starmandb wrote:swipe right wrote:Pussification of football. People getting benched for showing up late and kicked out of the club for not being well mannered. Do me a favor. Bloody hell remember Best, Adams, Gazza, Cantona? Great players and great personalities. The biggest managers manage the biggest players. Not try to tame them like choir boys.
Matt busby
5 times league champions
1 European cup
2 fa cups
Suspended George Best for 3 weeks after he missed a train to Chelsea 1971 after spending time with actress sinead cusack
In 1972 under Frank oFarrell best was suspended for what turned out to be 11 months
Even new manager Tommy docherty left it 5 months before allowing him to train and another 6 months before allowing him back into the team
That lasted 3 months before he failed to turn up for training in early 1974 and he never played
Cantona was banned for a month in 1989
By Marseille after kicking the ball at the crowd and ripping his shirt off and throwing it to the ground
At Montpellier after a fight with a teammate
He was banned from the ground for 10 days
Players transgress as do people
Take there sanctions and get on with it
You’re comparing this with showing up ten mins late? How would Arteta have managed Adams? How would he have dealt with Vieira's shenanigans? Let the great ones be. Be a manager instead of a bloody nanny.