2019/20 Alex Iwobi

[McBain]

That's just dumb. Slate them for performances by all means but coming out with "people are struggling he shouldn't show off his wealth" while watching a game that is essentially a billionaire toy room without calling out those people is ridiculous through and through.

Dumb? Ridiculous? Take a knee pal.

What Planet do you live on? Iwobi decides to flaunt his wealth and you think the anger should be directed who? Brands? Moshiri? Greg Dyke for inventing the Premier league? Hell, why not blame Jimmy Hill for abolishing the maximum wage in 1961.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Dumb? Ridiculous? Take a knee pal.

What Planet do you live on? Iwobi decides to flaunt his wealth and you think the anger should be directed who? Brands? Moshiri? Greg Dyke for inventing the Premier league? Hell, why not blame Jimmy Hill for abolishing the maximum wage in 1961.

I think there should be no anger, but if you are getting mad the players are not the ones to get mad at under any circumstance.

Moshiri quite literally sold his investment in Arsenal, a much sounder investment for making money, so that he could buy Everton simply because he wanted something of his own to play around with. Iwobi is playing football as a living and while well paid getting mad at him for that fact is insane if the reasoning is "people are struggling." He's not why.

 

[Zatara]

No you're missing the point if you're calling out a millionaire while letting the billionaire who bought a football club for the fun of it off the hook in a crisis. It is no different than the idiots going off on Ozil when everyone got laid off. Kroenke can pay those people and no player is at fault for him deciding not to. Stan Kroenke is. If you're mad about money in sports those are the ones you aim at and never ever the players.

I'll be glad to carry this on in another area of the forum but anyone who is criticizing Iwobi on the basis of his money is either being dumb about who the actual culprits of our current divide between haves and have nots are or being completely self absorbed and only interested in what makes them happy regarding the football club. I don't really care if you're either but just be open about it and don't try to justify with "oh well he didn't play so well."

He's right your missing the point. Doesn't matter what happens upstairs - they are wealthy without football.

People see the players and relate to them. Once they start showing off they better produce the goods or they'll get rightly slated.

That's just dumb. Slate them for performances by all means but coming out with "people are struggling he shouldn't show off his wealth" while watching a game that is essentially a billionaire toy room without calling out those people is ridiculous through and through.

Its really simple....


If its a down to earth person who starts off at the bottom and works his way up to becoming a multi-millionaire through hard work and self improvement while not being flashy and giving to charity then people naturally like them.

If its someone who starts off at the bottom but is lazy, flashy and doesnt appear on the surface to be working hard but seems to get undeserved millions and flaunt lavish holidays then people generally will resent them having the money.

Its the same in all walks of life not just football.

As for Moshiri hes worked his way to becoming a billionaire. You dont have Usmanov appoint you and make you a shareholder if you arent world class at your job. Hes done things from the bottom up and can spend his money how he wants...


People appreciate hard working down to earth people and it appears that those attacking Iwobi on social media see him as flaunting undeserved wealth.

Hes basically going the same way as Delph.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Its really simple....


If its a down to earth person who starts off at the bottom and works his way up to becoming a multi-millionaire through hard work and self improvement while not being flashy and giving to charity then people naturally like them.

If its someone who starts off at the bottom but is lazy, flashy and doesnt appear on the surface to be working hard but seems to get undeserved millions and flaunt lavish holidays then people generally will resent them having the money.

Its the same in all walks of life not just football.

As for Moshiri hes worked his way to becoming a billionaire. You dont have Usmanov appoint you and make you a shareholder if you arent world class at your job. Hes done things from the bottom up and can spend his money how he wants...


People appreciate hard working down to earth people and it appears that those attacking Iwobi on social media see him as flaunting undeserved wealth.

Hes basically going the same way as Delph.

You're using billion and million interchangeably and they aren't that. Until you can put a better grasp on how different 2.4 billion and 2.4 million or even 24 million (which is probably a high end ballpark figure for what Iwobi has) we can't really have this conversation.

No one is a billionaire without scummy behavior along the line btw. With Moshiri it is partnering up with a Russian oligarch. It isn't really an ethical thing, even if he did well in his life to be given that opportunity.

 

[Goat]

You're using billion and million interchangeably and they aren't that. Until you can put a better grasp on how different 2.4 billion and 2.4 million or even 24 million (which is probably a high end ballpark figure for what Iwobi has) we can't really have this conversation.

No one is a billionaire without scummy behavior along the line btw. With Moshiri it is partnering up with a Russian oligarch. It isn't really an ethical thing, even if he did well in his life to be given that opportunity.

Mans blaming Bill Gates cos Alex wobs thinks he's on MTV cribs?

 

[TheBigIguana]

Mans blaming Bill Gates cos Alex wobs thinks he's on MTV cribs?

Nah I'm saying stop coming on the forum and whining about Iwobi having a lot of money like he's the reason that y'all have an underfunded NHS or that Americans are rapidly turning into an actual Russian style oligarchy. Even the wealthiest athletes aren't to blame for any of that.

The owner of the club? He kind of is, so if you're mad at Iwobi and cheering on Mosh well, you're doing it backwards the same as the Arsenal guys pissing on Ozil when Kroenke laid off people but hoping like hell that the same man opens up the purse strings to bring Aubameyang back. At least get mad at the right guys FFS.

 

[Goat]

Nah I'm saying stop coming on the forum and whining about Iwobi having a lot of money like he's the reason that y'all have an underfunded NHS or that Americans are rapidly turning into an actual Russian style oligarchy. Even the wealthiest athletes aren't to blame for any of that.

The owner of the club? He kind of is, so if you're mad at Iwobi and cheering on Mosh well, you're doing it backwards the same as the Arsenal guys pissing on Ozil when Kroenke laid off people but hoping like hell that the same man opens up the purse strings to bring Aubameyang back. At least get mad at the right guys FFS.

Im not even mad.

Good luck to the fella.

Living his best life, ain't ever gonna come at a man for that.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Im not even mad.

Good luck to the fella.

Living his best life, ain't ever gonna come at a man for that.

I didn't mean you and I don't even want to call out any one person because I swear I've seen 400 posts saying it. But I'm a bit annoyed by it now if you can't tell.

 

[Goat]

I didn't mean you and I don't even want to call out any one person because I swear I've seen 400 posts saying it. But I'm a bit annoyed by it now if you can't tell.

Dont pay it no nevermind.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Dont pay it no nevermind.

The inability to understand what a lot of money is and is not is currently killing my country (among other things obviously) so it gets me going.

 

[Goat]

The inability to understand what a lot of money is and is not is currently killing my country (among other things obviously) so it gets me going.

These are some mind-blowing times we reside in, that's for damn sure.

 

[Osamabindiesel]

Even if it was tone deaf, did he really mean any harm by it? Was his intention to piss all over the working class man and the poor? Obviously not.

He never struck me as a bad egg. People read too much into everything.

 

[Nymzee]

Reckon he should have been working in the gulag this Summer not flaunting off his holiday.

 

[st.domingo]

I suspect that his intended audience for those posts is not us.

...is the correct answer. I reckon he’s taking a leaf out of the Dan Bilzerian playbook.

 

[jackyboy]

Imagine wasting your time trying to defend Alex Iwobi

He has taken the piss out of the club for a season and his social media team have manipulated a few gullible retweet merchants into defending him on Twitter.

LET HIM LIVE