Pennant speaks out about his time at Liverpool.

[Dicko]

From what, to what?

 

I never warmed to Pennant as a player or a bloke but you can see why players like him and - to an extent - Babel flounder at Liverpool under Benitez.

 

Yet the best players, the ones willing to learn thrive.

[dirty_sanchez]

Rafa drove him to drink.

 

Well, given his past history, at least he didn't drive himself.

[RedinSweden]

"Rafa didn't have confidence in me. I'd play one week, then I'd be out of the team and think 'hold on a minute - last week I scored one and made two. How does that work?'

 

How often did that happen?

 

Pennant scored 3 goals for Liverpool. Only one of those came in matches where 2 more goals were scored, Newcastle 3-0 in march 2008. Torres set up Gerrard and Gerrard set up torres for the other goals. Pennant scored his goal by cleverly getting the defender to kick the ball at him and it bouncing in.

 

So, to sum up, scoring one and setting up two never happened. Not once.

[Major Tom]

Yet the best players, the ones willing to learn thrive.

 

Rafa likes a particular type of player and it is those players - not necessarily the best ones - who thrive. Kuyt for instance.

 

And it works for Rafa so I have no complaints. But I can perhaps see where Pennant is coming from.

[navbasi]

Errant Jermaine Pennant sent home by Real Zaragoza for third late show in two weeks

 

Former Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant was sent home from training by Real Zaragoza on Wednesday after arriving late to training for the third time in two weeks.

Coach Jose Gay prevented Pennant from joining the training session late and has recommended that he is heavily fined.

 

Pennant was late twice last week. He said one delay was because he had been stopped by police for speeding on the motorway.

 

Former Portsmouth and Arsenal star Pennant, 27, has had a difficult spell at Zaragoza since joining on a free transfer from Liverpool last summer.

 

He is still having to make use of a translator in training to understand his coach and team-mates and has been less than impressive on the field.

 

Zaragoza are fourth from bottom in La Liga and in danger of making a quick return to the second division.

 

Jermaine Pennant sent home by Real Zaragoza for third late show in two weeks | Mail Online

[dirty_sanchez]

Once a douche, always a douche.

[dave u]

Jose Gay.

 

 

*sniggers*

[Byrnie]

I heard he had a falling out with the coach over whether or not he could play in the hole.

[sh#t waffle]

I heard he had a falling out with the coach over whether or not he could play while holding a can of Skol.

[zigackly]

I heard he couldn't find the coach because he was falling out of someone elses car he stole.

[Guest Ulysses Everett McGill]

Would anyone be surprised if his excuses the second and third time were Wenger and then Benitez?

[Newport]

Fucking waste of a player. He had all the talent anyone could dream about when he was younger, but then decided to be massive cunt instead.

 

But he isn't alone. I believe this is the main reason why there are more and more foreign players in the Premier League, but that is of course because of all them foreign manager's. Which in some ways is correct, because they can see the value of a proper player with the right attitude.

[Royal Family]

 

He is still having to make use of a translator in training to understand his coach .

 

 

The problem is that, even if the coach was speaking the queen's english, he'd still need a translator.

 

Pound for pound, given we spent £8m on him plus massive wages, and he left on a free, I'd say he is without doubt Rafa's worst signing since taking over at Liverpool. And there is a lot of competiton for that status!