Ex Players - They used to play for us

[hebangsthedrums]

9 hours ago, Aus Fox said:

Our captain ladies and gentlemen… I hate booing and giving grief to former players, but I think for Evans I’d make an exception.

The more I think on it, the more he comes across as a bit of a twat. 

I guess Utd are his club and much in the same way that in a parallel universe where I played for us and left I would love to go back, but at least dress it up a bit

[ParkerPen]

9 minutes ago, hebangsthedrums said:

The more I think on it, the more he comes across as a bit of a twat. 

I guess Utd are his club and much in the same way that in a parallel universe where I played for us and left I would love to go back, but at least dress it up a bit

I don't agree, I think he was/is being self deprecating here

[hebangsthedrums]

Just now, ParkerPen said:

I don't agree, I think he was/is being self deprecating here

Nah not for me, and having just quoted without reading further replies looks like I was just repeating them anyway - hindsight suggests he didn't really give a shit

[ParkerPen]

Just now, hebangsthedrums said:

Nah not for me, and having just quoted without reading further replies looks like I was just repeating them anyway - hindsight suggests he didn't really give a shit

perhaps, I cant say you're wrong either 

 

I don't mind what he gets up to, and we got a good deal out of Evans, no matter how things ended up. its all rather amusing that Utd choose to re sign (and play !) him 

 

[hebangsthedrums]

1 minute ago, ParkerPen said:

perhaps, I cant say you're wrong either 

 

I don't mind what he gets up to, and we got a good deal out of Evans, no matter how things ended up. its all rather amusing that Utd choose to re sign (and play !) him 

 

Yeh fair enough, I'm more bitter than you obviously !

[foxile5]

52 minutes ago, Lcfc-1992 said:

 

At least someone benefited from it

[CloudFox]

1 hour ago, hebangsthedrums said:

The more I think on it, the more he comes across as a bit of a twat. 

I guess Utd are his club and much in the same way that in a parallel universe where I played for us and left I would love to go back, but at least dress it up a bit

 

1 hour ago, ParkerPen said:

I don't agree, I think he was/is being self deprecating here

 

1 hour ago, hebangsthedrums said:

Nah not for me, and having just quoted without reading further replies looks like I was just repeating them anyway - hindsight suggests he didn't really give a shit

Someone I work with has met him and his family quite a few times. By all accounts he is a very genuine, down to earth guy.

 

I don't think he didn't care while he was here, but football is certainly a job to him. There's no shame in that. He had a lot of annoying injuries last season which in sure he wasn't pleased about.

[Shane]

Papy Mendy played 73 mins for RC Lens against Arsenal in the champions league. 

[Corky]

This Evans stuff is exactly why the likes of Andy King got an amazing reception. Evans is comfortably a better player but the club meant everything to King and fans relate to it.

[foxile5]

14 minutes ago, Shane said:

Papy Mendy played 73 mins for RC Lens against Arsenal in the champions league. 

So many of our ex players moving on to clubs in the best competitions.

 

Nothing short of a scandal for Rodgers to be allowed to mismanage us down.

[hebangsthedrums]

2 hours ago, CloudFox said:

 

 

Someone I work with has met him and his family quite a few times. By all accounts he is a very genuine, down to earth guy.

 

I don't think he didn't care while he was here, but football is certainly a job to him. There's no shame in that. He had a lot of annoying injuries last season which in sure he wasn't pleased about.

Yeh I'm sure he's a decent bloke outside of football and fair point in it being just 'a job', as you say no shame in that, but I'd argue acknowledging the fans is part of that 'job' and from memory he didn't even post a goodbye message etc.

I don't expect gushing 300 word posts and suspect those that do that have them written for them anyway but it just feels a bit clinical. Maybe he was pissed of with the club with the terms offered or something but thats nothing to do with the fans..

 

Oh well, not splitting hairs he's gone now and I don't really care how he fares from here 

[SuperMike]

9 hours ago, foxile5 said:

So many of our ex players moving on to clubs in the best competitions.

 

Nothing short of a scandal for Rodgers to be allowed to mismanage us down.

Castagne

Evans

Barnes

Maddison

Tielemans  -  All premier league

(could even include Thomas in that)

Soyuncu

Mendy

Tete - all top euro competitions.

 

Thats 8 or 9

Then there's twenty odd in the squad that's taking the championship by storm  - surely even a half decent manager  could've kept that lot comfortably in the top half of the Premier league, and not constantly moaned about lack of quality.

Edited 4 October 2023 by SuperMike
Have i missed others?

[Lambert09]

19 hours ago, Shane said:

Papy Mendy played 73 mins for RC Lens against Arsenal in the champions league. 

i foolishly bet on arsenal,  not realising the king would be playing 

[JimJams]

It's difficult keeping a team up whilst simultaneously trying to get the sack.

[Tom12345]

On 04/10/2023 at 05:07, Shane said:

Papy Mendy played 73 mins for RC Lens against Arsenal in the champions league. 

Lens won too.

 

Mendy is a proper player. Never get why he was never valued by Rodgers or some portion of our fans.

[Tom12345]

20 hours ago, SuperMike said:

Castagne

Evans

Barnes

Maddison

Tielemans  -  All premier league

(could even include Thomas in that)

Soyuncu

Mendy

Tete - all top euro competitions.

 

Thats 8 or 9

Then there's twenty odd in the squad that's taking the championship by storm  - surely even a half decent manager  could've kept that lot comfortably in the top half of the Premier league, and not constantly moaned about lack of quality.

Also Kristiansen in Serie A

Soumare in La Liga

Perez in La Liga

 

We had more than a decent squad. We achieved more with less in previous years. I still believe that we choked our way to two fifth place finishes when we should have finished top 3 and achieved Champions League qualifications. We credited Rodgers for the achievement, but I still believe if we had a better manager with the squad we had we could have finished top 3.  We choked because Rodgers was busy doubting our players to make him look good and the negativity he instilled was so damaging and long lasting that eventually the chokes became a sleep walk towards relegation. We should never have been near relegation.

[davieG]

Was that our ex Greg Cunningham for Preston last night?

[SemperEadem]

31 minutes ago, davieG said:

Was that our ex Greg Cunningham for Preston last night?

It was

[Drink Water]

Two of our great legends have reunited today, playing against each other in the fierce Ittihad vs Al-Ahli derby

 

[Manini]

5 minutes ago, Drink Water said:

Two of our great legends have reunited today, playing against each other in the fierce Ittihad vs Al-Ahli derby

 

Two of the best that Europe has ever seen, absolutely sensational footballers. I wish they could have stayed in England or on the continent to finish their careers. 

[SouthStandUpperTier]

Daniel Amartey and Rachid Ghezzal both play for Besiktas in their 2-0 win over Istanbulspor. Ghezzal netted a penalty.

[Reg Vardy]

Might be contentious and I can see why Brendan cops the blame for relegation…..probably quite rightly, but Ghezzal, Amartey, Soumare, Tête, Under, Evans, Soyuncu, Tielemans got pasted daily on here throughout their time here…..they also have to be accountable for relegation last season in some way….similarly last season N’didi, Faes ( Liverpool away) Vesty, and Vardy touted as either crap or finished on here, yet all have been outstanding this….again Rodger’s accountable…but again some responsibility sits with the players….football we are playing is great, manager is great, but success like failure does sit between manager and players….

[The Doctor]

Don't think ghezzal and under need to take any responsibility for relegation given they'd left years before tbh

[ajthefox]

59 minutes ago, The Doctor said:

Don't think ghezzal and under need to take any responsibility for relegation given they'd left years before tbh

And Brendan froze Cags out last year. How any of them can be deemed remotely responsible is beyond me

[Tom12345]

On 07/10/2023 at 06:51, Manini said:

Two of the best that Europe has ever seen, absolutely sensational footballers. I wish they could have stayed in England or on the continent to finish their careers. 

The money they are on now is phenomenal. We are grateful to have had them, but I hope they also appreciate the break they had been given by Leicester. Some talented players for whatever reason don’t rise to the top like them (and for them top of the earners’ chart). Mendy for example wasted his prime with us sitting on the bench, when he is providing again playing Champions League football for Lens that while he is not worldclass he was quite a decent player. He could have achieved and earned more had he had a break with us.

 

Anyway just tracking to say that what why are earning now is crazy.