Ben Mee revisited...

[The Bedlington Terrier]

BT, it's 2022 not 1959! Players don't have steroid injections to keep them playing these days. Why? Because the long term damage that they do is very difficult to contend with.
John Angus used to tell me that, in his day, it was very common for players, including himself, to have these injections and it cost him three new knees and a new hip.
Ben started 337 matches after he had signed for us and that is in 10 seasons, he did not need to play with injuries as far as I am concerned, he earned his corn and owes us nothing.

Sometimes I just have a strong cup of coffee, give my head a wobble and just remind myself this is a forum to vent opinions. It appeared to me and a lot of others on social media that Mee had himself one of those "convenient" end of season injuries and was not going to play no matter what Jackson said.

Subject closed for me now, I'm bored.

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[FromTheDarkness]

I'm amazed at the lack of dialogue.

*cost of wage

[sinkov]

If he'd had a couple of painkilling injections and played for the team instead of making sure he was not injured to go off on his merry way to new and lucrative pastures, I'd take in his heartfelt comments.

He refused to be jabbed ? He wouldn't take a shot to help out others, now that rings a bell mon ami. Why does the word hypocrite spring to mind I wonder ?

[The Bedlington Terrier]

He refused to be jabbed ? He wouldn't take a shot to help out others, now that rings a bell mon ami. Why does the word hypocrite spring to mind I wonder ?

I have no idea and neither do you sinkov if he took a jab or not. I suppose he must not have done because his alleged knee knack or whatever it was that kept him out of our crucial games only went when he signed for Brentford.

[Supersub6]

PLayed 21 matches before being injured after 40 minutes on 1 March 2022. He did not play again until 7 August 2022 ---even my knees would get better in 23 weeks and I don't have the facilities available to professional footballers.
Brentford have picked up as many points in the 13 matches Ben has played as we did in the 21 he played for us last season, they have also scored more goals than we did.
Shrewd by Ben, he is still playing Premier League --- even with bad knees!

[The Bedlington Terrier]

PLayed 21 matches before being injured after 40 minutes on 1 March 2022. He did not play again until 7 August 2022 ---even my knees would get better in 23 weeks and I don't have the facilities available to professional footballers.
Brentford have picked up as many points in the 13 matches Ben has played as we did in the 21 he played for us last season, they have also scored more goals than we did.
Shrewd by Ben, he is still playing Premier League --- even with bad knees!

It's the time between 01/03/21 and the end of our relegation fight that concerns me Supersub6. He wanted away because his contract offer was deemed not good enough. Toys went out of the pram; he did not play for the Clarets ever again and I am not gullible enough to believe no contact was initiated to the club captain about renegotiating a deal. Nah! Not having it.

[ClaretinBudapest]

It's the time between 01/03/21 and the end of our relegation fight that concerns me Supersub6. He wanted away because his contract offer was deemed not good enough. Toys went out of the pram; he did not play for the Clarets ever again and I am not gullible enough to believe no contact was initiated to the club captain about renegotiating a deal. Nah! Not having it.

I can believe it with Yanks in charge BT.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

I can believe it with Yanks in charge BT.

These damned Yankees are doing a pretty good job so far CiB. Got rid of Hoof Ball, they just need to strengthen the central striker's department because yesterday was lamentable.

[sinkov]

I have no idea and neither do you sinkov if he took a jab or not. I suppose he must not have done because his alleged knee knack or whatever it was that kept him out of our crucial games only went when he signed for Brentford.

You said he didn't get jabbed mon ami, so presumably you know he didn't, or you're just making stuff up again. So which is it, he didn't get jabbed as you said, or you were making that up and you don't really know ?

Either way, I just love the fact that the man who won't get jabbed, and loses no opportunity to tell everyone else on here that they shouldn't get jabbed either, has a personal grudge against Ben Mee, because he wouldn't get jabbed. You really couldn't make it up, I thought Ben would have been your hero mon ami, your poster boy, he's a soulmate of yours after all, isn't he ?

The Bedlington 'no jabs' Terrier and Ben 'no jabs' Mee, it's the dream team innit ? What went wrong ?

[The Bedlington Terrier]

You said he didn't get jabbed mon ami, so presumably you know he didn't, or you're just making stuff up again. So which is it, he didn't get jabbed as you said, or you were making that up and you don't really know ?

Either way, I just love the fact that the man who won't get jabbed, and loses no opportunity to tell everyone else on here that they shouldn't get jabbed either, has a personal grudge against Ben Mee, because he wouldn't get jabbed. You really couldn't make it up, I thought Ben would have been your hero mon ami, your poster boy, he's a soulmate of yours after all, isn't he ?

The Bedlington 'no jabs' Terrier and Ben 'no jabs' Mee, it's the dream team innit ? What went wrong ?

I know I've mentioned on here many times in the past Ben was never the most gifted of footballers, albeit prone to the odd goal conceding clanger, but he always displayed the Heart of a Lion.

How it turned into one of Little Bo Peep's lamb hearts I have no idea mon ami.