Football is Sh1t

[AthleticoSpizz]

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Arsenal are already talking to Vardy's agents

A team finds a winning formula.....the vultures descend......pick-off their top-team-players with the lure of £...then probably bench them

Then we have the audacity to whinge about our England team who invariably are Prem second choice starters/sick noters

[Rax]

The most depressing thing about this is England's (or Hodgson's) "Rooney must play at all costs" - for the first time in ages we have a young and hungry strikeforce that could really have a go!

Instead he's risking it all to accommodate Rooney where really he should be on the bench.

For Jamie Vardy - see Francis Jeffers - you have been warned....

[double d]

The most depressing thing about this is England's (or Hodgson's) "Rooney must play at all costs" - for the first time in ages we have a young and hungry strikeforce that could really have a go!

Instead he's risking it all to accommodate Rooney where really he should be on the bench.

For Jamie Vardy - see Francis Jeffers - you have been warned....

Sod off Rooney to the bench, he did nothing in our friendly games and stopped Vardy and Kane being effective.

[harry]

Modern Football Is Rubbish (to paraphrase Blur)
Obvious and inevitable it was going to happen but still beeping annoying to see it. Money is everything. Any big team will want/need to destabilise Leicester for their own benefit. If the vultures grab Vardy, Mahrez and Kante that's probably enough with Champs League to take them out of the equation next year. From the player's point of view you can see Vardy grabbing it for the money, the bigger club, etc.
I just wish for the sake of football and all things decent they all said "no, we're sticking with our team, club and manager because they helped collectively get us in this position". One day it might happen and we'd start to reclaim the game.

Dream on Mr Naive.

[Nameless]

The most depressing thing about this is England's (or Hodgson's) "Rooney must play at all costs" - for the first time in ages we have a young and hungry strikeforce that could really have a go!

Instead he's risking it all to accommodate Rooney where really he should be on the bench.

For Jamie Vardy - see Francis Jeffers - you have been warned....

Vardy is by no stretch of the imagination young !
He's probably at his peak at 28 but likely to just have one big move in his career. He's at his most marketable now, he almost certainly won't have as good a season next year and being a year nearer 30 he'll be less of a target.
It's a big call for him but he'll get a big pay rise if he goes to Arsenal now, and he'll be able to walk into the dressing room and show off a Champions medal which will make the rest of the squad jealous....
But if he goes it will be the start of a Leicester exodus..

[From Despair To Where?]

Vardy will be 30 in 7 months.

I'd love to see him stay at Leicester but unfortunately money taljs

[Winston Smith]

With the money arsenal have in the bank and the income they get, if they get one good season out of him it is worth it.

[Rax]

The most depressing thing about this is England's (or Hodgson's) "Rooney must play at all costs" - for the first time in ages we have a young and hungry strikeforce that could really have a go!

Instead he's risking it all to accommodate Rooney where really he should be on the bench.

For Jamie Vardy - see Francis Jeffers - you have been warned....

Vardy is by no stretch of the imagination young !
He's probably at his peak at 28 but likely to just have one big move in his career. He's at his most marketable now, he almost certainly won't have as good a season next year and being a year nearer 30 he'll be less of a target.
It's a big call for him but he'll get a big pay rise if he goes to Arsenal now, and he'll be able to walk into the dressing room and show off a Champions medal which will make the rest of the squad jealous....
But if he goes it will be the start of a Leicester exodus..

Good and accurate points Nameless, I should have made the Vardy/Jeffers comparison clearer - in that it's better to be a big fish in a small pond.......our 106 team suffered exactly the same.

[tmesis]

The most depressing thing about this is England's (or Hodgson's) "Rooney must play at all costs" - for the first time in ages we have a young and hungry strikeforce that could really have a go!

Instead he's risking it all to accommodate Rooney where really he should be on the bench.

For Jamie Vardy - see Francis Jeffers - you have been warned....

Vardy is by no stretch of the imagination young !
He's probably at his peak at 28 but likely to just have one big move in his career. He's at his most marketable now, he almost certainly won't have as good a season next year and being a year nearer 30 he'll be less of a target.
It's a big call for him but he'll get a big pay rise if he goes to Arsenal now, and he'll be able to walk into the dressing room and show off a Champions medal which will make the rest of the squad jealous....
But if he goes it will be the start of a Leicester exodus..

Good and accurate points Nameless, I should have made the Vardy/Jeffers comparison clearer - in that it's better to be a big fish in a small pond.......our 106 team suffered exactly the same.

I'd actually think it's a mad move for other reasons. For a start, is he the sort of player who'd fit into Arsenal's style of play? Secondly, is he more likely to challenge for honours next season with Arsenal or Leicester next year? Normally you'd say Arsenal, but it doesn't seem to have been a happy camp for quite a while now.

Thirdly, is the amount extra they'd be paying him worth it? There must come a point where three years on £150000 a week doesn't really make much difference to your life than three on £100000 a week.


It does seem unbelievable that Leicester would offer him a new deal a few weeks a go (with a hefty signing on fee, no doubt) and not put his release clause up to a more realistic level at the same time though.

[Platypuss]

Thirdly, is the amount extra they'd be paying him worth it? There must come a point where three years on £150000 a week doesn't really make much difference to your life than three on £100000 a week.

The difference is about 8 million quid!

[double d]

Thirdly, is the amount extra they'd be paying him worth it? There must come a point where three years on £150000 a week doesn't really make much difference to your life than three on £100000 a week.

The difference is about 8 million quid!

That is alot. However (and it will happen) he is at the wrong end of 25, nearing 30. He will go there, get games, maybe score a few but be a small fish in a much bigger pond. He will sit around on the bench whilst Wenger loves Giroud. Old age question..... do you go from here payrise but hate your job (I know it's football and he won't hate it but sitting on the bench is not what a footballer wants to do) or do you stick withbeing a big fish in a decent size pond and one of the main players for still good money.

[bobby1413]

I'm sick to death of hearing about Jamie bloody Vardy as it is

Everywhere you look on social media or tv, it's "Chat sh*t get banged", or "Jamie Vardy's having a party".

Sod off to Arsenal, sit on the bench and just wait for retirement. Also, will be interesting to watch Leicester slip down the league and get relegated

[tmesis]

Thirdly, is the amount extra they'd be paying him worth it? There must come a point where three years on £150000 a week doesn't really make much difference to your life than three on £100000 a week.

The difference is about 8 million quid!

It is, but what are you going to do with £24 million that you couldn't do with £16 million?

You get to a stage where you need to be quite inventive to spend £16 million, let alone an extra £8 million on top.

[AthleticoSpizz]

I think the frugal Platypus misunderstood that point that you were originally making tmesis....it happens a lot on here.

[Ian Royal]

I think you need to be talking significantly larger figures before £8m becomes irrelevant. Especially for someone with a big earning life span of about 6 years total.

[Kuhl_Runnings]

I actually think it's been a really good season for football, most of the money grabbing teams owned by Saudi Arabian oilers have disappointed whereas team with spirit, determination and grit have come on top (e.g. you know who). If Vardy was to leave I would lose all respect for him and if Mahrez left, Leicester.

[John Smith]

I think you need to be talking significantly larger figures before £8m becomes irrelevant. Especially for someone with a big earning life span of about 6 years total.

Your posting of late has been the best I've ever seen from you and many others on here. Please keep it up

[paultheroyal]

Thirdly, is the amount extra they'd be paying him worth it? There must come a point where three years on £150000 a week doesn't really make much difference to your life than three on £100000 a week.

The difference is about 8 million quid!

It is, but what are you going to do with £24 million that you couldn't do with £16 million?

You get to a stage where you need to be quite inventive to spend £16 million, let alone an extra £8 million on top.

Considering you are implying that he is finished when he turns 30 he clearly needs all the money he can get to see out the rest of his days!!

[tidus_mi2]

I figured the vultures would swoop for Leicester's key men this Summer, I also figured teams will be more defensive against them next season, which won't help their counter attacking style and they may suffer a few injuries and suspensions.

Because of all that I stuck a tenner on them to be relegated.

[Maneki Neko]

I think he should do the right thing, and stay for 1 season. and I think there is a chance that he still may
hes already achieved his dreams. now its time to pay it back to his club and team mates.
he'll get a good pay rise out of it at Leicester, play in the champions league for a bit, and have another go at the league next season.

arsenal will absolutely ruin him like all th eother English attackers theyve had. he'll play 15 games a season, and win oxf*rd all.