Joe Mattock - What the hell happened to your 'Pompey pledge'?

[peterward]

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/great-matches/mattock_pledges_pompey_loan_commitment_1_3469651

Never mind Joe, you made the right choice with a much bigger south coast club in a much nicer city

 

[Woodchip]

Woy made it quite clear that he wasn't going to send Joe somewhere that couldn't pay him. Simple really.

Sent by the power of squirrel poo

 

[The_Viper]

I know a lot of LCFC fans, been told by one today this of Joe.

"Decent player will do a great job if he settles in but an unloyal knobhead who was in court for assault. I think he's a penis. But that's just my (and most LCFC fans) opinions."

Lol.

 

[Surf's Up]

I know a lot of LCFC fans, been told by one today this of Joe.

"Decent player will do a great job if he settles in but an unloyal knobhead who was in court for assault. I think he's a penis. But that's just my (and most LCFC fans) opinions."

Lol.

He couldn't wait to get away from LCFC because he had a row with someone there (chairman? chief exec?) and was vvv pleased and said so when he got his transfer to WBA - hence the dust up in a Leicester club with Leicester fans (silly to go out clubbing in the town of the team you've just publicly dissed) - I thinks thats basically the story.

 

[peterward]

I know a lot of LCFC fans, been told by one today this of Joe.

"Decent player will do a great job if he settles in but an unloyal knobhead who was in court for assault. I think he's a penis. But that's just my (and most LCFC fans) opinions."

Lol.

don't know much about him tbh, but it looks he promised Appleton he would go back to Pompey and that he wouldn't play for anyone else in the champsionship, before bailing and joining us at the 11th hour.

"Joe Mattock has insisted Pompey are the only Championship club he will join on loan"

"But the left-back has told Michael Appleton Pompey are the only Championship club for him"

never mind Appleton........

Smart Lad that Mattock!!

 

[severnside gull]

While WBA continue to guarantee the player's wages as they are contractually obliged to do, the deal with Pompey as with us is that the borrowing club pay a proportion of the players'wages (sometimes directly). There are two reasons to let a player go on loan - one to get them games and the other to get them (partly or fully) off the wage bill. The latter was obviously important to WBA and fair enough.

I suspect Woy might also have taken account of how the player might feel being the only one at a club actually getting paid while the contracted players get nothing - not a nice place to be for anyone I would think.

Obviously a player can refuse a loan move but I suspect it is harder to justify in career terms than refusing a transfer and if you are given the choice between playing in the Championship for whoever, or playing in the stiffs, it must pretty much be a case of beggars can't be choosers. For the reasons stated Pompey weren't even an option in this case.

 

[WildWood]

I know a lot of LCFC fans, been told by one today this of Joe.

"Decent player will do a great job if he settles in but an unloyal knobhead who was in court for assault. I think he's a penis. But that's just my (and most LCFC fans) opinions."

Lol.

I asked my Leicester supporting mate the same question & got an almost identical response!! In short - disloyal & he punches women......!

 

[Rugrat]

I asked my Leicester supporting mate the same question & got an almost identical response!! In short - disloyal & he punches women......!

Feck me between him and Reyes ... any "normal" footballers out there?

 

[Mr Smggles]

Feck me between him and Reyes ... any "normal" footballers out there?

What do you mean? Disloyal, punches women and has driving offenses. That IS a normal footballer.

 

[tinx]

So he could be making his debut against them on saturday, nice reception from the away fans no doubt.

 

[JonathanLivingstonSeagull]

thought that was funny till i saw the date of the article - then it became hilarious

 

[Farehamseagull]

Spoke to some Pompey mates of mine who are really gutted he's not going back there. They really rated him as did the local rag, The Portsmouth News.

 

[WildWood]

Me Leicester mate was saying theyre looking forward to booing him for the full 90 mins! He was saying this is the 3rd time he's made his debut against them since leaving them - he must love it!!!

 

[1066familyman]

I asked my Leicester supporting mate the same question & got an almost identical response!! In short - disloyal & he punches women......!

Whilst not condoning punching women...I wonder ?, was it the slapper in the black

 

[Icy Gull]

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/great-matches/mattock_pledges_pompey_loan_commitment_1_3469651

Never mind Joe, you made the right choice with a much bigger south coast club in a much nicer city

Reading the comments at the end of that article gives an insight into why so many people actually hope Pompey go to the wall. They are either stupid or in denial as they don't seem to grasp how their problems have moved beyond who they sign or sell and they don't seem to care/want to admit just how precarious their future is.

 

[DanielT]

To be fair, it wasn't a direct quote, a just what Appleton said he'd told him. Perhaps Appleton was fibbing

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

He will fit in well with our little ANGELS probably heard the stories and thought thats the place for me.

 

[saslowi]

He was 19 at the time of the assault charge and being given a load of shite from some arseholes. A bit of an idiot but understandable.

 

[halbpro]

Was trying to find out a bit about the assault charge and discovered that during his first loan spell at Pompey his first match was again Leicester. Coincidence is a funny thing.

 

[1964FOX]

I have mentioned it on another thread but what you are hearing about Mr Mattock is true. He is a very good player or at least he was at Leicester, not sure if he's improved since he left us but showed a lot of promise.
He fault is his personality, he's not going to get into mensa and he did hit a girl. Having a pop at your own fans and saying "do you know who I am" when in night clubs don't help. Hopefully he has grown up a bit but sadly knowing him I don't think he will have.
Yes he will get abuse if he plays and we have a few individual songs for him, fate sees to play him against us on debuts. We really don't like him and that's unusual for us as we ar very good with former players as I've even known us sing and chant for former players straight after they have scored against us so that might tell you something about him.