That's fine - I can see the its-not-my-money argument.Thing is I don’t care about money and who spends what never did when the scum spent shitloads under bacon! and paying Sachez 500k a week to turn his head yeah the scum again as per usual! I only moan about money now at other hypocritical fans never stop moaning at us at spending money! Two face fcuks the lot of them! Teams and clubs can spend what they want on wages and players I don’t care let them pay Mbappe 3m a week Henderson a 1m a week I don’t care let them!
Yes I deliberately chose to.
We live in an age where everybody is a celebrity - if footballers earn as much as Hollywood stars so be it.
Where's the outcry when we see the likes of a bikini clad Margot Robbie diving off the back of a super yacht? ;)
It's all entertainment.
Today's players are far removed from society I agree. It's not their fault blame the insatiable appetite the scumbag British media have convinced the gullible masses that they really NEED - did they even WANT it in the first place?
It's the modern world and we aren't going to change it.
I actually snapped at my GLW the other day because she was banging on about some City players holiday pictures she was looking at on some shite website or other she's on.
You do make a valid point I totally agree but, I suppose as a FOC I am living in the here and now and still bouncing around after last season like a loon.
How do you know though that they're not doing good things away from the public glare? Mark Noble was often suspected of being a very humble and generous sole when he was playing as was Craig Bellamy - they didn't bang on about it.
I work with a neighbour of the young girl who is battling cancer and works at City - Pep, his family & the club have been extremely supportive.
Using your clubs PR machine to further your 'image' works for certain teams/players maybe the City lads prefer to do things under the radar - for instance Gundo visiting an old folks home on Charlestown Road hardly got any coverage outside of City.
Just one question though - if you won the lottery would you want publicity?
I know I wouldn't.
Yep that's all they do train 2 hours a day, anyone could do it, me thinks you might be overlooking the big picture here, football is huge, more than likely the biggest game in the world, therefore you might expect that the biggest performers would be paid accordingly.That's fine - I can see the its-not-my-money argument.
But, I just find it hard to stomach when so many people are struggling to get by when working 40 hour weeks, and these train 2 hours a day, take home hundred of thousands a week, and just sit on it.
If I was earning that money I'd just be walking around the Arndale every day handing out cash to people.
I kind of get your point, but is it really the players' fault that they are offered so much? And what they do with it is up to them, there's no point if you can't spend it?Is anybody else feeling completely disillusioned with the way football is at the moment?
If I'm honest, it isn't going to stop me watching it, or being a fan - but I think the money involved is just totally unacceptable. Especially when you consider what is happening in the real-world that we all live in (mortgages/rent shooting up, people can't afford food or heating, people living on the street).
The money footballers receive has been daft for a long time. £10,000 a week, then turned into £100,000 a week, which has then turned into £200,000 - £300,000 a week becoming the norm for a top players salary (this is before their contracts with Nike/Adidas etc). But now (though he is unlikely to go there) Mbappe has been offered £1.9m A DAY, to go and play in Saudi Arabia! £58m a month! It is just not right, and they shouldn't be allowed to even offer it. If the Saudi's have that sort of money available to just give away, why aren't they doing something good with it in the world!? Instead of giving it a footballer. All they are paying for is his name and image - at £1.9m a day, where is the incentive for him to actually play well?
Transfer fees don't bother me too much (though they are ridiculous too) but at least they stay in the football system for a while and the money gets passed down to the lower leagues eventually. But, I guess it still ends up in the players pockets in the end!
I went to watch Manchester Giants Basketball last year, and couldn't believe how good the players were after the game. Kids were allowed onto the court to have their photo taken with the players - who were more than happy to hang around and do so. In football, the players are ushered off by Security and you have to hang around for 1-2 hours after a game if you wanted to see them, and even then there is a barrier and security - and the best you can do is wave at them.
I even had to unfollow all the City players on Instagram over the last few weeks as I couldn't bear to look at the photos and videos they posted of them hiring luxury yachts for a week, or staying in huge Villas without a care in the world for how much it actually costs - whilst I'm sat at home getting anxious about my mortgage going up a few hundred quid a month.
I know I'm ranting - and I completely appreciate that for them to earn this amount of money they also have to train and work very hard, and accept being scrutinised by thousands of people every week, and have very little privacy when they step out of their house etc. But, I still don't think this warrants the amount of money they receive.
I'm also probably jealous, and obviously wouldn't turn it down if it was offered to me - but I would certainly give away/do some good with a large part of it, because lets be honest, who really needs that much money per week? I'd give my right bollock to get £100k a year!
I addressed this in the OP - but thanks for your contribution.Yep that's all they do train 2 hours a day, anyone could do it, me thinks you might be overlooking the big picture here, football is huge, more than likely the biggest game in the world, therefore you might expect that the biggest performers would be paid accordingly.
The players can't fart without the world wanting to know about it, they also didn't just rock up one day and say "hey I'm going to earn millions" they worked their bollocks off from a very young age to get to where they are.
Are rockstars/filmstars etc paid too much as well? Folk whining with the old "getting paid to kick a bag of air about" argument need to maybe think it through.
That's fine - I can see the its-not-my-money argument.
But, I just find it hard to stomach when so many people are struggling to get by when working 40 hour weeks, and these train 2 hours a day, take home hundred of thousands a week, and just sit on it.
If I was earning that money I'd just be walking around the Arndale every day handing out cash to people.
That's the kind of shit Liverpool and United fans were posting, when they realised we were actually going to be a threat.Is anybody else feeling completely disillusioned with the way football is at the moment?
If I'm honest, it isn't going to stop me watching it, or being a fan - but I think the money involved is just totally unacceptable. Especially when you consider what is happening in the real-world that we all live in (mortgages/rent shooting up, people can't afford food or heating, people living on the street).
The money footballers receive has been daft for a long time. £10,000 a week, then turned into £100,000 a week, which has then turned into £200,000 - £300,000 a week becoming the norm for a top players salary (this is before their contracts with Nike/Adidas etc). But now (though he is unlikely to go there) Mbappe has been offered £1.9m A DAY, to go and play in Saudi Arabia! £58m a month! It is just not right, and they shouldn't be allowed to even offer it. If the Saudi's have that sort of money available to just give away, why aren't they doing something good with it in the world!? Instead of giving it a footballer. All they are paying for is his name and image - at £1.9m a day, where is the incentive for him to actually play well?
Transfer fees don't bother me too much (though they are ridiculous too) but at least they stay in the football system for a while and the money gets passed down to the lower leagues eventually. But, I guess it still ends up in the players pockets in the end!
I went to watch Manchester Giants Basketball last year, and couldn't believe how good the players were after the game. Kids were allowed onto the court to have their photo taken with the players - who were more than happy to hang around and do so. In football, the players are ushered off by Security and you have to hang around for 1-2 hours after a game if you wanted to see them, and even then there is a barrier and security - and the best you can do is wave at them.
I even had to unfollow all the City players on Instagram over the last few weeks as I couldn't bear to look at the photos and videos they posted of them hiring luxury yachts for a week, or staying in huge Villas without a care in the world for how much it actually costs - whilst I'm sat at home getting anxious about my mortgage going up a few hundred quid a month.
I know I'm ranting - and I completely appreciate that for them to earn this amount of money they also have to train and work very hard, and accept being scrutinised by thousands of people every week, and have very little privacy when they step out of their house etc. But, I still don't think this warrants the amount of money they receive.
I'm also probably jealous, and obviously wouldn't turn it down if it was offered to me - but I would certainly give away/do some good with a large part of it, because lets be honest, who really needs that much money per week? I'd give my right bollock to get £100k a year!
I think you've missed the point too.That's the kind of shit Liverpool and United fans were posting, when they realised we were actually going to be a threat.