Nick Powell was once fined by Wigan Athletic for making a ‘your Mum’ joke as a photo of a punishment list resurfaces on social media.
Powell spent three seasons at Wigan between 2016 and 2019 before securing a move to his current club Stoke City, and unfortunately for him, he is expected to be sidelined for the next two months after damaging knee ligaments in the first friendly of pre-season.
Back in his time at the Latics, he ended up getting fined for saying ‘I tooled your mum’, something that surely will never, ever be topped.
He scored 29 goals in 99 games across all competitions, but his time will be best remembered for his £40 fine.
Powell picked up a fine for ‘disrespect’ after brutally telling a teammate ‘I tooled your mum’ with the photo going viral in the last week or so after it was posted online.
@mfemigs wrote: “A lot on the timeline about Ten Hag ramping up the discipline at United. He can try, but whatever he does will never top what Nick Powell got done for”
A lot on the timeline about Ten Hag ramping up the discipline at United. He can try, but whatever he does will never top what Nick Powell got done for pic.twitter.com/aakV9oZzKW
— Migs (@mfemigs) July 7, 2022
His fine resurfaced amid Erik ten Hag issuing a set of rules at Manchester United with the Dutchman wanting to bring a level of discipline at Man Utd following a terrible Premier League campaign last season, leading to another campaign trophyless.
According to the Mirror, he has told his players that they will be dropped if they are late for training or team meetings, regardless of reputation.
Paul Scholes has questioned the new rules being implemented by new boss Erik ten Hag at Manchester United.
It includes a ban on alcohol during a match-week and a ban on personal chefs. He will also drop any player who is late to training or team meetings, while he has vowed to keep a close eye over his squad’s weight and is set to implement weekly BMI checks to make sure his players are in shape.
The final rule will see all players needing to speak to Ten Hag about any grievances and his United squad are not allowed to talk to agents or other sources when they are unhappy.
Scholes gave a sarcastic verdict on it all, posting an Instagram story of the article with a shrugging emoji and the caption: “Not sure I would’ve coped without my personal chef and no agent to moan to.”.
“It’s like any other manager who comes in and sets some rules and boundaries. His rules. That’s normal,” Danny Murphy told talkSPORT on the rules.
“He’s not weird for doing that. He’s not exceptional. That’s what happens
“The attention to detail of each one we could dissect and say, ‘That’s laughable. That’s good. That’s bad’.
“Generally, what he’s trying to do is create more discipline by the sounds of it, that’s a good thing.”
“But some of them are just not policeable, they’re not manageable.
“For example, any player late to training or to meetings – that’s a big one – you get hammered for unpunctuality in football.
“’Dropped without exception’ is excessive for me. Your kid can be ill, I’ve been stuck on a road before where there have been fatalities and the police aren’t letting you through.
“’Drinking alcohol during the week’: the best players in the world at the biggest clubs manage their bodies.
“You’re going to struggle to police a player who decides to have two glasses of wine after a tough game to wind down when he’s playing again in three or four days.
“That’s just about players looking after themselves which at Man United, generally, they will be.
“It’s just not necessary, you’re preaching to the converted with that rule. You can’t manage that. It’s nonsense.
“You would say to the players, ‘Look lads, come on, if we want to be successful, you’ve got to take care of yourself’.
“You educate yourself to know not to drink because it’s going to be detrimental.”
Simon Jordan was happy with the rules: “What he’s actually saying there is, ‘I’m not going to speak to your agent. You can talk to who you want. You can talk to Uncle Tom Cobley, your father and your agent if you want to.
“But I won’t be taking a phone call from your agent about any issue you’ve got.’
“I think it’s the right thing to do. You can’t stop someone from talking to somebody. But What you can do is tell that person that you won’t be talking to their agent on their behalf.
“’If you’ve got something to say to me, you be a man, you play for Manchester United, part of the responsibility of playing for Man United is having the ability to be able to overcome adversity.
“’If adversity is what you’re whining to your agent about then, by definition, you come to me because I will refuse to talk to your agent.’”
There was plenty of reaction as a photo of a punishment list resurfaces with Nick Powell fined by Wigan for a ‘your Mum’ joke…
@lambsenglish: Also loving Windass sacking off the fitness monitoring gear
@thefuffa: Why did Windass get fined £80 for the same crime that Naismith was fined £40 for?
@mfemigs: Probably a multiple offender because he’s a thick fucker
@Dan__CAFC: Powell 🐐
@YellingAtSoccer: “I TOOLED YOUR MUM” is totally worth the £20.
@CrambazzledTask: Brilliant 😂
@Leightonjj_: Will never. I mean never ever get old 😂😂😂
@jjacquesnecker: “I tooled your mum” 😂😂😂😂
@johnteate1: Hate to see the stuff I’d have got fined for. 🙈😂
@alexd0bson00: Adds to list of reasons why Nick Powell is the goat
@alexb__96: The greatest to do it. What a footballer
@DannyMeaney5: @NPowell25 😂😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻
@italiananglopod: You can take the boy out of Crewe 👀😂
@_RobboParker: Clarke getting done for simply “hot packs” is hilarious hahahaha always been a joke club
@_leisureleagues: Sounds like one of our team names 😓😅
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