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Fabricio Coloccini (now retired)

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alpal78

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I have no complaints about his on the field captain duties, but you can't find any fault at all in a captain who wants to jump ship in the middle of a relegation fight and doesn't communicate (about this) with the fans..? :lol:

 

I'll reserve judgement with regards to him wanting to leave.  I don’t know why he wanted to go, if it was because we weren’t doing well then I’ll probably change my mind, I’ll not change it based on rumours based on nothing but tittle tattle.

 

The fact that we don't know his reasons is being used as a blanket excuse for everything. It's bad enough that he wanted to leave us in the middle of a relegation fight. But even if his personal issues were super terrible, the least he could have done now that he has agreed to stay on till end of the season is come out with a statement to assure everyone that he is committed to the cause and rally his team mates that everyone have to focus on the job coz we have a fight on our hands.  What sort of captain rocks the boat and then pretends like nothing happened afterwords. In fact what he effectively said, is that I really want to be on the San Lorenzo ship but this contract chains are holding me back from jumping ship. That to me is not captain material at all, notwithstanding the fact that I still think that he will perform as usual.

 

Perhaps my understanding of what a captain should be is a bit on the traditional side, but ask yourself this question, would captains like Shearer, Roy Keane, Vieira, Terry, Kompany, Gerrard do the same thing?

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Perhaps my understanding of what a captain should be is a bit on the traditional side, but ask yourself this question, would captains like Shearer, Roy Keane, Vieira, Terry, Kompany, Gerrard do the same thing?

 

 

 

Terry's not the best example eh? Didn't he cuckold a teammate?

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Perhaps my understanding of what a captain should be is a bit on the traditional side, but ask yourself this question, would captains like Shearer, Roy Keane, Vieira, Terry, Kompany, Gerrard do the same thing?

 

 

 

Terry's not the best example eh? Didn't he cuckold a teammate?

 

I'm in no way suggesting that these are exemplary captains, they all have their own issues and have caused problems for their respective clubs, some more than others. But I dare say that none of them would threaten to leave their clubs midway through the season, and then after agreeing to stay comes out with a statement that demonstrates how much they really wanted to leave and keep absolutely mum to their own supporters.

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Perhaps my understanding of what a captain should be is a bit on the traditional side, but ask yourself this question, would captains like Shearer, Roy Keane, Vieira, Terry, Kompany, Gerrard do the same thing?

 

 

 

Terry's not the best example eh? Didn't he cuckold a teammate?

 

:lol:

 

That's a true leader man, takes charge on and off the pitch.

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Fabricio Coloccini needs to speak to the fans

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ALAN Pardew has repeated his call for Fabricio Coloccini to address Newcastle United's supporters – despite saying he is not too worried about the open letter ...

 

 

http://www.journallive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2013/01/29/fabricio-coloccini-needs-to-speak-to-the-fans-61634-32700172/

 

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Fabricio Coloccini needs to speak to the fans

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ALAN Pardew has repeated his call for Fabricio Coloccini to address Newcastle United's supporters – despite saying he is not too worried about the open letter ...

 

 

http://www.journallive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2013/01/29/fabricio-coloccini-needs-to-speak-to-the-fans-61634-32700172/

 

 

Finally, Pards seems to have realised, though i must stress for all his tactical shortcomings this season, Pards has handled this pretty well on the whole. He has been respectful so far and now its time for Colo to clear things up.

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Miercoles

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Perhaps my understanding of what a captain should be is a bit on the traditional side, but ask yourself this question, would captains like Shearer, Roy Keane, Vieira, Terry, Kompany, Gerrard do the same thing?

 

 

 

Terry's not the best example eh? Didn't he cuckold a teammate?

 

:lol:

 

That's a true leader man, takes charge on and off the pitch.

 

 

Dangerous in the opponent's box, as well as your wife's.

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Clears the ball, and your wife's knickers.

 

 

I feel like there is an ace joke in there somewhere but I just can't quite find it. I'm also a year or so too late I suppose. And in the wrong thread. I'll just go ahead and hang it up now.  :-X

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So the whole thing has been a massive fuck up, all Colo has ever said "the only time i'd go back to argentina, was if i had personal problems" which translated into he has personal problems and wants to go home.

 

Hyped up by the media and random bullshit speculation.

 

Great.

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So the whole thing has been a massive f*** up, all Colo has ever said "the only time i'd go back to argentina, was if i had personal problems" which translated into he has personal problems and wants to go home.

 

Hyped up by the media and random bullshit speculation.

 

Great.

or "what do i need to say to give me an easier few months here"
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So the whole thing has been a massive f*** up, all Colo has ever said "the only time i'd go back to argentina, was if i had personal problems" which translated into he has personal problems and wants to go home.

 

Hyped up by the media and random bullshit speculation.

 

Great.

or "what do i need to say to give me an easier few months here"

:thup: there's definitely been more to this otherwise he would have said this a month ago.
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So the whole thing has been a massive f*** up, all Colo has ever said "the only time i'd go back to argentina, was if i had personal problems" which translated into he has personal problems and wants to go home.

 

Hyped up by the media and random bullshit speculation.

 

Great.

or "what do i need to say to give me an easier few months here"

 

Aye, true.

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So the whole thing has been a massive f*** up, all Colo has ever said "the only time i'd go back to argentina, was if i had personal problems" which translated into he has personal problems and wants to go home.

 

Hyped up by the media and random bullshit speculation.

 

Great.

or "what do i need to say to give me an easier few months here"

 

As negative as it is, this is how I read it as well :thup:

 

I can't help but thinking, if these personal problems were as serious as we were led to believe, there would have been more of a compromise, not just NUFC basically saying 'You're staying'.

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Can someone cut and paste that as the Chronicle website doesn't work at work.

 

FABRICIO COLOCCINI has insisted that he would have only returned to Argentina for “personal problems” and in accordance to the wishes of Newcastle United.

 

The Magpies and their skipper worked through their problems last week, with the outcome that Coloccini stays at St James’ Park until at least the end of the season.

 

His decision to stay and his commitment to the cause pours cold water on claims that he would walk away from Newcastle or even replicate the behaviour of his fellow countryman Carlos Tevez, who went AWOL after a fall-out at Manchester City.

 

Coloccini wanted to thank fans for their patience on the matter today after a month of speculation that he would head home and pull on the shirt of San Lorenzo.

 

But he wanted to send a message out to Geordie fans first and foremost. He said today: “Every time I go on the pitch I try to say thank you.

 

“I try to give them my best performance. That’s the way players can say thank you to the fans.”

 

And he was happy to give a full explanation about a letter posted on San Lorenzo’s official website which painted the picture of a player that was devastated the move fell through.

 

He said: “In the last few days the newspapers picked up a letter that I wrote.

 

“The letter is true but the meaning of it is different once translated from Spanish to English.

 

“I never said that I would go back to San Lorenzo.

 

“I never spoke to any team, the only reason to go back to Argentina would have been personal problems.

 

“But they knew I am a supporter of San Lorenzo and the fans were excited because they thought ‘He supports us and this is a big chance to come to San Lorenzo’. The rumours were crazy because they thought I was coming back.

 

“I would like to say to the supporters of Newcastle United Football Club that I want to stay here and I thank them for supporting me.

 

“The last few weeks have been difficult for them, I recognise that.

 

“This is my work and my job and I have to separate my job and my life.

 

“Everybody in life has problems and it is normal, that is life.”

 

Coloccini has been a major part of Newcastle’s success story in the last three years.

 

He stuck with the club after relegation, and was a key figure in the team that were promoted from the Championship in 2010.

 

The year 2011 was all about helping stabilise the club under Alan Pardew and last season he became the first captain since Alan Shearer to lead a team back into Europe.

 

True, this year has been a major comedown for all concerned with United.

 

But the passions still run high on the streets of Newcastle and Coloccini has not once turned his back on any punter who approached him in the street to ask for answers.

 

He said: “A lot of Newcastle fans stopped me in the street here and said, ‘Colo, thank you for everything and your five years here, but whatever your best choice for your family is we will be happy’.

 

“It was really nice to hear that. I spent four years here already and this will be my fifth.

 

“The club will get 100% from me and the fans recognise that.

 

“So to me that is very special and I thank them.”

 

However, he accepts that some fans may not be as understanding.

 

The 31-year-old said: “Some fans may say, ‘I don’t care about your problem you should be here because we need you’.

 

“That is also true as well.

 

“I can understand that as well.

 

“We are in a difficult position and things aren’t the way we expected them to be at the start of the season.

 

“I can understand people’s point of view.

 

“Sometimes people think the player doesn’t care and that the shirt will always be more important than the player.

 

“So I can understand. The fans have to be sure that when I go on the pitch that I always try to give a thank you to those who support me and those who give me the opportunity to be here in the Premier League.”

 

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