PaddockLad 16349 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 He's got a flat in Bournemouth but attends his rehab centre every day apparently. Does a lot of fishing. The father and brother in law saw him one day on the Avon near Christchurch and said he was very chatty but they couldnt understand a word he said He had someone with him and they reckoned he was sober but just sort of frazzled, poor fucker. Still the best player I've ever seen...maybe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bias 3 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Remember all that shit with Raul Moat and he turned up with a NUFC shirt and fishing rod etc and the police reckoned after that he was lying that he was a mate etc? I wouldn't be surprised if his mind was frazzled a bit with all the alcohol and coke etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADP 0 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Glad he's still with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asprilla 96 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Supporting England was a million times more fun when he played for us. Still think he should have gone to the World Cup in 98, Robert Lee didn't even play as I remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6795 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 What must you have to drink to get like that? It must have something to do with money as well, most people would surely go broke? Why do you think most alcoholics drink cheap cider? 20quid a week out of your benefits will keep you mortal 12hours a day. A lot of them get DLA too which gives them even more cash to spend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 He might have the encephalopathy but he hasn't got a mackem accent which is the main thing. He looks bad but he looks like he's been doing some gym work at the same time. Bless him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6795 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Give me a mackem accent over his current standard of life anyday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Give me a mackem accent over his current standard of life anyday Give me a mackem accent over his current standard of life anyday Fair comment, at least if you've got one there's always elocution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19147 Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 I saw Gazza being interviewed a couple of years ago and he said he was having a bottle of whiskey before playing a charity event where he scored, then after the match went out and had another session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 42030 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Ultimately it comes down to willingness to beat the addiction. He's had plenty opportunity, is better placed than most, and the rewards for beating it were higher for him than for most. Sadly, the will doesn't seem to be there and he'll likely die a relatively young man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13996 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I would have thought - regardless of what he does now - the damage has already been done & chances are he'll be pretty poor at fighting off ilness and will die young anyway? If your liver has taken that much of a kicking surely it wont take much - drink or otherwise - to properly knack you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I would have thought - regardless of what he does now - the damage has already been done & chances are he'll be pretty poor at fighting off ilness and will die young anyway? If your liver has taken that much of a kicking surely it wont take much - drink or otherwise - to properly knack you. Herbal licoqurice powder is mega for the stomach and liver btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13996 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Aye but gallons & gallons of high proof alcohol over a prolonger period of time resulting in clear brain damage is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldstott 0 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I was about to start my reply with 'what marketing idiot would do that'. But look at the conversation it has generated here and no doubt across numerous other sites/the pub. 12,000 hits. Probably answers my question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13996 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 There's a great deal of people getting their photo taken next to the billboards and tweeting them - so yes a great marketing move - so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6795 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Umbro/England - Watch this man who used to be a cracking footballer but is now an alcohol induced husk of a man gibber his way through a monologue and burst into tears at the end. There's a reason every one is talking about it, and it's not because we are all proud of gazza and can't wait to run out and by an England shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Total cynical miserable bollocks as usual. He doesn't look his best, granted. He represents the common man in the street, the kid who couldn't spell his own name, who became a world star, who largely played for his love of the game rather than anything else (he could've signed for more money for clubs when he signed for Rangers). Italia 90, he became an all time legend in English football, he was mint in Euro 96, forget his problems he represents working class people like me, keeping the dream alive and epitomised the attitude people should have towards the pride in England shirt. Not like these wanks since Sven's reign started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADP 0 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Total cynical miserable bollocks as usual. He doesn't look his best, granted. He represents the common man in the street, the kid who couldn't spell his own name, who became a world star, who largely played for his love of the game rather than anything else (he could've signed for more money for clubs when he signed for Rangers). Italia 90, he became an all time legend in English football, he was mint in Euro 96, forget his problems he represents working class people like me, keeping the dream alive and epitomised the attitude people should have towards the pride in England shirt. Not like these wanks since Sven's reign started. Whilst I do largely agree with everything you've said, he also stands for more than that. He involuntarily represents for a lot of people the price of fame and money and how it can impact detrimentally on an illness like alcoholism. He will always be a legend of the game, but it's his career afterwards on shows like Piers Morgan and This Morning that adds fuel to the tabloid voyeurism which sadly overshadows the fact his is, as you say, a true working class boy done good in the game he loved since he was 3 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6795 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Total cynical miserable bollocks as usual. He doesn't look his best, granted. He represents the common man in the street, the kid who couldn't spell his own name, who became a world star, who largely played for his love of the game rather than anything else (he could've signed for more money for clubs when he signed for Rangers). Italia 90, he became an all time legend in English football, he was mint in Euro 96, forget his problems he represents working class people like me, keeping the dream alive and epitomised the attitude people should have towards the pride in England shirt. Not like these wanks since Sven's reign started. How does he represent working class people? Just about every pro footballer in this country is/was working class man. 99% of them haven't fucked up their lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 How does he represent working class people? Just about every pro footballer in this country is/was working class man. 99% of them haven't fucked up their lives. He epitomises the difference between footballers 20 years ago and footballers today. In his prime he was funny (tell me a funny footballer now), endearing (again there's not that many who are in this era epitomised by the likes of Danny Simpson), honest, transparent, down to earth, and remembered his pals. How many footballers would take a 24 year old to live in Italy with him who'd been on the dole since leaving school, and pay him £1000 a week?! More importantly above his riches, far above, was the pride in wearing all of his club shirts (he hardly had a bad game for the toon) and in particular his England caps. He was living the dream and it was about the honour. He sums up the difference between old and new, and I guarantee now, people of our age in 20 years time won't look at any of the current crop as endearingly as we look at Gazza. ADP fair points, but I'd rather focus on what he represented and continues to represent in terms of English football heritage and him being a clear and present contradiction of far less talented footballers attitudes in this day and age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 42030 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 There's lots to like about Gazza, but fucking hell, that's a rosey picture of his career and what he represents that you've painted there, Stevie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6795 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 That's because our modern culture/the media won't allow us to have players like that anymore. Look at Balotelli, on the back pages of the papers, dragged in front of the FA and dropped on numerous occasions by his club for being a 'character'. There are still plenty about, they are just more careful about what they say and do in public because they know the press are constantly looking for a story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6795 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 There's lots to like about Gazza, but fucking hell, that's a rosey picture of his career and what he represents that you've painted there, Stevie. Aye, the whole cracking his wife in the face with an iron and leaving his kids, numerous drink driving offences, fucking his leg with a ridiculous challenge etc. Obviously weren't worthy of a mention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 (edited) cracking his wife in the face with an iron and leaving his kids, numerous drink driving offences, fucking his leg with a ridiculous challenge etc. Obviously weren't worthy of a mention That's just an average night oot down tha bigg market, nee bother Edited June 1, 2012 by Kevin S. Assilleekunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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