Sylvian Distin Silence

[VaguelyBrown]

Blimey, I thought someone was trying to organise a memorial silence at the ground or something...I thought he was dead!

Fortunately a quick google solved that, but jeez, #phrasing

 

[bignev23]

Mind blowing revelations here, who'd of thought it hey.

 

[tommye]

 

[IllinoisBlue]

Distin probably would have just passed the ball right into the path of their best player without looking.

I still fume thinking about it.

I think that must be a skill that comes with age as I swear Jags did it several times at the tail end of last season.

 

[efcfanwirral]

As quick as I am to tell anyone Martinez was a clueless fraud and one of the worst managers in Premier League history, the decision to drop Distin was one he actually did get right. It was humiliating watching him try to play football that last season, the Chelsea 6-3 game was the end.

Unfortunately that officially came against Swansea, and that extremely bizarre header from the edge of his own box that came back off the crossbar and led to a goal

 

[ToffeeTim]

Was worried for a minute at this thread title

 

[Groucho]

Don't think there's anything to see here really.

He didn't get on with Martinez which co-incided with him becoming past it.

Good player for us overall. Will clearly be better thought of than the man he fell out with.

 

[devogue]

Christ I forgot about what he did at wembley

 

[Walken]

Tremendous athlete, very average footballer, but mad as a character but thats alright

 

[Azzurri]

His athleticism used to get him out of situations that his dodgy technique would get him into, and when that stopped happening he was rightly dropped. As others have said, Martinez did plenty of stupid things but dropping Distin wasn't one of them.

Having said that, I do wonder if the outcome of the Kiev game would've been different had he been playing instead of Alcaraz. Shame Martinez had a stubborn streak as displayed in the Baines situation and Dustin was, well, French.

 

[GwladysPhil]

Nah he definitely had something to tell us.

I believe it's more controversial than you sky sports clowns "he knew Martinez was a fraud" comments.

 

[Kenshin]

He couldn't accept not being first choice even in his old age. Ridiculous really, could have been a great squad player for us and extended his career yet threw a hissy and we were left playing Alcaraz. Him and Jags were never a great partnership but either of them worked better with Heitinga or Stones for example. Sadly Moyes and Martinez kept playing them even when Heitinga was player of the season.

Alcaraz left before Distin retired mate

 

[LocalNative]

Distin was a boss back in the day. Moyes made him and Jagielka a solid partnership at the back.

 

[degsy]

Remember when he left/frozen out under mysterious circumstances?

He said all would be revealed but I think we're still waiting?

wait a bit longer.

 

[Gwlacticos]

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