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I agree. My theory on Cattermole, which may very well be wrong, is that he has had so many injuries and played on with injections to get him through games that his body is shot. He's the opposite of the likes of Rodwell who will not play with the slightest twinge. People will say Cattermole's problem is his drinking but I'm not so sure. Despite people hating Cattermole I think he is the least of our problems. Its the same with O'Shea - he's nearly 37 and can't run but will still give 100%. Our problems are more to do with players like Rodwell (obviously), Kone (what was he doing on Saturday) and Ndong and then a whole list of players with no ability whatsoever such as McManaman, Steele, Camp etc.
Regardless of the cause - whether it is lifestyle, injuries, a mixture of the two - I would suggest that Cattermole is far from the least of our problems.
He plays in a key position, is one of our most experienced players, and week in, week out, the game is being played around him, and we are conceding goals left, right, and centre that are down to him. The first goal on Saturday was from a free kick where he pushed their player with two hands to the chest because he couldn't get close enough to tackle him. We are at best playing with ten men with him in the team chasing shadows and with the embarrassing attempts at forward passes going out of play, the concession of free kicks, etc, he's arguably worse than that.
I'd say he is far from the least of our problems.
It always comes down to money ultimately but then it almost always does in football but there are a lot of things we can do to effect a quick change in mentality. The Rodwell situation needs sorting as it’s an absolute distraction for everyone associated with the club....we must agree a payoff with him.
Secondly anyone who’s out of contract should be allowed to leave and of those on loan or who might bring a fee in and who have been shown to have a poor attitude should be moved on.
The next bit is the contentious issue....how much of what comes in do we allow for rebuilding. It can’t be a few hundred thousand...it needs to be a substantial amount (relative to the league) and we need to impose ourselves on the league right from the off. We will be the biggest club in L1 and we need to act as if we are.
But we can't agree if he won't. People just don't seem to get it - we offered him a f***ing stupid contract, he has signed a contract, we are legally obliged to pay him. We could pay him all the money he is owed between now and 30 June 2019 but it won't help very much, and he doesn't need to agree to anything less than that.
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