The club surely knew what they were signing up for. They have no right to complain about how its turned out.
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People build careers everyday on the fake it till you make it mentality in corporate jobs. That mentality just doesnāt quite cross over to skill based jobs. I get asked regularly by clients if I can do x or y for them and get paid handsomely for it but my response is always you dont pay me to practise, youāre better off with someone else. Iām not a grifter.
Got to agree though. His signing is 100% on the club. I just cant understand how such a monumental fuck up has been made. Its so embarrassingly bad itās like weāve been scammed.
Lets see, get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by clubs willing to do it, or get paid a portion of that and have to work your arse off? If a club is dumb enough to take thr risk on him, itās on them
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Hi mate, do you want to get paid twice the yearly average salary every week to pay football?
No thank you.
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But youāre reeally injury prone.
I think Iām good now. I believe in myself!
Anyway itās all a moot point. He has turned a corner with all his injuries. He should be good to go for another season or 2 now
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Whoever did this guys medical needs to be brought up on criminal charges.
Thereās video footage of him doing his medical.
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Two points:
a) Donāt sling personal attacks on women you donāt know
b) If you were gold-digging, why choose somebody on AL wages, even foreign player marquee wages? Just hang around in Double Bay bars, youāll find someone far wealthier
I just hope he has temporary accommodation sorted, before he is evicted from his long term stay on our injury list.
Rodwell was on Ā£73,000 at Sunderland, good luck finding someone earning $7.5m a year at the pub
That is a funny term for Indian Super League.
Iād offer him minimum wage with a significant performance bonus contract.
Heās either going to be cheap or we get what we pay for out of a designated player.
Thereās no doubt that heās absolute quality when he plays, itās just the minutes per dollar rate is far too high.
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Foreign spotā¦
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Yeah even on min wage the foreign spot is too valuable to spend on him.
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Iām not convinced. We have 5 foreign spots. We can afford to āwasteā 1 on fit Rodwell
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How far off permanent residency is he? Id consider keeping him around on a cheaper performance based contract if he didnt count for a visa spot and we still bought in a visa CB. If not and heād rather stay in Sydney and retire rather than moving to keep playing, Iād definitely find some or other coaching role for him. Hes still a class player whod still be in the EPL/Championship if his body could handle it. Hes got a lot he could still teach our young defender/mids and probably have handy contacts in the UK.
Alternatively we can just show that clip of him at AAMI Park that went: hospital pass in to Caceres, diving in and getting skinned, refusing to chase back and even attempt to mop up.
āDonāt do any of that. Class dismissed.ā - Wilko
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We wasted two on defenders this yearā¦
Why on earth would you waste a foreign spot on someone who is lucky to be on the park for half a season, when the football world is so big it shouldnāt be too hard to find someone who is reliably fit AND at least marginally better than local CB options.
In fact, there is very little Iāve seen this season of Rodwell being worth another contract, even when he was on the park.
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