KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Tommy Smith Sells his medals

Auctioned them off for a total of 137k, pretty much a week's wages for some of the modern lot. Pisses me off.

Why does it p!ss you off?

Its sad that he sold them but he is not getting any younger and he needed the money for his family so well done for him that he did that. I think other players would rather keep their memorabilia rather than sell it at any price.

Fair enough - but I don't see how anyone apart from Mr Smith has any right to be p!ssed off about him having to sell HIS medals. There was a similar thread for another ex-player last year and I thought it was going to go down a similar route, ie current players earn so much that they should contribute to previous players. Seriously, that is what was suggested! If I left my job and was a bit short of cash 40 years later I wouldn't expect any of my successors to bail me out.

Mr Smith never said he was [oops] off at having to sell them, I am saying it [oops] me off.
To think that the culmination of his years of success with our club, a guy who did give his all for the shirt, is worth only a week's money in the modern game for a guy who doesn't give a s### about a club just winds me up. I know times have changed, I just think it's sad.

I never said Mr Smith was p!ssed off - I said that he was the only one that had the right to be p!ssed off. Stop being such a drama queen.

I just hope that Dirk Kuyt never has to resort to selling his Liverpool medals for extra cash....

ha- no need anyway he's got lucrative modelling contract lined up

Who with -- hammer house of horror?

i think its disgracefull that the club did nt step in and buy the medals off tommy and then give em back to him. i mean whats 130k to the club, nothing. an lfc legend going trough a realy tough time and the club or even 1 of its players who earn that sum in a week dont step in to help, absolute joke