Not disagreeing that he let us down by being suspended, I was as disappointed and angry that we didn’t have a crucial player available for the last game. And yes, his moaning was irritating, but he’s not the first player in recent times to do that, in fact a player you championed on Twitter in David Ijaha used to do it all the time, right in the referees face.
I don’t agree with abuse of the officials, but I’d also say that Raymond, Kresh, Blackman, Vint, Wood and even Sanchez probably were as bad if not worse in some cases, with Kresh and Andre also receiving straight reds during the season for it, so I’d say it was a culture problem for the entire team last season and not just one player.
The free kick at Hemel was nothing to do with the yellow for Porter which I can say from watching it back several times, so that argument doesn’t hold for me.
In regards to the Honesty, Dignity and Integrity, as I said in my previous post, Porter has had all those things since the season ended, Hak was full of praise when I have spoken to him on the many occasions in the last few weeks of how he has conducted himself, and really wanted to keep him for next season, so he also must have thought he had those qualities too. Again I repeat, there were players that left before him that a lot of fans have adored who have acted incredibly disrespectfully towards Hak and the club.
The players pretty much all disgraced themselves after that game and on their night out afterwards, but as I also said, Porter called Hak the next morning to apologise. No other player did.
We all have different opinions, you and I have had many excellent conversations on him this season, but that’s just the game we both love. You can be happy he’s gone, I can be disappointed, but ultimately we now move on and look at those players we are bringing in. See you soon mate.
