Good morning.
Time is running out for the Primark Posse. In just some eighty odd hours time the opportunity of a lifetime will be gone. Groupon is offering West Ham home tickets at up to 53% off the marked price. West Ham Football Club, a force to reckoned with globally. Soon to be the subject of a forthcoming soccerumentary, ‘My Big Fat Headed Olympic Squatters’.
And so now in a pincer movement of stupidity we have Porn Baron David Sullivan of Goldplated & Sullivan fame who is sore no, not because of that business with the dwarf and the road cone but the loss of Pathe News Boy. He confided to The Guardian.
“This might not please many people but look at Scott Parker’s performance in the first five games of this season. To me it didn’t look like he was doing the tackling you’d normally expect him to do,”
“He was running about, he was doing OK but he wasn’t doing the tackling we know he can do because he knew that the one thing that would stop a move for him would be an injury.
“To me it looked like he didn’t want to be there. He told us he didn’t want to be there. There’s no player who has given more for the club in recent years, so to make him stay against his wishes … He was protecting himself either consciously or subconsciously. He’s gone to Spurs and he is back to his old self.”
Someone call the Guinness Book Of Records as a man who flogs ‘Backwards Bun Beads’ has been morally outraged. Sour grapes isn’t the half of it. ‘To me it looked like he didn’t want to be there. He told us he didn’t want to be there.’ Eh? If this the keen analytical mind you need to became a millionaire, I’m doomed to a life of poverty.
The truth is that Parker won PWA Footballer Of The Year while at West Ham and despite the shoddy manner in which that club was mismanaged he was all too frequently a one man team who ran himself into the ground for them.
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Don’t undersell yourself, H-H!
Two bowls of microwaveable rice a day at least!!!
Wow… anyway, few things. Sullivan wasn’t talking to the Gaurniad. It was an interview between Sullivan and Iain Dale for his own blog, the paper (and others) published it after the event with permission. But to be honest, you’re not to know this.
You’ve only taken and used part of the answer about Parker for this post, indeed this is due to the fact the “journalist” only used that snippet as its a bit spicy and makes a story.
This is the full answer…
DS: This might not please many people, but if you look at Scott Parker’s performance in the first five games of this season. To me, it didn’t look like he was doing the tackling you’d normally expect him to do. He was running about, he was doing OK but he wasn’t doing the tackling we know he can do, because he knew that the one thing that would stop a move for him would be an injury. To me it looked like he didn’t want to be there. He told us he didn’t want to be there. He didn’t want to play for the club. In the nicest possible way, he said “I’ve given you my all for the last 3, 4, 5 years, you owe it to me to let me go”. Now there is an argument that he’s right. There’s no player who has given more for the club in recent years, so to make him stay against his wishes … He was protecting himself either consciously or subconsciously. If you want to be kind, it was subconscious. If you want to be unkind, he was consciously protecting himself. His performances in those games were not the Scott Parker we know and I think most supporters could see that. He’s gone to Spurs and he is back to his old self. That’s football, unfortunately. I’ll be honest with you, in his defence he didn’t go to Spurs for any more money. He was the highest paid player at West Ham. All they did was add a year to his contract, so it wasn’t a financial thing with him, it was a football thing.
To be honest, there is quite a difference between the two quotes.
Also, is there anything wrong with selling discount tickets for games the owners feel won’t sell out? It is hardly a glamour tie is it?
Anyway, West Ham fan in peace. I’ve never had a problem with Spurs or their fans, I know quite a few and I even get on with them.
Crazy world.