Guest Eddie Kettle Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 He managed Oxford Utd when the bouncing Czech owned them and got them promoted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bagarri Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 12 minutes ago, Southie_Owl said: I always find it strange when I meet people who say they like playing football but don't like watching it. Especially when they are quite good players. I'm not talking about girls here Andy Carroll too said he doesn't follow football, only plays it. Claims he had to Google most of the Liverpool team when he moved there...he is pretty damn thick though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Got Oxford into the top flight! That's right, Oxford! Then won the league cup with them. Did a decent job at QPR though I can not remember whether he was their manager when they too won the League Cup. Then put a very good Pompey side together and got them to an FA Cup semi final replay and very close to the top flight. He got Derby up after years of near misses and lots of money spent by the previous manager. A really good manager of the old school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TANGLED UP IN BLUE Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Just now, George said: Got Oxford into the top flight! That's right, Oxford! Then won the league cup with them. Did a decent job at QPR though I can not remember whether he was their manager when they too won the League Cup. Then put a very good Pompey side together and got them to an FA Cup semi final replay and very close to the top flight. He got Derby up after years of near misses and lots of money spent by the previous manager. A really good manager of the old school. Sshhhh Birmingham will be after him if that's the case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTacoSWFC Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Maybe he needed a poo and just wanted to get home... I'm not interested in owt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 must be an old bloke now, they usually stop following sport seriously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 58 minutes ago, Lord Snooty said: The Bald Eagle! He must be cracking on a bit now. 59 minutes ago, Imre-Banana said: The Bald Eagle..reyt lad Atillio Lombardo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Tom Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 To be fair to him, one of the key person specifications for the Derby manager role is 'not being particularly interested in football' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Back in the day i always wanted him to be our manager for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 This he wanted the job when pleat was appointed. Rings a bell anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_D Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 I was a metalworker in the 70s and early 80s, hated it. Never talk about that job nowadays. Might be similar for some in football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherlyegg Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 2 minutes ago, WalthamOwl said: Back in the day i always wanted him to be our manager for some reason. Think he was a fav to join us once...can't remember where he went instead or we ended up with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroswfc Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 That's surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoop Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 He must be at least 80 maybe he's going senile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianowl Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 2 hours ago, Ian_D said: I was a metalworker in the 70s and early 80s, hated it. Never talk about that job nowadays. Might be similar for some in football. It just seems off that professional athletes are like this considering the amount of talent involved, as well as hard work from a young age. A guy I went to school with plays pro hockey but at this point pretty much hates it. He's played a few NHL games with a few NHL clubs but he's pretty much a career AHL player (Championship equivalent) at this point. He makes about $500,000 a year playing hockey so it's a good paying job even if you don't care for the game much anymore. I think Andre Agassi was the same. HATED tennis, but it paid the bills so he kept playing for years because of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the mighty wednesday Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 3 hours ago, TANGLED UP IN BLUE said: Sure I remember reading Antonio was same, no interest in football apart from playing and didn't watch other games? Seems bizarre. I think Tudgay was similar, no interest in football just saw it as a job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictoryBell Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 3 hours ago, gurujuan said: Was chatting to him the other day, as he lives on the same road as me in Oxford. I've spoken to him before about Wednesday, as I knew he was a Wednesday fan growing up in Shiregreen. He is a really nice bloke, and isn't involved with football, in any capacity anymore. What surprised me, was his lack of interest in Wednesday, and football in general. He didn't know who our manager was, or how we were doing this season. It's funny when you meet people, who have been involved in the game, but they have no real interest in it. Have met a few like that, some are really good players, and have a talent, but no interest in football whatsoever Yup but it's not unknown by any means for top sportsmen (and women, too, I am sure) to hate the sport that they excel at. Famously, Andre Agassi hated tennis (absolutely true and well attested, mainly by the man himself!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theowlsman Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 (edited) Probably thought you were a stalker Guru Hope his house doesn't get burgled. Edited May 12, 2017 by theowlsman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincs Owl Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 3 hours ago, alanharper said: Yeah I remember it was always said when we played against his teams that he was a Wednesdayite. Forgotten all about "the bald eagle" tbh - he must be about 108 now! He's 76. Went to my old school, Firth Park but he's older than me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Smith_(footballer,_born_1940) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted May 12, 2017 Author Share Posted May 12, 2017 44 minutes ago, theowlsman said: Probably thought you were a stalker Guru Hope his house doesn't get burgled. Or mine, while I'm here in Spain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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