Jardel Not Happy

Jardel Not Happy

Just got this off the SMH site.

NEWCASTLE's marquee player, Mario Jardel, has defended himself following media and public criticism of his lacklustre performances this season, saying he can't be expected to perform miracles coming off the bench and that he only needs to start a few games to produce the goods.

Speaking through an interpreter after training yesterday, the Brazilian striker added that some Jets players who criticised him anonymously in The Newcastle Herald yesterday were being childish and that if anyone at the club had a problem with him they should approach him to talk about it.

"People who say those things are obviously frustrated. They don't understand football. It is kids' talk," Jardel said.

Jardel said he respected Newcastle coach Gary van Egmond, but that playing as a lone striker did not suit him.

"I have not played up front on my own," he said. "I have had people in close beside me so I can knock balls down for them and lay off. I'm not a runner."

Jardel has been criticised for being overweight and performed poorly in a beep test at training on Monday. But he claimed the real problem was that coming off the bench - as he has regularly been used by the Jets - stopped him from being able to settle in to the pace of the game.

"I want to start in three or four games in a row," he said. "If I don't deliver, then people can say what they like about me - if I'm fat or this or that."

It would seem that people can already say what they like about him... that he's fat or whatever lol











Surge!

he is undoubtedly a fat bastard but surely they should give him some real game time to see what hes got

Why'd you eat the chicken, Mario? Mario? Why?

Quite.

Big bones coping with a five-a-day pie habit.










Surge!

Well of course he's na' happy! He can't stop eating! He eats because he's unhappy, and he's unhappy because he eats. It's a vicious cycle.

just found some disturbing footage of jardel warming up no wonder there pissed at him warning video may be slightly more disturbing than frankie mac in a bikini http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e99fijCIEM pedersen2007-11-14 21:32:22

Give him a chance... Ronaldo was fat and he could score Inter rocks2007-11-14 22:17:31

so was Gazza (R.I.P)

would u like another cream cake

disco_mart2007-11-14 23:32:19

Ricki Herbert had the strength to release Cleberson and George because they didnt come up to expectations. The fact is that Jardel is a great disappointment and frankly simply not good enough. He has done nothing to indicate that I will be changing that assessment this season.

Why Did the Chicken cross the road???

If I looked like Jardel, I wouldn't be happy either.

rofl at him being marquee, i wonder what they pay him, no wonder he hits the pies like theres no tomorrow, i wonder how long he thought he could keep up the ruse before they realised hes past the mill. man why dont coaches actually go have a look at these kinda players before signing, or did they?

i accept the element of risk for our guys, and obviously 2 outa 4 is pretty darn good, but for a marquee, can someone please enlighten me as to what kinda scouting they did for this guy beore signing an overweight marquee?

yeah, he's tubby and everything, plus he had some depression issues, but i'm sure that if he was supported and if he got game time he would be dead good. we're talking about a former golden boot in EUROPE, and a former international. He could wreck any defence in the A-League. And come on, if Reinaldo is considered to be a champion, Jardel could easily be the star of stars, behind Juninho and Daniel - who play in a different position anyway!

You lot need to wake up and smell the coffee!

He's overweight and his best years are 5 years behind him.  He's barely scored 2 goals a season in the last 5 seasons and the fact that a player as great as him is on dodgy Con's payroll says it all about how far he has fallen.

You can take your gold blinkers off any time you like.
Hard News2007-11-15 16:11:28

haha thank you HN

i think it is you who needs to wake up n smell the coffee pilot. Jardel, no matter what he has done over the past few decades (wait that makes him how old?) the fact is he's done nothing this year except eat all your pies and occupy and oversized paycheck, to think u'd take him over Elrich is laughable
muso2007-11-15 16:37:10

Was wandering down Hunter St in Newcastle... popped into a dairy/concenience store/milk bar/all of the above and saw this massive industrial oven on the blokes counter... asked the bloke what it was for and he told me it's for the new pie they're gettin in for the J-man next week.... the Six n Fifty!


(when 6 four n twenty's won't quite fill the hole)







Surge!

You're deluded buddy.

Mmmmm, nice coffee.

As others have said, his best days are long behind him. I don't doubt that he give 100% at training and on the pitch, but the sad fact is that 100% of f**k all is .......... f**k all.

i have to agree with all of the above in response to joel griffiths junior. pilot, will you still be saying that if he was twice the size and twice as slow in another 5 years....?? perhaps you should have put it in perspective and said jardel WAS one of the greatest footballers etc etc....maybe a better player in his day than elrich is, but you can't compare a giant of yesterday with a current player easily.