Colly-more ?
From the BBC, Stan Collymore wants to resurrect his Premiership career.
The counter argument is stated here.
From my point of view, Stan Collymore was up there with the best footballers this country has ever produced. If he'd had the same professional attitude as, say, Alan Shearer, he'd still be an England regular and top flight footballer now.
The fact that he still makes the news now is partly down to his ability as a player. And the rest for his talent of being able to spot an open car door in the dark through thick foliage.
But the fact is, the man's an idiot, his own worse enemy. I'd heard stories from a Palace fan that he liked to settle any disagreements with his then girlfriend with his hands, which may be hearsay & gossip, but assaulting his high-profile weather forecasting partner in public certainly isn't.
He lost his friends at Forest when publicly asking for a move to a big club, a move his agent Paul Stretford had promised him. Man United were on the prowl after a couple of run-of-the-mill wonder strikes against them in 1994. January '95 and Man United got their man, a shock move orchestrated by Mr Stretford, Andy Cole from Newcastle. On hearing the news, Collymore stormed out of Forest training.
His last game for Forest was away at Wimbledon. Sam Hamman showed off his latest signing before the game, a fully grown elephant, and I think it's fair to say the elephant put more effort in that afternoon than Mr Collymore.
If he can still do it physically, he'll still be a decent player, and I'm sure there's a couple of lower table premier league clubs who would have a look.
But mentally, the jury's not only out, but will be reserving their judgement for some time to come.
The counter argument is stated here.
From my point of view, Stan Collymore was up there with the best footballers this country has ever produced. If he'd had the same professional attitude as, say, Alan Shearer, he'd still be an England regular and top flight footballer now.The fact that he still makes the news now is partly down to his ability as a player. And the rest for his talent of being able to spot an open car door in the dark through thick foliage.
But the fact is, the man's an idiot, his own worse enemy. I'd heard stories from a Palace fan that he liked to settle any disagreements with his then girlfriend with his hands, which may be hearsay & gossip, but assaulting his high-profile weather forecasting partner in public certainly isn't.
He lost his friends at Forest when publicly asking for a move to a big club, a move his agent Paul Stretford had promised him. Man United were on the prowl after a couple of run-of-the-mill wonder strikes against them in 1994. January '95 and Man United got their man, a shock move orchestrated by Mr Stretford, Andy Cole from Newcastle. On hearing the news, Collymore stormed out of Forest training.
His last game for Forest was away at Wimbledon. Sam Hamman showed off his latest signing before the game, a fully grown elephant, and I think it's fair to say the elephant put more effort in that afternoon than Mr Collymore.
If he can still do it physically, he'll still be a decent player, and I'm sure there's a couple of lower table premier league clubs who would have a look.
But mentally, the jury's not only out, but will be reserving their judgement for some time to come.
posted by Lucky Col at
4:11 PM
1 Comments:
what i hated was as soon as the possibility of a move to a big club was mentioned he would simply not bother to play for us (apart from getting a goal a game, which didn't require him to break into a sweat). hence why jason lee is such a god to us.
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Baz, at 4:33 PM
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