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'Scousers' getting a lot of stick for this atm. Loads of neutral fans having a pop at them which is a bit unfair on Everton fans imo. This isn't a Liverpool thing, it's a Liverpool Football Club thing. Everton fans don't behave like this. They're being tarred with the 'scousers' brush when it the odious scum who follow LFC who deserve all the shit that's slung their way. They're fucking arseholes.

Can't understand why Shola is leading the line at all. got no problem with switching to a 4-3-3 IF he chooses the right players to do it with. Picking Shola as the main man is suicide because he has neither the presence, movement or nous to do the job effectively. The whole point of playing with a 3 in the middle of the park is to control possession of the ball, allow one of them to get past the striker and protect the CHs. We did ok to keep hold of the ball, particularly in the first half, but offered nothing too much for Brighton to worry about. Best had a decent chance but that was it. Best is wasted as a wide forward. Never involved in the game enough and not in the box often enough to offer a threat. Not his fault but he's never going to blast past the full-back and whip a cross in either - he's a striker and should be picked as one. They simply dropped off and kept their shape. Our lack of movement was dire and can't remember one of Cabaye, Jonas or Guthrie breaking into the box to get on the end of a cross. No idea what he was hoping to achieve making the 3 subs either. That was just too baffling to start trying to make sense of. We all knew we were going to miss Ba and Tiote this month and, fuck me, isn't it apparent? Losing Coloccini was a blow but it's the other end of the park that's more worrying. We need to go back to 4-4-2 and have Ba and Cisse starting every game where possible. The alternatives are embarrassingly poor. Get it sorted Pardew.

Can't believe I'm about to write this: I'd bring Lovenkrands on.

If the right don't getcha the left one will... Dirty cunt.

That's the exact position his body gets in when he's going up for a header. All that's missing is the gormless grin and a sharp blast on the ref's whistle as he signals for a foul against him.

Realistically though....no f***er would pay Smith anywhere near £30k a week I think he'd struggle to get half that to be honest, he'd go to a mid-table championship team at best and they surely wouldn't be able to afford much more than £10k. I can sympathise with the greedy angle but realistically I think he'd be taking a £2m+ paycut per year to play for a fairly s*** championship team which probably wouldn't be that exciting when you've previously played in the champions league and got a few England caps under your belt. He should be looking to get some mental deal in China, Qatar or the like. Smith played alongside Michael Duberry whilst he was at Leeds. I dare say Duberry wasn't on the same type of wages as Smith was. He's not the greatest player and was a bit of a liability but he's currently playing for Oxford Utd in League 2. I've got nothing but respect for Duberry who has slipped down the leagues but is still playing regularly. He's a footballer who has been prepared to put playing above earning money. His priorities are right - play as long as you can. Smith's priorities are f***ed up. s*** example tbh. 57 appearances in 6 years at Leeds btw, should he have left earlier to seek regular football? That's a lot less football than Smith has played here. The point was that Duberry made playing football a priority. Smith doesn't seem to want to play. You're making it sound like he's doing a Tevez.. I'm sure Smith would be delighted if Pardew selected him to play in the absence of Tiote. Pardew's made it clear he'll not pick him regardless of a Tiote injury. Smith's had the chance to play regularly for Leeds this season but, despite it being blatantly obvious that he's out of favour here, he'd rather not go elsewhere. His manager doesn't rate him, Smith knows this and he'd still rather not play for us as opposed to play at a lower level for a lower wage. Don't get it. Money, obviously. I'd do the same as Smith. Would you move to a school in a shitter area for half your salary but more contact teaching time with the kids? Teachers aren't footballers and the jobs aren't comparable in any way. A 21 year-old teacher is doing the same job as a 64 year-old teacher. Less contact time with kids is easier than more contact time. Your wage is not negotiable. The career is often 3 or 4 times as long etc Shit example tbh. I'm sure having every Saturday off is easier than playing as well. Bottom line is we both hope he fucks off and the sooner the better but I have no real ill feeling towards him. You having a pop there like? I'm paid to perform for 195 days a year. This useless cunt can't be trusted to perform at all due to his lack of ability. I hope he fucks off asap and people see him for what he actually is.

Realistically though....no f***er would pay Smith anywhere near £30k a week I think he'd struggle to get half that to be honest, he'd go to a mid-table championship team at best and they surely wouldn't be able to afford much more than £10k. I can sympathise with the greedy angle but realistically I think he'd be taking a £2m+ paycut per year to play for a fairly s*** championship team which probably wouldn't be that exciting when you've previously played in the champions league and got a few England caps under your belt. He should be looking to get some mental deal in China, Qatar or the like. Smith played alongside Michael Duberry whilst he was at Leeds. I dare say Duberry wasn't on the same type of wages as Smith was. He's not the greatest player and was a bit of a liability but he's currently playing for Oxford Utd in League 2. I've got nothing but respect for Duberry who has slipped down the leagues but is still playing regularly. He's a footballer who has been prepared to put playing above earning money. His priorities are right - play as long as you can. Smith's priorities are f***ed up. s*** example tbh. 57 appearances in 6 years at Leeds btw, should he have left earlier to seek regular football? That's a lot less football than Smith has played here. The point was that Duberry made playing football a priority. Smith doesn't seem to want to play. You're making it sound like he's doing a Tevez.. I'm sure Smith would be delighted if Pardew selected him to play in the absence of Tiote. Pardew's made it clear he'll not pick him regardless of a Tiote injury. Smith's had the chance to play regularly for Leeds this season but, despite it being blatantly obvious that he's out of favour here, he'd rather not go elsewhere. His manager doesn't rate him, Smith knows this and he'd still rather not play for us as opposed to play at a lower level for a lower wage. Don't get it. Money, obviously. I'd do the same as Smith. Would you move to a school in a shitter area for half your salary but more contact teaching time with the kids? Teachers aren't footballers and the jobs aren't comparable in any way. A 21 year-old teacher is doing the same job as a 64 year-old teacher. Less contact time with kids is easier than more contact time. Your wage is not negotiable. The career is often 3 or 4 times as long etc Shit example tbh.

Realistically though....no fucker would pay Smith anywhere near £30k a week I think he'd struggle to get half that to be honest, he'd go to a mid-table championship team at best and they surely wouldn't be able to afford much more than £10k. I can sympathise with the greedy angle but realistically I think he'd be taking a £2m+ paycut per year to play for a fairly shit championship team which probably wouldn't be that exciting when you've previously played in the champions league and got a few England caps under your belt. He should be looking to get some mental deal in China, Qatar or the like. Smith played alongside Michael Duberry whilst he was at Leeds. I dare say Duberry wasn't on the same type of wages as Smith was. He's not the greatest player and was a bit of a liability but he's currently playing for Oxford Utd in League 2. I've got nothing but respect for Duberry who has slipped down the leagues but is still playing regularly. He's a footballer who has been prepared to put playing above earning money. His priorities are right - play as long as you can. Smith's priorities are fucked up. Shit example tbh. 57 appearances in 6 years at Leeds btw, should he have left earlier to seek regular football? That's a lot less football than Smith has played here. The point was that Duberry made playing football a priority. Smith doesn't seem to want to play. His last contract in the Premier League was with Reading, he left at the end of it because they wouldn't give him a new one. He had little choice tbh. That was 3 years ago and he's still playing. I dare say he's currently playing for very little money from Oxford which, again, is my point. He wants to play football and has made it a priority. He's dropped down the leagues, he's not earning very much but he's still playing. His priorities are right. What is to say Smith will not do that at the end of his contract? He may, he may not. Don't give a fuck where he ends up tbh.

Realistically though....no f***er would pay Smith anywhere near £30k a week I think he'd struggle to get half that to be honest, he'd go to a mid-table championship team at best and they surely wouldn't be able to afford much more than £10k. I can sympathise with the greedy angle but realistically I think he'd be taking a £2m+ paycut per year to play for a fairly s*** championship team which probably wouldn't be that exciting when you've previously played in the champions league and got a few England caps under your belt. He should be looking to get some mental deal in China, Qatar or the like. Smith played alongside Michael Duberry whilst he was at Leeds. I dare say Duberry wasn't on the same type of wages as Smith was. He's not the greatest player and was a bit of a liability but he's currently playing for Oxford Utd in League 2. I've got nothing but respect for Duberry who has slipped down the leagues but is still playing regularly. He's a footballer who has been prepared to put playing above earning money. His priorities are right - play as long as you can. Smith's priorities are f***ed up. s*** example tbh. 57 appearances in 6 years at Leeds btw, should he have left earlier to seek regular football? That's a lot less football than Smith has played here. The point was that Duberry made playing football a priority. Smith doesn't seem to want to play. You're making it sound like he's doing a Tevez.. I'm sure Smith would be delighted if Pardew selected him to play in the absence of Tiote. Pardew's made it clear he'll not pick him regardless of a Tiote injury. Smith's had the chance to play regularly for Leeds this season but, despite it being blatantly obvious that he's out of favour here, he'd rather not go elsewhere. His manager doesn't rate him, Smith knows this and he'd still rather not play for us as opposed to play at a lower level for a lower wage. Don't get it.

Realistically though....no fucker would pay Smith anywhere near £30k a week I think he'd struggle to get half that to be honest, he'd go to a mid-table championship team at best and they surely wouldn't be able to afford much more than £10k. I can sympathise with the greedy angle but realistically I think he'd be taking a £2m+ paycut per year to play for a fairly shit championship team which probably wouldn't be that exciting when you've previously played in the champions league and got a few England caps under your belt. He should be looking to get some mental deal in China, Qatar or the like. Smith played alongside Michael Duberry whilst he was at Leeds. I dare say Duberry wasn't on the same type of wages as Smith was. He's not the greatest player and was a bit of a liability but he's currently playing for Oxford Utd in League 2. I've got nothing but respect for Duberry who has slipped down the leagues but is still playing regularly. He's a footballer who has been prepared to put playing above earning money. His priorities are right - play as long as you can. Smith's priorities are fucked up. Shit example tbh. 57 appearances in 6 years at Leeds btw, should he have left earlier to seek regular football? That's a lot less football than Smith has played here. The point was that Duberry made playing football a priority. Smith doesn't seem to want to play. His last contract in the Premier League was with Reading, he left at the end of it because they wouldn't give him a new one. He had little choice tbh. That was 3 years ago and he's still playing. I dare say he's currently playing for very little money from Oxford which, again, is my point. He wants to play football and has made it a priority. He's dropped down the leagues, he's not earning very much but he's still playing. His priorities are right.

Realistically though....no fucker would pay Smith anywhere near £30k a week I think he'd struggle to get half that to be honest, he'd go to a mid-table championship team at best and they surely wouldn't be able to afford much more than £10k. I can sympathise with the greedy angle but realistically I think he'd be taking a £2m+ paycut per year to play for a fairly shit championship team which probably wouldn't be that exciting when you've previously played in the champions league and got a few England caps under your belt. He should be looking to get some mental deal in China, Qatar or the like. Smith played alongside Michael Duberry whilst he was at Leeds. I dare say Duberry wasn't on the same type of wages as Smith was. He's not the greatest player and was a bit of a liability but he's currently playing for Oxford Utd in League 2. I've got nothing but respect for Duberry who has slipped down the leagues but is still playing regularly. He's a footballer who has been prepared to put playing above earning money. His priorities are right - play as long as you can. Smith's priorities are fucked up. Shit example tbh. 57 appearances in 6 years at Leeds btw, should he have left earlier to seek regular football? That's a lot less football than Smith has played here. The point was that Duberry made playing football a priority. Smith doesn't seem to want to play.

Bingo. We're talking about a multi-millionaire who's been paid thousands of pounds every week for the last 10 years. He's not skint, he's not struggling for cash, he's been paid circa £14m from NUFC alone since he signed for us. If he's still putting money before playing football then he's a greedy c***. He values earning money above actually playing football. He's scum. Remember Assou-Ekotto coming out a year ago or so saying he had lost the love for the game and was only in it for the money. Oh, how everybody though the honesty was refreshing. Can't remember anybody calling him money grabbing scum. If he was content to sit on the bench and continue to get paid for doing nothing the you'd have a point. He's earning his money by playing. He may not like his job as footballer but at least he's doing it. Completely different to Smith tbh. Just because the manager does not pick him ahead of first choice players? You must hate all back up players for taking money from the club..? I hate the fact he takes £3m out of the club every year and gives precisely nothing back in return. I resent him for it and I'm quite happy to admit it. I hate the fact he takes £3m out of the club every year too, and I can't wait for him to leave at the end of the season and the money to be invested in better players. The fact he offers nothing back in return is a choice by his manager; he makes himself available for selection but the manager estimates (correctly) that he has better options at his disposal. I don't resent the player concerned for this as I think most people would not give up the majority of their wages for another, more satisfying job, despite what they say on an internet forum. I certainly wouldn't. If that makes me a cunt, so be it. I would. I'd want to play as much football as my body would allow. I'd look at my bank balance of several million pounds (steadily accumulating over the last 12 years) and make a decision that playing football was more important than earning even more money. Id want to go back to my home town club and try to help them back into the Premier League. I don't understand his or your way of putting money before playing football. What's most important for a footballer ffs? Well then you're clearly a better man than me (or just a liar ) as I'd probably do exactly the same as Smith has done. Fair enough, I admire your honesty. I'd want to play football and would take a cut in wages to do so. I'd want to play football, but I'd realise I'm 31 on £60k p/w and I'd get a better deal if I left on a free rather than a transfer. Despite having played only a dozen games since I was 29? Who's going to throw big money at him like? At least if he'd been playing regularly for the last 18 months he'd still have a bit of a reputation in the game. No-one will touch him as he's barely played for the last 2 seasons. He's going to be a victim of his own greed. Nowt to do with how many games he's played, it's just a fact of life - free agents get better deals in terms of wages/bonuses/signing on fees because there isn't a transfer fee to be paid. We'll just have to wait and see where he ends up.

Bingo. We're talking about a multi-millionaire who's been paid thousands of pounds every week for the last 10 years. He's not skint, he's not struggling for cash, he's been paid circa £14m from NUFC alone since he signed for us. If he's still putting money before playing football then he's a greedy c***. He values earning money above actually playing football. He's scum. Remember Assou-Ekotto coming out a year ago or so saying he had lost the love for the game and was only in it for the money. Oh, how everybody though the honesty was refreshing. Can't remember anybody calling him money grabbing scum. If he was content to sit on the bench and continue to get paid for doing nothing the you'd have a point. He's earning his money by playing. He may not like his job as footballer but at least he's doing it. Completely different to Smith tbh. Just because the manager does not pick him ahead of first choice players? You must hate all back up players for taking money from the club..? I hate the fact he takes £3m out of the club every year and gives precisely nothing back in return. I resent him for it and I'm quite happy to admit it. I hate the fact he takes £3m out of the club every year too, and I can't wait for him to leave at the end of the season and the money to be invested in better players. The fact he offers nothing back in return is a choice by his manager; he makes himself available for selection but the manager estimates (correctly) that he has better options at his disposal. I don't resent the player concerned for this as I think most people would not give up the majority of their wages for another, more satisfying job, despite what they say on an internet forum. I certainly wouldn't. If that makes me a c***, so be it. I would. I'd want to play as much football as my body would allow. I'd look at my bank balance of several million pounds (steadily accumulating over the last 12 years) and make a decision that playing football was more important than earning even more money. Id want to go back to my home town club and try to help them back into the Premier League. I don't understand his or your way of putting money before playing football. What's most important for a footballer ffs? What a ridiculous argument. Do you define someone solely by their job? Would you say "I don't understand his or your way of putting money before stacking shelves. What's most important for a shelf stacker ffs?" All these people getting indignant are fucking idiots IMO, suggesting that he should be playing football at literally any level rather than earning £60k/week simply because "he's already earned enough". Look: If football's THAT important to him, he can wait until June then go play it with extra money in his pocket. He can play until 40 if he wants, trawling round the Sunday leagues, it's not like he's got some kind of fucking time-limited opportunity to play football over the next 6 months that will never come round again in his life. However he's only got 6 more months in his entire life where he can earn this kind of cash. He'd be a fucking idiot to walk away. Don't misunderstand me. I was against Alan Smith joining this club, and I've hated every time I've seen his name on the teamsheet, he's a millstone round the neck of the club and I'll be delighted when he's gone. But to suggest he has some kind of moral obligation to walk away is fucking barmy. We gave him the contract, and if I was him I'd do exactly what he's doing. So would all of you, and saying "Oh no not me, I'd walk away because I love football so much" (Which people inevitably will) is not going to convince me one single bit. Aye, because comparing a professional footballer to a shelf-stacker isn't ridiculous at all.

Bingo. We're talking about a multi-millionaire who's been paid thousands of pounds every week for the last 10 years. He's not skint, he's not struggling for cash, he's been paid circa £14m from NUFC alone since he signed for us. If he's still putting money before playing football then he's a greedy c***. He values earning money above actually playing football. He's scum. Remember Assou-Ekotto coming out a year ago or so saying he had lost the love for the game and was only in it for the money. Oh, how everybody though the honesty was refreshing. Can't remember anybody calling him money grabbing scum. If he was content to sit on the bench and continue to get paid for doing nothing the you'd have a point. He's earning his money by playing. He may not like his job as footballer but at least he's doing it. Completely different to Smith tbh. Just because the manager does not pick him ahead of first choice players? You must hate all back up players for taking money from the club..? I hate the fact he takes £3m out of the club every year and gives precisely nothing back in return. I resent him for it and I'm quite happy to admit it. I hate the fact he takes £3m out of the club every year too, and I can't wait for him to leave at the end of the season and the money to be invested in better players. The fact he offers nothing back in return is a choice by his manager; he makes himself available for selection but the manager estimates (correctly) that he has better options at his disposal. I don't resent the player concerned for this as I think most people would not give up the majority of their wages for another, more satisfying job, despite what they say on an internet forum. I certainly wouldn't. If that makes me a cunt, so be it. I would. I'd want to play as much football as my body would allow. I'd look at my bank balance of several million pounds (steadily accumulating over the last 12 years) and make a decision that playing football was more important than earning even more money. Id want to go back to my home town club and try to help them back into the Premier League. I don't understand his or your way of putting money before playing football. What's most important for a footballer ffs? Well then you're clearly a better man than me (or just a liar ) as I'd probably do exactly the same as Smith has done. Fair enough, I admire your honesty. I'd want to play football and would take a cut in wages to do so. I'd want to play football, but I'd realise I'm 31 on £60k p/w and I'd get a better deal if I left on a free rather than a transfer. Despite having played only a dozen games since I was 29? Who's going to throw big money at him like? At least if he'd been playing regularly for the last 18 months he'd still have a bit of a reputation in the game. No-one will touch him as he's barely played for the last 2 seasons. He's going to be a victim of his own greed.

Realistically though....no fucker would pay Smith anywhere near £30k a week I think he'd struggle to get half that to be honest, he'd go to a mid-table championship team at best and they surely wouldn't be able to afford much more than £10k. I can sympathise with the greedy angle but realistically I think he'd be taking a £2m+ paycut per year to play for a fairly shit championship team which probably wouldn't be that exciting when you've previously played in the champions league and got a few England caps under your belt. He should be looking to get some mental deal in China, Qatar or the like. Smith played alongside Michael Duberry whilst he was at Leeds. I dare say Duberry wasn't on the same type of wages as Smith was. He's not the greatest player and was a bit of a liability but he's currently playing for Oxford Utd in League 2. I've got nothing but respect for Duberry who has slipped down the leagues but is still playing regularly. He's a footballer who has been prepared to put playing above earning money. His priorities are right - play as long as you can. Smith's priorities are fucked up.

Bingo. We're talking about a multi-millionaire who's been paid thousands of pounds every week for the last 10 years. He's not skint, he's not struggling for cash, he's been paid circa £14m from NUFC alone since he signed for us. If he's still putting money before playing football then he's a greedy c***. He values earning money above actually playing football. He's scum. Remember Assou-Ekotto coming out a year ago or so saying he had lost the love for the game and was only in it for the money. Oh, how everybody though the honesty was refreshing. Can't remember anybody calling him money grabbing scum. If he was content to sit on the bench and continue to get paid for doing nothing the you'd have a point. He's earning his money by playing. He may not like his job as footballer but at least he's doing it. Completely different to Smith tbh. Just because the manager does not pick him ahead of first choice players? You must hate all back up players for taking money from the club..? I hate the fact he takes £3m out of the club every year and gives precisely nothing back in return. I resent him for it and I'm quite happy to admit it. I hate the fact he takes £3m out of the club every year too, and I can't wait for him to leave at the end of the season and the money to be invested in better players. The fact he offers nothing back in return is a choice by his manager; he makes himself available for selection but the manager estimates (correctly) that he has better options at his disposal. I don't resent the player concerned for this as I think most people would not give up the majority of their wages for another, more satisfying job, despite what they say on an internet forum. I certainly wouldn't. If that makes me a cunt, so be it. I would. I'd want to play as much football as my body would allow. I'd look at my bank balance of several million pounds (steadily accumulating over the last 12 years) and make a decision that playing football was more important than earning even more money. Id want to go back to my home town club and try to help them back into the Premier League. I don't understand his or your way of putting money before playing football. What's most important for a footballer ffs? Well then you're clearly a better man than me (or just a liar ) as I'd probably do exactly the same as Smith has done. Fair enough, I admire your honesty. I'd want to play football and would take a cut in wages to do so.

Bingo. We're talking about a multi-millionaire who's been paid thousands of pounds every week for the last 10 years. He's not skint, he's not struggling for cash, he's been paid circa £14m from NUFC alone since he signed for us. If he's still putting money before playing football then he's a greedy c***. He values earning money above actually playing football. He's scum. Remember Assou-Ekotto coming out a year ago or so saying he had lost the love for the game and was only in it for the money. Oh, how everybody though the honesty was refreshing. Can't remember anybody calling him money grabbing scum. If he was content to sit on the bench and continue to get paid for doing nothing the you'd have a point. He's earning his money by playing. He may not like his job as footballer but at least he's doing it. Completely different to Smith tbh. Just because the manager does not pick him ahead of first choice players? You must hate all back up players for taking money from the club..? I hate the fact he takes £3m out of the club every year and gives precisely nothing back in return. I resent him for it and I'm quite happy to admit it. I hate the fact he takes £3m out of the club every year too, and I can't wait for him to leave at the end of the season and the money to be invested in better players. The fact he offers nothing back in return is a choice by his manager; he makes himself available for selection but the manager estimates (correctly) that he has better options at his disposal. I don't resent the player concerned for this as I think most people would not give up the majority of their wages for another, more satisfying job, despite what they say on an internet forum. I certainly wouldn't. If that makes me a c***, so be it. I would. I'd want to play as much football as my body would allow. I'd look at my bank balance of several million pounds (steadily accumulating over the last 12 years) and make a decision that playing football was more important than earning even more money. Id want to go back to my home town club and try to help them back into the Premier League. I don't understand his or your way of putting money before playing football. What's most important for a footballer ffs? All I can say is you are a more noble man than me, and I'm guessing 90% of humanity. Are you a student by any chance? Nope. Why?

Bingo. We're talking about a multi-millionaire who's been paid thousands of pounds every week for the last 10 years. He's not skint, he's not struggling for cash, he's been paid circa £14m from NUFC alone since he signed for us. If he's still putting money before playing football then he's a greedy c***. He values earning money above actually playing football. He's scum. Remember Assou-Ekotto coming out a year ago or so saying he had lost the love for the game and was only in it for the money. Oh, how everybody though the honesty was refreshing. Can't remember anybody calling him money grabbing scum. If he was content to sit on the bench and continue to get paid for doing nothing the you'd have a point. He's earning his money by playing. He may not like his job as footballer but at least he's doing it. Completely different to Smith tbh. Just because the manager does not pick him ahead of first choice players? You must hate all back up players for taking money from the club..? I hate the fact he takes £3m out of the club every year and gives precisely nothing back in return. I resent him for it and I'm quite happy to admit it. I hate the fact he takes £3m out of the club every year too, and I can't wait for him to leave at the end of the season and the money to be invested in better players. The fact he offers nothing back in return is a choice by his manager; he makes himself available for selection but the manager estimates (correctly) that he has better options at his disposal. I don't resent the player concerned for this as I think most people would not give up the majority of their wages for another, more satisfying job, despite what they say on an internet forum. I certainly wouldn't. If that makes me a cunt, so be it. I would. I'd want to play as much football as my body would allow. I'd look at my bank balance of several million pounds (steadily accumulating over the last 12 years) and make a decision that playing football was more important than earning even more money. Id want to go back to my home town club and try to help them back into the Premier League. I don't understand his or your way of putting money before playing football. What's most important for a footballer ffs?

Bingo. We're talking about a multi-millionaire who's been paid thousands of pounds every week for the last 10 years. He's not skint, he's not struggling for cash, he's been paid circa £14m from NUFC alone since he signed for us. If he's still putting money before playing football then he's a greedy c***. He values earning money above actually playing football. He's scum. Remember Assou-Ekotto coming out a year ago or so saying he had lost the love for the game and was only in it for the money. Oh, how everybody though the honesty was refreshing. Can't remember anybody calling him money grabbing scum. If he was content to sit on the bench and continue to get paid for doing nothing the you'd have a point. He's earning his money by playing. He may not like his job as footballer but at least he's doing it. Completely different to Smith tbh. Just because the manager does not pick him ahead of first choice players? You must hate all back up players for taking money from the club..? I hate the fact he takes £3m out of the club every year and gives precisely nothing back in return. I resent him for it and I'm quite happy to admit it.

I think he's scum because he would rather earn £3m for doing nothing as opposed to earning £1.5m for actually playing. I could understand a young kid putting money first but a player who's been paid several million quid for the last 12 years putting money before playing is galling to say the least. It's sheer greed, no matter how you slice it.

Bingo. We're talking about a multi-millionaire who's been paid thousands of pounds every week for the last 10 years. He's not skint, he's not struggling for cash, he's been paid circa £14m from NUFC alone since he signed for us. If he's still putting money before playing football then he's a greedy c***. He values earning money above actually playing football. He's scum. Remember Assou-Ekotto coming out a year ago or so saying he had lost the love for the game and was only in it for the money. Oh, how everybody though the honesty was refreshing. Can't remember anybody calling him money grabbing scum. If he was content to sit on the bench and continue to get paid for doing nothing the you'd have a point. He's earning his money by playing. He may not like his job as footballer but at least he's doing it. Completely different to Smith tbh.

Not saying it's right, but a lot of professional football players get in financial trouble later in their career. They've earned a lot of money early in their life, but they've also grown used to this income and have a spending habit to match. Then, their income drops substantially and they have the rest of their lives to live on whatever remains. This requires a lot of financial discipline, which most football players lack if you ask me, which is not even taking into account all the leaches that surround them and take money off them. Not sure if this applies to Alan Smith in particular, and certainly not meant to read as justification for the extreme wages footballers earn nowadays, but to simply state they earn a more in a year than most of us do in our lifetime so what's a few 10k/week more or less to them is, quite frankly, ridiculous. Perish the thought they should have to 'work' after they retire at 35. He earns £3m a year ffs and has done for each of the the previous 4 years. Not to mention the wages he earned at Man U and Leeds for the 8 years previous to that. How much does a bloke have to have in the bank before he puts actually playing football before earning even more money? I just don't get it.

Bingo. We're talking about a multi-millionaire who's been paid thousands of pounds every week for the last 10 years. He's not skint, he's not struggling for cash, he's been paid circa £14m from NUFC alone since he signed for us. If he's still putting money before playing football then he's a greedy cunt. He values earning money above actually playing football. He's scum.

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I'd want to play football. If that meant having to get by on a paltry £1.5m a year then I think I'd go along with that.