I genuinely feel let down by Muzzy in the way he has dealt
with the transfer rumours. When a player such as Muzzy comes along that gets
you off your seat, shouting and cheering with excitement he is often a fan’s
favourite, and this was the case had it not been for a small sulky tweet that
made Rovers fans think twice as to whether Carayol really is a classy players,
both on and off the pitch. It’s the attitude of such players, maybe even the
general modern player that really irritates me. When Muzzy tweeted ‘Being held
against your will is probably the worst thing in the world especially when
promises are broken!!..well I guess u live n u learn!!’ I don’t think many
people would argue the tweet wasn’t football orientated, and it’s this small 8
worded tweet that may have permanently changed Rovers’ views on him, especially
if Carayol has played his final minutes for the gas. It’s the pure lack of
loyalty that modern footballers show to their employees that disgusts me. Just
little more than 12 months ago Muzzy was staring into Non-League oblivion when
his Lincoln side got relegated to the conference, Rovers opted to give him his
chance, is he repaying us? Not one bit. It’s not even like Muzzy has proved
himself to be a consistently quality player at this level. Sure he tore apart
poor Accrington and Burton sides in the closing stages of the season but just
how good were they? At the end of the day, both sides had nothing to play for.
Before January and Buckle’s dismissal Carayol was more inconsistent than David
James’ haircut, he just couldn’t repeat rare high performances. Maybe that’s a
sign of the type of player Muzzy is; good when times are going well but
non-existent during the tough times when the true personality of a player comes
through, is that really the sort of footballer we want wearing the blue and
white quarters?
I also question how Muzzy can claim he is so called ‘being
held against his will’ when we all know that he will get his move no matter how
much the club wants to keep him, once a player decides they want to leave there
is very little you can do to stop them moving on. We’ve seen it before with
Kuffour and many others at various levels of the game. After all, Muzzy WAS the
one who signed a 2 year contract with the club from a non-league side, he put
pen to paper; not us. Now just one year into his contract he decides he wants
to leave. Players have way too much power, and the famous cliché ‘no player is
bigger than the club’ is oh so applicable here. If and more likely when Carayol
moves on I’m sure the vast majority of Rovers fans will be disappointed but as
we have done before, the club will move on. The sight of Carayol’s unhappy face
sat on a championship side bench may well be a sweet taste in the mouth of us
Rovers’ fans come the end of next season when hopefully we will be celebrating
promotion!
