Fabricio Coloccini (now retired)

[Dave]

Tend to agree that NUFC could and should have put out a statement this morning though. It was a massive story in a proper newspaper, not internet rumours or tabloid w***.

 

They didn't have to say exactly what it was (though they're clearly happy to do so a day later) but anything would have been better than nothing. Stupid.

 

Like someone said though, maybe Coloccini didn't want anything made public. With the rumours today that might have had to have changed.

 

Pretty shit that even for something like this people find a reason to slag off the club. Pathetic.

 

Eh, how am I slagging off the club? I just think it was wrong to let this fester all day, it's pretty fucking big news.

[MyPalAl]

This is not just about his wife either, they are kids involved not sure how i would feel if my mum was ill half way round the world and my dad was under contract somewhere and couldn't get out of it.

 

Hold on, we are getting a bit carried away here. We don't even know:

A) if its true and

B)if its anything more than thrush

[Guest]

Tend to agree that NUFC could and should have put out a statement this morning though. It was a massive story in a proper newspaper, not internet rumours or tabloid w***.

 

They didn't have to say exactly what it was (though they're clearly happy to do so a day later) but anything would have been better than nothing. Stupid.

 

Like someone said though, maybe Coloccini didn't want anything made public. With the rumours today that might have had to have changed.

 

Pretty s*** that even for something like this people find a reason to slag off the club. Pathetic.

 

Read both of my posts and get off your high horse.

 

Where did I mention you? Look throughout the thread, some people have been blaming the club's position, Pardew, etc. for this it's pathetic.

[Mole_Toonfan]

This is not just about his wife either, they are kids involved not sure how i would feel if my mum was ill half way round the world and my dad was under contract somewhere and couldn't get out of it.

 

Hold on, we are getting a bit carried away here. We don't even know:

A) if its true and

B)if its anything more than thrush

 

We of course we are assuming but if it is true you can understand the reasons behind Colo's want to leave.

[jdckelly]

This is not just about his wife either, they are kids involved not sure how i would feel if my mum was ill half way round the world and my dad was under contract somewhere and couldn't get out of it.

 

Hold on, we are getting a bit carried away here. We don't even know:

A) if its true and

B)if its anything more than thrush

Caulkin is as reliable as anyone is on NUFC so I tend to lean as to it being true and it looks like the club briefed the ne journos on it and given he wants to go home over this it sounds fairly serious

[Belfast Mags]

Really sad news if this is true.

Still can't quite make the connection between this story and San Lorenzo though.

They sound psyched at the prospect of getting him, really? with major personal problems right now?

If his Dad is at that club, surely they must know of this situation? Right?

Their "statements" seem even more strange now in this light.

Equally if this is the position and he feels that back home is an altogether better place to be right now, then a vague but firm statement from both Colo and Club could (and probably should) have been made before now to avoid salacious rumours.

 

Strange

[Guest neesy111]

I feel he might retire, if he can't get a move back to Argentina.

[JH]

Tend to agree that NUFC could and should have put out a statement this morning though. It was a massive story in a proper newspaper, not internet rumours or tabloid w***.

 

They didn't have to say exactly what it was (though they're clearly happy to do so a day later) but anything would have been better than nothing. Stupid.

 

Like someone said though, maybe Coloccini didn't want anything made public. With the rumours today that might have had to have changed.

 

Pretty s*** that even for something like this people find a reason to slag off the club. Pathetic.

 

Read both of my posts and get off your high horse.

 

Where did I mention you? Look throughout the thread, some people have been blaming the club's position, Pardew, etc. for this it's pathetic.

 

How is it "pretty shit" or "pathetic" when we didn't even know what the situation was when people were speculating if it was about Pardew/league position etc

[jdckelly]

Really sad news if this is true.

Still can't quite make the connection between this story and San Lorenzo though.

They sound psyched at the prospect of getting him, really? with major personal problems right now?

If his Dad is at that club, surely they must know of this situation? Right?

Their "statements" seem even more strange now in this light.

Equally if this is the position and he feels that back home is an altogether better place to be right now, then a vague but firm statement from both Colo and Club could (and probably should) have been made before now to avoid salacious rumours.

 

Strange

The San Lorenzo thing looks like simple opportunism to make themselves look big time players, doesn't exactly paint them in a good light

[Dave]

Tend to agree that NUFC could and should have put out a statement this morning though. It was a massive story in a proper newspaper, not internet rumours or tabloid w***.

 

They didn't have to say exactly what it was (though they're clearly happy to do so a day later) but anything would have been better than nothing. Stupid.

 

Like someone said though, maybe Coloccini didn't want anything made public. With the rumours today that might have had to have changed.

 

Pretty s*** that even for something like this people find a reason to slag off the club. Pathetic.

 

Read both of my posts and get off your high horse.

 

Where did I mention you? Look throughout the thread, some people have been blaming the club's position, Pardew, etc. for this it's pathetic.

 

I've noticed this throughout today on this thread. It's pretty low but it does seem that people will use anything to slag club/Pardew off at the moment.

 

Nice and easy to say in hindsight. Maybe the speculative posts wouldn't have been made if we had a clue what was going on.

[Guest]

Tend to agree that NUFC could and should have put out a statement this morning though. It was a massive story in a proper newspaper, not internet rumours or tabloid w***.

 

They didn't have to say exactly what it was (though they're clearly happy to do so a day later) but anything would have been better than nothing. Stupid.

 

Like someone said though, maybe Coloccini didn't want anything made public. With the rumours today that might have had to have changed.

 

Pretty s*** that even for something like this people find a reason to slag off the club. Pathetic.

 

Read both of my posts and get off your high horse.

 

Where did I mention you? Look throughout the thread, some people have been blaming the club's position, Pardew, etc. for this it's pathetic.

 

How is it "pretty s***" or "pathetic" when we didn't even know what the situation was when people were speculating if it was about Pardew/league position etc

 

Because it was pretty obvious when the stories came out that he wanted to go home, that it was for personal reasons. Else why San Lorenzo? It's not like he couldn't have joined a top club in La Liga or Serie A if it was for professional reasons.

[Pilko]

If his wife is that ill, football will be a massive distraction to him whether it was at NUFC or San Lozenge. I don't really know what the best solution would be. I'm glad Pardew is 'confident' of sorting it out though.

[JH]

Might have been obvious to you but it wasn't to me

[Guest]

Might have been obvious to you but it wasn't to me

 

 

 

Fair enough.

[nfrederi]

Really sad news if this is true.

Still can't quite make the connection between this story and San Lorenzo though.

They sound psyched at the prospect of getting him, really? with major personal problems right now?

If his Dad is at that club, surely they must know of this situation? Right?

Their "statements" seem even more strange now in this light.

Equally if this is the position and he feels that back home is an altogether better place to be right now, then a vague but firm statement from both Colo and Club could (and probably should) have been made before now to avoid salacious rumours.

 

Strange

The San Lorenzo thing looks like simple opportunism to make themselves look big time players, doesn't exactly paint them in a good light

 

Nor his Father if he is involved with San Lorenzo.............why not compassionate leave until end of season if illness is very serious and see where we are after that. Hes a rich man and would he want to continue to play for anyone under these circumstances?

 

[David Icke - Son of God]

Tend to agree that NUFC could and should have put out a statement this morning though. It was a massive story in a proper newspaper, not internet rumours or tabloid w***.

 

They didn't have to say exactly what it was (though they're clearly happy to do so a day later) but anything would have been better than nothing. Stupid.

 

Like someone said though, maybe Coloccini didn't want anything made public. With the rumours today that might have had to have changed.

 

Pretty s*** that even for something like this people find a reason to slag off the club. Pathetic.

 

Read both of my posts and get off your high horse.

 

Where did I mention you? Look throughout the thread, some people have been blaming the club's position, Pardew, etc. for this it's pathetic.

 

Yep. There's a contingent of people on this board who need to grow up. It's school yard point scoring.

[Interpolic]

Tend to agree that NUFC could and should have put out a statement this morning though. It was a massive story in a proper newspaper, not internet rumours or tabloid w***.

 

They didn't have to say exactly what it was (though they're clearly happy to do so a day later) but anything would have been better than nothing. Stupid.

 

Like someone said though, maybe Coloccini didn't want anything made public. With the rumours today that might have had to have changed.

 

Pretty s*** that even for something like this people find a reason to slag off the club. Pathetic.

 

Read both of my posts and get off your high horse.

 

Where did I mention you? Look throughout the thread, some people have been blaming the club's position, Pardew, etc. for this it's pathetic.

 

Fair enough, sorry mate.

 

This place is tough going at the minute mind, I'm more inclined to blame the club for things than give them the unequivocal benefit of the doubt most of the time but the extreme of either viewpoint seems to always be in overdrive currently and it's really shit.  People are sniping at each other left, right and centre.

[Mick]

 

 

Where did I mention you? Look throughout the thread, some people have been blaming the club's position, Pardew, etc. for this it's pathetic.

 

I've seen worse said about Coloccini.

[Dave]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/newcastle-united/9796970/Newcastle-to-retain-Fabricio-Coloccini-as-captain-as-Alan-Pardew-seeks-to-help-player-battle-homesickness.html

Coloccini has made his unhappiness clear in recent weeks and his father revealed last week that his son was keen to go back home to Argentina, with former club San Lorenzo keen to sign him. The centre-back has confirmed he is tempted to return to his homeland, but has not asked for a transfer.

 

At the heart of the issue has been the poor health of Coloccini’s wife, who has already returned to South America, leaving him with their two children at the family home on Tyneside.

 

Pardew is hoping the imminent return on Coloccini’s wife will help ease the pressure and allow the defender to remain at Newcastle, at least until the end of the season.

 

The 30 year-old, who signed from Spain’s Deportivo La Coruna in 2008, will start against Norwich this weekend and will then meet to discuss his future with Pardew and managing director Derek Llambias next week.

 

Even if Coloccini cannot be dissuaded from seeking a move, Newcastle will point out San Lorenzo do not have the money to sign him and, as he only signed a 4½-year contract in March, the club have shown him loyalty in the past. That should ensure he stays until the end of May and Coloccini has already held productive talks with Pardew.

 

San Lorenzo may well want to sign a player who was voted into the PFA Team of the Year last season, but they also recognise they do not have the means to make a credible offer to buy him.

 

That could lead to a loan attempt, although given Coloccini earns £60,000 a week, it is unlikely to appeal to Newcastle, who would almost certainly have to continue paying a large percentage of it and find a replacement.

 

Newcastle only have three specialist centre-backs in the first team squad and one of them, Steven Taylor, has been missing for six weeks with a hamstring injury. Pardew is hoping to sign another in this transfer window.

[Ronaldo]

Was she not with him yesterday?

[jdckelly]

Really sad news if this is true.

Still can't quite make the connection between this story and San Lorenzo though.

They sound psyched at the prospect of getting him, really? with major personal problems right now?

If his Dad is at that club, surely they must know of this situation? Right?

Their "statements" seem even more strange now in this light.

Equally if this is the position and he feels that back home is an altogether better place to be right now, then a vague but firm statement from both Colo and Club could (and probably should) have been made before now to avoid salacious rumours.

 

Strange

The San Lorenzo thing looks like simple opportunism to make themselves look big time players, doesn't exactly paint them in a good light

 

Nor his Father if he is involved with San Lorenzo.............why not compassionate leave until end of season if illness is very serious and see where we are after that. Hes a rich man and would he want to continue to play for anyone under these circumstances?

indeed his fathers involvement is all the more strange as he was bound to know about this and is probably the one who started it all 

[Dokko]

At the heart of the issue has been the poor health of Coloccini’s wife, who has already returned to South America, leaving him with their two children at the family home on Tyneside.

Pardew is hoping the imminent return on Coloccini’s wife will help ease the pressure and allow the defender to remain at Newcastle, at least until the end of the season.

 

 

 

 

Even though they were all in newcastle last night?

 

Something doesn't add up.

[JH]

Might have been obvious to you but it wasn't to me

 

 

 

Fair enough.

 

Seriously, I've heard it all today.

 

Ill wife, Pardew fallout, disgruntled about league position, caught cheating, wanting to play for his Dad's club.

[Guest neesy111]

Tend to agree that NUFC could and should have put out a statement this morning though. It was a massive story in a proper newspaper, not internet rumours or tabloid w***.

 

They didn't have to say exactly what it was (though they're clearly happy to do so a day later) but anything would have been better than nothing. Stupid.

 

Like someone said though, maybe Coloccini didn't want anything made public. With the rumours today that might have had to have changed.

 

Pretty s*** that even for something like this people find a reason to slag off the club. Pathetic.

 

Read both of my posts and get off your high horse.

 

Where did I mention you? Look throughout the thread, some people have been blaming the club's position, Pardew, etc. for this it's pathetic.

 

Yep. There's a contingent of people on this board who need to grow up. It's school yard point scoring.

 

Welcome to the Internet.

[Darth Crooks]

If everything else surrounding the club wasnt a complete carcrash then dealing with this news and the future circumstances a lot more amiably.