Scapegoat Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 End of the game yesterday he walked round the pitch clapping the fans and banging his fist to his chest/heart. Nice to see a former player pay respect to the fans, but seemed to be longer and more passionate than most players for what was a short and relatively undistinguished period of time in our history. Thoughts?
laticsmarra Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 A true gentleman and warrior we need some of that in our dressing room.
palmer1 Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 End of the game yesterday he walked round the pitch clapping the fans and banging his fist to his chest/heart. Nice to see a former player pay respect to the fans, but seemed to be longer and more passionate than most players for what was a short and relatively undistinguished period of time in our history. Thoughts? Its rare because unfortunatley most the time are fans treat ex players like :censored: & act like they owe us something believing they should only leave on the clubs terms.
pinevillawill Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 Does that at all his former clubs but nice touch still.
BLUMAX Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 Stil very highly thought of at Wolves, can never imagine him ever having been Championship standard but honesty and hard graft are becoming quite unique in the game these days and the fans recognise this!
blueatheart Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 Its rare because unfortunatley most the time are fans treat ex players like :censored: & act like they owe us something believing they should only leave on the clubs terms.Most players don't make a point of applauding all sides of the ground every week they play for you. I've no doubt he's a nice bloke, but he's a better showman.
beag_teeets Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 Most players don't make a point of applauding all sides of the ground every week they play for you. I've no doubt he's a nice bloke, but he's a better showman. He should go in to sales once his career is over, knows his market, understands his customers and makes the effort to show that he appreciates them. It really doesn't take much for a player to get a crowd on side, wave a bit, look committed and make the effort off the pitch. Job done.
blueatheart Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 He should go in to sales once his career is over, knows his market, understands his customers and makes the effort to show that he appreciates them. It really doesn't take much for a player to get a crowd on side, wave a bit, look committed and make the effort off the pitch. Job done. Precisely. Show you are dedicated to the cause for sixty seconds a week and you'll get the crowd eating out of the palm of your hand.
beag_teeets Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 If Cornell had given it for a certain 60 seconds on Saturday we'd have 2 more points.
NewBlue Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 Very cynical, the lot of you... He played the last 15 minutes with an injured hammy on Saturday - if he did that for us we'd be calling him a hero, and rightly so. There's more dedication to this supposed 'image' he garners (or contrives, according to some) than just clapping four (or three in our case when he was here) sides of a football ground. His personality is authentic, and I respect him for that. What does make me respect a player less is when they make some flippant Twitter about how 'great the fans were today ??✊?' after every match, even if it was a morgue, and cringe when said fans lap it up...
HarryBosch Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 He should go in to sales once his career is over, knows his market, understands his customers and makes the effort to show that he appreciates them. It really doesn't take much for a player to get a crowd on side, wave a bit, look committed and make the effort off the pitch. Job done. Precisely. Show you are dedicated to the cause for sixty seconds a week and you'll get the crowd eating out of the palm of your hand. Bizarrely, Dunn would have been like this had he been playing these last few months rather than managing
Stevie_J Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 Very cynical, the lot of you... He played the last 15 minutes with an injured hammy on Saturday - if he did that for us we'd be calling him a hero, and rightly so. There's more dedication to this supposed 'image' he garners (or contrives, according to some) than just clapping four (or three in our case when he was here) sides of a football ground. His personality is authentic, and I respect him for that. What does make me respect a player less is when they make some flippant Twitter about how 'great the fans were today ✊' after every match, even if it was a morgue, and cringe when said fans lap it up... I agree. He always seems very genuine to me. Not the most gifted player but his attitude can't be questionned.
blueatheart Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 I don't doubt the big man. What makes me wonder is why other players don't do it. If you do it at the end of every game from being 18, you'll get the crowd on your side almost regardless of how well you play, so long as it looks like you've put 100% in.
Rocky_Latic Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 To be fair he couldn't go off as they'd already made their 3 subs and didn't want to play with ten men. If they still had a sub left he'd have gone off.......and applauded all 4 stands. He's not a lot of skill but he plays with something 90% of our squad haven't got. Passion
underdog Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 Always thought he was a decent player, had a good pass on him and stuck his head in were it hurt, think he got stitches for us. Also chipped in with a few important goals, think he was our highest goalscorer in dec'14. But, it was the acknowledgment of the fans for me, doesn't take a lot does it? Just shows you what a bit of acknowledgment can do to boost us fans. Win, lose or draw he always did it and that is what I'll remember about Big G.
oafcmetty Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 To be fair he couldn't go off as they'd already made their 3 subs and didn't want to play with ten men. If they still had a sub left he'd have gone off.......and applauded all 4 stands. He's not a lot of skill but he plays with something 90% of our squad haven't got. Passion He should have gone off - he was getting in the way of their attacking movement and not adding anything.
bluear Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 He should have gone off - he was getting in the way of their attacking movement and not adding anything. Did it stop them getting a point?
oafcmetty Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 Did it stop them getting a point? Reflects poorly on us, doesn't it?
Break The Silence Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 If we had a couple of players with his attitude we wouldn't be so deep in the :censored:. Not the most talented player in the world but gives 100% every game and would run through a brick wall to win.
palmer1 Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) people keep saying if we had a couple of players with George's attitude we wouldnt be where we are... take a look who George currently plays for and ask why they sit below us in the league? nice fella....average footballer just like the current Oldham 11 Edited January 5, 2016 by palmer1
opinions4u Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 people keep saying if we had a couple of players with George's attitude we wouldnt be where we are... take a look who George currently plays for and ask why they sit below us in the league? nice fella....average footballer just like the current Oldham 11 You can come across as a miserable sod. But tend to substantiate your point well.
palmer1 Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 You can come across as a miserable sod. But tend to substantiate your point well. I am a miserable sod! i might cheer up if/when we win at home
Lee Sinnott Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 people keep saying if we had a couple of players with George's attitude we wouldnt be where we are... take a look who George currently plays for and ask why they sit below us in the league? nice fella....average footballer just like the current Oldham 11 Exactly. My only issue is your last paragraph. He's not an average footballer. He's :censored:e...
palmer1 Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) Exactly. My only issue is your last paragraph. He's not an average footballer. He's :censored:e... I was being kind, so is the Oldham 11. Nice fellas though... Edited January 5, 2016 by palmer1
leeslover Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 Obviously not a similar character but I always thought there was something Branstonesque about the way he eyed the play up before playing a hopeless long ball. Obviously George chipped it in a slow predictable arc to give the defender time to be ready to clatter our bloke instead of just kicking it as hard as he could
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