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I don't think pedersen could do anything right in your eyes so I'm not gona try and convince you otherwise. My post was about comparing players and the crowd reaction to them. Pedersen: a player who gives his all, he might not be the best tackler or the strongest player but he seems committed to the cause and rarely looks like he can't be arsed. yet; he gets booed for not playing well. McCarthy: a player who has been unfit for 2 - 3 seasons, rarely tries his hardest, shows no respect to his team mates or fans. Yet he gets cheered for it and people seem to gloss over the fact that he's failed to play well and get fit with "he's earned respect for that one season when he played well" hense; fickle @#/?s

What really annoyed me about the 1st leg against Villa was that when Pedersen was doing badly, people started booing him. A player that was trying his hardest; and has done so throughout the majority of his career was being booed..... Then when McCarthy came on to replace him, Pedersen got booed off and McCarthy got an all mighty cheer. Am I the only one that saw this as daft? People boo a player that has played badly (yet scored 2 important goals in 2 previous games) and gives his all every game. Then the same people cheer a fat, uninterested, lazy gob @#/? like he's the second coming of christ. Now the same set of fans say they're glad that McCarthy is off because he's showed no respect in the last week. For me the seed was planted ages ago. He hasn't showed any respect in the last 2 years. He was unfit when we needed him most last season. Then still isn't fit for the new season. some people need to open their eyes more....fickle @#/?s

But the thing is, No other player is continually missing their weight targets.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/burnley/article6962748.ece If only Benni had the same mentality

He might have, you never know. The case might be that Benni has had enough of this happening and feels like he's being picked on, so has thrown his toys out of the pram. Just a possibility.

I'm guessing Sam has been trying to get him fit for a while now, hense not starting him and publicly stating last year that Benni was not up to the job because of his fitness. - taken from the Mail article

No, Sam is telling the truth, Benni IS overweight and Benni IS lazy. He's being paid a reported £35,000 a week and he can't even get himself fit. It's just poor professionalism. What would you have done? *look at the scales* "oh bloody hell Benni you're still a little over weight and it's been almost a year now. But never mind, we still love you...you have a biscuit and get yourself home" Sam didn't give the interview, Benni did. Sam's not pushing him out, Benni's doing it all by himself.

"'I don't want to make trouble. When the fitness coach told me I was coming in early the next day I just accepted it. I don't want to start moaning in front of everyone and rock the boat." ...just go to the paper then Benni

so his double chin and pot belly must have be an urban myth as well then.......

He probably thought that Benni would try his hardest to get fit and help the team out in times of need. But; he didn't, he became even more unfit during the arse end of last season and couldn't be relied on. It still baffles me on how a "professional athlete" can become unfit during a season. (injuries a side) I think that says a lot about what kind of mentality Benni has and it sums up how much he actually cares for the football club as a whole.

I think the problem with Benni is that he's not fit enough for Sam's standards. But also seems to think he doesn't need to get any fitter because he's so talented. In an interview; Sam said that he doesn't doubt Benni's ability or skill, it's just his professionalism and fitness that is being questioned.

A song going round the workshop this morning to the tune of "thats amore" "I like chips, egg and gammon, he leaps just like a salmon, that's Lionel Messiiii"