Am I the only person a little reserved about giving someone who destroyed their ACL a five year contract?
I am fairly confident there would be some injury clause in it. He would also be covered himself with injury insurance.
But you don't know the details of his recovery. Therefore it's unsurprising that you have doubt. The people who aren't a little reserved are trusting Saints to be doing the right thing. Personally, I would be cautious also if I didn't have a measure of trust. But if Saints doctor says fine, then fine. It's not as if I am personally risking anything, is it..?
hoping that he is one of the few brit players that realise a club like ours is their ceiling. no way would he get a game, probably not even on the bench at the likes of City, Bony is a quality finisher yet barely gets a sniff. JayRod, being first choice (if fit and playing well) is more important than the extra 80K a week.
JRod's options will certainly be limited by his injury. Saints obviously feel he will make a good recovery....though you often get short lay offs due to pulled muscles after coming back from a long term injury. Other teams would surely be more interested once he had a good season under his belt And all this supposed Spurs interest may have faded by now (just being kept alive by gossip).
You can put the hammer down now. You've hit the nail. This is the decision that players make. How much do I want that extra dosh v how much do I want to play?
As we have seen many times, players and agents will generally go for the money and the bench rather than a regular starter and don't expect anything better from any of our players More than happy to be surprised though by JRod, Clynie or Snidders
Well he didn't destroy his ACL did he. He damaged it, albeit severely but just damaged. Destroyed implies it can't be repaired.
To be fair to them, I suspect most footballers are not as defeatist as this. Ie; They must at least partly believe that they have the ability to impress their new manager enough to get into the first team and stay there. And everyone likes a challenge, no matter what your profession/hobby etc.
Yeah exactly. Even if he fails, Rodriguez will have at least taken his shot at his dream. If it were any of us advising a young and upcoming professional whether they should stay at the modest company they are at now on decent wages, or take a shot at the big company where the competition will be tougher but they could really achieve their dream professional/personal goals while taking a massive pay increase, we would tell them to take on the challenge. The only reason not to do it is just timing. Do you make the move right now, or do you gamble that an even better opportunity will come later? And it is a big gamble to wait, especially if you have blown out your ACL already.
Strangely enough if I was asked to advise anyone about moving to a bigger company, I would say do what makes you happy. In the end, that is all that matters...too many people switch jobs until they fail and are unhappy.
That very good advice from the wise. I chased ambition until my marriage broke up. My wife and I were going separate ways and we forgot why we came together. We had plenty of money and ownership but were no longer happy. Nowadays I have my home, no money, no ambition beyond enjoying myself and I have never been happier, in all honesty.
It's been so long now that he could return faster, stronger and with better endurance. That's assuming he's not had any major setbacks and has had the optimal rehab.
It's funny TSS. My ambitions wobbled when my mum died 4.5 years ago. I had a good job and had a small business gong on the side. I stopped the business as losing mum changed my view. Two years ago I changed my job down from board level management. Now, 2.5 years on again, I flip from wanting higher management responsibilities to leaving my job, selling the house and getting a less pressured, lower salaries job and spending more time with the family. It is funny that I'd even consider the down size thing at 45, but I have considered it.
