Matty James

[Arriba Los Zorros]

Good. Hope he does really well there

[Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot]

Best of luck to him, hope he can get a run of games without incident. 

[Corky]

He needs to play and when fit will be a quality player at that level.

[Ian Nacho]

Probably would be best for all parties if we just payed off his contract and let him go to Barnsley for nothing. 

[Stuntman_Mike]

I can't believe the last Barnsley loan was that long ago. 

 

Hope it works out for him. 

[moore_94]

 

[RumbleFox]

He’s a handsome devil. X 

[FoyleFox]

Hope it works our for him. I know we take the mickey out of his constant injury status but I do genuinely feel for him, a good player and has been so unfortunate. By all accounts is a decent sort of bloke too.

[Guest Col city fan]

Is he still alive?

Where is he?

Who is he?

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Still our best looking player - good luck brother

[Izzy]

33 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

Still our best looking player 

 

[Aus Fox]

1 hour ago, Col city fan said:

Is he still alive?

yes

Where is he?
Barnsley 

Who is he?
Matty James

 

[CloudFox]

Sounds like they're pleased to have him! Best of luck to him, hope he blitzes the Championship.

[LcFc_Smiv]

10 hours ago, CloudFox said:

Sounds like they're pleased to have him! Best of luck to him, hope he blitzes the Championship.

He's loved from his first loan spell, one of the best players to wear the shirt in recent times. Hoping he hads some much needed quality and some depth to a depleted midfield if he stays fit. 

[UHDrive]

12 hours ago, LcFc_Smiv said:

He's loved from his first loan spell, one of the best players to wear the shirt in recent times. Hoping he hads some much needed quality and some depth to a depleted midfield if he stays fit. 

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[Sly]

Leicester City midfielder Matty James admits he considered retirement before a chat with manager Brendan Rodgers.

James is currently on-loan with Barnsley.

“It's been hard," he told BBC Radio Sheffield. “Watching football was becoming not very enjoyable.

 

“Leicester City have been amazing, I can't speak highly enough of every single member of staff, the physios, the players.

“It's been hard because it's been one thing after another. I was having an operation virtually every three or four months. I had to have both Achilles operated on, and at the same time I was trying to be a husband and a father, and it was just trying to remember that football didn't mean everything. That was difficult mentally.

 

“I had to focus on each day. I was projecting too far, I was making unrealistic goals and that's one thing that Brendan helped with, just to try to be present and take it day by day.

 

“In August time (in 2019), that was probably the most difficult point where I wasn't enjoying what I was doing. I was questioning everything.

 

"There was a moment where I did think: 'Should I give in?' 'Should I continue?'

“It was because of my kids really because I couldn't do anything with them. I was spending more time on crutches and I wasn't myself. And I thought, longer term, is it going to be better for me?

 

“But I had good conversations with certain people, Brendan, the physio Dave Rennie, who's been amazing, the psychologist. We just went through different scenarios and something clicked. I woke up one morning and my pain wasn't as bad.

 

“Maybe I relaxed and a new manager gave me a bit of belief that I could prove to him that I could get back to a level. It was a weird situation but one that has made me stronger."

[Les-TA-Jon]

I imagine being paid a hefty wage to do not a lot helped him through that difficult time 

[Lambert09]

1 minute ago, Les-TA-Jon said:

I imagine being paid a hefty wage to do not a lot helped him through that difficult time 

There’s more to life than money pal. I do feel for the guy because he really could have had a great career. He was on the same level as Drinkwater and one bad injury has meant he has had to watch his partner win a title, get an England call  up  and a move to a massive club. 

 

Im not saying the same would have materialized for him, but in his head he must think what could have been. 

[PaulW]

16 minutes ago, Les-TA-Jon said:

I imagine being paid a hefty wage to do not a lot helped him through that difficult time 

Nice. Not.

[foxpleasure]

5 minutes ago, Lambert09 said:

There’s more to life than money pal. I do feel for the guy because he really could have had a great career. He was on the same level as Drinkwater and one bad injury has meant he has had to watch his partner win a title, get an England call  up  and a move to a massive club. 

 

Im not saying the same would have materialized for him, but in his head he must think what could have been. 

Whenever he got himself fit he was chosen ahead of Drinkwater. Sadly he was never able to get a run of any length. 

[brucey]

Confirms we've rehired a psychologist. Good 

[Aus Fox]

20 minutes ago, Les-TA-Jon said:

I imagine being paid a hefty wage to do not a lot helped him through that difficult time 

What a terrible attitude, there is more to life than money.Being well paid is one thing, but it doesn’t replace a missed career, watching on the sidelines thinking what if, getting back fit and breaking down again and the missed time spent with family, not being able to plAy with your kids.

Having money does not make you immune from struggling with frustration poor mental health and dropping to really low point.

 

 

[StriderHiryu]

13 minutes ago, Lambert09 said:

There’s more to life than money pal. I do feel for the guy because he really could have had a great career. He was on the same level as Drinkwater and one bad injury has meant he has had to watch his partner win a title, get an England call  up  and a move to a massive club. 

 

Im not saying the same would have materialized for him, but in his head he must think what could have been. 

Really good post. People forget how good Matty James was in our Championship winning season. At times I felt he was the best player in the division in terms of running the game, and many felt if Leicester were to get another player capped for England that he would be the first one to do so. 

 

Not only must it have been painful to watch his mates pull off the biggest sporting miracle of all time, but imagine what it would have been like for him in his personal home? His kids telling their mates their dad plays for the now world famous Leicester City, but he didn't play any part, etc. You hear stories of people that lose their job but who pretend to go into work every day because they can't face having to break that news to their families who rely upon them. James might have still got paid but it would have felt like a very hollow existence and he must have felt like a real outsider during those times. 

[FoyleFox]

6 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

Really good post. People forget how good Matty James was in our Championship winning season. At times I felt he was the best player in the division in terms of running the game, and many felt if Leicester were to get another player capped for England that he would be the first one to do so. 

 

Not only must it have been painful to watch his mates pull off the biggest sporting miracle of all time, but imagine what it would have been like for him in his personal home? His kids telling their mates their dad plays for the now world famous Leicester City, but he didn't play any part, etc. You hear stories of people that lose their job but who pretend to go into work every day because they can't face having to break that news to their families who rely upon them. James might have still got paid but it would have felt like a very hollow existence and he must have felt like a real outsider during those times. 

Added to which, as he states he wasn't able to participate in his home and family life either. The constant being post op or on crutches.

[SemperEadem]

Glad he went back to a club who think very highly of him.