ash_86
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He has been off the radar since he left West Ham. Had good impact in the PL too. Scored a banger for Marseille today
He was at West Ham though, not a top team. I can understand why he would have preferred to move back to Marseille once they got money and were likely to have European football that did not end up with getting knocked out by Astra Giurgiu two years in a row.Immense ability as a player, but poor mentality as a professional. Being at home is his priority than his legacy.
And he didn't want to leave in the first place, he only left Marseille because they needed money.He was at West Ham though, not a top team. I can understand why he would have preferred to move back to Marseille once they got money and were likely to have European football that did not end up with getting knocked out by Astra Giurgiu two years in a row.
I respect that though. Better than someone who's just constantly chasing money.Immense ability as a player, but poor mentality as a professional. Being at home is his priority than his legacy.
Having bigger ambition is for the brave people. Money comes along with it.I respect that though. Better than someone who's just constantly chasing money.
Not everyone is wired the same. And I wouldn't link money directly to the ambition in football. I don't think those that try to constantly wrangle a new contract are being more ambitious. I'll take Payet's more old school attitude any day.Having bigger ambition is for the brave people. Money comes along with it.
Horseshit. Played in a European final, finished a narrow fourth (in a fight for second) in his home league, for his home club, and missed out on a World Cup winners medal due to injury.Immense ability as a player, but poor mentality as a professional. Being at home is his priority than his legacy.
I can understand the European final. Fourth isn't a great achievement in French league. Missed on World Cup doesn't mean you will win it even France won it.Horseshit. Played in a European final, finished a narrow fourth (in a fight for second) in his home league, for his home club, and missed out on a World Cup winners medal due to injury.
I think the guy has struck up the kind of balance that 99% of footballers would envy.
Or maybe for many players PL is not the ultimate destination. Player who is paid good money playing for West ham vs paid good money and playing for Marseille? Easy choice to make.I can understand the European final. Fourth isn't a great achievement in French league. Missed on World Cup doesn't mean you will win it even France won it.
Thing is, he could easily be the next Mahrez but he opt to be the Rooney back to his boyhood club in his prime. That's all I'm saying. He could have moved to the big 6 or other top teams if he was mentally a top player.
So what if he doesn't have insane ambitions?Having bigger ambition is for the brave people. Money comes along with it.
Mahrez is currently a bench player so I don't think that fate interested him at all.I can understand the European final. Fourth isn't a great achievement in French league. Missed on World Cup doesn't mean you will win it even France won it.
Thing is, he could easily be the next Mahrez but he opt to be the Rooney back to his boyhood club in his prime. That's all I'm saying. He could have moved to the big 6 or other top teams if he was mentally a top player.
Would say you’re very very wrong. What is brave about being a footballer?Having bigger ambition is for the brave people. Money comes along with it.
I can't blame him for that, he's not exactly 22/23 years old, he's in his 30s. He wasn't exactly challenging for honours at West Ham, was he? Realistically what could he do about his "legacy" for the last few years of his career? He was a pretty late bloomer to start with.Immense ability as a player, but poor mentality as a professional. Being at home is his priority than his legacy.
Returning to his country, playing for an historic club like OM, in a nice and beautiful city is much more interesting for his legacy than rotting away at a shit club like West Ham.I can't blame him for that, he's not exactly 22/23 years old, he's in his 30s. He wasn't exactly challenging for honours at West Ham, was he? Realistically what could he do about his "legacy" for the last few years of his career? He was a pretty late bloomer to start with.
He would have got into the world cup winning squad, bar the injury.I can understand the European final. Fourth isn't a great achievement in French league. Missed on World Cup doesn't mean you will win it even France won it.
Thing is, he could easily be the next Mahrez but he opt to be the Rooney back to his boyhood club in his prime. That's all I'm saying. He could have moved to the big 6 or other top teams if he was mentally a top player.
In what world was Rooney prime when he went back to Everton?I can understand the European final. Fourth isn't a great achievement in French league. Missed on World Cup doesn't mean you will win it even France won it.
Thing is, he could easily be the next Mahrez but he opt to be the Rooney back to his boyhood club in his prime. That's all I'm saying. He could have moved to the big 6 or other top teams if he was mentally a top player.
Absolutely this.So what if he doesn't have insane ambitions?
Not everybody is a 'make it up the ladder at all costs' type of person. Some value enjoying life, family, loyalty etc more. The world would be an incredibly boring, unromantic place if everybody had the same mentality, and professional football would be a far more boring place without the likes of Totti, Gerrard, Le Tissier etc. Payet plays for a club he loves, a club which has a rich history and is competing in European finals, I don't get how that is showing a 'poor mentality'.
Honestly, people complain about modern football being soulless but then also attack players for genuinely caring about more than money and trophies with a club they have no attachment to.
After his first excellent season, no one serious was in for him. People can think what they want about where he'd end up but if there are no serious offers, what can he do ? I have never heard Real Madrid being interested in him. Him being a late bloomer cost him a better career for sure but going back to Marseille was the right decision without a doubtI think it's more people thought after his excellent first season at West Ham he'd end up at an Arsenal, Liverpool or Chelsea. So competiting to win league title (Marseille aren't going to be taking it off PSG anytime soon) and in contention for champions league title. Maybe I'm imagining it but weren't Real Madrid linked to him that season? Made a move like Shaqiri and Mahrez have done.
Marseille big club of course but they have their limits with PSG having their strangehold over Ligue une.
It reminds me of Di Canio back in the day. Struggled to impose himself at the major Italian clubs then found his niche at premier league clubs around 8-10th in the table. Would he have been as effective if he'd gone to Man. United when they wanted him, not so sure.