Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: Dazzza on Friday, August 10, 2007, 11:38:10 Released by the Scotch Jam Tarts last season and had this to say in an interview the cheeky fucker.
Most players would give their left testicle for a shot at full time football and I can understand the Physio bit but surely he could do both or wait until his career is over. Quote After being released by the Jambos the 21-year-old signed on at Irish club Crusaders. "It was very disappointing to be released by Hearts but I got offered a one-year full-time contract at Swindon," he said. "I turned it down because I believe if you are to play full-time and make a career you need to make enough to retire at 35. "If you cannot make the money there is no point playing full-time. "Some full-time players are on £450 to £500 per week but you cannot retire on that. "You are better using your time to qualify for a career that will last you after football is finished. "That is why I am studying to be a physiotherapist at Robert Gordon University because I can balance that with playing part-time. "If the chance to go full-time came up again I would take it, but it would have to be with a decent club." http://www.thisisaberdeen.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=14902 Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: land_of_bo on Friday, August 10, 2007, 12:00:44 What a nob jockey.
Earning £450 - £500 a week at 21 is fine, you work your way up! I hope he gets injured so he can practice his physiotherpary on himself. Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: Tails on Friday, August 10, 2007, 12:06:35 Absolute moron!
Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: Colin Todd on Friday, August 10, 2007, 12:11:16 I'd have come in my pants to earn the best part of £2k a month at 21 FOR PLAYING FOOTBALL.
What a twat. His hearts not in it so I'm glad we've not signed him Title: Re: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: Northern Red on Friday, August 10, 2007, 12:13:57 Quote "If the chance to go full-time came up again I would take it, but it would have to be with a decent club." Cunt :fu: Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: flammableBen on Friday, August 10, 2007, 12:40:56 If he doesn't think he's good enough to use Swindon to get a higher wage here or elsewhere in the future then he's probably doing the right thing.
Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: wokinghamred on Friday, August 10, 2007, 13:33:46 He's playing for Cove Rangers in the Highland League now !!
Says it all. Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: Bushey Boy on Friday, August 10, 2007, 13:38:28 Totally wrong attitude, maybe he woudl have fitted in with some of our players! ok not this year but 2 years ago!
Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR on Friday, August 10, 2007, 14:14:26 Perhaps some of you should try reading that again beause to me, what he is saying makes perfect sense.
I fail to see how any of it makes him a cunt or a nob jockey or a moron :shock: Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: SwindonTartanArmy on Friday, August 10, 2007, 14:17:40 think its probably the decent club comment.
Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: Arriba on Friday, August 10, 2007, 14:30:57 i cannot see anything wrong with what he said.
Title: Re: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: land_of_bo on Friday, August 10, 2007, 14:38:05 Quote from: "Nob Jockey" I turned it down because I believe if you are to play full-time and make a career you need to make enough to retire at 35. If you cannot make the money there is no point playing full-time. That's what I have a problem with. He was clearly expecting it on a plate. You start at the bottom and work your way up, not go off and cry when you don't get the money you want. I wanted to earn loads of cash in IT when I was 17 so I got a support job in for £9k a year, I didn't complain and worked my way up and now I earn what I aspired to when I was younger. I didn't think "Fuck I.T, I'm gonna do something else..." and then bitch about it. Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: flammableBen on Friday, August 10, 2007, 14:53:02 But you've got longer to work on an IT career. At 21 in league 2 there's a good chance he could drop down the leagues and the £400-£500 a week is the best he'll ever get. Then at 35 he'll have to find something else.
If he wants a long term career instead of football then fair enough. Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: land_of_bo on Friday, August 10, 2007, 14:54:45 But you'd still give it a crack for a couple of years before fucking it off...
Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: Dazzza on Friday, August 10, 2007, 14:58:53 Quote from: "flammableBen" But you've got longer to work on an IT career. At 21 in league 2 there's a good chance he could drop down the leagues and the £400-£500 a week is the best he'll ever get. Then at 35 he'll have to find something else. If he wants a long term career instead of football then fair enough. There’s no reason why he couldn't be studying for his physo exams while playing full time football. In fact the two are probably quite complimentary together. Seems a bit short sited and comes across as just greed. A couple of lads at Uni who had just left scholarships at pro clubs carried on playing non-league on top of their course and lets face it the life of the student and footballer are hardly paths where spare time is at a premium. Take 2k a month and take your chances or play non-league scotch football in the hope that a ‘big’ club is going to pick you up and pay your pension. Madness, pure madness I tell thee… :old: Title: Re: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR on Friday, August 10, 2007, 15:03:56 Quote from: "land_of_bo" Quote from: "Nob Jockey" I turned it down because I believe if you are to play full-time and make a career you need to make enough to retire at 35. If you cannot make the money there is no point playing full-time. That's what I have a problem with. He was clearly expecting it on a plate. You start at the bottom and work your way up, not go off and cry when you don't get the money you want. I wanted to earn loads of cash in IT when I was 17 so I got a support job in for £9k a year, I didn't complain and worked my way up and now I earn what I aspired to when I was younger. I didn't think "Fuck I.T, I'm gonna do something else..." and then bitch about it. With the greatest of respect, I think you've missed the point. I don't think he's expecting anyting on a plate. That's why he is going to train as a physiotherapist. That doesn't sound particularly easy to me, that sounds like 'working your way up' in fact. I would imagine he's realistic enough to realise that only a miniscule amount of people get the chance to earn really big money in football and that in all honesty, he isn't good enough to get into that select group. He has therefore concluded that his best option, long term, is to play part-time and get a proper profession under his belt. I would also add that he has made the same decision as hundreds of other semi-pro footballers around the country who have decided they are much better off long term by playing part-time (and getting pretty well paid for it) and working full time. This is the problem facing a lot of clubs in the 4th Division in trying to sign non-league players. Signing a player from non-league looks simple in practice, you might think they would play for virtually nothing just for the 'glory' of paying league football. In practice though, it's often difficult for them to entice players away. Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: Colin Todd on Friday, August 10, 2007, 15:15:51 Dazzza is right.
Oh no, I've got no time to study beacuse I've got to work for 2 hours a day in a job that pays me £2k a month. At 21. What a cock. Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR on Friday, August 10, 2007, 16:56:04 Quote from: "Colin Todd" Dazzza is right. Oh no, I've got no time to study beacuse I've got to work for 2 hours a day in a job that pays me £2k a month. At 21. What a cock. So how are you supposed to attend an important lecture or exam at the same time that you should be at training or travelling to a game? You make it sound so simple. I'd love to hear how it's done. I'm pretty certain that if it was that easy then he would combine the two. I suspect though, that he's given it a little bit more thought than you have and has decided that it has to be one or the other. Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: axs on Friday, August 10, 2007, 19:44:01 'If you cannot make the money there is no point playing full-time'
love of the game? rush of thousands of people cheering for you? knob. doesn't deserve to wear the shirt if he doesn't feel passionately about playing football. Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR on Friday, August 10, 2007, 21:18:16 Quote from: "axs" 'If you cannot make the money there is no point playing full-time' love of the game? rush of thousands of people cheering for you? knob. doesn't deserve to wear the shirt if he doesn't feel passionately about playing football. If he didn't love the game he wouldn't bother playing part time would he??!!!!!??? Oh forget it. I fucking give up. Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: Arriba on Friday, August 10, 2007, 21:19:19 ohh shaun taylor.you are bang on fella.
Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: yeo on Friday, August 10, 2007, 21:20:37 I agree with OST
He's made a sensible and probably very difficult decision. Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR on Friday, August 10, 2007, 21:20:51 Quote from: "arriba" ohh shaun taylor.you are bang on fella. I'm glad some one else can see it anyway :roll: Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: yeo on Friday, August 10, 2007, 21:23:36 Its a bit like me really,I'd rather sit around the house smoking fags for a living but theres no money in it so I have to come to work and do it instead.
Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: Bushey Boy on Friday, August 10, 2007, 21:23:48 The thing is, he is kind of right, whats a player on at swindon? £1,000 - £1,250 a week, thats enough for a comfortable life while you earn it but no way enough to retire on
Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: yeo on Friday, August 10, 2007, 21:24:31 Id be suprised if its that much for Squad players
Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: Arriba on Friday, August 10, 2007, 21:26:40 plus the irish league is through the summer.that could have played a part in his decision?
the lads just been honest anyway i think and certainly has his head screwed on Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: sonic youth on Friday, August 10, 2007, 22:21:34 the highland league is a scottish league, is it not?
the northern irish league runs normally, the republic is summer. Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: Arriba on Friday, August 10, 2007, 22:25:52 i stand corrected.for some reason i thought crusaders were a republic team.
but i was aware that the highland league was in scotland. Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: sonic youth on Friday, August 10, 2007, 22:45:13 crusaders are a northern irish team, he's playing for cove rangers in the highland league
Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: Arriba on Friday, August 10, 2007, 22:50:44 i was aware of who cove rangers were and that they were scottish.
the league the crusaders were in was what i got mixed up. looks like his decision to pursue another career was an even better move than i previousy thought. Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: sonic youth on Friday, August 10, 2007, 22:52:54 indeed!
i doubt he'll get paid enough to buy a deep fried mars bar playing in the highland league Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: Arriba on Friday, August 10, 2007, 22:55:32 for some reason i seem to remember an ex town player having played for cove rangers.that or one heading that way after playing here?
either that or i have no idea what i'm talking about :? Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: Dazzza on Saturday, August 11, 2007, 00:11:04 I don't know would you not give up your jobs for a crack at pro football?
I'd sell my left nut for a crack for the ability to do something in the game but coordination says no As I mentioned above plenty of lads find the time to play semi pro and still undertake full time education. Christ if it takes you 6 years to qualify on £400 a week part time rather than 4 fulltime on a grant then most students would bite your sausage off. Meh, at the end of the day the fact he pissed on our parade doesn’t endear the lad but his whole attitude just smells a bit to much of the Keiron Dyer for my liking whether it be us or Boston if you have any sort of passion you’d grab it. Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: flammableBen on Saturday, August 11, 2007, 02:08:35 Quote from: "Dazzza" As I mentioned above plenty of lads find the time to play semi pro and still undertake full time education. Christ if it takes you 6 years to qualify on £400 a week part time rather than 4 fulltime on a grant then most students would bite your sausage off. I'm not sure what you're getting at Dazza? I thought he was going to play part-time so that he could pursue full-time education? It sort of hints that he couldn't do that whilst playing as a full-time professional. That's how I read it anyway. If he doesn't think he can make what is a short footballing career work for him, then fair play on going to get educated. I bet there are a lot of young players who have drifted into the non-leagues who wished they'd done the same thing. He also hasn't ruled out going back to full-time football at some point if he thinks it's worth it. The whole thing seems pretty sensible to me. Although to be honest, I've never really dreamed of being a footballer. Well I have sort of, but it was never a realistic dream. I mean I'm a fucking brilliant keeper but all you fans would complain when I went off drinking. Title: Lee Windum - Greedy Barstool Post by: herthab on Saturday, August 11, 2007, 03:54:17 I don't really give a toss, as he doesn't want to play here, but aren't I right in saying that a fair number of pros have obtained degrees whilst playing professionally?
I seem to remember a certain Steve Coppell obtaining one while at Man Utd..... If he could do it at a high profile club, surely this guy could have found the time at Swindon. Loads of peole train/get degrees while working full time, I would have thought, working the hours of a pro footballer, it would have been easier.............. Ho hum..................... |