I get the two vs three year thing, ( it's really three vs four cause 2022's a thing ) and support the club in that, because three years is a fair bit of faith I reckon.
I just don't get the bagging of a bloke who from what I'm seeing gives pretty much everything he has when he steps on the field for us, and what he lacks in athleticism he makes up for with work rate and commitment.
It's the playing out in the media thing mate. He has done it twice now. If he didn't agree with it he would have demanded his manager zip it. But by his manager going all quote happy he has then obviously endorsed it. He is our club captain, so why would he allow and be a party to such headlines? It is a very ordinary thing to do to a club that he supposedly loves and is the leader of and a terrible example to show to all the other player coming off contract. It smacks of every man for himself and bugger the consequences.
He of course has a right to negotiate the best deal he can workout with his employer, but as a leader to condone and give fuel to click bait headlines that he is mature enough now to know would follow by a group of piranhas that are RL journos is very poor form indeed.
Moses was young and immature when he renegotiated his previous contract and therefore he allowed it to get away from him through his manager. This last time however he showed that he learnt his lesson and realised that letting it play out in the media, actually worked against him and the club that he actually wants to play with. So he did the right thing and advised his manager of his intentions and very little if anything leaked into the media. Gutho on the other hand learnt nothing and has allowed his manager to double down and given him license to make both of them look like tossers with all the malarkey that he has been spewing out to the media.
No savvy fan believes a word of what his manager is telling the press. Even if some of it is true, who would believe or trust a player manager whose profession is to bluff and spin bullshit so as to manipulate the situation enough to squeeze out the best possible deal for both himself and sometimes his client?
Gutho in the end may get the deal he was angling for, but he will have lost so much respect and affection by a large portion of the fans that once adored him. The only thing to come out of this whole process is that he has managed to re-enforce the perception that he is a selfish and greedy man that that loves the headlines and tries to hide behind his manager and his natural super human fitness that allows him to excel on the football field. But by him doing this again and allowing it to play out through the media it has only soured his character to many of us no matter how well he plays.
From now on when he does the Gutherino or dons a new hairdo all many will see is a desperate and selfish man trying to pose off again. Not a smart man.
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