There's more to football than.....

[lake district canary 4,531]

...just money.  You don''t have to believe me, just listen to Teemu Pukki.

“At first I thought it might not be the club or the league for me. Then I talked to the sports director and coach, he said they had

been following me for a long time - from the time I played in Germany. We went over to assess the club and the place and we decided that this is a good option.  I

could have got a better salary elsewhere, but this is a good place, a

good organization and I believe that there is a way to go and we can get

to a new level".

So it is true, we are the kind of club that attracts footballers for footballing reasons, not those just after a big salary.

[KiwiScot 1,437]

Good he has not gone for big money, but I imagine the standard salary for a player more than gives him the luxury of choice with suffering because of it. If the best fit for me in a job paid me a more than a comfortable lifestyle, but I could get silly money for a job not so ideal I have an easy choice. If I needed the money and the best job for me did not pay that much, well then I have a choice, but not the luxury of choice as I put it.

[king canary 7,580]

Sounds good but show me the interview where a player says ''I just came here for the money.''

[BobLoz3 492]

[quote user="lake district canary"]

...just money.  You don''t have to believe me, just listen to Teemu Pukki.

“At first I thought it might not be the club or the league for me. Then I talked to the sports director and coach, he said they had

been following me for a long time - from the time I played in Germany. We went over to assess the club and the place and we decided that this is a good option.  I

could have got a better salary elsewhere, but this is a good place, a

good organization and I believe that there is a way to go and we can get

to a new level".

So it is true, we are the kind of club that attracts footballers for footballing reasons, not those just after a big salary.

[/quote]Sorry Lakey. I have to disagree.The very reason an article came about saying "I didn''t come to Norwich for the money" suggests to me that he is actually on good money and probably on more than at Brondby (not surprising). Yes, the footballing reasons are probably there too. But to suggest he took a pay cut or something to come here... wide of the mark.

[KeiranShikari_2 0]

He didn''t say he took a pay cut. He had the chance to earn more money at other clubs and he chose us for footballing reasons. That says somthing both about the player and the current set up at Norwich City Football Club.

[Chip20 69]

[quote user="BobLoz3"]Sorry Lakey. I have to disagree.The very reason an article came about saying "I didn''t come to Norwich for the money" suggests to me that he is actually on good money and probably on more than at Brondby (not surprising). Yes, the footballing reasons are probably there too. But to suggest he took a pay cut or something to come here... wide of the mark. [/quote]

To be fair, nobody has suggested he took a pay cut to come here. The specific point was that he could have been paid even more elsewhere.

I agree with KC above, though. Nobody ever fesses up that they only considered going to whomever offered the largest salary.

[Chip20 69]

Gah! KS beat me to it!

[BobLoz3 492]

I''m sure he''s well paid.Don''t get me wrong, I really like Teemu! Think he''s going to be a big player for us and I''m glad he''s here.

[KeiranShikari_2 0]

Hanley and Rhodes however did take pay cuts.

[Big Vince 318]

What you don''t mention is that in that interview the boy Pukki went on to say that the boy Webber and the boy Farke told him a very big porky about the club having the ambition to get back to the EPL.

Nothing could be further from the truth. The only ambition the Suffolk Socialists have is to sell players from the academy to break even. Everyone knows that by now.

I don''t for one minute believe that the boy came here with a view to getting to the EPL. Along with his other stated motivation for signing, as described in the OP, I smell a rat here. This is the work of Joe Ferrari and the CR spin machine and one of the worst examples of it at that. They ought to be ashamed of exploiting a new player to push their own agenda of making the club appear in a better light than reality demonstrates.

[lake district canary 4,531]

You need help Vince. It seems as if you post this negative rhetoric all the time in the hope that you might fool one or two people into believing you, but if they do, then they are as stupid as you for being taken in.  Good luck with your crusade, however, most of us thankfully have a more realistic and balanced view of things.

[Big Vince 318]

The people who are stupid are those who are joining the Suffolk Socialists in their crusade to get the club back to L1.

You don''t have to take my word for it because events are dictating the direction of travel.

[Midlands Yellow 3,946]

There is more to football your right . My main concern is does the Pig and Whistle have a pool table ? I want to win money off my brother pre match .

[River End Canary 18]

[quote user="Big Vince"]The people who are stupid are those who are joining the Suffolk Socialists in their crusade to get the club back to L1.

You don''t have to take my word for it because events are dictating the direction of travel.[/quote]

Vince you are without doubt one of my heros

Why oh why do you always hit the nail on the head

[Guest]

Why oh why do you always hit the nail on the head

So he could be in Hellraiser?

[JF 694]

Good for him. He obviously decided it was the right move for his career and he is getting plenty of game time here. The “there’s more to football than money” comment becomes totally irrelevant when applied to how wealthy a club or it’s owners is though. If we were a wealthy club with wealthy owners then this player wouldn’t have even been on our radar. So we’re a perfect match, realistically he won’t play at a higher lever than where we are now, and as a club we can’t afford a higher quality player to compete any higher.

[lake district canary 4,531]

[quote user="JF"]realistically he won’t play at a higher lever than where we are now[/quote]

Don''t know how you can say that. He is ambitious - he could easily have just stayed at his previous club - and he says he wants a crack at the PL.  Well given the quality of his striking from a wide position and if he scores plenty this season, he could well catch the eye of a PL club - or if he and Rhodes find some goal scoring form and we get promoted, he will get his chance in the PL then.  Players can improve and our club is ideally suited to develop players on, whether they are young or older. 

[JF 694]

I’m pretty confident that he will never play PL football and equality confident that we won’t be getting promotion this season

[lake district canary 4,531]

[quote user="JF"]I’m pretty confident that he will never play PL football and equality confident that we won’t be getting promotion this season[/quote]

I''m pretty confident that there are several possible outcomes, we could have an excellent season, a good season, a mediocre season, a bad season or a terrible season.   Which it will be is far too early to tell.

[JF 694]

If you say so...

[TIL 1010 4,722]

[quote user="lake district canary"]

I''m pretty confident that there are several possible outcomes, we could have an excellent season, a good season, a mediocre season, a bad season or a terrible season.   Which it will be is far too early to tell.

[/quote]

[FenwayFrank 2,457]

“Sounds good but show me the interview where a player says ''I just came here for the money.'' “

Wasn’t there a player at Spurs that admitted that ? The goalkeeper at the Binners too who decided to go back to college ?

[FenwayFrank 2,457]

Benoit Assou- Akoto “ I play for the money, footballs not my passion “

[Bill 1,788]

[quote user="lake district canary"]

I''m pretty confident that there are several possible outcomes, we could have an excellent season, a good season, a mediocre season, a bad season or a terrible season.   Which it will be is far too early to tell.

[/quote]

We are all the better for that perceptive thought Lakey,

As to Pukki it merely sounds like he is putting himself in the ''shop window'' as far as the PL is concerned

Which to be blunt is no bad thing for us as he will be bustin'' a gut to prove himself,

and if he does go well we are no worse off than before we signed him and most likely a good deal better off financially

nb note the words ''if he goes''

[Mike 0]

[quote user="lake district canary"]

You need help Vince. It seems as if you post this negative rhetoric all the time in the hope that you might fool one or two people into believing you, but if they do, then they are as stupid as you for being taken in.  Good luck with your crusade, however, most of us thankfully have a more realistic and balanced view of things.

[/quote]

I agree but would say you blind optimism also negates some f your valid points

[Mello Yello 2,282]

There''s more to football, as much as there''s more to life than this football forum......

[king canary 7,580]

"Good luck with your crusade, however, most of us thankfully have a more realistic and balanced view of things."

Most of us do- you aren''t one of them though Lakey.

[lake district canary 4,531]

[quote user="king canary"]"Good luck with your crusade, however, most of us thankfully have a more realistic and balanced view of things."

Most of us do- you aren''t one of them though Lakey.[/quote]

Depends what you mean by being realistic and balanced.  If being optimistic is thinking we are going get promoted this season and pessimistic thinking we are going to be relegated, then I am neither of those, but somewhere in the middle - reasonably realistic wouldn''t you say? 

All I would say is that what will happen is still in the air - we could still challenge the top of the table, we could struggle near the bottom, either are possibilities. I think that is a realistic approach too.  

What I won''t do - and it seems to annoy people - is pre-judge the rest of the season before it has happened. I get people want to discuss and arrive at some kind of expectation of what will happen, but that is often not realistic - after all, football can be totally unpredictable.  Imo the only realistic view of what will happen the rest of this season is that it could go any of several ways. Deciding beforehand how the season will go seems pretty pointless to me -  the enjoyment is in the un-predictability of it - and if people really think about it, they are the same.