Homesick players make me sick

What is it with these fanny players who sign a 2/3 year contract, then 12 months later decide they miss their  family as an excuse for a move? Do they think we are all idiots? Tevez feeling homesic is one thing but ffs Connell      It's a urine poor excuse, you signed a contract and knew you would be working away from home, getting payed for a job you must love for couple of years. Just like thousands of blokes up and down the country who work away doing some excrement job, then when you think about the armed forces it's embarrassing.
I'm not bitter about connells move in fact I think it's for the best. I reckon fenty should take Praise as well in the way he's handled this saga, but it does make me cringe when players spout this missing family excrement.

The modern day players are shadows of the old pro's.  The modern day pro may be fitter but that is the only positive I can see, well done FA, well done Bosman, well done FIFA.

Yea your right it's player power instigating these moves then throwing in a feeble excuse to appease the fans. No honour or loyalty in this game anymore.

Agree with you in one sense, that the armed forces lads don't have the chance to up and leave if they feel homesick.

however, I don't agree with berating players about feeling homesick as you're saying. Take Connell, at the very start of the season his mum passed away, he's living in Grimsby miles from home with no family, and the friends he has being his team mates and that is it. must have been quite difficult on the lad and he's going to have found it hard. As much as they're well paid etc, they're still human beings. Connell has always gone about things in the right way. He gave everything everytime he played, he didn't miss one game last season and contributed as being our best goal scorer in years. He deserves his move up the leagues, and shouldn't be knocked for moving on.

I for one will never have a bad word to say about him, be it regards his ability, homesickness, commitment etc. Top player, top bloke, and should be respected by GTFC fans.

Quoted from bigdavemariner

Agree with you in one sense, that the armed forces lads don't have the chance to up and leave if they feel homesick.

however, I don't agree with berating players about feeling homesick as you're saying. Take Connell, at the very start of the season his mum passed away, he's living in Grimsby miles from home with no family, and the friends he has being his team mates and that is it. must have been quite difficult on the lad and he's going to have found it hard. As much as they're well paid etc, they're still human beings. Connell has always gone about things in the right way. He gave everything everytime he played, he didn't miss one game last season and contributed as being our best goal scorer in years. He deserves his move up the leagues, and shouldn't be knocked for moving on.

I for one will never have a bad word to say about him, be it regards his ability, homesickness, commitment etc. Top player, top bloke, and should be respected by GTFC fans.

You're right, Connell has done nothing wrong but there are some mammaries in the game who spout utter balderdash in order to justify their moves.
Iain Dowie who quit Crystal Palace citing a desire to go back oop north. Eight days later he became manager of.................Charlton Athletic!!!

David Neilson who made up a lame excuse about his wife getting a top job in Denmark. Didn't mention the "contracts" out on his head should he have stuck around.

Didn't realise that Connell's mum had died around the time he moved up here - don't care who you are, that's an upset on it's own, especially if you're close to her.

intercourse me, look in the brightside, he cost us nothing this time last year with a pretty crap scoring record really, he plays every game, gives his all and scores a third ofthe clubs goals pretty much, then we make money on him and he gets another shot at te league. Winner for both in some aspects.

If anyone thinks contracts that players sign are worth anything now then they are very naive. For many a year now contracts have meant fuckall. In fact contracts in many walks of life mean diddly squat these days.

As for top players, many will do anything for money rather than play for a club and give a excrement. And many now just wanna earn cash as oppose to winning something. Tevez is a funny one though, he certainly won't be on the same money at Corinthians as he is at city so may be he does just want to go home.

Quoted from Marinerz93

The modern day players are shadows of the old pro's.  The modern day pro may be fitter but that is the only positive I can see, well done FA, well done Bosman, well done FIFA.

Blame the Belgian FA. If they'd have had a tribunial system like ours the Bosman ruling wouldn't have come into force. In Belgium when a players contract was over the club still had the rights to hold a players contract until they got "the right price".
A lot of players have made a fortune out of it but not the main man himself, who last time I hear was on benefit and anti depressants.

Oh for goodness sake why do people hold footballers to different standards to other human beings? How many of you have worked away from your family and missed them? I know i have. Some people just prefer to be around their family rarther than work away.

Stop throwing hissy fits when if you had a job working away you'd probably do the same thing.

i  live in cleethorpes but work in grimsby i dont get home sick

Quoted from aldi_01

Tevez is a funny one though, he certainly won't be on the same money at Corinthians as he is at city so may be he does just want to go home.

You never know though, if they've got £35m to bid for him... New economy and all that.

Kris " some people prefer to work around their family" balderdash! Then why come up north? He's just another southern softie twit.

Shouldn't dare say anything bad about Al, done a super job last year for us and wished us the best. Had such a good relationship with his mother aswell.. Good luck at Swindon Al