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Delighted for him. From experience, losing a child can ruin your head.
Literally any opportunity to bring up AVB, eh?Sick that AVB still forced him out onto the pitch rather than just pick Ade.
Maybe Soldado would have benefitted from having the pressure taken off him, and I mean benefit off the pitch. Football doesnt matter with things like this.
The manager needed to act like a human being.
Literally any opportunity to bring up AVB, eh?
If only that was it, but you and I both know it's not now, don't we sammy boy? It's pretty clear to anyone who is paying attention that you take any chance to stick the knife ever deeper into AVB, but bringing it up disguised as concern for the mental well-being of a player following the loss of an unborn child is particularly low, even for you.If Soldado was suffering mentally due to the loss of a child, and he was picked to play through that period because the manager didnt like the other striker as a person, then I think its relevant to question his handling of the situation.
You can discuss that, or not. Bring up who you want if you have something more pressing to talk about.
If only that was it, but you and I both know it's not now, don't we sammy boy? It's pretty clear to anyone who is paying attention that you take any chance to stick the knife ever deeper into AVB, but bringing it up disguised as concern for the mental well-being of a player following the loss of an unborn child is particularly low, even for you.
I'm saying that you are opportunistic and disingenuous.Are you suggesting that Soldado wasnt affected by losing a baby?
Or just that he didnt deserve time off?
I'm saying that you are opportunistic and disingenuous.
Maybe Soldado wanted to play. Then dropping him would have made him much more stressed. People grieve differently. Some like to keep busy. Not fair IMO to deduce that AVB is sinister.
For on the pitch reasons Ade should have played though.
to be fair, Defoe played through plenty of family tragedy...
whether thy're scoring hat-tricks each week or not, if they want to play to help the team (and take their mind off personal loss) then good for them, I say!
How about a football discussion as to whether Soldado should be picked for the Sunderland match?
None of us know what was said, we can only assume Bobby said he was happy to play (I hope would AVB had the humility to speak to him and give him the option) - but I know from personal experience with this very issue that I would much rather stay busy and bury my head in other things.If Soldado was suffering mentally due to the loss of a child, and he was picked to play through that period because the manager didnt like the other striker as a person, then I think its relevant to question his handling of the situation.
You can discuss that, or not. Bring up who you want if you have something more pressing to talk about.