Such a shitty post that shows you lack an understanding of humanity.
What’s that to do with the player saying they play too much?
People are focusing on him because international football doesn't only concerns top players and that top players could easily play 10 fewer games if they wanted to.
Thinking some multimillionaire, pampered crybaby should suck it up because he has to put a bit of extra effort in means I lack any understanding of humanity?
Could they really though? If you’re patriotic you will play every game going
Just because he’s an overpaid footballer (which is worthy of a seperate discussion) it doesn’t mean that he doesn’t get tired or want to spend more time with the kids like the rest of us. His money shouldn’t be a factor in the point he’s raised
Maybe you should suck it up? Sounds like sour grapes to me.
Exactly.
do you actually believe that? noone can be that dumb
They could limit the amount of games they play with their clubs, top players are unionized like the rest.
Yeah if we reduce games the clubs can't afford to pay them apart from oil clubs etc.
Suspect players from smaller nations and smaller clubs don't have this problem. If we are talking about players from Andorra, Gibraltar, they certainly don't.
No, if they reduced salaries it would just go to the owners who would bank it and still make them play more games to make them more money.
Not that extreme, maybe lets take Switzerland, Turkey, Russia as examples.
The cynic in me would say to Courtois if you're tired then don't play. But then it's Martinez, he probably would never say anything like this.
You can go with France, Brazil, England, Italy, Spain and any player that isn't playing for one of the few club that is expected to win trophies every seasons. His comments are as myopic as it gets and somehow we have people agreeing with it.
Wouldn't go as far like you, but I am surprised with the amount of posters here presuming that somehow the Nations League increased the number of games and are only glorified friendlies. If that's the case, then players can say to NT coaches they don't want to play.
Yeah that's a good point. Players who play for the clubs that don't win anything but plays for NT that has good chance of winning.
Suspect not because they want to play in the same clubs and NT level teams as Courtois to have the same contracts, signing fees and wages. After that they will complain.
Should start with looking in the mirror when he talks about money. He could play for much less than 250000 a week. Yes, UEFA isn't innocent but players can start thinking about what their wages does to football as whole.
I rather they spread the money more from tv deals to improve lower level football.
You should go that far because he is talking about players that have good to very good teammates riding the benches of top teams and playing very little minutes. Think about the small amount of minutes played last season by the likes of Militao, Lunin, Jovic or even Odegaard before his move. From a practical or logical standpoint he has no argument because he doesn't have to play that many minutes at club level if he fears for his health, top players are in a very particular situation where they actually have the support of strong teammates, so why isn't he championing for his backup?
Suspect had they won against France or Italy maybe he wouldn't say this. I suspect. @JPRouve I certainly don't feel Courtois is a exploited worker. If he is tired he has the option to retire. Simple as that.
Also would love to see what players like Vanaken, Saelemaekers, Trossard, Ketelaere think about 3rd place game as they got the chance to play for national team.
3rd place game would scrap it. At least for the Nations League, WC is another matter.
Why don't you go watch lower level football to support it instead?
Let’s see how many come forward in support first.
I don't want him to retire and I don't begrudge his wage either. My point is that there is a very obvious context that makes his point ridiculous, the fact that clubs that have depth don't use said depth and he is a typical example of it. I find it upsetting because I dislike this newish trend of having two first eleven because it means that many quality players barely play and it also means that the amount of quality teams is not as large as it should. Then we have a privileged players who has the chance to compete for titles every year, who wants to see international schedules tailored for top players. In that case why are top teams stacked, what is the point? Isn't it for injuries and load management?
I do watch lower level football in Sweden. Anyway even if I did not it still make sense to improve lower level football and reduce the gap. It would benefit football overall.
But you are wrong and there is no way to support it.
How is it wrong? It’s only wrong if you want nonstop football and be damned with players dropping with exhaustion, mental health problems and more injuries. Aside from that, they are robots so carry onBut you are wrong and there is no way to support it.
That's a longer subject, related with the Bosman ruling first, later with Real Madrid Galaticos, also with Abramovich at Chelsea, and all the money from Sky and oil clubs not only in England, also at PSG, it's a much bigger picture, but yes Courtois benefits from that system, reason why he cannot complain too much.
I think salary caps would be stupid and certainly would not lead to fewer games.
It's wrong because the few players that are concerned with long and packed seasons play for clubs that have large squads, these players do not have to play the amount of games they do, it's their clubs fault if they do nothing else. As I already said why isn't he asking for Lunin to play a third of the games? I will just use the NHL as an example, there isn't a single goalie that plays the entirety of the regular season, even the ones with terrible backups don't.How is it wrong? It’s only wrong if you want nonstop football and be damned with players dropping with exhaustion, mental health problems and more injuries. Aside from that, they are robots so carry on
Even wenger has seen the errors of his way, no more purity if football, show him the green!
