I personally dont believe a word that comes out of his mouth. You can defend him Griff and what you say about the independent quote does make sense but why come out with patriotic rubbish like that in the first place ? The Prem was already a hot bed for foreign imports and he was just being plain stupid coming out with that. It is like his sanctimonious rant on TV about the national side getting a foreign manager,next thing ya know he has got one in for us ! Then he is on TV again and its all over the papers ” Lee Cattermole is definitely NOT FOR SALE ” Next thing ya know he has gone ! I truly think now that this club is collapsing from within and players are jumping ship, ie Brown, Figueroa and also the aforementioned Cattermole ! There are too many people still looking up to him for his past endeavors to the club but as you just quoted Griff things can change in 5yrs and in my opinion Whelan has changed for the worse ! I am not green or stupid not to know that the sale of Springfield Park lined his pockets handsomely and that deep down he is looking after No.1 and ya cant blame him , most of em are but he is making a mockery out of this club now and it is time he moved on to pastures greener because if you cant see whats happening Griff, I can ! I haven’t jumped on a “Whelan out” bandwagon, I have observed certain things and formed a totally lucid opinion of him and everybody is entitled to their respective opinions on here so I am merely sharing mine ! Some will no doubt lambaste me while others will agree !
The man is stubborn, sanctimonious, an undoubted liar and a media-whore who makes me cringe every time he appears on TV or in the papers and is bobbins trombone player. But so is Simon Cowell.
I would have absolutley no problem if he moved on, but to be replaced by who? And what guarantees do we have that the next guy would be any different. Personally, and I am coming from the perspective of a fan of the club, I think that on balance, he has done more good than harm to this club.
As for the Cattermole thing, that happens all the time. Look at Lescott. If a player wants to go he will go. The Chairman’s job in that scenario is to get the best price possible and saying he is not for sale at any price is a standard negotiating tactic.
