Centre Half wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 10:22 pm
Scamacca should come out on a podcast and say in a David Moyes team you at least need to be able to stand up.
Slagging others off when he spends half his time on the deck.
I think he's actually having a dig at Moyes rather than Scamacca here, watch when he says 'in a David Moyes team' he rolls his eyes to one of the other podcasters.
Still bad darts though and not very professional.
Worth also noting this was likely recorded months or weeks back and has unfortunately been released a week before the final.
Last year he was begging in the press for another striker to share the workload. This season he got one, then another, and he decided he didn't like sharing the workload. It's a team trying to transition at his expense (in his mind). He didn't like that. The transition had to be put on hiatus due to injuries and slow adapting players and Mic has been just the slightest bit smug about it because in the end Moyes has had to rely on him. Again. So for now, he's not wrong about any of the things he has said. But none of it was necessary to say.
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I've never thought Antonio the sharpest tool in the box. That said, I think in all likelihood Antonio is the one of our three strikers who will be making way this summer, and he knows it, so probably didn't really consider saying something about a team mate to be that big a deal.
Lets be honest, Antonio was gash for long periods of this season, and only got back into the team because Scamacca was injured and Ings wasn't doing it.
Shabu wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 10:14 pm
He doesn't say anything bad at all. Some of you lot just want to hang the bloke no matter what.
He could come out & say "It's sunny today" & there'd be outrage on here that he should stick to football & not try to be a meteorologist
Well it ****ing ain't, is it? How long has it been since you saw the average British sky then Shabu, eh? EH? EH?
He’s had a shocker there, I’m really not a fan of active players doing these podcasts etc.
Unfortunately what he said is probably spot on. If Moyes is here next season we might as well sell Scamacca…….but that’s fine for me to say, not Antonio!
sendô wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 10:40 pm
Well it ****ing ain't, is it? How long has it been since you saw the average British sky then Shabu, eh? EH? EH?
It's been warmer in London than it has in San Diego lately. Bloody depressing
I'm also one of those who believes there's a time and a place to say such things and that Antonio is in the wrong for spouting off right now about it.
That said as it's now out in the open, it's also not good to hear someone so close to the situation confirming how Moyes struggles with playing the likes of Scamacca. As well as also confirming that Scamacca is a class quality player which some of us believed all along. Not that any of it is a surprise as we've heard Antonio before on what he thinks of Moyes managerial style in the past.
He’s always been a bit stupid, and says the first thing that comes in to his pea-sized brain.
If he had any common sense he’d listen back to the podcast, acknowledge the bits where he went too far, and do some edits. It’s not the first time he’s done this, and it won’t be the last. Hopefully it will be the last time he does it whilst representing West Ham though. Although, given his penchant for airing dirty laundry, it might put off other teams from signing him.
PF. wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 7:07 am
I don’t think I’ll ever understand why someone would go out and call out a teammate like that.
More fool the club and in particular the media team for not managing how the players communicate - unless he’s gone rogue.
Poor form from Antonio.
not the clubs fault. MA decides to shoot his mouth off then there are countless ways of him doing that.
I think his opinion of himself is right up there and he obviously feels he's ok to make comments about team mates, despite spending the majority of the year laying on his arse pretending he's been fouled
Even at a late stage in his career he may be better off concentrating on himself
