TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 I am surprised that no one has endorsed Dazzler for his reading skills. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 I can't believe how many Scottish footballers have Linkedin!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Mackie got his job with ACE Winches as a condition of his contract with Turriff - the owner of Turriff Utd is one of the major shareholders in the company. Makes sense and is a standard move for ex-pros in the Highland League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Just realised Scott Severin works at my company. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 My mind has been blown. Biz dev! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 John Hewitt works at mine. I played 5s with him last Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladstone Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Calum Crighton ex-New Deer FC works here. Legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Old man calling a slightly older man an old cunt. Only in football. I can't take Pardew seriously now. How can he expect any of his players to act responsibly when he's on the sidelines giving it the ten-man hard cunt act. Noone in a position of authority should be acting like that. Poor pellers. He's just a bit weather-worn, he's not that old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Meh im sure there is worse said each week, it just so happens this one was heard. Newcastle were screwed anyway, it was a perfectly good goal, he had every right to be annoyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJimF Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 A couple of failed e-petitionshttp://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/58834http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/58869 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 "... Shouldn't be aloud" i'm glad noone signed it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Meh im sure there is worse said each week, it just so happens this one was heard. Newcastle were screwed anyway, it was a perfectly good goal, he had every right to be annoyed. I'm sure worse is said every game but I still think it's an ugly side to the game that I'd happily see stamped out. I don't even think what he said is that bad... it's more the general culture in football of it being OK to hurl abuse at people that I don't like. This is a good read... and it's sad that football hasn't really come much further. Not that Pardew is on par with this, but it's not far off. http://reflectionsasia.wordpress.com/2007/09/11/graeme-le-saux-how-gay-slurs-almost-wrecked-my-career/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Did he really mean to insult him in the same way as Le Saux was tho? I highly doubt it. He just said something stupid, rather than go out of his way to insult Pellegrini. I do agree football is awful for abuse, but in this instance i dont see the huge issue, if no one got upset about a game of football it would be a pretty boring game overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Did he really mean to insult him in the same way as Le Saux was tho? I highly doubt it. He just said something stupid, rather than go out of his way to insult Pellegrini. I do agree football is awful for abuse, but in this instance i dont see the huge issue, if no one got upset about a game of football it would be a pretty boring game overall. As I said, it's not the same as Pardew but it's still an example of what I see as this ugly neanderthal side of football that you don't see many other places. I find it pretty easy to get really upset without personally attacking other people. I don't see why professional footballers and managers can't do the same. Ok, i'm not involved in high-level sport so I don't have the same frame of reference but I don't think people should be exempt from social norms just because they're on a pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrr Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Pardew is one of the worst bastards in football. I'm surprised it has taken people this long to realise it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 So Lionel Messi didn't win the annual Lionel Messi award. BaLionel d'Or. That Chris Ronald guy won it. Is he any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Also, the utterly wonderful Clarence Seedorf is the new AC Milan boss. A very risky choice, given his lack of experience, but he's a top bloke, so I hope he wins the lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Inzaghi was the favourite so Seedorf is a surprise. I'd love him to do well though and based off nothing more than a gut feeling I think he could make a good coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladstone Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 As I said, it's not the same as Pardew but it's still an example of what I see as this ugly neanderthal side of football that you don't see many other places. I find it pretty easy to get really upset without personally attacking other people. I don't see why professional footballers and managers can't do the same. Ok, i'm not involved in high-level sport so I don't have the same frame of reference but I don't think people should be exempt from social norms just because they're on a pitch. I'm right there with you on the ugly neanderthal side of football. I'm ashamed that I used to join in with this (to an extent) both when I was playing and supporting football. It just seems to be ingrained in from a young age but there is absolutely no need for it. It took me to become a coach of kids football to really start looking at how people behave at all levels of football and it is just ridiculous. I read that Graeme Le Saux article and was really shocked by it. Not because it happened but because of how sucked into that sort of thing everyone can become. Until reading that article, the first thing that would have popped into my head at the mention of Le Saux would have been "was he gay?" Well, maybe not quite (probably him chinning David Batty and David Batty not flinching is the first thing). But I can remember, as a teenager, being convinced that Le Saux was gay and thinking it was funny when Robbie Fowler taunted him. I've obviously grown up a lot since then and can't comprehend why people can be so prejudiced because of someone's sexuality, skin colour, religion, or whatever. It must be a complete nightmare being a gay professional footballer. The standard put-down in any football changing room I've ever been in is "you fucking poof" or something similar and I've said it myself probably thousands of times in my life. Not really sure where I'm going with this, but the football culture is the thing that's made me lose a lot of interest over the past couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Still tho, it was good banter from Fowler at the time, much like his coke snorting celebration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eupraxia Posted January 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Robbie Fowler is a wretched and vile human being. None of his banter is ever good. That Graeme Le Saux excerpt is from his autobiography, which I thoroughly recommend. Obviously he's literate, so he didn't feel the need to use a ghost writer or a known journalist to write it for him. Totally worth a read, and it provides an excellent insight into top level football in the late 80s and 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 By the way Robbie Fowler did (much later) get in touch with Graeme Le Saux and apologise which I believe Le Saux accepted as genuine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eupraxia Posted January 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 I should think so too. Utter cretin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 I particularly like how robbie savage gets called out in that article. The same guy who moans about the despicable abuse people dish out on twitter. Its one bantz rule for one and another for the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Still tho, it was good banter from Fowler at the timeHow so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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