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Potato Milk said:
I don't hate Henderson for going to S.A. I don't like that he picked to go to that specific country with their horrific human rights abuses, and I think it's a poor judgement call from him...

... But I don't think that defines him as a human and there is far worse things he could be doing.



As for money. I don't mind footballers trying to get as much money as they can, as long as they're not back stabbing people or doing anything immoral, it's their right and I don't blame them.

Someone living in North Korea probably thinks, why would anyone earning £35k per year in the UK want to change jobs to get £45k per year, £35k is more than anyone could possibly spend.

It's a matter of perspective. I bet most people earning £200k per year would tell you they're not rich and they worry about their finances too.

There's the trope about how so many people who win the lottery end up broke within a few years... It's because we can only imagine what incomes similar to those we experience feel like. $100million seems set for life with unlimited spending power... Until you have it and spend it all. I'm sure to a footballer £200k and 700k pw feel very different in ways we mere mortals can't even imagine.
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Our decisions define who we are.

I understand that this is a very divisive subject and I don't want to get into a heated argument over it. I've expressed my view on all players going there. I wonder how many of those who are 'defending' his decision are as eager to defend city and Newcastle's football morality.
 
InBiscanWeTrust said:
That's such a difficult question though. We don’t know how much he donates to charity. We don’t know how much he has in his bank account.

On our life styles yes. But is he going to retire and then live a 30k a year life style of one holiday a year and a takeaway once a month?

Does he want to set up a foundation and use some of this money to be able to help disadvantaged kids which he wouldn’t do on his current wage.

Does he want to be able to set up funds for his kids/family/nephews/nieces so they can go to uni and get on property ladder etc.
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Lol

160k a week. And 50 years left to live approx... think about that. 1year wages and he was set up for life.
 
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Anyway, I've talked about this far too much this evening, I've had my day so I'm leaving it there.

(Probably the most active I've been on here in over a year!)
 
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johnsonsbaby said:
So 2 guaranteed starters are replacing 2 we barely saw ...
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yes (and Milner) but as has been constantly said for some years we really need to improve the 2nd eleven and that meant last years starters were now back up so job done .However if fab & Henderson go they have to be replaced as one was a guaranteed starter and the other a regular
 
johnsonsbaby said:
Our decisions define who we are.
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They do indeed and I don't want to sound like I'm defending his decision. It is absolutely one I disagree with. But its just one of a trillion decisions he has made in his lifetime.

It is a particularly jarring one, but my personal opinion is that it: doesn't by itself make him a "bad person.". Like you say, it's a divisive subject, and people are going to differ on it and have their own opinions. It's one of those things where there probably isn't a "correct opinion".
 
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moreinjuredthanowen said:
Lol

160k a week. And 50 years left to live approx... think about that. 1year wages and he was set up for life.
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The wages argument is so absurd I'm amazed rational people bring it up.
In his last year Hendo has earned what most of us would take several lifetimes to match. If he can't set up himself and his family in a 15 year career then serious questions need to be asked.
If he squanders it he deserves no sympathy, if he uses some of it for good purposes then he'd be a fool not to achieve a balance between philanthropy and personal future security.
It's a common human trait that rich wants richer, and trying to justify it any other way is futile.
All of us would like more money I'm sure, what divides us is what lengths we will go to to get it.
As some have already said, I don't hate him - I'm just disappointed in him because I thought he was more principled than that.
My fault I suppose.
 
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saintKlopp said:
The wages argument is so absurd I'm amazed rational people bring it up.
In his last year Hendo has earned what most of us would take several lifetimes to match. If he can't set up himself and his family in a 15 year career then serious questions need to be asked.
If he squanders it he deserves no sympathy, if he uses some of it for good purposes then he'd be a fool not to achieve a balance between philanthropy and personal future security.
It's a common human trait that rich wants richer, and trying to justify it any other way is futile.
All of us would like more money I'm sure, what divides us is what lengths we will go to to get it.
As some have already said, I don't hate him - I'm just disappointed in him because I thought he was more principled than that.
My fault I suppose.
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Well said.

I had thought people would get the smiley I added to my little post.
 
There are a few of you "dissapointed or worse" with Hendo for taking the SA money. Do any of you have the same feeling about the club taking the money for player sales?
 
Diego said:
There are a few of you "dissapointed or worse" with Hendo for taking the SA money. Do any of you have the same feeling about the club taking the money for player sales?
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Well the club has no option bar blocking the players so they'd be critiqued for that as well and it'd be self harm to the squad morale.

I presume you've got all your lines ready cos I cannot wait for the Qatar money and to spend it up to buy all the trophies.
 
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