"playing for a contract"

[The dastardly red]

How real is that? Do you think some players decide to turn their performance up to get more money or when a contract's secure some ease off because they're lazy. Also do you think that players on £25000 a week are happy to "warm the bench" when their whole life has been geared towards being a top footballer?

[tts_city]

Tony Dinning, enough said.

[joe jordans teeth]

Adebayor,enough said 

[The dastardly red]

I'm not so sure

[screech]

Of course it happens, it happens in daily life too. You change your job and are put on a probation period, you work twice as hard to try and hang on to the job.

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, tts_city said:

Tony Dinning, enough said.

The exception. There isn't many others I can think of and certainly the opposite when you think of someone like ODonnell 

[Robbored]

It's an individual matter. Some players do up their game looking for a contract and them return to normal when the get one. Other's definately don't.

Its very difficult to tell sometimes. Tony Dinning for example.....

[MarcusX]

Of course there are some players happy to just pick up a wage, look at Cuidicini or Richard Wright. They could have dropped down a level but instead would rather sit as a 3rd choice.

 

[Taz]

Dinning has to be an extreme example of that though. Played out of his skin when he was on loan, and by far head and shoulders above most in the league at that time. Once signed, we may as well started with 10 men. So uninterested it was unreal. 

[The dastardly red]

26 minutes ago, screech said:

Of course it happens, it happens in daily life too. You change your job and are put on a probation period, you work twice as hard to try and hang on to the job.

that's horseshit in my opinion. Being a footballer is not daily life. I hate it when people say "if I didn't perform in my job then I'd get sacked" it's like a go-to phrase that eveyone nods at.

[screech]

Being a footballer is daily life, of course it's a job.

They go to work like you do, the difference is they do something you and I would love to do but were never good enough. Sorry that's a fact, they see it as their job because it is a job.

[joe jordans teeth]

25 minutes ago, screech said:

Being a footballer is daily life, of course it's a job.

They go to work like you do, the difference is they do something you and I would love to do but were never good enough. Sorry that's a fact, they see it as their job because it is a job.

Your right.there is a a fair few that couldn't care less about football but they are good at it and get payed very well

[screech]

http://metro.co.uk/2012/11/07/qpr-striker-bobby-zamora-admits-he-doesnt-really-like-football-614900/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2030885/Assou-Ekotto-I-play-football-money-else.html

 

A couple of examples here, two players who played at a decent level doing it for the dough. I don't know because I've never played for a living but I can imagine there are lots of footballers out there like David Bentley who probably loved playing when they were kids because it was for fun, but once it becomes your job it loses some of the appeal and you just do it because it pays well.

[The dastardly red]

1 hour ago, screech said:

Being a footballer is daily life, of course it's a job.

They go to work like you do, the difference is they do something you and I would love to do but were never good enough. Sorry that's a fact, they see it as their job because it is a job.

Do you think that footballers sit on the bench and happily watch their money come rolling in? I'm interested in this so like to hear all views. Being a footballer isn't a normal job though, as much as fans like to say it is, it's a crazy, very different world from what you live in (unless you used to be in Girls Aloud)

[cider-manc]

When at Liverpool, Christian zeige admitted that although "the worse thing for a footballer was to not play" it didn't matter as he was happy as he got paid so it wasn't a problem. He was reportedly on £50,000 a week at the time. 

[Davefevs]

I wonder whether some players see the job as weekly job, and training and stuff is part of it, hence aren't as bothered by the 90 minute bit of it.  I doubt it, but do wonder, especially the goalie-lark, where you really are second choice (at least at a point in time).

Take Dave Richards....two seasons now sat on the bench and yet to make it onto the green stuff. Does he feel part of it each week, I dunno?

[Lanterne Rouge]

32 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

I wonder whether some players see the job as weekly job, and training and stuff is part of it, hence aren't as bothered by the 90 minute bit of it.  I doubt it, but do wonder, especially the goalie-lark, where you really are second choice (at least at a point in time).

Take Dave Richards....two seasons now sat on the bench and yet to make it onto the green stuff. Does he feel part of it each week, I dunno?

Might be wrong but I think Plymouth brought on a sub keeper last season who hadn`t started a first class game in the 12 years since he turned pro or something like that.

[screech]

12 minutes ago, The dastardly red said:

Do you think that footballers sit on the bench and happily watch their money come rolling in? I'm interested in this so like to hear all views. Being a footballer isn't a normal job though, as much as fans like to say it is, it's a crazy, very different world from what you live in (unless you used to be in Girls Aloud)

Yeah I can quite believe that there are footballers that will happily sit on the bench and watch the money roll in. They are just normal people at the end of the day, how many managers have you heard talking about JET for example, has all the technical ability to be a Premier League player but lacks application, he goes through the motions but knows he has the ability to get a contract somewhere. Tommy Doherty had great ability but maybe enjoyed the social life, possibly David Noble too.

 

[The dastardly red]

31 minutes ago, screech said:

Yeah I can quite believe that there are footballers that will happily sit on the bench and watch the money roll in. They are just normal people at the end of the day, how many managers have you heard talking about JET for example, has all the technical ability to be a Premier League player but lacks application, he goes through the motions but knows he has the ability to get a contract somewhere. Tommy Doherty had great ability but maybe enjoyed the social life, possibly David Noble too.

 

ok, cheers. I still don't agree with you but thanks for the post mate. I reckon most football reaction is tabloid and a lot is just resaying the same things over again because it's comfortable and will always get a thumbs up

[1960maaan]

3 hours ago, screech said:

Being a footballer is daily life, of course it's a job.

They go to work like you do, the difference is they do something you and I would love to do but were never good enough. Sorry that's a fact, they see it as their job because it is a job.

 

22 minutes ago, The dastardly red said:

ok, cheers. I still don't agree with you but thanks for the post mate. I reckon most football reaction is tabloid and a lot is just resaying the same things over again because it's comfortable and will always get a thumbs up

I knew (but didn't like) a footballer who didn't particularly like football, he did it because it paid well , and this was in the 80's before money went crazy. If you go to work , and lets say your teams struggling or you don't like the manager, whatever. You can put in effort but only be at 70-80% . Move on until the end of your contract and you begin to worry about your next pay day then you try 15-20% harder , it happens. Not nice to think that as a fan, but it does.

[JamesBCFC]

29 minutes ago, The dastardly red said:

ok, cheers. I still don't agree with you but thanks for the post mate. I reckon most football reaction is tabloid and a lot is just resaying the same things over again because it's comfortable and will always get a thumbs up

Winston Bogarde was happy to sit and take the money, he didn't make a single Premier league appearance in his last 3 years at Chelsea and wouldn't move to anywhere else because they didn't pay as much.

[joe jordans teeth]

13 minutes ago, City169 said:

Winston Bogarde was happy to sit and take the money, he didn't make a single Premier league appearance in his last 3 years at Chelsea and wouldn't move to anywhere else because they didn't pay as much.

And fair play to him,there is no loyalty in football either way

[joe jordans teeth]

For every Bogarde there is a mark noble,for every pato there is a messi

[pjg11]

Vorm at spurs springs to mind 1st choice at Swansea and in Dutch squad .goes to spurs to sit on bench never going to replace loris