markysimmo
Johnny nice-tits
and still got his best years to come
sounds like he is keen, his gf wants London, lets get it done
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James Maddison
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sounds like he is keen, his gf wants London, lets get it done
Ignore Gutter Boy. He's developed another one of his obsessions (anti-Maddison, pro-Scott)
monkeybarry
Ian Walker
I generally do.
But the perception of JM as a "bad boy" is still around - even Southgate had to address it recently.
Yiddo
Cecil Poynton
You do talk some brick don’t you? If you really believe that, then you haven’t got a clue.
It's funny, you slate Maddison over his character based on comments when he was a kid (any interview in the last couple of years he comes across well), but you hold up Lloris as some example of moral fortitude yet he goes off drink driving. I know which I think is worse out of those two.
If you don't rate him as a footballer fair enough even if you are totally wrong but the character thing is a load of crap.
markysimmo
Johnny nice-tits
I wonder if United might go for him now
The South element could still help us though
The South element could still help us though
Gazza Dazzla
Chris Perry
I’m amazed they haven’t looked at him with the Mount fees going well beyond macaronic now. Maddison’s much better than Mount anyway IMO.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Why has Southgate ostracised him for about 6 years under his 'no dingdongheads' policy? Why are no serious clubs going for him? He's just long been known as a bad egg to have around
Substantiate this
Yiddo
Cecil Poynton
He can’t.
Gazza
Nick Barmby
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Why are all the clubs that have done due diligence going nowhere near him? Why are United going so clearly for Mount instead? And find any Southgate interview where he's asked about Maddison and watch the look on his face/the awkwardness of his answer as he tries to be diplomatic.
So no you can't, as expected.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Can't quantify a qualifiable?
monkeybarry
Ian Walker
If that's your argument - why has Southgate included him in the current squad?
Must not be any issue anymore based on your hypothesis.
So..... sorted. Happy days.
Gazza
Nick Barmby
So silly it's brilliant the way you angle your agendas ... there are so many players that move, grow up etc ... just one straw man example to support your delusion
ringo
Tim Sherwood
Rodgers volunteered this about Maddison: "Whether James has the armband or not, he acts like a leader on the pitch. He's one of the few voices in our changing room.
He's the guy who can call the game, see the game, is very honest and reflective on it but also looks to inspire. He doesn't sit there and say nothing. He's normally very open and very productive with what he says." Rodgers didn't have to say that.
Add to that Maddison's ability and that sounds like exactly the kind of player we have been missing. We need leaders on the pitch. And we need creative players who are happy to get behind the ball as well. I've long hoped we would sign Maddison and if we do and he stays fit I think he could make a real difference in our performance as a team.
He's the guy who can call the game, see the game, is very honest and reflective on it but also looks to inspire. He doesn't sit there and say nothing. He's normally very open and very productive with what he says." Rodgers didn't have to say that.
Add to that Maddison's ability and that sounds like exactly the kind of player we have been missing. We need leaders on the pitch. And we need creative players who are happy to get behind the ball as well. I've long hoped we would sign Maddison and if we do and he stays fit I think he could make a real difference in our performance as a team.
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Baleforce
Ron Henry
ringo
Tim Sherwood
I'm not a fan of Rodgers as a manager. But I don't think he has to be a good manager to make an observation about a player's attitude in the dressing room, just a reasonably attentive observer. (I did spell his name incorrectly, though. Have corrected it now)
This is what his Norwich manager said about Maddison (after Maddison had left so no reason for sugar coating.):
'From the first day, I realised how special Maddison could be and the praise for him is well deserved,' Canaries boss Farke said in December.
'We had to be patient to have the time to work with him. He always had a great attitude. 'I remember when I first arrived, he was a bit like a kid and we had to build him up, also in his physical terms and tactical understanding of the game.
'Although he was that young, he was always greedy to improve each day. 'He is a confident lad, but also still finds a good balance between being confident, that you have to be in his position, but also being self-critical about wanting to improve your game.'
And his old Aberdeen manager: "“He was on big money for a young boy when he arrived but he was straight into it – he embraced the challenge. The players who come from England and do well up here are the ones who don’t have that snobbish attitude about our game and James just mucked right in.
....He had a fight just to get into our team at that stage but he was prepared to work, which is always a good sign....I still speak to James and he’s on record as saying that. He’s always been very mature: when he came to us he was 19 but seemed five or six years older than he actually was.."
That was in November 2022. Five yeas after he left and Derek McInnes still keeps in touch with Maddison. I don't think you would do that with a player who was a disruptive influence on the team you are trying to manage.
We probably won't get him anyway (unfortunately).