McNulty Blathering again

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Tobes/Drogs/Me.......

We are all hypocrites! We don't like it when our favourite players leave but just how many different employers have we worked for?
 
Foredeckdave said:
I couldn't care less what happens to Torres. He's not a Liverpool player and is not likley to be in the future. Therefore he only rates the attention that any other opposing player deserves.

However, the real anger regarding his departure is directed at both myself and us as fans. We are old enough and ugly enough to have learnt by now that players have feet of clay. Before Torres we'd already had the experience of Owen and Keegan but we did not really learn the lesson. To top that we have put ourselves in the same position with Suarez. So I suppose I'm saying that we should not just get older, we should grow up. Players are players, enjoy them whilst they are here, thank them for their efforts and move on to the next one.

We expected the same line of loyalty that ran from Billy Liddell through Shank's sides to Stevie Gerrard and Carra. We just didn't truly appreciate just how precious and rare that is!
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I reached that stage a while ago which is why I have no emotional attachment to Suarez or whether he stays or goes. I couldn't work up any anger about his summer behaviour - most of which could just be press talk anyway - and rather than find this lack of emotional attachment as a step forward or 'growing up' as you put it, I feel a sense of loss for the 'old days' style of idolising a player. A time long gone now when money and greed wasn't the main driver for players, but ambition and furthering their career horizons - as fans we fully understand that.
 
Foredeckdave said:
Tobes/Drogs/Me.......

We are all hypocrites! We don't like it when our favourite players leave but just how many different employers have we worked for?
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You're right Dave, but I think the wages levels have surpassed the point where we can rationalise the supposed 'need' for the progression.

I know everything's relative, but once you're into the £2/3m per annum range, does another £1m a year really enrich your life to any tangible extent?

Or is it merely greed that drives the desire to grab it at that level?
 
Just out of interest one club men -

Liverpool: Donald McKinlay '10-'29, Ray Lambert '39-'56, Billy Liddell '38-'61, Ronnie Moran '52-'68 Bob Paisley '39-'54, Eddie Spicer '39-'54, Byrne, Carragher, Gerrard

Everton: Ted Sagar '29-'53, Labone '58-'71, Hibbert,
 
johnsonsbaby said:
Just out of interest one club men -

Liverpool: Donald McKinlay '10-'29, Ray Lambert '39-'56, Billy Liddell '38-'61, Ronnie Moran '52-'68 Bob Paisley '39-'54, Eddie Spicer '39-'54, Byrne, Carragher, Gerrard

Everton: Ted Sagar '29-'53, Labone '58-'71, Hibbert,
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There were plenty of others across the spectrum who played at much smaller clubs at the beginning or the end of their careers - but spent the vast majority of their prime years at one club. I mean Southall isn't included there & he hold our most appearances record @ 750!

The prime point being, that the kind of loyalty that existed in years gone by, is a rare commodity these days.
 
Obviously you're right that there are lots of players giving their best years to one club even though they may have played for a dozen or so more clubs in their career. I had no other point to make other than it was interesting because it is, and always has been, very rare to have spent your whole career at one club.
 
He was unstoppable earlier against Newcastle, he is well and truly back.
 
Lucaaas said:
He was unstoppable earlier against Newcastle, he is well and truly back.
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Beat me to it<laugh>

He's backkkkkk!!

McNulty truly talks out his ****ing arse, dont suppose he's write an "I was talking bollocks" article

Where's eatmyhole, Tobes and all the other Torres is back camp<whistle>
 
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