Wednesday and Winnall

You can't compare a career in football to a career doing a "normal" job.
Football is a hobby, and you are incredibly lucky to make it as a professional footballer these days. If I It was up to me no footballer in the world would get paid for partaking in a sport, it's ridiculous when you think about it.


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I blame the club more than the player. We should never sell good players to local clubs.

 

Hence why his comment is even more ridiculous.

 

I think that many people on this board think that for a player the main thing to always to be playing wherever they are. However, if I was in their position I would looking to find the best way to get the best out of my career. Thus if I was Sam I would think, well I have got as high up the ladder as I am likely to get. I am on a guaranteeed fortune for the next three years. What is my best plan of action to make the most of my career? If I am playing every match it is likely to shorten my career due to either siginificant injury or the general wear and tear which makes it more difficult to play into your thirties.

Thus what if I spend a year sitting on the bench and having a relatively easier time in terms of avoiding injury and general toll on my body? As well as maximising his income now, it is quite possible it will add another year at the end of his playing career. Assuming that he loves playing, he can console himself by knowing it is increasing his chances of playing longer. Being a goal scorer he is likely to get fan adoration as he drops down the leagues and thus his adrenalin rush and his ego will be maintained. All he is doing is taking a little time out to extend his career and future earning potential. Even at lower clubs his weekly pay will still be significant.

In my view, having a season or two bench warming, in order to maximise income, and elongate a career, is a very smart move

 

Just to be clear I did agree with you that everyone would leave for 4x their salary but was just trying to make a point that football is different and the opportunity they have and adoration that comes with it makes them fortunate people. But he can sit his grandchildren on his lap and tell them about the time he sat in the stands watching getting paid 18k a week contracted to the mighty Sheffield Wednesday but then again he could look back at how he was on 4k a week playing for little barnsley winning at Wembley twice or pushing for promotion to the premier League.
Sorry for another ridiculous comment.

 

Like Ive said before. Football Union is the way forward!

 

To be fair he can't really be considered to have flopped if he never even played!

 

I was listening to talk sport a few weeks ago now, I think it was Danny Murphy, who was talking about players getting moves for big money and big wages , which no one disputes is what we would all do. However he reckoned that and in his day and even the players now , want to play all the time and they all say the same thing (the retired ones) when you look back on your career it isn't the wages (although nice) you remember its the games and there's nothing worse than training and hearing all the storeys from the lads in the games you didn't play in, ok for a while but then it grates and eventually you will move for football and playing time, because, a he stated, you don't want to look back on a football career that was all about the team you were with but never actually played in.
As I commented, we would all move jobs tomorrow for 4 x the salary but Sam will realise, he is now a small fish in a larger pond and unless Wednesday s money dries up and they implode, I cant see where he fits in, especially now Rhodes has arrived. I know its a squad game but another thing is that neither Winnall nor Rhodes are "footballers"....you know what I mean they are finishers, good at their art but not the kind who can link up play or start moves off, moves will break down but I kind of think we know who will start as a preference.
Still good luck to the lad and his agent. I guess if he still isn't getting games and unhappy in a year or so, he may want to re evaluate his own plan.

 

He can because it means he's not done enough in training or isn't as good as other options.

 

He'll be consistently out on loan

 

The standard of football would be pretty poor if no one got paid. May as well go and watch a Sunday league game.

 

Maybe that's the answer.