Guys like Rodri are self entitled, they should look at our own Callum McGregor as an example of how to behave…

One of football’s biggest names yesterday came out with a statement that caught everyone’s attention in a media conference on Sky Sports News as the new look Champions League kicked off. It’s only just started and yet we are having complaints from players that the added burden of extra games is becoming a hindrance.

This particular player was Rodri of Manchester City. The Spanish international claimed that the extended fixture calendar has left some players thinking going on strike could be a realistic option. Have you ever heard such self-entitled nonsense?

Yes I get players will feel weary with the physical demands placed on the modern day footballer, and so many fixtures to negotiate, but that’s their job and one that they are very handsomely paid to do.

The average working football supporter would have to work seven years just to earn what Rodri earns in a week! Slaving away at a job they don’t particularly like, but it pays the bills. Something the likes of Rodri wouldn’t understand. They have no idea what the rigours of real life entails to be able to afford a ticket for a football match, and there are many who can’t.

Like most of our supporters, I’d be bitterly disappointed if one of our players were to come away with such claims. Look at our very own captain Callum McGregor. Someone who has played more games than anyone in the European game the past few years, and has done so without any complaints whatsoever.

Callum earns a week what most of us earn in a year, but thankfully Callum appreciates what he has in life, unlike those so called superstars who are just full of self entitlement. Rodri plays for a huge club with a massive squad so it’s up to them to manage his game-time which will surely be the case with one of the top coaches in the world at Manchester City.

As for international football, if it’s all too much then he can decide to retire just as Callum McGregor did last month. Football is becoming a twelve month business as Brendan Rodgers noted in his media conference yesterday, which was attended by The Celtic Star.

While this is true perhaps the increase in games is something to do with the huge salaries that are being paid to the likes of Rodri who has nothing to say on the damage these massive wages are causing in the game.

Just an Ordinary Bhoy

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