Re: Alonso on Bentiez...
[quote author=SaRed link=topic=35598.msg937099#msg937099 date=1251878472]
[quote author=Vlads Quiff link=topic=35598.msg936987#msg936987 date=1251848233]
Its saying what we all knew, well, most of us with half a brain. The love was lost, and the dice were cast when Xabi refused to travel when his wife was due, Rafa never forgave him and would off-load him ASAP. Xabi was miffed by that and would leave sooner rather than later on his terms.
I think it is six of one and half a dozen of the other. In my opinion, Xabi should have travelled, Rafa should not be such a control freak, and looked at the bigger picture.
To add the concluding bit.............
Rafa cried crocodile tears about Xabi going, he just wanted as much money as possible for him. It blew up in Rafa's face when G&T clung on to the proceeds though.
regards
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Why?
At the end of the day it's just a job, why shouldn't he get off to attend his first child's birth?
There's nothing that would've kept me from that moment, even if it meant being fired.
I don't see why it should be any different for footballers irrespective of how much they earn.
On that point Rafa was being prick.
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It's not "just a job" though is it? They get paid tens of thousands of pounds a week, to be at least available for what , thirty times a year?
The chances were that it was not going to happen when he wasn't there either, and it wouldn't have.
As you say you would have been prepared to be fired, and that is what Xabi in effect did. That was Xabi's choice, he knows Rafa as well as anyone and better than most.
Managers have every right to expect the same level of commitment from their players.
It's not a matter of agreeing who is right or wrong, it's just the way it was.
regards
[quote author=SaRed link=topic=35598.msg937099#msg937099 date=1251878472]
[quote author=Vlads Quiff link=topic=35598.msg936987#msg936987 date=1251848233]
Its saying what we all knew, well, most of us with half a brain. The love was lost, and the dice were cast when Xabi refused to travel when his wife was due, Rafa never forgave him and would off-load him ASAP. Xabi was miffed by that and would leave sooner rather than later on his terms.
I think it is six of one and half a dozen of the other. In my opinion, Xabi should have travelled, Rafa should not be such a control freak, and looked at the bigger picture.
To add the concluding bit.............
Rafa cried crocodile tears about Xabi going, he just wanted as much money as possible for him. It blew up in Rafa's face when G&T clung on to the proceeds though.
regards
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Why?
At the end of the day it's just a job, why shouldn't he get off to attend his first child's birth?
There's nothing that would've kept me from that moment, even if it meant being fired.
I don't see why it should be any different for footballers irrespective of how much they earn.
On that point Rafa was being prick.
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It's not "just a job" though is it? They get paid tens of thousands of pounds a week, to be at least available for what , thirty times a year?
The chances were that it was not going to happen when he wasn't there either, and it wouldn't have.
As you say you would have been prepared to be fired, and that is what Xabi in effect did. That was Xabi's choice, he knows Rafa as well as anyone and better than most.
Managers have every right to expect the same level of commitment from their players.
It's not a matter of agreeing who is right or wrong, it's just the way it was.
regards
