Kerry please note Testimonial News

[sir danny cullip]

I am with the conspiricy theorists about why DK is making kerry wait till the end ogf the season to even get a sniff of a game lined up

Explain...please....

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Explain...please....

I couldn't possible comment.

 

[sir danny cullip]

I couldn't possible comment.

Well at least let us know your theory

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Sociedad, what, the averagely crap Spanish team? Not particularly exciting really, is it?

a crap team that won the spanish league a couple of seasons ago?

 

[The Large One]

I am with the conspiricy theorists about why DK is making kerry wait till the end ogf the season to even get a sniff of a game lined up

You're barking up the wrong tree, I'm afraid, Dave.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

You're barking up the wrong tree, I'm afraid, Dave.

dont think I am on this one Alan

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

is kerry moving to arsenal?

 

[Scotty Mac]

To quote the words of the legendary Gary Glitter, due to a purchase of another funeral business and the inheriting a two full time staff, "Hello hello I'm back again"
See you all at Rotherham..................

i dont think even those smilies can express my joy

 

[Lord Bracknell]

dont think I am on this one Alan

I think you are, Dave.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

I think you are, Dave.

I dont think so Ed

 

[Edward Scissorhands]

I think you are, Dave.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

I dont think I am.


This could go on for ever

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

i dont know what i think dave

 

[Titanic]

I know what I think ! :braders:

 

[Bozza]

Why don't you "put up or shut up" Dave, as they say?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Without wishing this to come across as some kind of a slight on Mayo, why do footballers get testimonials?

If you worked for say, Barclays Bank, for ten years, would they turn around and say "hey, you know what, we're about to commence a year of festivities in order to celebrate your loyalty, including a black tie dinner, a night at the dogs, a pro-celebrity golf tournament and a one off cricket match against the Eastbourne branch of HSBC?

Footballers are no worse off financially than most of us, in fact they're better paid in the majority of cases, no matter how much they try to claim that lower league players are on the poverty line, so the idea of a testimonial seems strange in this day and age.

As for it being a chance for the fans to show their loyalty- well I do that by forking out hundreds of pounds a season....

Not intended as a slight on Mayo, just the whole footballers' benefit thing.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

I suppose its the 'short career' thing. Usually testimonials were for when players retired (this was when the players were no better paid than the rest of us befoe abolition of minimum wage) and its kind of stuck.

So its the equivalent of getting a carriage clock or a watch when you retire from somewhere after x years service?

 

[Easy 10]

Barclays Bank won't give you the spanish violin because you're 35 and getting fat. I should know.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Why don't you "put up or shut up" Dave, as they say?

I have you Nazi

dont go throwing your weight around bucko

 

[Gazwag]

Without wishing this to come across as some kind of a slight on Mayo, why do footballers get testimonials?

If you worked for say, Barclays Bank, for ten years, would they turn around and say "hey, you know what, we're about to commence a year of festivities in order to celebrate your loyalty, including a black tie dinner, a night at the dogs, a pro-celebrity golf tournament and a one off cricket match against the Eastbourne branch of HSBC?

Footballers are no worse off financially than most of us, in fact they're better paid in the majority of cases, no matter how much they try to claim that lower league players are on the poverty line, so the idea of a testimonial seems strange in this day and age.

As for it being a chance for the fans to show their loyalty- well I do that by forking out hundreds of pounds a season....

Not intended as a slight on Mayo, just the whole footballers' benefit thing.

Yes, but when Kerry retires from football he will have to seek new employment which I imagine isnt the easiest thing in the world. If you have say worked for a Bank for the last 10 years you i) wouldnt have to retire (unless made redundent) and ii) move to another bank

Banks also provide good pensions, far better than anything Kerry has been able to invest in.

If any of us decided to seek a completely different career that would be our choice, Kerry will not get the choice in the near future