Sol Campbell

[HUMBLEPIE]

I read a quote by Tony Adams who obviously spent some time with him “If you can get inside Sols head your a better man than I”. Sums him up nicely his one sandwich short of a picnic.

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

There is a story in The Mirror today of a Spurs fan abusing Sol in a restaurant in Rome. Rightly Sol was annoyed by it..
What is it that the Spurs twit thought made it okay?
And for sure Sol could have pulled the blokes head off in a dark alley.

Sol may not be every person's mate but for pity sake where is some respect and civility?

 

[Strykr]

This guy needs to be careful or sol will take his mrs out for a straw hat cappucino

 

[rigsby]

There is a story in The Mirror today of a Spurs fan abusing Sol in a restaurant in Rome. Rightly Sol was annoyed by it..
What is it that the Spurs twit thought made it okay?
And for sure Sol could have pulled the blokes head off in a dark alley.

Sol may not be every person's mate but for pity sake where is some respect and civility?

Those rumours about Sol have never been proved.

 

[cerbera45]

There is a story in The Mirror today of a Spurs fan abusing Sol in a restaurant in Rome. Rightly Sol was annoyed by it..
What is it that the Spurs twit thought made it okay?
And for sure Sol could have pulled the blokes head off in a dark alley.

Sol may not be every person's mate but for pity sake where is some respect and civility?

20 year's ago and some people still can't move on

 

[rigsby]

20 year's ago and some people still can't move on

Spurs haven't....So how can their fans?

Bedsides don't we have our own 'Judas"

 

[Barling Magna]

Bedsides don't we have our own 'Judas"

Judas by our bedsides? That's a disturbing thought.....

 

[Fairport]

Now 3/1 second favourite for QPR vacancy.

 

[Big Bad Barry Corr]

Well documented on here already - freezing players out, trying to belittle Simon Cox in front of the others (which backfired spectacularly), rubbing his wealth in their faces while they weren't being paid, and of course, the girlfriends incidents. That's just for starters.

Add that to the fact that he didn’t even know the names of some of the players three months into being appointed Kay and you pretty much have a good insight into his time managing ‘Southampton’ ?

 

[FarmdogSUFC]

Now 3/1 second favourite for QPR vacancy.

Hilarious and also extremely worrying

 

[Strykr]

Crumbs, poor qpr.

 

[Dutch Branch]

Many years ago I remember sitting very close to SC on a flight back from Cyprus. Total spanner.

Arrogant ****.

 

[Dutch Branch]

One interview Sol turned up to for a certain London club, he had done no preparation for. Everyone else had done at least the basics. Working out the weaknesses, how and with who they would improve them etc.

Not Sol, he thought he was the best candidate so only needed to turn up. Nothing wrong with confidence, especially in the football mangers world. But unbearable arrogance trumps anyones race when it comes to business.....I take nothing away from Sol's playing career but it is still a very privileged life in the PL. It seems Sol missed out on learning some of the basics in life.

The bloke is a ?

 

[pottster]

I really thought he could have a great manager, he would inspire some of the younger players and bring a great work ethic. But just turns out to be a weirdo. Show what I know about football

 

[Dutch Branch]

I really thought he could have a great manager, he would inspire some of the younger players and bring a great work ethic. But just turns out to be a weirdo. Show what I know about football

The bloke only cares about himself. Even more selfish then me ?

 

[Rayleigh boy]

definitely an odd character - something not unusual in top level sportsmen and women....

I thought he did exceptionally well as a manager getting the youngsters playing at league 1 level - obviously he had a skeleton squad.

I think the situation with some senior professionals needed addressing and after Cox missed the open goal against Dover I think Sols patience was done ..

His advice to Hutchinson "speak to your agent and get another club" was fair ..

I think the most interesting question around Sol concerns the way rumours were circulated and inflamed on this board.

Something a bit wrong with it all ..

 

[Napster]

definitely an odd character - something not unusual in top level sportsmen and women....

I thought he did exceptionally well as a manager getting the youngsters playing at league 1 level - obviously he had a skeleton squad.

I think the situation with some senior professionals needed addressing and after Cox missed the open goal against Dover I think Sols patience was done ..

His advice to Hutchinson "speak to your agent and get another club" was fair ..

I think the most interesting question around Sol concerns the way rumours were circulated and inflamed on this board.

Something a bit wrong with it all ..

Mate he’s gone leave it

 

[OllieSteph44]

His advice to Hutchinson "speak to your agent and get another club" was fair ..

You’ll always get a rise out of me on this one, but I guess you know that.

But I don’t really give a f*ck anymore so who cares…..

Yes it would’ve been a perfectly appropriate advice to give a player…any player to be honest…so forgetting for a moment it was a 19 year old kid….I agree it’s a perfectly acceptable thing for a manager to say to a player he didn’t want anymore….IF :-

1. He took the player into his office to give him the news man to man, face to face.

Sol didn’t. He chose to shout it through an open changing room door as he walked down the corridor, as he left the building, in front of the entire first team playing squad leaving senior players shocked, in a cowardly, two faced, narcissistic style that he’s become known for.

2. If he then allowed that player to leave to go and try and forge a career for another manager who had different thoughts.

Sol didn’t. He then blocked a move to AFC Wimbledon and persuaded the chairman that he shouldn’t be allowed to leave despite other staff feeling he should be allowed to given the opportunity to move on given Sols behavior towards him.

3. If he’d actually spoken to the agent the next day, or any other day, to explain the problem and confirm that he wanted him to leave.

Sol didn’t. He refused to answer his phone, he refused to reply to messages and he refused offers through RD and Ron himself to sit down and meet.

By the way this all stemmed from Hutchinson approaching him during a ‘down’ spell at the end of training to ask him what he needed to improve as a player and how he could get better and put himself back in the side. Sol shuffled his feet refused eye contact and mumbled about “costing us goals” as he walked away with his back to the player. This was after the Oxford game (I think) where Dieng and Taylor had literally passed to the opposition to concede goals.

When the topic was brought up again later that week, Sol looked to humiliate the player further by saying to him he was so bad that even Tony (Colbert) had tackled him at training only to be corrected that it had in fact been Sam Barrett and that Sol and the players had just laughed about it and taken the Mickey out of Sam as banter.

The guy was clueless. Much like on live TV when he made a fool of himself by being the only person in the studio who didn’t realise Phil Foden was left footed.

Sol displayed all the traits of the egotistical, narcissist, bully that he is known for. A coward who tried to intimidate women and young players whilst not having the ‘balls’ to sit face to face, eye to eye and confront a problem.

I stand by my comments made at the time. Sol will NEVER work as a football manager again. I doubt very much if he’ll be used as a pundit again either. A 19 year old kid had a better grasp of statistics, tactics and personnel skills and he hated it.

Please let’s not talk about this excuse of a man until he’s back in football and the topic is his current affairs (pardon the pun!)…..PLEASE!

 

[Napster]

You’ll always get a rise out of me on this one, but I guess you know that.

But I don’t really give a f*ck anymore so who cares…..

Yes it would’ve been a perfectly appropriate advice to give a player…any player to be honest…so forgetting for a moment it was a 19 year old kid….I agree it’s a perfectly acceptable thing for a manager to say to a player he didn’t want anymore….IF :-

1. He took the player into his office to give him the news man to man, face to face.

Sol didn’t. He chose to shout it through an open changing room door as he walked down the corridor, as he left the building, in front of the entire first team playing squad leaving senior players shocked, in a cowardly, two faced, narcissistic style that he’s become known for.

2. If he then allowed that player to leave to go and try and forge a career for another manager who had different thoughts.

Sol didn’t. He then blocked a move to AFC Wimbledon and persuaded the chairman that he shouldn’t be allowed to leave despite other staff feeling he should be allowed to given the opportunity to move on given Sols behavior towards him.

3. If he’d actually spoken to the agent the next day, or any other day, to explain the problem and confirm that he wanted him to leave.

Sol didn’t. He refused to answer his phone, he refused to reply to messages and he refused offers through RD and Ron himself to sit down and meet.

By the way this all stemmed from Hutchinson approaching him during a ‘down’ spell at the end of training to ask him what he needed to improve as a player and how he could get better and put himself back in the side. Sol shuffled his feet refused eye contact and mumbled about “costing us goals” as he walked away with his back to the player. This was after the Oxford game (I think) where Dieng and Taylor had literally passed to the opposition to concede goals.

When the topic was brought up again later that week, Sol looked to humiliate the player further by saying to him he was so bad that even Tony (Colbert) had tackled him at training only to be corrected that it had in fact been Sam Barrett and that Sol and the players had just laughed about it and taken the Mickey out of Sam as banter.

The guy was clueless. Much like on live TV when he made a fool of himself by being the only person in the studio who didn’t realise Phil Foden was left footed.

Sol displayed all the traits of the egotistical, narcissist, bully that he is known for. A coward who tried to intimidate women and young players whilst not having the ‘balls’ to sit face to face, eye to eye and confront a problem.

I stand by my comments made at the time. Sol will NEVER work as a football manager again. I doubt very much if he’ll be used as a pundit again either. A 19 year old kid had a better grasp of statistics, tactics and personnel skills and he hated it.

Please let’s not talk about this excuse of a man until he’s back in football and the topic is his current affairs (pardon the pun!)…..PLEASE!

but apart from all that, he's OK.

 

[Kat_r]

Well documented on here already - freezing players out, trying to belittle Simon Cox in front of the others (which backfired spectacularly), rubbing his wealth in their faces while they weren't being paid, and of course, the girlfriends incidents. That's just for starters.

Sounds like a nightmare