http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23703265 This completely blows out of the water all the claims of Saintliness that managers make about the characters of pro footballers. I suppose we already sort of knew this stuff went on, but it's really revealing to see it written in plain English by an ex player. The question is, how many of our current (or outgoing..) squad have employed similar tactics? I bet each of the points in the article is attributable to at least one of them. Here's a snippet: "Be a bad influence Any player can cause havoc in the changing room or out on the training pitch. You just need a bad attitude. It doesn't matter what it is, do it badly and you soon get a reputation the manager cannot ignore. If he doesn't, then the risk is you start affecting everyone around you. "
Sulk: Bosingwa Stop communicating: Zamora Faking injury: Traore (etc.) Making up newspaper stories: Taarabt Use the media: Mbia Undermine the manager: Barton (with Warnock) Fight with teammates: Story of Mackie and someone last year? Moan to backroom staff: Probably all of them Be a bad influence: Bosingwa etc etc. Don't put the effort in: Granero Let other clubs know you want to move: Diakite (tweet about wanting to go back to Nancy)
i always thought he was a ****, anyone who dresses like him, and drives a yello car around is off there rocker
