Suso [Sold to AC Milan]

[CJ]

So Paul Stewart has been offered a new deal. In Rodgers We Trust and all that but my faith is a little shaken.

EDIT: Thanks Fredo.

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[Charly]

Even the ones we think are a total abomination on the game, an ugly pimple on an otherwise flawless face, are unbelieveably good...

Djimi Traore?

[Red_Polo]

I think you mean Champions League Winner Djimi Traore.

[Rowan]

I used to play for the Customs & Excise (as it was then) England team and my CM partner was a lad who played non-league. Played for Burton & Kidderminster when they were in the conference but didn't quite make it as a league footballer. He was ****ing immense, it was like playing alongside Redondo

We've discussed Jamie Burt before haven't we? That's my example and we we're only about 13 at the time. Absolutely unreal. Unbelievable Trekkies!

[Shaggy]

We've discussed Jamie Burt before haven't we? That's my example and we we're only about 13 at the time. Absolutely unreal. Unbelievable Trekkies!

Yep. Incredible player at the level I saw him play. I told you about him going out with a mate of mine didn't I? She moved to Carlisle with him where he proved himself to be the biggest *******, and one of the biggest wreckheads, who ever walked the earth. Massive waste of talent.

[Fosterbloke]

I played alongside Lloyd Owusu years ago.

[kris90210]

Yeah, I was just trying to get the thread to go back further than the latest report of the contract renewal so we could repeat other aspects of the thread as well.

I totally agree about how good they all are. I played against the odd semi pro from time to time and they were all incredible. And they weren't good enough to get into the top couple of divisions in non-league. You only have to see how players can look like world beaters at one level and hopeless on the next step up to realise just how much better the top players are than the rest of us. I don't know if it's just a question of fine margins in ability and effectiveness being amplified in practice (like in a game of squash, where the scoring system means any noticeable difference in ability makes for a totally one-sided scoreline) or whether the best really are a thousand times better than their not-quite-as-good teammates.

Can the same be said for managers? And if so, where does that leave us when it comes to critising managers tactics etc? I bet even hodgson would wipe the floor with every single person on here in a discussion about football

[Neil Young]

I expect that's true too. That doesn't mean we know nothing and some of us might know quite a bit but I doubt any of us are experts.

That doesn't mean Hodgson was anything other than AFN.

[kris90210]

I expect that's true too. That doesn't mean we know nothing and some of us might know quite a bit but I doubt any of us are experts.

That doesn't mean Hodgson was anything other than AFN.

What's afn? Stop trying to be down with the kids and speak English man!

[Red_Polo]

Can the same be said for managers? And if so, where does that leave us when it comes to critising managers tactics etc? I bet even hodgson would wipe the floor with every single person on here in a discussion about football

I'd say anyone on here who thinks they could train and manage a team better than Hodgson is deluded. That's not to say the criticism of his footballing philosophy is not valid.

So in terms of implementing ideas and making a team successful he would be streets ahead of us, and in terms of set tactics too, but I don't think overarching football philosophy/strategy falls into the same bracket.

[Rowan]

I'd say anyone on here who thinks they could train and manage a team better than Hodgson is deluded. That's not to say the criticism of his footballing philosophy is not valid.

So in terms of implementing ideas and making a team successful he would be streets ahead of us, and in terms of set tactics too, but I don't think overarching football philosophy/strategy falls into the same bracket.

Well, he does have 37 years of experience over us though

[ElRobbie]

I'm the same age as Jamie Burt he's from Blyth, I went to school in Bedlington, which is a town just up the road, our school used to play them every season twice obviously, he was untouchable, we played them in a cup final when we were 15/16 and they won 6-0, he scored all 6, 3 from outside the box, our keeper was a good shot stopper as well. He got mixed up in drugs and thieving to pay for it, used to nick the Newcastle training kit to sell on even. Everyone thought he would make it as a top flight player, I've no doubt he would of if he had the right people around him and didn't live in a town blighted by heroin problems. Shame really.
As for Suso, lets hope he signs a new contract cause when he starts making a name for himself clubs will come knocking

[ElRobbie]

Yep. Incredible player at the level I saw him play. I told you about him going out with a mate of mine didn't I? She moved to Carlisle with him where he proved himself to be the biggest *******, and one of the biggest wreckheads, who ever walked the earth. Massive waste of talent.

I'm the same age as Jamie Burt he's from Blyth, I went to school in Bedlington, which is a town just up the road, our school used to play them every season twice obviously, he was untouchable, we played them in a cup final when we were a about 13 and they won 6-0, he scored all 6, 3 from outside the box, our keeper was a good shot stopper as well. He got mixed up in drugs and thieving to pay for it, used to nick the Newcastle training kit to sell on even. Everyone thought he would make it as a top flight player, I've no doubt he would of if he had the right people around him and didn't live in a town blighted by heroin problems. Shame really.
As for Suso, lets hope he signs a new contract cause when he starts making a name for himself clubs will come knocking

[Norbs]

There's been little mention of a contract on offer for Suso. I'm getting a tad worried tbh

[Red_Polo]

Well, he does have 37 years of experience over us though

Not only that but at a whole host of top European clubs he could name if he wanted to.