Mick Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 the letters PR fluff, his dad probably asked him to do it to try and save face for San Lorenzo. Nothing we should be worried about, Colo had his best game in ages right when this blew up and if whatever is the problem was around last season it certainly didn't show in performances. Not sure he should still be captain but perhaps its a show of faith from Pardew to keep his morale up. I'm no fan of Pardew but I agree with him on this one, it's good man-management. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 I don't understand any of this shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
olliemort Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 There was absolutely no need for that fucking letter unless It explained what the fucks going on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 "I wish to acknowledge to Matias Lammens and Marcelo Tinelli on their personal qualities, for their professional qualities and for their excellent management, their the honest work, their seriousness and commitment in placing the human being over and above other interests" Their interest was to get an expensive player for free, right? If Colo played like Mike Williamson they wouldn't give a fuck about "the human being". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 If there is no newcastle equivalent letter to follow then it seems a bit like a fuck you to the management here. Hopefully it's not what it seems and blows over and he plays like we all know he can. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 If there is no newcastle equivalent letter to follow then it seems a bit like a f*** you to the management here. Hopefully it's not what it seems and blows over and he plays like we all know he can. I'd rather have him than a letter, if he'd gone we'd probably have had a letter and they wouldn't have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Agreed, his form on the pitch and leading us away from the bottom of the table will be enough for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUFC_Chris Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Definitely shouldn't be captain. He's finished for me now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Should stand down as captain. Concentrate on himself and his problems, allow the future to take shape. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shayno Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Does anyone seriously doubt that he will give it his all for the rest of the season? Can't help but feel the letter was written with a bit of animosity towards the club for not being given compassionate leave but there is no way he is not one hundred percent committed until the rest of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 He'll give his all and remain a respected captain, I'm confident of that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 To be honest, if he didn't help us back from Championship back to EPL, he would probably be my most hated player ever for Newcastle. I really really can't accept our captain writing such a letter (even signing on it). It is like "thx a lot for trying to save me from hell. i love you all. sorry that i can't escape but i my life is full of love from you". Fucking hell. PR stuff, no big deal, yea? Ask yourself if you got your team leader writing such things publicly what should your next action be? Smack his face with shits? Jesus christ. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUFC_Chris Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 It does concern me, yes. He clearly doesn't want to be here, expected the club to give him away a few months into a new 5 year contract, & writes a letter of apology to the club who tried to sign him for nowt. All without a thought for the club or fans he is supposed to be captain of. The only reason he hasn't walked is it would've cost him £7m. So much for putting "matters of the heart ahead of other matters" eh Colo? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 The fact that he is still captain is a driving factor in motivating him. Might as well cancel his contract if we strip him of the captaincy because slapping him in the face with that is certainly not going to produce performances that we want to see. Letter is certainly more than a little shit if we don't get a similar sit down interview or statement with him. I understand why he or his agent/father wrote the letter, but it appears to lack foresight, british rags will be all over it. SL look like complete mugs, which is exactly merited from their low behavior. I will hold off slagging Colo on this though until I see no similar effort to talk to the fans here is made. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUFC_Chris Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 The fact that he is still captain is a driving factor in motivating him. Might as well cancel his contract if we strip him of the captaincy because slapping him in the face with that is certainly not going to produce performances that we want to see. Letter is certainly more than a little s*** if we don't get a similar sit down interview or statement with him. I understand why he or his agent/father wrote the letter, but it appears to lack foresight, british rags will be all over it. SL look like complete mugs, which is exactly merited from their low behavior. I will hold off slagging Colo on this though until I see no similar effort to talk to the fans here is made. I hope he does release some sort of statement thanking the fans for their support. It's the least he could do quite frankly, though I'm doubting any such statement will happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsted Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Ah, ffs. The guy's got a lot more to deal with than he expected, shit happens. Someone he probably misguidedly trusts said "sign here. And here. Here, here and here. And there, I'll get that witnessed later, here, here, there and there, here, and there. One more. And there. And just there. I'll bring the other documents later." While his missus is fretting about whatever it is and fucking off leaving him with the kids while he's doing his job and leaving them set for life. Colo seems like a stand-up guy to me, but good footballers don't experience real life, they're cossetted to an unreal extent, they never see their passports because someone else does that, they don't buy houses because that's taken care of, they don't worry about cars, there's a queue of them, take your pick, the slightest thing in their personal lives can knock them off-kilter. He's been living in Europe since he was 18, I think, and he's 31 now, so I can't imagine it's culture shock. Except for all the Cramlington charvesses he impregnated, of course. What a LAD! I've argued on his behalf so many times this month, but apparently I can't prove he didn't, so he obviously did, case solved. Fucking CSI Cramlington, a new franchise. FFFS. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpal78 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 San Lorenzo really did put in a tremendous effort, so tremendous that they offered us a total huge sum of $0. Thanks Colo for acknowledging us, your fans, legendary captain! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpal78 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 A "true pro" hmmm not sure we can call him that anymore You don't know what his problems are. Mick man, you don't need to know what his problems are to say that he should have at least acknowledged our fans and state his commitment to NUFC in that letter/quote. You make it sound that because nobody knows his problems, nobody is allowed to say anything remotely negative of him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohmelads Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Looks like his agent has written that to keep his options open with an eye to a summer move. He needs to show commitment to the cause now and give some similar gesture to his own fans and his team mates. His privacy is fair enough, no one is asking for gossip. The people who pay his wages and turn out to watch him every week are those who deserve to know, not some club he played for 10 years ago. Otherwise I would seriously consider handing the armband to Cabaye. It's no good having a captain who is sulking. No one is bigger than the team and we are in a relegation fight. Might be better to take the spotlight off him as well. It's a really strange set of circumstances. Hopefully he will commit and knuckle down from now until the summer because we need him. Given our club's policies I'm not sure the board would be all that gutted to get him off the wagebill in summer. His resale value will decline rapidly given his age and his performances might too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shayno Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Why is there an expectation he should mention and thank us in a letter sent to San Lorenzo fans? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Having read the original in Spanish (some things get lost in translation - specially google translate!), it's sentiment is not as sharp as that which comes across in english. There is also a cultural thing here, in south america the language is very much "full of love" and quite "sickly" at times, so when you read Colo gushing about love for each and everyone it's really the equivalent of an englishman saying he has great mates and appreciates them. Didn't see any harm at all in this letter... More an overreaction on this side (this forum aswell:)) due to incmprehension of another culture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 I don't really think it's the incomprehension of another culture that some here are a bit ticked off that he'd send an open letter thanking fans of another club while not one word of explaination or thanks to those of his current club who still gave him their support. Stuff him. Let the whole charade start again in the summer but I wouldn't just let him walk away for free, we get something for him or retain his registration for his and San Lorenzos behaviour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 The deflation we'll feel when we lose to Villa on Tuesday :'( Which, let's be honest, is going to happen if certain players start. Indeed, same players and the same manager, we know what we'll get. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 That letter it's getting fucking ridiculous Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Just spoke to him at the Soccerdome at Royal Quays... And for the body language police he seemed very happy... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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