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Drinkwater apologises

Post by Jeffbfc » Thu May 26, 2022 7:04 pm

To Chelsea fans on his contract coming to the end.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61599660

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by tiger76 » Thu May 26, 2022 7:43 pm

Before anyone dares suggest it, no we don't want him rocking up at TM.
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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by Boss Hogg » Thu May 26, 2022 7:48 pm

And so he should . Dreadful attitude.

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by Bosscat » Thu May 26, 2022 7:52 pm

Its more than Chelsea he needs to apologise to imho

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by Cleveleys_claret » Thu May 26, 2022 7:52 pm

Trandlated as "So sorry but whilst being a failure I have lived a great life, travelled the world, bought what I wanted. Not meaning to rub your noses in it"

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by Devils_Advocate » Thu May 26, 2022 7:58 pm

Fair play to him and its a real shame we didn't man manage him better as he had potential to be a big player for us.

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Thu May 26, 2022 8:06 pm

Long winded way of saying he was a bit of a knob and got paid very well for it.

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by BabylonClaret » Thu May 26, 2022 8:30 pm

Ffs. Read the room man. If he had a brain cell it would be lonely.

What an absolute ******* he is
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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by ClaretLoup » Thu May 26, 2022 10:38 pm

Devils_Advocate wrote:
Thu May 26, 2022 7:58 pm
Fair play to him and its a real shame we didn't man manage him better as he had potential to be a big player for us.
You spew out more casts than the worms in my back garden.

Anyway, I have a tip for you. There is horse running in the 3.30 at Carlisle tomorrow called Dirty Leeds at 6/1. Knowing their luck this week I think it’s safe to put your house on it, so why don’t you have a punt preferably a big one?
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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by Bosscat » Thu May 26, 2022 10:50 pm

ClaretLoup wrote:
Thu May 26, 2022 10:38 pm
You spew out more casts than the worms in my back garden.

Anyway, I have a tip for you. There is horse running in the 3.30 at Carlisle tomorrow called Dirty Leeds at 6/1. Knowing their luck this week I think it’s safe to put your house on it, so why don’t you have a punt preferably a big one?
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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by Devils_Advocate » Thu May 26, 2022 11:08 pm

ClaretLoup wrote:
Thu May 26, 2022 10:38 pm
Anyway, I have a tip for you. There is horse running in the 3.30 at Carlisle tomorrow called Dirty Leeds at 6/1. Knowing their luck this week I think it’s safe to put your house on it, so why don’t you have a punt preferably a big one?
At least we know it should stay the distance and not fall at the final hurdle unlike some of the donkeys that have been knocking around these Premier stables for the last 5 or 5 seasons
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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by ClaretLoup » Thu May 26, 2022 11:30 pm

Showing your lack of sporting knowledge here DA. Tomorrow’s race is just over five furlongs so there won’t be any hurdles to fall over.
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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by boatshed bill » Thu May 26, 2022 11:43 pm

Devils_Advocate wrote:
Thu May 26, 2022 7:58 pm
Fair play to him and its a real shame we didn't man manage him better as he had potential to be a big player for us.
Pillock :D

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by Devils_Advocate » Thu May 26, 2022 11:59 pm

ClaretLoup wrote:
Thu May 26, 2022 11:30 pm
Showing your lack of sporting knowledge here DA. Tomorrow’s race is just over five furlongs so there won’t be any hurdles to fall over.
Some donkeys would still manage to go down!

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by Goobs » Fri May 27, 2022 12:01 am

Devils_Advocate wrote:
Thu May 26, 2022 11:59 pm
Some donkeys would still manage to go down!
Yeah but we'll leave that to the folks in Shadsworth.

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by the_fat_shearer » Fri May 27, 2022 6:36 am

In the full Instagram post he says he would not change what has happened which tells you all you need to know really. His attitude is a shame as he was clearly so talented.

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by ClaretLoup » Fri May 27, 2022 5:14 pm

Bad news for Leeds fans, Dirty Leeds came last in the 3.30 at Carlisle. Hopefully loads of them piled on including Ducks Arse.

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by boatshed bill » Fri May 27, 2022 5:32 pm

the_fat_shearer wrote:
Fri May 27, 2022 6:36 am
In the full Instagram post he says he would not change what has happened which tells you all you need to know really. His attitude is a shame as he was clearly so talented.
What was it; one decent season at Leicester?
He's made a lot of money out of being a ***t

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by tiger76 » Fri May 27, 2022 6:43 pm

Drinkwater is a strange one, he's had a good career, and won the PL, but I can't help feel he could have done even more.

And as for his loan spell at Burnley less said the better, thankfully we could return him to Chelsea, imagine if we'd actually shelled out a transfer fee for him, it was bad enough how much we wasted on his wages.

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by williamjblazkowicz » Fri May 27, 2022 7:12 pm

I had a bad feeling about Drinkwater from the moment he did that first ClaretsPlayer interview with us. It was hard to ignore just how unenthusiastic he looked.

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by dougcollins » Fri May 27, 2022 8:59 pm

If the apology wasn't to us I'm not interested.
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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Fri Jul 08, 2022 12:58 pm

https://twitter.com/SkySportsNews/statu ... mDwMw&s=19

Reflects on his wasted years at Chelsea.

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by Belial » Fri Jul 08, 2022 1:08 pm

Bit late now eh Danny

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by jojomk1 » Fri Jul 08, 2022 1:26 pm

A central midfield pairing of Drinkwater and Barkley would get tongues wagging

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by warksclaret » Fri Jul 08, 2022 1:29 pm

He has got nowhere to go, unless Reading make an offer which I suspect will not be lucrative enough for him

What a waste of a career for someone so good 6 years ago
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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by tiger76 » Fri Jul 08, 2022 1:46 pm

Seems the penny has finally dropped for Drinkwater, shame it's happened too late for him to salvage his career at the top level.

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by Wembley09 » Fri Jul 08, 2022 1:48 pm

Terrible attitude, at least he recognizes that now.

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by Zlatan » Fri Jul 08, 2022 1:58 pm

He’ll end up on “don’t pay we’ll take it away” like Razor Ruddock did

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by Belgianclaret » Fri Jul 08, 2022 6:53 pm

He’s exactly the type of player we need

Unfortunately, not him exactly 😎

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by boatshed bill » Fri Jul 08, 2022 7:15 pm

Devils_Advocate wrote:
Thu May 26, 2022 7:58 pm
Fair play to him and its a real shame we didn't man manage him better as he had potential to be a big player for us.
Haha!

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by dougcollins » Fri Jul 08, 2022 9:18 pm

Reading saying 'he's gone'.

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Mon Oct 30, 2023 5:25 pm

He’s announced his retirement at 33yrs old

https://amp.theguardian.com/football/20 ... r-too-long

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by warksclaret » Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:57 pm

I think if I was him, I would have retired quietly, as I believe he was already the "forgotton man"

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by StayingDown4Ever » Mon Oct 30, 2023 7:04 pm

tiger76 wrote:
Thu May 26, 2022 7:43 pm
Before anyone dares suggest it, no we don't want him rocking up at TM.
Whatever happened to tiger76?

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by beddie » Mon Oct 30, 2023 7:07 pm

“ To the Chelsea fans I apologise for how this has turned out I would of [sic] loved for you to see me at my best in that shirt doing what I love."

Have, have, bloody have. It does my nut.
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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by CoolClaret » Mon Oct 30, 2023 8:10 pm

Has anyone played as bad in a one off game for us in recent memory (Dane Richards aside) as he did I believe against Villa? He was dreadful

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by Carlos the Great » Mon Oct 30, 2023 8:56 pm

An apology ? .. he has been taking obscene wages for years for doing nothing plus the 35m investment in buying him .. disgrace

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by daveisaclaret » Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:44 pm

CoolClaret wrote:
Mon Oct 30, 2023 8:10 pm
Has anyone played as bad in a one off game for us in recent memory (Dane Richards aside) as he did I believe against Villa? He was dreadful
His awful game was at home to City. Genuinely felt like Dyche was making a point to Garlick about loaning him.
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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by bfcjg » Mon Oct 30, 2023 10:42 pm

Why the F we signed him.in the first place was scandalous, why the F he wasn't sent back when he got p1ssed up brawled and hurt himself was bordering on corrupt and has never been explained.

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by boatshed bill » Mon Oct 30, 2023 10:49 pm

Is he apologising for being himself?

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by CoolClaret » Mon Oct 30, 2023 10:59 pm

daveisaclaret wrote:
Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:44 pm
His awful game was at home to City. Genuinely felt like Dyche was making a point to Garlick about loaning him.
Yep you're right.

Christ, he was sh** wasn't he.

Really can't do with modern footy players in the top leagues that have all the money and help in the world and are just absolute tossers.

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by helmclaret » Mon Oct 30, 2023 11:25 pm

Footballers are human believe it or not.

Some struggle at work, drink too much, have issues at home.

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by ClaretTony » Mon Oct 30, 2023 11:28 pm

bfcjg wrote:
Mon Oct 30, 2023 10:42 pm
Why the F we signed him.in the first place was scandalous, why the F he wasn't sent back when he got p1ssed up brawled and hurt himself was bordering on corrupt and has never been explained.
It was pretty clear that Dyche didn't want him but I'm not sure we could have sent him back whatever happened.

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by bfcjg » Tue Oct 31, 2023 8:16 am

He was the complete opposite of a Dyche player. Garlick should have been called out, there was nothing in it for BFC that was obvious, so apart from Drinkwater who benefited financially from the deal apart from agents ?

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by claretonthecoast1882 » Tue Oct 31, 2023 8:19 am

Have it in my mind his start at Villa was even worse than here

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by Ashingtonclaret46 » Wed Nov 08, 2023 4:34 pm

No wonder he couldn't concentrate on football.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footb ... xrNL5h8IWU

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by Holtyclaret » Wed Nov 08, 2023 5:17 pm

Devils_Advocate wrote:
Thu May 26, 2022 7:58 pm
Fair play to him and its a real shame we didn't man manage him better as he had potential to be a big player for us.
If you look at his career post signing for Chelsea there’s nothing we could have done other than swerve signing him in the first place.

Sadly all the ability but also considerable illness.

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Re: Drinkwater apologises

Post by bfcjg » Wed Nov 08, 2023 8:45 pm

Ashingtonclaret46 wrote:
Wed Nov 08, 2023 4:34 pm
No wonder he couldn't concentrate on football.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footb ... xrNL5h8IWU
Do you think the eye-watering losses could be attributed to him helping himself at the bar ?
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