An Ian Midgley article in the HDM

I know that the Hull Daily Mail is not a rag that is regarded much on these forums in fact I think it fair to say it is not regarded at all, I'm not a regular reader myself. But today's edition had an article by a Ian Midgley about modern day football and why he has fallen out with the game since the birth of the Premier League. He wrote about Yaya Toure and his spitting his dummy out because it was his birthday and he felt the club showed a lack of respect because hardly anyone wished him happy birthday at Manchester City. It seems now that his agent is hinting that Mr Yaya may seek to play for someone who does value him more, birthday notwithstanding. The article is well written and sums up my opinion of the modern day game to a tell, well done Ian Midgley and the HDM.

An article in The Telegraph explains the furore about Yaya.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...e-club-failed-to-wish-him-happy-birthday.html

 

Yeah, it's agent-driven (as usual).

Great larker though.

 

Excellent article, it does sum up the root of the problem perfectly. High praise for us and clubs with similar thinking.

Like many great articles however it lacks one thing, quality solutions (difficult of course) to get us out of this mess.

 

I'd like to know to what lengths Midgleys 'love' of Premeir League football went too.
Watching the odd game on SKY?
The actual article was quite articulate for him but the headline was like manner from heaven for the eggchasing minority.

 

If it's a well-written piece, Mr Midgeley must have paid someone else to write it for him.

 

The clubs can help by making it compulsory for the players to give something back, say on a weekly basis. This could mean visiting a local hospital, for eg a childrens cancer ward. Footballers have too much time sat on their arses. That's why gambling is so prevalent. They are too removed from reality. Bring them back into the community that pays their wages. It's not rocket science.

 

I know it's a totally different level altogether but the Brisbane Roar players have it written in their contracts about doing so much community work. Not sure what the actual figures are but at least it's the right idea.

This can involve going down to clubs and training juniors and stuff like that.