Fabricio Coloccini (now retired)

[Mick]

 

 

Of course not but I am of the opinion he has not behaved like a true pro.

Not just desperate to go home for personal reasons but seems more desperate to go play for a club who aren't willing/able to buy him so he expected us just to release him.. that true pro behaviour ?

 

It looks like his former club have tried to help him and he's thanking them for that.

[Village Idiot]

To be frank, he isn't making any promises regarding the summer or anything (something the SLA fans in the forums I'm reading seem disappointed about). The letter is full of vagaries and half of it is just praise for the SLA board so over the top than it looks manufactured to make them look good despite failing to land the player. I'm also 99% sure that the agent wrote it.

[Skirge]

 

 

Of course not but I am of the opinion he has not behaved like a true pro.

Not just desperate to go home for personal reasons but seems more desperate to go play for a club who aren't willing/able to buy him so he expected us just to release him.. that true pro behaviour ?

 

It looks like his former club have tried to help him and he's thanking them for that.

 

Do that over the phone... I think they know fine well that it will go down like a lead balloon here, Pardews presser made it sound like that was an end to it all until the summer. That letter just fures things up again.

[bhoywhonder]

any proof at all that he or anyone connected wrote it?

 

SLA themselves divulged it, seems pretty legit.

 

And they have acted like absolute shithouses from start to finish. Thanks for your efforts San Lorenzo *pat on the head*. However, you couldnt stump up the cash, so f*ck off.

[Mick]

 

 

Do that over the phone... I think they know fine well that it will go down like a lead balloon here, Pardews presser made it sound like that was an end to it all until the summer. That letter just fures things up again.

 

He's signed a bit of paper which will have taken less time than a phone call.  The letter only fires things up if people let it.  The letter is nothing.

[Skirge]

 

 

Do that over the phone... I think they know fine well that it will go down like a lead balloon here, Pardews presser made it sound like that was an end to it all until the summer. That letter just fures things up again.

 

He's signed a bit of paper which will have taken less time than a phone call.  The letter only fires things up if people let it.  The letter is nothing.

 

WE will have to agree to disagree on this.

 

[jdckelly]

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.

[Skirge]

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 think he played that game thinking it would be his last for us, a farewell performance.

[jdckelly]

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 think he played that game thinking it would be his last for us, a farewell performance.

well then he might think the rest of the season is an extended farewell tour and perform as such 

[Mick]

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.

[Kimbo]

I don't understand any of this shit.

[olliemort]

There was absolutely no need for that fucking letter unless It explained what the fucks going on

[Kimbo]

"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".

[alexf]

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.

[Mick]

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.

[toontownman]

Agreed, his form on the pitch and leading us away from the bottom of the table will be enough for me.

[NUFC_Chris]

Definitely shouldn't be captain. He's finished for me now.

[Dokko]

Should stand down as captain. Concentrate on himself and his problems, allow the future to take shape.

[Shayno]

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.

[Hanshithispantz]

He'll give his all and remain a respected captain, I'm confident of that.

[Zero]

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.

[NUFC_Chris]

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?

[toontownman]

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. 

[NUFC_Chris]

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.

[newsted]

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.