da fezbet： Aston Villa has been the setting for an exchange of passionate words between John Carew and manager Gerard Houllier. As with most cases such as this, each party becomes obstinate until an ultimatum is confronted and one will concede defeat for the self-interest that informs them.
da stake casino： The debacle stems from Carew’s contract expiring at the end of this season and Houllier wishing to motivate the player into proving his worth to the club by signalling his intentions to either stay or leave. This was hampered with Carew being injured and therefore not able to prove himself through performances, so Houllier stated to the media that Carew would need to prove himself worthy of a new contract.
Carew has been less than enamoured with Houllier’s approach to man management and has hit out at his manager by declaring indignantly that: “If he wants me to fight for a contract, he should speak to me directly and not through the media.” I can understand Carew’s remonstrations here, if Houllier did indeed fail to approach the player directly, but Carew compromises himself entirely when he responds via the media, the same thing he is annoyed at Houllier for doing.
Carew also displayed his dented ego by stating: “This is disrespectful to me and to the fans who sing my name week in week out.” As though the fans who had sung his name were to feel aggrieved at this slander coming from Houllier, somehow I think he’s arguing more from himself than anything else. Well if that wasn’t enough, Houllier drove the steak forward even further by almost taunting the player in saying: “I think he is stupid, John is living in the past. He should look at the figures. How many goals has he scored? As for the fans singing his name, he needs to get the players singing it.” Touché Houllier, but will it get the response you were after?
Houllier’s approach has been something of a whirlwind, picking things up, shaking them roughly and ejecting them so they may either come back stronger and more determined or fall by the wayside never to play for Aston Villa again. I think it takes an extremely confident character to implement this kind of strategy, especially with player’s vanities, which we all know are delicate things. When a club such as Aston Villa is currently struggling for bodies, strikers most notably, it doesn’t seem judicious to start alienating them. This is made ever more questionable when the player in question is injured and can’t exemplify his worth in any respect apart from his attitude.
This is where Carew has failed in master Houllier’s test, his attitude has been petulant and assumed far too great an importance for himself. He should have accepted Houllier’s challenge with grace and the thought of self-interest in ascertaining a renewed contract.
Whether or not this whole saga will impinge upon the strikers future at the club will remain to be seen, what is now necessary of him though is to perform to the levels expected by Houllier. Houllier has come out claiming it has all been dealt with, for his words were misconstrued by the Norwegian press, although this seems more of a façade statement than anything. This could have all been avoided if Carew had only picked up the phone and clarified any problems with Houllier.
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