The "do they mean us?" thread pt 2

[South Shire Fox]

52 minutes ago, DerbyshireFox said:

I feel for Drinkwater a bit I have to admit. No matter how much he’s been earning, the guy clearly has/had demons that he has been wrestling to get under control. I certainly don’t begrudge him moving. When he left Man United he probably didn’t think he’d have the opportunity to play for one of the so called ‘elite clubs’ ever again. He probably saw it as his last chance to make it at that level - unfortunately for him, it was the wrong move and things have spiralled for him. He has undoubtedly thrown that chance away, but I’m sure there’s other things going on that we aren’t party to. We all loved that team, but it was always going to break up at some point. I certainly don’t recall many, if any histrionics from Drinks/Drinky (unfortunate nicknames nowadays!), compared to Riyads many airport trips and deadline day strike (which completely screwed us up that night at Goodison). We got a ridiculous fee for him at the right time. He took a shot, and it didn’t work out. I hope the guy works through his troubles and can get back to some form of regular football. 

He literally handed a transfer request in and drove down to the Chelsea training ground to force through a move... the guys a ****. Atleast Riyad actually deserved his move. 

[Koke]

11 hours ago, srbfox said:

I have said he would make our side now, just that hes had a bad run of injuries and without them he could still be the player his was in 2015/16- 2016/17

 

He wouldn't get anywhere near our starting 11. Not on ability and not on form. Maddison and Tielemans are CL level players in the making, Drinkwater never was and his talent never suggested he would ever be.

[Sly]

We got £30,000,000 for Danny Drinkwater. If the Adrian Silva deal would have gone through correctly at the time, this wouldn’t even have been a debate. In principle, it was great business. Unfortunately, that transfer window, was the end of the peak for both players in terms of footballing achievements I think. 
 

Drinkwater was regarded as a good player for us. Who had played with an injury in 16/17. When you look at some of his post Leicester, off field antics and him going all billy big bollocks, I’m really happy with how this turned out for us; and wish him no further I’ll health. 

 

Silva never recovered from the 14 second delay. Not that he’s really complaining, whilst sunning himself in Monaco.
 

 

[Guybino]

4 hours ago, South Shire Fox said:

He literally handed a transfer request in and drove down to the Chelsea training ground to force through a move... the guys a ****. Atleast Riyad actually deserved his move. 

 

yeah and DD wasn't crying in airport departure lounges or later saying he wasted "2 years of his career" with us

[Sly]

I don’t feel any ill health to any of them. 
 

It’s water under the bridge. 
 

We’re in a better place now. 
 

The Maguire move irritates me more. 

Edited 15 January 2020 by Sly

[Katy]

The way Drinkwater forced his move aggravated me at the time as I thought he was great but I’ve softened a bit towards him recently. The guy has some mental health issues which were quite obvious even before the drunk driving and nightclub issues, if you’ve ever seen his Instagram account. I hope he’s getting the help he needs, he has a son to think about also and he’ll need his dad to get back on track. Starting him in the Man City game was literally the worst thing Dean Smith could’ve done for him. I wish him all the best. I can’t say the same about Riyad though and I never really liked Maguire anyway either. 

[Aus Fox]

1 hour ago, Guybino said:

 

yeah and DD wasn't crying in airport departure lounges or later saying he wasted "2 years of his career" with us

The funny thing is Danny Drinkwater actually has wasted 2 years of his career.

[Guybino]

26 minutes ago, Aus Fox said:

The funny thing is Danny Drinkwater actually has wasted 2 years of his career.

funny/sad - depends on which way you look at it I suppose. Personally I always liked DD as a player for us.

Edited 15 January 2020 by Guybino

[Aus Fox]

9 minutes ago, Guybino said:

funny/sad - depends on which way you look at it I suppose. Personally I always liked DD as a player for us.

Funny as in Mahrez complained about it, DD showed what it means to actually waste 2 years, not as haha funny.

[lgfualol]

2 hours ago, Sly said:

I don’t feel any ill health to any of them. 
 

It’s water under the bridge. 
 

We’re in a better place now. 
 

The Maguire move irritates me more. 

Why does the Maguire move annoy you? 80M for him is incredible and it allowed Soy to come through and be a better player.

[Langston]

2 hours ago, Sly said:

Silva never recovered from the 14 second delay. Not that he’s really complaining, whilst sunning himself in Monaco.

In his first season this could wash, but after that he didn't demonstrate a single thing to suggest his cieling was anywhere near that of Drinkwater in 15/16 (or even 13/14). Good argument to be made that he's pound for pound our worst ever signing.

[DerbyshireFox]

6 hours ago, South Shire Fox said:

He literally handed a transfer request in and drove down to the Chelsea training ground to force through a move... the guys a ****. Atleast Riyad actually deserved his move. 

Fair enough that’s poor form, but just because Riyad has more ability it makes it okay? And then two years later still comes out with how we cost him two years of his career? I love Mahrez, most gifted player in a blue shirt in my lifetime, but he literally drove to an airport three times to try and force a move, and he literally refused to play for us the day of a match because he wanted to leave. Because he’s a better player that makes it okay? Would I have Drinkwater back - of course not! But I hope he gets his head right and gets back to some form of career

[DerbyshireFox]

7 hours ago, Dr The Singh said:

Thanks Danny, it all makes sense now

I wish I had his salary 

[TRAD-DAD]

11 hours ago, Paninistickers said:

Going off on a tangent, I wonder how easy/hard it is to blow a 5 year contract of, say, £80k a week? 

 

Bag of fag packet stuff. £4m a year of which half goes to the tax man. So £2m in readies each year. 

 

Spend prob 20% - 200k -on a sportsman's pension. 50k on2)3 nice holidays with first class travel. 50k blown on clothes. 60k on a car. Equivalent of 200k a year over course of a contract  on a house (prob brought outright) ....maybe 30k a year spunked on nights out. ....so I reckon leaves £27k a month to blow. And I reckon that could be blown fairly realistically on a bird, an agent, family members and general poor money management a few years after the contract has gone

Shall we start a save Drinky from bankruptcy fund? 

[RonnieTodger]

I watched some of the Chelsea 2-2 Spurs the other day and the ensuing celebrations.

 

For anyone who's still got the arse about Kante, Drinkwater or Mahrez, watch this again:

 

 

Bloody love em all.

 

 

[davieG]

7 minutes ago, RonnieTodger said:

I watched some of the Chelsea 2-2 Spurs the other day and the ensuing celebrations.

 

For anyone who's still got the arse about Kante, Drinkwater or Mahrez, watch this again:

 

 

Bloody love em all.

 

 

After so many years of deep disappointments and a few what might have beens I still find it hard to believe we actually won the Top English League Title.

[Spudulike]

Trying to work out if anyone was missing... Kasper, Albrighton ??

[brucey]

4 hours ago, Katy said:

The guy has some mental health issues which were quite obvious even before the drunk driving and nightclub issues, if you’ve ever seen his Instagram account. 

I unfollowed Drinky when he left, but didn't see him post anything odd on Instagram while he was here. What did he do? 

[StanSP]

49 minutes ago, RonnieTodger said:

watched some of the Chelsea 2-2 Spurs the other day and the ensuing celebrations.

Still can't believe there wasn't a red card in this game. 

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

Listening to Sky sports review of Southampton just now and one of the women pipes in with they were thrashed 9-0 by Manchester City 🙄

[Livid]

1 hour ago, Spudulike said:

Trying to work out if anyone was missing... Kasper, Albrighton ??

There's an interview with Albrighton somewhere, he was at home watching with his family then made his way to Vardy's but needed a police escort to get through the crowds.

[Spudulike]

24 minutes ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said:

Listening to Sky sports review of Southampton just now and one of the women pipes in with they were thrashed 9-0 by Manchester City 🙄

That's unusual. Most pundits just say City and, if she had, would've been correct. 

[Katy]

1 hour ago, brucey said:

I unfollowed Drinky when he left, but didn't see him post anything odd on Instagram while he was here. What did he do? 

It’s been since he left really, I’m guessing when it all started to go wrong at Chelsea. He just posted a lot of quotes on his stories about being low and stuff like that. You could tell him being frozen out was getting to him, it would affect anyone. I feel bad for him, he could’ve gone about leaving us better but we all make mistakes.  

[MrsJohnMurphy]

2 hours ago, Spudulike said:

Trying to work out if anyone was missing... Kasper, Albrighton ??

Is that Liam Moore at 1m33s?

[Guest Cujek]

7 hours ago, Sly said:

I don’t feel any ill health to any of them. 
 

It’s water under the bridge. 
 

We’re in a better place now. 
 

The Maguire move irritates me more. 

all idiots.

 

for different reasons.