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How do you know he didn’t do just that?The days when you can go to your teammate and say it to his face are gone clearly
How do you know he didn’t do just that?The days when you can go to your teammate and say it to his face are gone clearly
Only weaker player would accept it, when the locker room is full of quick-tempered guys you end up with the FC Hollywood version of Bayern Munich. It's hilarious from the outside but it must be a pain when you have to deal with a bunch of lunatics.People change as society change. If you go back to the 70s - people were even more robust, they played injured - they sacrificed everything to win the ball - but they had many advantages todays footballers dont have:
a) It wasn't mentally as tough to play football - you didn't have fans slaughtering them on social media, newspaper ridiculing them - and few matches were shown live on tv.
b) You didn't have live like a professional to compete. Even in the 80s there were several players who were partying at best, being alcoholics at work - despite being among the best in the country. Today - you have to live, think and play football 24/7 or you end up not having a career.
Roy Keane's winning mentality would have seen him sent off 5 matches each season in 2020. Whereas in 1970 - he would be nothing special in terms of being a hardman and a "winner" - and yes few players would have accepted being punched or harrassed in the dressing room by Roy Keane in 2020
He told meHow do you know he didn’t do just that?
The days when people don’t make stuff up on the internet are gone clearlyHe told me
Yeah I love this. Off the pitch, be with who you want, but once you're at the ground you're going to war. We seem to have that kind of fire in the likes of Rashford, McTominay and Bruno, hopefully we'll see more like Mengi coming through tooSo after reading into what Teden Mengi said to his teammate after the heavy defeat last week on instagram it is a breath of fresh air that some youngsters still have some integrity of club football when it comes to the opposition.
I think it’s natural that this season he’d find more of a struggle! He’s made massive strides playing well above his age group and even getting first team minutes. He’s got to find the inner motivation and drive now to keep knocking on the door!After what he has shown this season - not even close. He has taken a huge step back from his performances last season.
Players accepted that because they had no choice. Pre Bosman ruling meant that the club owned them and could ruin them.People change as society change. If you go back to the 70s - people were even more robust, they played injured - they sacrificed everything to win the ball - but they had many advantages todays footballers dont have:
a) It wasn't mentally as tough to play football - you didn't have fans slaughtering them on social media, newspaper ridiculing them - and few matches were shown live on tv.
b) You didn't have live like a professional to compete. Even in the 80s there were several players who were partying at best, being alcoholics at work - despite being among the best in the country. Today - you have to live, think and play football 24/7 or you end up not having a career.
Roy Keane's winning mentality would have seen him sent off 5 matches each season in 2020. Whereas in 1970 - he would be nothing special in terms of being a hardman and a "winner" - and yes few players would have accepted being punched or harrassed in the dressing room by Roy Keane in 2020
Like mengi, you mean you want more players who crap the bed in the actual match and then blame the result on others for innocuous things over social media, not even doing it face to face.Yeah I love this. Off the pitch, be with who you want, but once you're at the ground you're going to war. We seem to have that kind of fire in the likes of Rashford, McTominay and Bruno, hopefully we'll see more like Mengi coming through too
Things like this almost irritates me. Teden Mengi who was the worst player on the pitch, whose performance was so crap he should have been taken off the pitch after 10 minutes - attacks Hannibal who was miles better, and actually looked like he wanted to win the game.
Mengi gave Chelsea 2 goals after 3 minutes of football, maybe next time he should focus on his own performance rather than attack Hannibal. We didn't lose the game because we were too friendly - we lost the game because Mengi showed zero focus when the game started
You didn't think this through did you? So Neymar suffers from this, yet is one of the best players in the world.The reason I love it is because Hannibal suffers from the same egocentrism that has plagued Neymar throughout his career. Bags of potential but thinks it’s Hannibal show. That post he made was just a classic post for validation amongst peers - it’s what he values over team performance.
hannibal will never step foot in the first team with that kind of personality.
He can either use this as a learning opportunity to grow in maturity or forever be condemned to his garbage character.
This is an awful awful post.The reason I love it is because Hannibal suffers from the same egocentrism that has plagued Neymar throughout his career. Bags of potential but thinks it’s Hannibal show. That post he made was just a classic post for validation amongst peers - it’s what he values over team performance.
hannibal will never step foot in the first team with that kind of personality.
He can either use this as a learning opportunity to grow in maturity or forever be condemned to his garbage character.
Specially if the guy who is doing the criticism, had a worse game than the one he's accusingThe idea that players can’t be friends with opposition players and still give their all on the pitch is very silly.
Wow, the guys character is already in question. Mate, you don't even know him.The reason I love it is because Hannibal suffers from the same egocentrism that has plagued Neymar throughout his career. Bags of potential but thinks it’s Hannibal show. That post he made was just a classic post for validation amongst peers - it’s what he values over team performance.
hannibal will never step foot in the first team with that kind of personality.
He can either use this as a learning opportunity to grow in maturity or forever be condemned to his garbage character.
The same guy you quoted also said this about BaillyWow, the guys character is already in question. Mate, you don't even know him.
Either he is crazy or he has information on players we don'tBy far our best defender. His acceleration puts him as one of the best defenders in the league. A shame he has no professionalism when it comes to injury prevention
Many very talented 17 year olds are pretty stupid, and that goes beyond being a footballer. He is a kid and will get a pass for being stupid, we all were at some point. As I said he makes himself a target for online abuse by fickle fans unnecessarily.Mejbri has a lot of faults as a footballer - but to call him stupid ?
Is the point so hard to spot? It's not about being friendly while having winning mentality, you can do that while also being very sensible and not post pictures after getting thrashed and humiliated while wearing the club's kit. Nobody will bat an eye if we won, they got humiliated.Again how is winning mentality mutually exclusive from being friendly with your opponent before the game.
Plenty of city and liverpool players share a laugh and a hug pre/post game with their opponents. Seems to not affect them from winning what's so special about utd ones that unless they started being meaner and more detached they can't.
Their addiction, fans love their clubs and players no matter what.All of what you say is true. But if the modern day footballer takes the game just as a "job", what will keep the fans invested in their teams? I'll be honest, I've almost completely lost interest in football, my connection to Manchester United is the only thing left. And it is precisely because football nowadays seems more like "get the job done and let's go home in our millionaire mansions". I don't even get excited by matches anymore, I watch our games due to the habit.
But he posted the picture 2 weeks after the game, no one should have an issue over a pre game photo uploaded 2 weeks after the result or is everyone suppose to wallow in defeat for years to come or may be he should show his winning mentality by doing what mengi did and try to shift blame from himself to others because nothing shows winning mentality like blaming an attacking midfielder for 6 goals conceded when you are the cb and were directly at fault for atleast first 2 if not 3 goals.Is the point so hard to spot? It's not about being friendly while having winning mentality, you can do that while also being very sensible and not post pictures after getting thrashed and humiliated while wearing the club's kit. Nobody will bat an eye if we won, they got humiliated.
It was 10 days after the result. And the point makes no sense either because Mejbri is the least friendly player on the pitch. He's always getting tackled, always has workrate, and always arguing with the opposition (from his antics and after getting tackled). He does it so much he really needs to stop it. It hinders his game and can get annoying.Is the point so hard to spot? It's not about being friendly while having winning mentality, you can do that while also being very sensible and not post pictures after getting thrashed and humiliated while wearing the club's kit. Nobody will bat an eye if we won, they got humiliated.
I agree with this but I also loved it when they all hated each other, like the old-school United-Arsenal matches.The idea that players can’t be friends with opposition players and still give their all on the pitch is very silly.
Last time I checkedAre you a real person?
I am sure they are - but you wouldn't have a clue if he is one of them. A lot of people make fun of Rooney for being stupid, but as Sven Goran Eriksson once said about him - that it's impossible to pick the passes he can, and be stupid. Uneducated yes - stupid no.Many very talented 17 year olds are pretty stupid, and that goes beyond being a footballer. He is a kid and will get a pass for being stupid, we all were at some point. As I said he makes himself a target for online abuse by fickle fans unnecessarily.