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 Post subject: Freedman: I'm Helping Sordell
PostPosted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:30 pm 
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Article here: http://www1.skysports.com/football/news ... obsession-

So any thoughts? We've all been speculating about his apparent lack of interest and this is the first "official" comment I can think of addressing it.


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 Post subject: Re: Freedman: I'm Helping Sordell
PostPosted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:41 pm 
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I think it's a bit sad really. Not in a sympathetic way either.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:47 pm 
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IggyTheDawgster wrote:
I think it's a bit sad really. Not in a sympathetic way either.

Yeah. I'd heard (and posted about) hearing that he just didn't put in the effort when training and this certainly sheds some light as to why he hasn't featured too frequently. Hopefully he gets himself sorted out because he looks like he could be a good striker for us. He definitely has the potential from what I've seen, but lacks the final qualities.


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 Post subject: Re: Freedman: I'm Helping Sordell
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Its a bit of an inflammatory headline. Which isn't surprising for super-duper-everyones-just-going-to-explode-in-the-wankalongathon Sky.

I see it as a manager doing his duty to sort out the assets he has at his disposal.

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Indeed. Massive over the top headline!

Does seem a bit sad that it can even be a problem at all, but I suppose that is the world we live in now. Says the man with 11,000 posts agreeing with the Lord with 16,000.

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"...with Twitter and Facebook and all the things that go on with these kids."

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I was just thinking that too!

I did it today when I saw a girl walk past in a onesie (is that how you spell it?). I realised I hadn't just turned into my dad, but my grandad, as I was transported back to his open mouthed exclamation of "what the bloody hells that all about" (say it in a slightly high-pitched, broad Botonian for full affect) when he saw a girl with a huge mohican and nose piercings in the eighties. It comes to us all in the end...

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 Post subject: Re: Freedman: I'm Helping Sordell
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Lord Kangana wrote:
Its a bit of an inflammatory headline. Which isn't surprising for super-duper-everyones-just-going-to-explode-in-the-wankalongathon Sky.

I see it as a manager doing his duty to sort out the assets he has at his disposal.


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Indeed. Massive over the top headline!

Does seem a bit sad that it can even be a problem at all, but I suppose that is the world we live in now. Says the man with 11,000 posts agreeing with the Lord with 16,000.


True but then again David James had a video game addiction in the late 90s, so it wouldn't surprise me if there is some truth in there. Hopefully Freedman can sort it.


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Just trying to think of any job I've had where having an addiction that stopped me doing it well could have got me paid, or not sacked. I'm sure I'll think of one soon....

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though... to be fair to Sordell, Freedman does say:

"He's never had a problem on the field. He works very hard at training, he's fit, and against Premier League opposition I thought he did reasonably well."

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If the lad is homesick then he is obviously using social media to keep in constant contact with friends from down south and is subsequently coming in contact with people who want to give him grief.


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ChrisC wrote:
If the lad is homesick then he is obviously using social media to keep in constant contact with friends from down south and is subsequently coming in contact with people who want to give him grief.



He chooses to keep his account public. The "haters" affirm for the minor celebrity his or her importance. They love it, even if they aren't aware that they do.


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We're seeing "Glimmers of hope"??? From a bloke who's on 20 to 25 grand a week??!!! That's nowt short of appalling, but sadly we've become inured to half wit footballers being mollycoddled.

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ChrisC wrote:
If the lad is homesick then he is obviously using social media to keep in constant contact with friends from down south and is subsequently coming in contact with people who want to give him grief.



Can't he speak to them on the phone :conf:

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thebish wrote:
though... to be fair to Sordell, Freedman does say:

"He's never had a problem on the field. He works very hard at training, he's fit, and against Premier League opposition I thought he did reasonably well."


That statement is pretty damning in faint praise though.

He's hardly going to come out and directly say he's a useless lazy lump.


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You're a miserable c*nt at times.

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You're a miserable c*nt at times.


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 Post subject: Re: Freedman: I'm Helping Sordell
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ChrisC wrote:
If the lad is homesick then he is obviously using social media to keep in constant contact with friends from down south and is subsequently coming in contact with people who want to give him grief.


You'd think so, but he doesn't post to mates, he just posts to his girlfriend who's the one sat next to him in the same room, and posts to Bolton fans! He also types like he's never been to school, which isn't surprising.


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Lord Kangana wrote:
Its a bit of an inflammatory headline. Which isn't surprising for super-duper-everyones-just-going-to-explode-in-the-wankalongathon Sky.

I see it as a manager doing his duty to sort out the assets he has at his disposal.


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Indeed. Massive over the top headline!

Does seem a bit sad that it can even be a problem at all, but I suppose that is the world we live in now. Says the man with 11,000 posts agreeing with the Lord with 16,000.


True but then again David James had a video game addiction in the late 90s, so it wouldn't surprise me if there is some truth in there. Hopefully Freedman can sort it.



Addiction is usually thought of as drink or drugs or gambling.
And as those who work in that area know- it can descend on anybody - however enviable their life may look.
But it can also come in other forms -As with the David James case. Different people have different demons.
It can be very destructive - and it is a problem and it does need help.

Probably better dealt with in private - but at least Freedman is tackling it.

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TANGODANCER wrote:
Just trying to think of any job I've had where having an addiction that stopped me doing it well could have got me paid, or not sacked. I'm sure I'll think of one soon....


Yeah, but you weren't an £8m pound asset (that one's for Boris).

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