It's those mentalities that you want around you. "The ones who think 'I'm in a bit of pain, I'm suffering a bit, but we're struggling and I don't want to miss this game'. "The more of those mentalities you have, and the more situations that you go into with that mentality, the more you get away from where you are. "Not the one's who look at it and go 'that's not for me, actually. The sun's not shining, we are not 3-0 up, it's not March and I haven't got a big holiday around the corner'. "We don't want them, we don't want those people."
At least Rodwell's getting publicly named and shamed. It's not much but his reputation is being dragged through the mud and he deserves every last bit of it.
I know I mean he wasn't much of a tempter when he seemed to be an alright lad but injured all the time. Now Coleman's shown him up he's even less appealing. There's always some mug out there who will take him for nowt though. We aren't the only ones who make daft signings.
Whoever takes him can shag my **** buddy & I'll even buy the tabs & vodka. Mind she is in her 50's now.
This whole situation is utterly farcical. I honestly don't understand how someone can refuse to honour their side of the contract and expect to be paid. How is that legal and why can't the club refuse to pay him? I can't do that. Can anyone else on here do that? Phone the boss, hi, I won't be in today, probably for the next 18 months Or so but keep sticking my salary into the bank. There's a good man! Disgusting!
Q1. Hartlepool United may cease to exist unless they find how much money ? Q2. Safc’s highest paid player earns how much in 20 days? Incredible .
Not wanting to play for us and refusing are very different thing as far a contracts go. That's why he's declared himself available. To keep his contract.
He hasn't though, he's declared himself available for selection publicly. So long as he doesn't refuse to play his contract his safe. He can not want to play to his heart content knowing Coleman won't play him. His agent is playing a blinder making sure he keeps his £££
Yeah true but guaranteed hed just walk about not given a toss not that that makes any difference to how he was when he was actually trying. Ive never wanted to punch another human being in my life so much. I reckon if i hit him id black out and wake up 2 hours later in a straight jacket on a murder charge. I fecking despise selfish, self centred, greedy pricks like him more than anything in the world!
