Everton Banter Archive October 31 2016

 

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31 Oct 2016 20:23:03
The fact that Robles had to come in for the injured Stekelenburg at the weekend made me think about us not going for Joe Hart in the summer.
Regarding Hart, while I can understand players having football-related sponsorship deals (e. g. wearing a particular brand of boots) , I just don't get why they advertise certain products - especially ones not directly related to football.
Hart, for example, is on massive wages so why does he need to get even more dosh by advertising shampoo? It strikes me as someone - perhaps it was his agent/ representatives - who is more interested in his income than in his goalkeeping performances.
How much money does someone need to in order to be comfortably off and live well and to make sure his family's future is financially secure?
Or am I being too critical and most fans don't care what the players get paid compared to we ordinary folk do?

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01 Nov 2016 07:42:47
I understand what you're saying sid but an agents main responsibility is to get the very best deals for his player. Its the manager and club to concentrate on performance.

It's been going on for decades in sports advertising products not related to their particular sport. Brut with Henry Cooper or Jenson Button with Santander it goes on in every sport and we all want more money and security.

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01 Nov 2016 11:51:17
How long is a piece of string?

If you ask a homeless man how much does he need he will answer " enough to get me a bedsit to live in"

Ask someone in a bedsit what they would like and they would probably answer " Enough to get me a 1 bedroom flat"

The person in a one bed flat then wants to live in a 2 bed flat. The person in a 2 bed flat wants to live in a house. From the house they want to live in a better part of town. They then want a nice car, nice holidays and so it goes on, the more money someone has the more they want.

These days the ultra-rich sportsman all know of someone who has made some bad business mistakes and have been declared bankrupt a few years down the line. They are in a way trying to stop that from happening, they want to be able to handover a healthy business to their kids and perhaps mistakingly feel the more they have to pump into a business the greater it's likelihood of success.

Another angle on it could be that these sportsmen are so competitive that they can only measure their success with their bank accounts, they all strive to be the richest for no other reason than for the fun of it.

The only thing for sure is that a lot of them have forgot in a very short time the roots they have come from.

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01 Nov 2016 16:13:55
Simple answer is that agents would not be doing their jobs unless they were finding ways to increase their clients income and their own (agents) percentages. It is irrelevant what Harts or any other high profile player's income is. As to Robles coming in on Sunday, I thought the lad did well and don't really see what Hart would bring that is better than what we already have.

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31 Oct 2016 16:40:14
Think Ross has finally got the message from Ron and is finally getting his tippy tappy Martinez days behind him. People may have not noticed it yesterday, but for the start of the second goal the easy option for Ross was to play the ball backwards. Instead he turned, moved away from two opponents and played a lovely chipped pass to Rom. And to top it of got himself into the box to score. Pretty sure last season that same pass would have been laid back. May it please continue.

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31 Oct 2016 18:30:31
I am a bit biased because I see a great player in Ross but I agree with that suggestion.

I've felt sorry for Ross last season and this will sound stupid but because Martinez praised him. Constantly.

When played bad he should have said that but instead he just made excuses. That infuriated us fans and we directed our frastration at Ross. It should have been at that muppet.

Because Koeman is taking these players to task we are starting to give the players a break and know it doesn't have to come from us and the manager will deal with it.

We're still going to have bad days but I'm happy so far. Let's hope they all keep it up.

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01 Nov 2016 11:55:53
I think a major difference between the 2 mangers is if a player broke down after a rolliking and started crying Martinez would put his arms around them telling them things will be ok. Koeman on the other hand would more then likely give the player a smack in the mouth and tell him to man up.

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