He'd have to be certifiably insane to accept those sort of terms, even if he was interested in resuscitating his career at a lower level, as the club has proven more than willing to allow him out on loan while he earns a nice big wedge.geoffchall said:What surprise me is that the club have left him on the corporate tit for so long. If he's on say £50K/week the club could just pay him £2M in exchange for terminating the contract and giving him the right to go seek a change of fortune elsewhere. This has been open to the club so I can only assume that MJ or his advisers have turned that down. Which means that (a) he doesn't want to try and resuscitate his career at Championship/League One level and would really just live on his fat wedge OR (b) his advisers realise that giving a man of his tastes £2M would be signing a suicide note.
Its a bit blunt dont you think? Surely something like 'how are you doing these days' would be more appropriate?Robinho's Subbuteo said:whicko said:Lee-ManCity said:just said where did it all go wrong you had the world at your feet. he got off pretty sharpish though
Hope you are proud of yourself you Rag.
Don't get this comment ^^^
Tom_mcfc said:moomba said:Let him get on with his life and face whatever demons he has. National newspaper effectively taking the piss out of him is hardly going help anyone.
Dubai Blue said:I hope the person who took that photo is happy now a national newspaper is ripping the piss out of him. Well done, you must be so proud.
Awww yeah your right. Poor johno, shall we have a whip round?
Seosa said:No sympathy whatsoever. As its been said unlike Lakey and Co., who had their careers stolen from them, Johnson has thrown his away. Come the summer he'll either retire or be playing in the Ryman's League.
Equally, there are plenty of examples of talented people in numerous fields who never worked hard enough to fully justify the talents they were given. Everyone has different character traits, so you can't just paint a one-solution-fits-all picture. Darren Fletcher obviously has the correct attributes to make a career in professional football work, even in the face of some extreme adversity, while Michael Johnson clearly doesn't. Yes, it's a waste, but it doesn't really necessitate people pointing and laughing at him for being a fat bastard and throwing it all away.bobmcfc said:I could use Darren fletcher as an example of a guy who has had to deal with an awful disease (that is seen as a disability) who has worked hard to get back into the game. He could have chucked it all and said Fook it.
Dubai Blue said:Equally, there are plenty of examples of talented people in numerous fields who never worked hard enough to fully justify the talents they were given. Everyone has different character traits, so you can't just paint a one-solution-fits-all picture. Darren Fletcher obviously has the correct attributes to make a career in professional football work, even in the face of some extreme adversity, while Michael Johnson clearly doesn't. Yes, it's a waste, but it doesn't really necessitate people pointing and laughing at him for being a fat bastard and throwing it all away.bobmcfc said:I could use Darren fletcher as an example of a guy who has had to deal with an awful disease (that is seen as a disability) who has worked hard to get back into the game. He could have chucked it all and said Fook it.