Yeah, thanks. I’m out as this is getting a bit weird.
Life is stressful for most people.
Merry Christmas.
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Yeah, thanks. I’m out as this is getting a bit weird.
Life is stressful for most people.
Merry Christmas.
In terms of the small factors I was talking about. Virgil gave an excellent interview to The Times.
Virgil van Dijk on Diogo Jota in an exclusive interview with Paul Joyce of The Times:
"Diogo meant a lot to me, to the team, to the club. I think that’s pretty obvious, first and foremost, as a person. He was an incredible person. With the way he was and behaved, he didn’t feel like he was from Portugal. The lads said he was more Scottish — McJota!"
"He was hard-working, team-oriented, always 100 per cent whether he played or not. I said many times to him that he could run through players like Luis Suárez."
"There are moments when it is tough because, like I said, you will remember Diogo whether you are prepared or not, whether you can cope with it at that time or not. It’s about how you then react, and the boys have been outstanding.
The senior boys have discussed it and we want to obviously honour his legacy, not only for the next year, two years, three years. He needs to be remembered forever and that’s something we’re going to discuss with the club, how we’re going to be able to do that."
"We have his locker here at the training ground, we have his locker at the stadium. The memorial at the stadium is coming. But I think we can do a lot more in terms of remembering him, and that’s something me and the senior boys will be looking after. And I feel that responsibility in order to make that happen, too." (The Times)
Virgil van Dijk on Diogo Jota in an exclusive interview with Paul Joyce of The Times:
"Diogo meant a lot to me, to the team, to the club. I think that’s pretty obvious, first and foremost, as a person. He was an incredible person. With the way he was and behaved, he didn’t feel like he was from Portugal. The lads said he was more Scottish — McJota!"
"He was hard-working, team-oriented, always 100 per cent whether he played or not. I said many times to him that he could run through players like Luis Suárez."
"There are moments when it is tough because, like I said, you will remember Diogo whether you are prepared or not, whether you can cope with it at that time or not. It’s about how you then react, and the boys have been outstanding.
The senior boys have discussed it and we want to obviously honour his legacy, not only for the next year, two years, three years. He needs to be remembered forever and that’s something we’re going to discuss with the club, how we’re going to be able to do that."
"We have his locker here at the training ground, we have his locker at the stadium. The memorial at the stadium is coming. But I think we can do a lot more in terms of remembering him, and that’s something me and the senior boys will be looking after. And I feel that responsibility in order to make that happen, too." (The Times)
It's all relative though, no?
Most of these guys live in a bubble and their stresses will be totally different to those of a 'normal' person sure but stress is still stress.
That said, I don't see the fallout from Jota's death being a major factor in our shitness.
The rot had started to set in last year and I think there is broad agreement that the issues are systemic rather than just certain individuals not performing to their potential.
Most of these guys live in a bubble and their stresses will be totally different to those of a 'normal' person sure but stress is still stress.
That said, I don't see the fallout from Jota's death being a major factor in our shitness.
The rot had started to set in last year and I think there is broad agreement that the issues are systemic rather than just certain individuals not performing to their potential.
View: https://x.com/Matt_Barlow_DM/status/2004859983477743995
In March 2021, Bowyer was lured to Birmingham, another of his former clubs. There is a recurring theme here, which marks him out as an unlikely romantic, closely bound to those clubs in his heart.
It was evident in his playing days when he pulled out of a move from Leeds to Liverpool mid-medical because he was hankering for London.
'Robbie Fowler said one day at Leeds you should never have any regrets about the decisions you’ve made,' says Bowyer. 'But not going to Liverpool, is one I regret.
'I should have gone there. It was close. I was there on the medical table. El Hadji Diouf was at the training ground as well. We were signing at the same time. Or meant to be.
'Halfway through the medical we had a break, and I told my agent it didn’t feel right. I’d been at Leeds for six years and would be signing for another five years at Liverpool, 11 years away from home, maybe longer.
'Gerard Houllier was in charge of Liverpool and he didn’t take it well. Nice man, though.'
My missus' dad is literally dying right now, pumped full of morphine and off to the void in the next few hours. What's she been doing today? Finding more barrels of Guinness, making a stew for the pub and being guilt tripped to giving me a lift to the match.