in context

if my company said 'look would you give up a weeks wages so we could carry on employing Doris the tea-lady?' I'm pretty sure I'd say yes...I'm also pretty sure than your average footballer would respond in the negative, as shown by only 2 or 3 at Pompey have offered to do so

Posted By: dear prudence on March 10th 2010 at 20:04:33

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The done-to-death footballers are scum thread (Other Football) - jayson blair, Mar 10, 19:29:27
- from the Cocteau Twins (Other Football) - double hipness, Mar 10, 19:51:01
- very fucking harsh and simplistic (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 10, 19:45:47
  - you may have jumped to an erroneous conclusion there (Other Football) - jayson blair, Mar 10, 20:38:38
    - i may well have. the same may be said of you as well (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 10, 20:47:49
      - so you wouldn't be critical (Other Football) - jayson blair, Mar 10, 21:00:14
        
        of course i would if it were indeed that simple (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 10, 21:05:37
        
        how is it not that simple? (Other Football) - jayson blair, Mar 10, 21:21:06
        
        like i said... (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 10, 21:25:16
        
        show me A N Y evidence (Other Football) - jayson blair, Mar 10, 21:43:48
        
        don't patronise me (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 10, 21:48:07
        
        any evidence to contradict my point (Other Football) - jayson blair, Mar 10, 22:07:30
  - agreed (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Mar 10, 20:05:51
  - I'm with JB (Other Football) - dear prudence, Mar 10, 19:56:45
    - advised by their union (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 10, 20:03:01
      - nope you're quite right (Other Football) - dear prudence, Mar 10, 20:06:57
        
        oh dear... *sigh* (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 10, 20:10:51
        
        did I say all? clearly 2 or 3 at Pompey aren't (n/m) (Other Football) - dear prudence, Mar 10, 20:12:30
        
        indeed (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 10, 20:16:47
    - their financial problems are also directly linked to those giant wages (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 10, 20:00:16
      - in context (Other Football) - dear prudence, Mar 10, 20:04:33
        
        they weren't asked to give up a weeks wages (Other Football) - Charles21, Mar 10, 20:36:57
        
        who said "big"? (Other Football) - jayson blair, Mar 10, 20:46:11
- particularly galling as many of them will find incredibly lucrative "work" elsewhere (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 10, 19:34:27

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