rodders0223 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 27 minutes ago, Rds1983 said: Levy wouldn't wave that clause even if it was for only £10, let alone £10m. Well currently everyone in this party is losing on this deal. Dele doesn't play and watches his career die, Spurs don't see a button and Everton pay a salary of a player they can't really afford to play. Football is **** shit. Write off the clause 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheVilla26 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 Trouble is, if, as he stated in that podcast, he's just slapped a brave face on, all Spurs saw was a player woefully out of form, who they could still ship out and make a few quid off of. Someone can ask you a thousand times if you are OK and you can tell them a thousand and one times that you are and even if they don't believe you, what can they do until you personally open up. Trust me, he'd have wanted to tell them but you make yourself believe everything is OK, that is when the mental health starts to become a major problem. When I gambled, the last 6-8 weeks of it, I'd tie it in with drinking. I knew I had a massive problem that was destroying me, but then I'd glug a bottle of red, which would make me feel a bit pissed and help to mask everything. It sounds like he did that with the pills, they probably helped surpress certain feelings and made him, just for a few hours a day, feel like he could deal with it. The sexual abuse thing is awful and something I'm not sure how you come to terms with. His mum was supposed to protect him at that age, yet it happened and for him to carry that all this time must be harrowing. Football and money should be irrelevant at this time but it sounds to me like he needs a focus and he's lucky at the age he is, football can still give him that. If I was Spurs, the best thing they could do is waive any money owed to them, so he can start a fresh and rebuild himself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 All started to fall apart when his partner dumped him. He then blew a million quid trying to get a record company started with Lingard and then his clothing brand didn't really take off either. I feel sympathy, but he should have kept his mind on his football, the thing that got him out of the mess. As for turning up for his first day at Everton in a £300k RollsRoyce, dosn't really come across as someone who's grounded. I'm finding it hard to give the sympathy this boy may deserve, most don't have a way out, he had it, the million pound footballing career everyone dreams of, an he blew it, now he expresses this torment cause he's career is as good as finished! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 I think it seemed pretty obvious that he was going through some issues (I was thinking some kind of family issue, but I'd never have guessed it was something to that extent). But of course he'd been getting lambasted in the media both traditional and social with the typical boomer take of "the money has gotten to him". Some things are bigger and more important than football. These people who kick a ball around for our entertainment are also human beings. They're not immune to human emotions just because they make £100k/week, and I think the discourse that surrounds the game often forgets this. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-k Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 A front two of Maupay and Che Adams might set the record for most missed chances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 2 hours ago, a-k said: A front two of Maupay and Che Adams might set the record for most missed chances Maupay to bag a couple against us on Sunday now. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted August 20, 2023 Author Share Posted August 20, 2023 They are back in trouble this season I feel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Going down without a whimper. Only Danjuma looks a threat up top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted August 20, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 20, 2023 They are terrible. Guess it’s the same as it’s been for a while now, they hope that there’s three worse teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 I don't much rate Dyche but you gotta give him props for going down on his wife even when it's her time of the month. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Looking poor especially as we looked in second gear for most of it. Going to be a long old season for them but Luton and Sheffield will be really poor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 We looked pretty decent today, but I can't believe how utterly non-competitive that game was. Everton look absolutely flat and a complete mess. They are definitely in the conversation based on that performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 1 minute ago, sne said: I don't much rate Dyche but you gotta give him props for going down on his wife even when it's her time of the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPJCB Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 When is Pickford gonna get called out for his aggressive and dangerous attempts to play the man in one on one type situations? Destroyed van Dijk’s knee a couple of years ago and nearly did the same to Watkins last season(?) and nearly knocked his block off today. It’s his moronic starfish style attack leap which does it- I’ve not seen any other goalkeeper come close to injuring other players that badly 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Relegated this season. Offered nothing in attack or defence Michael Keane is still hopeless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Between them and wolves as to who will give a **** the least Play next weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 They must hate us. We went down, nearly went out of business, but are now light years ahead of them. They need to start from scratch. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 2 minutes ago, Xela said: They must hate us. We went down, nearly went out of business, but are now light years ahead of them. They need to start from scratch. Spoke to one last weekend at a wedding, he's convinced the stadium will save them, wouldn't have it any other way Deluded They've convinced themselves it's the root of their problems 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Disgraceful from them. Absolutely disgusting performance. Dyche has his limitations but my God. When you get that level of effort from players what are you meant to do. They could finish bottom below Luton and Sheff Utd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 5 minutes ago, Xela said: They must hate us. We went down, nearly went out of business, but are now light years ahead of them. They need to start from scratch. This match was less than 8 years ago: Everton 4-0 Aston Villa - BBC Sport Now they're certainly what we were back then. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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