So many players lacking self respect and dignity..........

[bushkangaroo]

...who also couldn't give a toss about our club or fans. Too much to hope, I suppose, that they could prove me wrong by giving 100% in the last 4 games to show the UK what might (and could) have been. My guess? We'll lose all 4, not that most of the overpaid prats care.

[spank the monkey]

i see your point but who does give 100% day in day out in their job?

we expect the players to do what very few of us do ourselves, i'd be amazed if anyone had the cahoonas to suggest they always "give 100% at work", particularly the ones on here all day!!!

[bushkangaroo]

Well, yeah, true. but...even 80% would be something! And I reckon I give that in my job.

[blueboy]

perhaps they just arent very good

[superhoop67]

i see your point but who does give 100% day in day out in their job?

we expect the players to do what very few of us do ourselves, i'd be amazed if anyone had the cahoonas to suggest they always "give 100% at work", particularly the ones on here all day!!!

so a boxer does not give100% marathon runner ,these are top sportsman paid a fortune ,not a shelf filler at Tesco

[Hitman34]

if i was getting 50k a week i probably wouldnt give a fark at my job either tbh.

[Hitman34]

i see your point but who does give 100% day in day out in their job?

we expect the players to do what very few of us do ourselves, i'd be amazed if anyone had the cahoonas to suggest they always "give 100% at work", particularly the ones on here all day!!!

oi,,,,,,,, i have you know i give 100% at trying to duck out of work early, nicking extra breaks and plentyfull of toilet breaks (its the companies fault for supplying water on site)

[themodfather]

they have the security of the contract, a long contract, huge wages and the protection of agents and the pfa
for starters!!!
they get it, whether they perform or not....so WHERE'S THEIR MOTIVATION? i'm rich, i'm getting richer no matter, so am i bovvered?

[brightonr]

If every player in the premier league was on £100k per week and every team was managed by a cloned Alex Ferguson, only one team would win the league and three would still go down.

I can see where you are coming from, but don't think it is to do with their salaries. More to do with being inept and badly coached and managed. The lack of any form of defensive ability, the picking of unfit players, no real tactical planning, boring negative attitudes and a complete lack of heart and togetherness are far more realistic reasons. Sadly.

Personally think that the blame should be shared equally by the board, players and two abysmal management and coaching teams.

[BUSHRANGER1982]

...who also couldn't give a toss about our club or fans. Too much to hope, I suppose, that they could prove me wrong by giving 100% in the last 4 games to show the UK what might (and could) have been. My guess? We'll lose all 4, not that most of the overpaid prats care.

I'd rather they didn't do that, mate.
That really would annoy the **** out of me, that would.

[THE CAT]

I think it was perfectly summed up on Saturday when Tarbs was desperately signalling that he wanted to come off for his mysteriously picked up"injury".

He obviously came off for a lack of heart and backbone which is a pretty serious condition, and highly contagious, as seems to have been passed from Traore to Bosingwa to Hoillett to Cisse and now on to poor old Tarbs

[72bus]

good post that sums them up , this is the first season that i want to end today

[3London]

I think it was perfectly summed up on Saturday when Tarbs was desperately signalling that he wanted to come off for his mysteriously picked up"injury".

He obviously came off for a lack of heart and backbone which is a pretty serious condition, and highly contagious, as seems to have been passed from Traore to Bosingwa to Hoillett to Cisse and now on to poor old Tarbs

Adel clearly injured his shoulder in the first half..and was subject to some pretty brutal tackles .
Boswinga since his return has been one of our most consistent performances..see his reaction to the Wigan goal and say he doesn't care.
I have had a couple of interesting conversations with traore and he is a straight up bloke.
Hoillet is just not as good as we all thought he was.
And cisse has a track record of starting well at a club then fading badly