Just in on offish Twitter … “In view of the missing testimonial match usually played as a mark of respect to retiring Watford greats , Burberry in alliance with Fred Perry have sponsored Danny Rose and Tufan on a charity motorbike ride around the one way system.” “Police escort will be given in accordance with local by-laws relevant to the transportation of heavy goods .”
Many 'fat' footballers over the years have made a great contribution to their teams on the pitch - Jan Molby to name just one example - but Tufan made zero impression in any of his appearances for us.
That is definitely the case, although much less so in the modern game. ‘Fat’ in modern day terms is really someone like Deeney, who is probably just a couple of percentage points body fat above a normal footballer, but still significantly more trim than joe bloggs on the street. The game is all about the extra 1% points and being slightly over the optimum weight serves absolutely no purpose and just makes you a worse player, so shouldn’t really be tolerated by any club or indeed the individual themselves.
Agreed. My point was not that we should tolerate 'fat' footballers but more that any player should put themselves out while on the pitch to influence the game. Molby could do that without necessarily charging about in midfield but Tufan couldn't, or at least didn't.
If we do end signing this useless lump he'll almost certainly take the worst transfer ever trophy from Andre Gray, which would be a sad day.
The loan fees in, minus loan fees out, minus contracts paid off/players paid to not even be in the squad is going to be an interesting number in the 21/22 accounts. This is the area that Gino apparently excels after all.
We couldn't afford to loan a promising centre back who's been in a top 2 side, but we could afford to spend as much on a fat, lazy nobody who made history as one of the least impressive footballers I've ever seen.
Couldn’t compete with Bournemouth, Liverpool wanted him to go to a club with the most sartorially elegant manager, we were never in the running. We’re only a small club and we don’t have the budget to supply our managers with nice coats.
I'm pretty sure Tufan will make waves back in Turkey..... but only if they drop him out of a helicopter into the Bosphorus
It's definitely always interesting the threshold required to judge British managers and football people as 'well-dressed' or sartorially elegant in the media, compared to those of foreign extraction. It's night and day - honestly pathetic - like having a junior competition running at the kid's table at the same time. Parker does stand out amongst Championship and English coaches, as a19 says, purely because he purchases £400 down-filled coat-blazers. He couldn't spell sprezzatura if the concept was twisted into life by an evil shaman and personally ruffled every one of his collars and pockets. And he's the chosen one. Embarrassing.
