What A Bloody Fool!!!!

[OldGit]

That's the way everybody read it OG :icon_conf

If not, they need shooting.

Not from most of the comments so far

 

[newtonfox]

Not from most of the comments so far

they carnt help it OG

 

[Heineken Matt]

Do footballers have any common sense, or do they just let any old shite flow out of their mouths!!!!



http://www.leicester.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=95230

Has anybody ever read How To Win Friends and Influence People by Barry Hayles, or hasn't it yet been published :icon_lol:

Bloody nugget head!!!

I couldn't give two hoots whether he wanted to come here or not, what he said and whether he upsets anyone.

He should be judged on his performances and goal scoring ability. He could say that all Leicester people are ugly and the town should be flattened with an atomic bomb - wouldn't bother me if he scores 10 goals in the next 10 games.

Is anyone genuinely offended by his comments??

 

[Melton Fox]

He should be judged on his performances and goal scoring ability. He could say that all Leicester people are ugly and the town should be flattened with an atomic bomb - wouldn't bother me if he scores 10 goals in the next 10 games.

Is anyone genuinely offended by his comments??

But you've missed the point.

If he underperforms, this will haunt him. If he does as you say, and scores 10 in 10 it will be forgotten about.

Sterotypically football fans are stupid. The players must realise this and think about what they say to protect themselves.

 

[Heineken Matt]

But you've missed the point.

If he underperforms, this will haunt him. If he does as you say, and scores 10 in 10 it will be forgotten about.

Sterotypically football fans are stupid. The players must realise this and think about what they say to protect themselves.

Hold on a minute, you really think a comment such as "Do I have a choice in this" is going to haunt him??

Wouldn't that be any normal persons reaction to this situation? If I went to work and was told by my boss that I was going to another company and I hadn't been involved with the conversations, that is exactly what my reaction would be.

Doesn't mean he doesn't want to come to Leicester, doesn't mean the fans are now going to hate him, doesn't mean feck all really.

I agree that most fans are stupid, but I fail to see that anything he has said is in any way remotely negative to joining Leicester City.

 

[Melton Fox]

Hold on a minute, you really think a comment such as "Do I have a choice in this" is going to haunt him??

If he doesn't perform then yes, it could.

Wouldn't that be any normal persons reaction to this situation? If I went to work and was told by my boss that I was going to another company and I hadn't been involved with the conversations, that is exactly what my reaction would be.

Yes, of course. But you wouldn't go and tell the customers of your new company that you didn't really want to work for them but you had no choice. You'd be a bit more tactful than that.

Doesn't mean he doesn't want to come to Leicester, doesn't mean the fans are now going to hate him, doesn't mean feck all really.

It does, it means he's made himself an easy target for the boo boys if things go wrong. I know that, and I think you know that.

 

[Heineken Matt]

If he doesn't perform then yes, it could.

Yes, of course. But you wouldn't go and tell the customers of your new company that you didn't really want to work for them but you had no choice. You'd be a bit more tactful than that.

It does, it means he's made himself an easy target for the boo boys if things go wrong. I know that, and I think you know that.

Wow, your translation of "Do I have a choice in this" is quite incredible!!

If you think that every player that walks through our doors should be putting out statements that say "how delighted they are to join Leicester" or that "yes I turned down Champions League football to join Leicester City" you are sadly misguided!

Hayles has done or said nothing wrong - Fact. Had he have said that he would rather have joined Forest or Derby - I would agree that is a massive error of judgement and that the fans desevedly would be on his back.

Strikes me that whatever a player says, does, plays etc you tend to have a problem with it, so if you feel he deserves to be castrated by the fans for an innoccent comment - good for you.

 

[Melton Fox]

Wow, your translation of "Do I have a choice in this" is quite incredible!!

If you think that every player that walks through our doors should be putting out statements that say "how delighted they are to join Leicester" or that "yes I turned down Champions League football to join Leicester City" you are sadly misguided!

Hayles has done or said nothing wrong - Fact. Had he have said that he would rather have joined Forest or Derby - I would agree that is a massive error of judgement and that the fans desevedly would be on his back.

Strikes me that whatever a player says, does, plays etc you tend to have a problem with it, so if you feel he deserves to be castrated by the fans for an innoccent comment - good for you.

I can clearly see you are making a deliberate politician style effort effort to argue against me and to actively disagree with everything I say.

So I'll leave it there as we're obviously on differing frequencies and you can't pick mine up.

 

[Redditch Fox]

I agree that most fans are stupid, but I fail to see that anything he has said is in any way remotely negative to joining Leicester City.

I don't know whether football fans contain a bigger proportion of stupid people than the population as a whole. There is plenty of anecdotal evidence that there are lots of not very bright professional football players. I always remember that many years ago a friend of mine who was playing occasional first team football as a part-time professional with what would be now a League 2 side saying that there was only one member of the playing staff with whom he could conduct a meaningful conversation - and that the players moods were governed by such issues as to whether there would be racing on the TV in the afternoon after their couple of hours morning training. Interestingly, the one exception he found there is still involved in football as a manager many decades later.

What irritates me - is how the clubs e.g. the official site and the local media - treat supporters as if they are all idiots.

 

[Melton Fox]

What irritates me - is how the clubs e.g. the official site and the local media - treat supporters as if they are all idiots.

To be fair to the clubs and media, thay have to cater to the masses :icon_bigg

 

[Lako42]

It works nicely when you have a stupid set of supporters and a stupid local media. Liverpool must be great.

 

[Bobby Smith]

Does anybody really give a sh*t what players say? Most of what come out of their mouths is either lies or media speak. This player sound like he is either thick or just honest, now he is playing for us I'm giving him the benefit of doubt.

 

[Redditch Fox]

To be fair to the clubs and media, thay have to cater to the masses :icon_bigg

I understand that but it is still irritating.

The official website has a comunication style that is almost a self-parody but as you imply they are targeting the lowest level possible.

 

[Melton Fox]

but as you imply they are targeting the lowest level possible.

If that's the masses, then I must be :icon_bigg

 

[Heineken Matt]

I can clearly see you are making a deliberate politician style effort effort to argue against me and to actively disagree with everything I say.

So I'll leave it there as we're obviously on differing frequencies and you can't pick mine up.

I will try and tune in to Saturn FM, as clearly you are on a different planet.....

One quick question though, as you raised the point in the first place, do you not think given the position the club, the team and the players are in, we would be better to try and get behind all the players (including new signings) rather than try and make their lives difficult?

Poor Barry Hayles - all he has done is moved clubs and he has people like you trying to make him out to be some sort of Judas before he even kicks a ball!

If you (and others like you) put as much energy into supporting the club as you do slagging it (and its players off), maybe we might even here your voices on the terraces instead of just threads???

 

[newtonfox]

we would be better to try and get behind all the players (including new signings) rather than try and make their lives difficult?

Elvis tried that and look where it got him :icon_bigg:icon_wink

 

[Disco Bob]

...as if they are all idiots.

Most are.

Few are like us Redditch, few are fortunate to be marvelous hunks of manhood blessed with vast cranial capacity.

I think it is something to do with the West Midlands' vapors.

 

[Melton Fox]

One quick question though, as you raised the point in the first place, do you not think given the position the club, the team and the players are in, we would be better to try and get behind all the players (including new signings) rather than try and make their lives difficult?

Poor Barry Hayles - all he has done is moved clubs and he has people like you trying to make him out to be some sort of Judas before he even kicks a ball!

If you (and others like you) put as much energy into supporting the club as you do slagging it (and its players off), maybe we might even here your voices on the terraces instead of just threads???

I feel for you Matt, I really do.

I can't explain any more what I mean, sorry. If you think that I'm anti Hayles or any new player then you'll have to think that, and I'll have to live with your displeasure of me.

Sorry, but I can't keep explaining my viewpoint over and over again.

 

[Billyjof]

Just on me way to St Marys or what ever it is called these days

I hope that Nugget headed cnut Barry Hayles isn't playing...

Judas Judas Judas......

 

[Melton Fox]

Just on me way to St Marys or what ever it is called these days

I hope that Nugget headed cnut Barry Hayles isn't playing...

Judas Judas Judas......

Why do you think he's a Judas?