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Bridcutt "not focused enough"
- Thread starter bn1&bn3 Albion
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Mellor 3 Ward 4
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Sunderland.
BensGrandad
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Which translated means he is not for sale but at that high price he or indeed any of our players could be.
British Bulldog
The great escape
- Feb 6, 2006
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Why should anyone feel stupid? By Bridcutt acting like he has he's let himself, the club, the fans and his team mates down and people are fully justified in feeling cheesed off with him.
Albion_Dave
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Agree. Squad down to the bare bones & poor Liam can't play as he's a bit stressed.
Brighton Mod
Its All Too Beautiful
Not sure that's the truth, but what happens when his paymaster loses focus. Pretty pathetic.
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
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Déjà Vu, in a number of ways.
http://metro.co.uk/2014/01/23/wes-h...r-norwich-but-aston-villa-can-jog-on-4274665/
http://metro.co.uk/2014/01/23/wes-h...r-norwich-but-aston-villa-can-jog-on-4274665/
40k capacity ground that they fill, it aint rocket science.
Mo Gosfield
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- Aug 11, 2010
- 6,392
I feel disappointed, as I always regarded him as a model professional. If you know you are likely to be leaving your place of work, there is always the temptation to feel ' demob happy ' but you carry on working, regardless.
If he is ' not focussed ' then that tends to suggest that either his head has been turned in such a way, that he can think of nothing else but his potential new employer and wage increase or that he is thoroughly confused, unsure and unsettled and as such, cannot concentrate on anything.
Silverhatch
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Well, he looked focused at Withdean on Wednesday at training; throwing himself in to tackles, nicking the ball in midfield - smiling.
Don Tmatter
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He apparently looked focused in training last week, we pay him to play as well as train.
Yes, whatever. Can we get back to the idle tittle tattle of the doom mongers please?
Worker: morning boss, I'm just not feeling focused at the moment so I thought I might just take 4-6 weeks off, paid leave of course.
Boss: you're fired. Or you can just get back to work. Your call?
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Personally, I don't think he's unfocused at all. He probably wants to play. He also wants to play in the Premier league. The club want him to play. They also don't want to risk injuring an asset if a decent offer comes in. All that's pretty obvious.
That said, I'd play him. I'd have told the lad that if he wants to play for Sunderland then the best thing he could do was get on that pitch and win the MOM award every week. Motivate him to show Sunderland what they should want to increase their offer for. I wouldn't hide him.
Boss: you're fired. Or you can just get back to work. Your call?
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Personally, I don't think he's unfocused at all. He probably wants to play. He also wants to play in the Premier league. The club want him to play. They also don't want to risk injuring an asset if a decent offer comes in. All that's pretty obvious.
That said, I'd play him. I'd have told the lad that if he wants to play for Sunderland then the best thing he could do was get on that pitch and win the MOM award every week. Motivate him to show Sunderland what they should want to increase their offer for. I wouldn't hide him.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Whilst I agree with you about playing him, your analogy doesn't work, or else we'd kick Liam out of the club when he's a valuable asset.
The analogy works in showing how out of touch footballers are with the real world.
I'd kick him up the backside.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I really don't get this vitriol towards Bridcutt. Nobody would begrudge him the chance to play in the Prem. He has had to consider whether to take that opportunity or remain with us. If that was an easy decision either way I doubt it would have affected his concentration. The analogy with others being demob happy once you handed in your notice is right. I've know many people that once they handed their boss the letter, their notice period is noticeably less productive. They still come to work, do the hours etc but not with the same focus. It's not a case of all or nothing as some suggest, there is a grey area. If Bridcutt was not focused enough and was played and subsequently made a mistake that cost a goal imagine the binfest on here.
Your boss doesn't buy & sell workers. He might kick you back.
The other main difference is that the vast majority of people are not on short term contracts. In football, a transfer to a Prem team for a 3 yr contract could be the one that gives you financial security for life!
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
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What you call vitriol I'd call genuine disappointment, well from my perspective anyway. We have needed him since Crofts got injured and I would have hoped he'd be man enough to step up to the plate. He hasn't, that is a big disappointment to me.
I don't begrudge him a move but until it happens he is still a Brighton player, he is letting the club and his team mates down imo (although I know Orlandi doesn't agree on that front)