In the last couple of days, the Daily Mail ran a detailed expose of events surrounding Roy Keane's short sojourn at Aston Villa. The whole article needs to be read, but the following statement - allegedly from an unnamed Villa player - is nothing short of shocking in my view:
See the Mail article: Here
If true, this kind of attitude from a player points to a reason why the Villa is no longer at the top of the tree. How can you have players asserting that they need more money to train better? Isn't 40-50k a week enough for them? Perhaps it's about time that Villa recruited players solely from the country villages of Malawi, Chad and any other African country you would like to name - I'm sure those youngsters would put in a full shift.
It is enough to put you off Aston Villa - and football - for good. Professionals? Downright amateurs it would seem. And the attitude goes with their performances, with the exception of very few players.
The problem with Keane is that he demands the same standards that he was used to at United and the lads at Villa don’t get paid enough to put up with that kind of c**p. He just got everybody down.
See the Mail article: Here
If true, this kind of attitude from a player points to a reason why the Villa is no longer at the top of the tree. How can you have players asserting that they need more money to train better? Isn't 40-50k a week enough for them? Perhaps it's about time that Villa recruited players solely from the country villages of Malawi, Chad and any other African country you would like to name - I'm sure those youngsters would put in a full shift.
It is enough to put you off Aston Villa - and football - for good. Professionals? Downright amateurs it would seem. And the attitude goes with their performances, with the exception of very few players.
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