by MadAmster on Wed 03 Oct 2018, 8:28 am
Sawls, I started DJ'ing again 3 years ago and might be having a go at becoming an MEP if I can find an interested party over here. Might even start a new party.......
No great loss of motivation here. Full of ideas and looking at ways to implement them.
Looking at your "sufficiently well off not to need to push themselves" train of thought........... if they don't push, aren't they going to find themselves loaned out to Barnsley or somewhere similar. Replaced by these young guns who are bigger, better, fitter, stronger etc etc etc? Or do they keep their place because they are still a better footballer than Mister 24 year old who still has a lot to learn?
I don't think that there are many managers about who keep the wrinklies on out of a sense of loyalty or nostalgia or sympathy. They are kept on because they still do the job better than the kids can. Now, you might argue that the kids won't improve as they aren't being played enough at senior level but they need to do the business day in and day out in training to impress on the training ground and thereby be ready to step in and do the business when called on to play and then translate the training ground levels to the pitch and leave the gaffer no option but to keep them in.
However, you might also argue that a 23 year old with £10M in the shape of a huge mansion and full bank account and more arm candy than he can eat doesn't have the motivation players of his age used to have.............. and this topic has been debated on here in the past and the concensus was that they don't have the same motivation.