would you want to be a Premiership footballer?

[Cajun]

Rather be a manager if I had the choice.

 

Why?

 

Not exactly long term job prospects and would be a nightmare of a job IMO!

 

Much rather be a player with the money, women and playing.

[stozo]

Rather be a manager if I had the choice.

Would be an absolute nightare to be honest. Can you imagine having to deal with people like Bellamy or Savage on a daily basis.

[Guest Invicta_Toon]

With the money professional footballers get these days you'd be a fool not to want to be one.

 

Even players like Carl Finnigan ,who's never played for the Newcastle first team, still earn more than £100,000-a-year which by any standards is very good.

 

not if you figure how long he will earn that, and when he started earning that

 

what's he gonna do after 30 if he even gets that far?

Considering he's getting £100,000-a-year without a university degree its still very good. Even after you finish football you can still live fairly comfortably of your football earnings. Say Finnigan gets £100,000 for 4 years, that's £400,000. You can live a fairly confortably for probobly 15 years on that. Sure, you wont get your Lamborghini on that kind of money but it still gives you a fairly comfy life.

 

so he lives comfortably till he's 45 at most, then what?

By that time most footballers who don't earn big money usually retrain at college or uni and then get another job.

 

try telling that to some of the people in here

[Kaizero]

This thread has shades of NUFC54's horrible questions.

[thomas]

oh vicki. what fun we had.

[Kaizero]

Fuck is that sig, thomas? Bit early to campaign for that tbh, you'll fizzle out like Trump eventually will and see Jeb! (Mike) take the throne.

[loki679]

Worked on me, i'm voting for him.

[Cronky]

Yeah, I didn't notice it was such an old thread.

 

I'd have loved a career in professional sport. Like all choices, there's a price to be paid ultimately, and who knows if my life would have turned out happier. But no way could you turn down the chance.

[Doug]

Next question preview: would you liked to win the lottery?

[Guest Phillipealbert]

With the money professional footballers get these days you'd be a fool not to want to be one.

 

Even players like Carl Finnigan ,who's never played for the Newcastle first team, still earn more than £100,000-a-year which by any standards is very good.

 

not if you figure how long he will earn that, and when he started earning that

 

what's he gonna do after 30 if he even gets that far?

Considering he's getting £100,000-a-year without a university degree its still very good. Even after you finish football you can still live fairly comfortably of your football earnings. Say Finnigan gets £100,000 for 4 years, that's £400,000. You can live a fairly confortably for probobly 15 years on that. Sure, you wont get your Lamborghini on that kind of money but it still gives you a fairly comfy life.

 

so he lives comfortably till he's 45 at most, then what?

Then he gets a job like everyone else. Except he's had 25 years of luxury, unlike everyone else.

 

This question is like asking "Do you want to win the lottery?" and you're arguing that you wouldn't becauase you might only get five numbers and the bonus ball rathet than the jackpot.

[Wallsendmag]

Not for me. Would mean I'd have to work on Xmas Day and Boxing Day.

[Incognito]

Wonder what happened to Vic after here? He was struck down with the cantankerous bug way too soon .

 

[Guest Phillipealbert]

Jesus, didn't realise how old this thread was! Didn't Invicta_Toon get banned?