From £3.5m signing to forced retirement at 25

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:27 pm

Remember Matt Piper? £3.5m from Leicester to Sunderland five years ago? Has just retired at 25 after 10 knee ops in three years.

It ain't all sunshine and roses.

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James B · Post by **James B** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:01 pm

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:............to Sunderland..............It ain't all sunshine and roses.

it certainly aint

Nozza · Post by **Nozza** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:30 pm

He was quality.

Nozza · Post by **Nozza** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:31 pm

James B wrote:
Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:............to Sunderland..............It ain't all sunshine and roses.
it certainly aint

Aye, cos Bolton is capital of culture isn't it?

James B · Post by **James B** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:24 pm

Nozza wrote:
James B wrote:
Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:............to Sunderland..............It ain't all sunshine and roses.
it certainly aint
Aye, cos Bolton is capital of culture isn't it?

chill out precious

Gertie · Post by **Gertie** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:33 pm

Nozza hun, it's Liverpool you're thinking of, not Bolton.

Anyways poor knee chap... but then there are much more worser lives to have than to have been a footballer for a little while. I know a guy who was a professional golfer for nearly 10 years and ended up having to pack it in and now he's a software designer for a computer company but has no regrets and I used to get free golf lessons.

Is it better to have followed your dreams for a wee while than to have never know that life?? I dunno, but I reckon yes it is I think.

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:00 pm

apologies - link didn't come out - here tis
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 897047.stm

Gertie, you're right of course and at least Piper is plenty young enough to get another career going

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:44 pm

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:Remember Matt Piper?

Never even heard of him.

Soldier_Of_The_White_Army · Post by **Soldier_Of_The_White_Army** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:19 pm

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:Remember Matt Piper? £3.5m from Leicester to Sunderland five years ago? Has just retired at 25 after 10 knee ops in three years.

It ain't all sunshine and roses.

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Really?

These guys earn more in a week then we do in a year! Which means they could sign in January, get knackered by November and could have been payed the equivelent to what the average man earns in a lifetime of graft.

Knee op? Boo fxcking hoo!

Sounds like a nice day in the rose garden to me!!

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:38 am

Soldier_Of_The_White_Army wrote:
Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:Remember Matt Piper? £3.5m from Leicester to Sunderland five years ago? Has just retired at 25 after 10 knee ops in three years.

It ain't all sunshine and roses.

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Really?

These guys earn more in a week then we do in a year! Which means they could sign in January, get knackered by November and could have been payed the equivelent to what the average man earns in a lifetime of graft.

Knee op? Boo fxcking hoo!

Sounds like a nice day in the rose garden to me!!

Overplaying the sympathy card a bit, there, Soldier !!

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 12:57 pm

Nobody interested in the fact that the lad possibly.. just possibly loved playing football and has had that ripped away from him in a turn of fate???

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:17 pm

boltonboris wrote:Nobody interested in the fact that the lad possibly.. just possibly loved playing football and has had that ripped away from him in a turn of fate???

same thing happened to me though, just based on ability

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