Pahars to retire ?

[Bristol Saint]

I went to Riga for my 21st in October, and went to see Skonto v Ventspils and Pahars was Skonto captain. Ventspils drew level with a controversial last minute penalty and I was quite randomly there whilst Ventspils got presented the league trophy. Some dodgy looking Russians brought in some fireworks and set them off and the Ventspils fans were chucking flares about. It was all quite surreal.

 

We waited around for Marian after the match to get our shirts signed and he stopped and talked to us for about twenty-five minutes. The first thing he said was 'bad result for us yesterday' refering to the 3-0 loss to Watford; it is quite clear he still cares passionately about the club, regardless of what people have said above. When I told him he was still something of a Saints legend, he summed it up quite succintly by saying 'I'm not the man I once was'. The sad truth is that he was spot on and was half a yard slower than most of the players on the pitch that day. There was a tidy looking centre back and left back playing for Skonto though. Perhaps Marian could become a scout instead.