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04 November 2005 By Howaythetoon
I will not try and convince you that he is a good player because that would be futile, he isn't. Even I know that and I like the lad, and rate his ability to do a job from the bench as a squad player. But I disagree strongly with those who insist he isn't good enough for Newcastle United and shouldn't be at the club. He isn't good enough for the first-team aye, but then he wasn't bought for that, yet he and players like him are very important in the dressing room. A football club you see needs average players to balance the dressing room, to create harmony off the pitch. If a club had just great players in every position, all believing they have a divine right to be in the first-team because of their ability, and a divine right to be paid the most because of their star status, inevitable frictions would develop and chaos would ensue. A prime example of this type of environment would be Real Madrid and their 'Galacticos'. Several managers have all failed to harmonize the Madrid dressing room and as a result there is a snob culture at Real and that's a dangerous recipe. By having players like Amdy Faye in the ranks, what a manager has is a player who effectively knows his place, who will work hard on the training pitch, who will toe the line and basically do whatever is told or asked of him without so much as a peep. That rubs off on egos, personalities and big name stars. Dedication, hard work and professionalism is what every manager wants from his dressing room. If a squad is made up of big name stars, those stars can fall into a trap of complacency making the manager's job that bit harder to get a performance out of them on a consistent basis. Players like Faye don't ever take their position at a club for granted, will always be hungry and will never upset the apple cart. Those ingredients are what holds a dressing room together and rubs off on everyone. While Faye is seen as a weakness when out on the pitch, off it he's very much a strength, and that is why players like the Toon man can be found at most clubs the world over. Why some of the best managerial minds opt to buy these "piss-poor" players. Arsenal have Pascal Cygan, Manchester United Darren Fletcher and Liverpool Djimi Traore for example. All average players, but they are at their respective club's for a reason and that reason isn't always about ability but to balance things up. It's easy for us to sit and judge from the stands because all we see is what is out on the park, before our very own eyes. And Faye is a poor player, awful on the ball, clumsy and a pain to watch at times. But if we were given access to the dressing room, we'd perhaps see just how important players like he really is in the grande scheme of things. Just how big a part they play. The Sky bubble-wrapped view modern fans now have of the game often prevent us from seeing a bigger picture or looking beyond our own myopic needs which is to see good players out on the pitch, after all that's what we pay our money for, but it's to the detriment of our club when we piss and moan, boo and target good honest pros like Faye to vent our frustrations on. Lets not be snobs eh? Give him and players like him some slack, cheer him onto the field and not boo like what has happened a few times now. He is a Newcastle United player and we need players like him in our ranks to balance things off the pitch, regardless of how poor he may be on it. If we the fans create a snob culture at Newcastle, we will suffer as a result. Faye works damn hard in training and should look forward to playing, not dread it because he's not rated or wanted out on the stands. Souness recently confided that he has had to console Faye and deliberately leave him out on one or two occasions so his fragile confidence doesn't get shattered further by the boo-boys. That is shocking, absolutely shocking. While some of you reading this will be thinking "tough, he gets paid well enough", that's besides the point. Any player who gives their all should be respected. You don't have to like them, but you should damn well respect them while they are wearing our shirt. Faye is an important member of the team, they all are. And lets not forget that. © Howaythetoon
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Newcastle Need Players Like Amdy Faye
