Alan Thompson's Leaving Celtic

It is not his fault he was offered the deal, he accepted it and honoured it. What evidence do you have that he wasn't willing to play - * all. Why has Strachan repeatedly praised his attitude ?

 

Spot om my man, a contract is a two way deal.

 

Poor. Just poor. Always sad when someone tries to personalise an arguement. An old cheap shot.

If you do not understand that some still think it is morally wrong (even if legally fine) to base ones life on or seek unneccessarily massive personal material gain above all else then you do not understand the motives of the founding fathers of the club or the socialist heritage of most Tims in Scotland.

 

Poor my *. And there's * all sad about it. I will take that as "no I don't have kids". The point is that you, not having kids, have absolutely no * appreciation of a man's considerations when he has a family. You dismiss it as "violins in the background" but when you grow up maybe you'll understand. Children are the most important thing in the world to a parent and you stupidly dismiss that as a factor in Thomson's thinking.

It's wrong to get personal is it ? That's exactly what you are doing re Thomson ya dumpling and you've never even met him. You have * all evidence that he wasn't prepared to play and give 100% either so if your going to spout your poorly thought out pish try giving us some evidence.

Your speech as laughable Keltoi - * poor in fact. The world is full of people who " seek unnecessary massive personal gain" get real stupid what are you a * Marxist? And by the way the motives of the founding fathers and Celtic's socialist ideals are long a thing of the * past. We are a PLC remember ?

You come out with some real * Keltoi.

PS I notice that your favourite player is Miller - that shows how much you know about football. Is that personal enough ?

 

There is really no need for that level of abuse. I massively disagree with some stuff but try to keep it reasonable, as I will here. I am certainly not a Marxist, I just do not agree that the need for money and wealth has absolutely no ceiling. My opinion, not everyones, although plenty of ordinary people would agree with that. In terms of kids being a motivation, there may be crossed wires here. If we are talking about him not wanting to uproot a family then I would totally back Thompson's stance. This has never been mentioned in this debate which has all been about money despite the fact that avoiding uprooting is hopefully his primary motivation. I actually do have a family (and a heart) so of course I would back him if this is the case. I just would not admire him if excessive love of money is the main motivation, mainly because he is a very wealthy man already. That seems pretty reasonable to me. Anyway, Thompson is a side issue and not worth getting into this level of strife about with a fellow Tim. Hail Hail.

 

There has been nothing reasonable in your character assassination of a fine servant to the club and this, by the way, doesn't sit well with the motives of the founding fathers of the club either.

 

Calm down Martin

 

Fair enough I will do. But a shabby way to slander a guy that gave his all for our club.

 

Im afriad you'll see alot of players being criticized on TC, unless they are being completely detached from reality, they are entitled to their opinions.

 

You are a bitter * aren't you?
Petrov played * in his last few games for us. He even admitted his heart wasn't in it.
And how can he have done us a big favour? If he had honour his contract just until the end of the season he would have added to his value even more instead of us getting half his worth because he wanted away. Strachan had no choice but to sell him for the first decent offer he received.

Thommo may have soured your memory of him because you are one jealous *, but for me and thousands of others it's not the case.
So what if he gets paid thousands a week. They all do. By your reckoning they should all play for nothing for the love of Celtic and our ancient values. Celtic was founded as a charity and Thommo has given a lot back to charity in the name of Celtic.
What Thommo did was honour his contract, keep himself fit and willing to play for the team. You seem to think that he should have just given up and shipped out. Then you would be calling him a quitter.

 

I think Keltoi is right in pointing out that most players at the tail end of their careers would rather be playing regularly than rotting in the reserves.

But If Thommo has decided to stay in Scotland because he didn't want to uproot his family then fair enough, I respect that.

I don't agree that his memories have been tarnished with most fans tho, he has given me some of my favourite moments watching the hoops in the last few years.

 

The man speaks sense.

 

This man talks sense.

 

For my part I accept my last big Thommo rant was uncharitable, crudely phrased and overly judgemental on Thommo. Yes, I am sure Brother Walfrid would have rightly reprimanded me for that too while also condeming modern players greed. New Years resolution: I shall not judge others except by performance on the pitch. I had no problem with Martin's initial comments except I took umbridge at the personal comment about kids (which I think came from crossed wires-I was really only talking about greed for money not caring about ones family) then Martin took umbridge at my umbridge and so on into the stratosphere. Noone on this site are public figures (although a few have been accused of beng players under cover-I am both Deeks and Kenny apparently) but Thommo, Bobo, Kenny etc are and have to accept they are open to public debate and a range of comments (a lot of it unfavourable in the case of these players).

However, my main point (which I stand by) was simply that I personally would not have taken his stance or admire him taking such a stance if it was based on money alone. In money terms, it was not a rags or riches alternative. It was more riches and reserves OR slightly less riches and first team football where he was wanted. On the other hand, if he did not move because he did not want to unsettle his family then I back Thommo's stance.

While we are talking about kids, kids visit this site so some of us, myself included, perhaps need to set a much better example and moderate our language and tone in some of our posting. I am going to stop posting when * or hungover-that leaves me about 3 hours posting time a week!
Anyway, thats my last comment on this. Vive la difference.

 

Thommo is a top bloke who gace his all for us, honoured his contract. I loved watching his battles with Ricksen. If you at the end of your working life happen to have less work despite earning good money, should you quit because you haven't got as much work? I think not.

 

This has the award for the maist bent thread ever. Congratulations ladies.

 

PS, I noticed Dempsey closed a thread the other day-I think it was the Bobo slagging one. I think this one is a major candidate for closing too if a moderator would oblige.

 

Why close this thread?

It's been a good lively debate. Closing threads should be a last resort.

 

Just think this Thommo one has been tainted a bit. I think the Bobo one was shut out of sheer boredom with the subject.

 

No no no, it was closed through sheer boredom of hubert.