Drunk/Addicted Football XI

I’m not normally a reader of autobiographies but as I rate him as the best defender I’ve ever seen play I picked up this one when it came out & you’re right it makes for very dark reading. His upbringing was hardly a bed of roses
Its frightening to think of the states that he used to play in & still play as well as he did & I think the club’s he was at have got to bare some responsibility coz because he was able to play so well despite hsi issues they just let him get on with it whereas I think they’d have done more if it had effected the way he played. There’s the story that he was so sloshed in one game that he wanted to come off & feigned an injury to get the physio on to tell him – the physio told him he couldn’t, he replied that he could see 2 of whichever player he was marking & teh response he got was “Well tackle both of them then”
The guy oozed class on the football pitch though

Apart from a quite ridiculous suggestion of Alex Ferguson, nobody has managed to come up with anyone that we hadn’t already considered. However, I should probably have pointed out that selection for the team was based on a vague formula comprising a combination of quality of player and level/notoriety of alleged addictedness. That’s why Roy Carroll/Warren Aspinall were considered, for example, but were ultimately rejected in favour of better players.[/quote]
Apart from my suggestion of Garrincha you mean?

Garrincha spent the majority of his wealth on alcohol and extravagant luxuries. At just 49 he died of cirrhosis of the liver.

George Best died in hospital aged 59 after multiple organ failure.

Garrincha was the quicker.

Apart from a quite ridiculous suggestion of Alex Ferguson, nobody has managed to come up with anyone that we hadn’t already considered. However, I should probably have pointed out that selection for the team was based on a vague formula comprising a combination of quality of player and level/notoriety of alleged addictedness. That’s why Roy Carroll/Warren Aspinall were considered, for example, but were ultimately rejected in favour of better players.[/quote]

Shakes head and walks away.

Do you ever wonder why people turn away from this site.[/quote]

Spot on observation there edinburghlatic. Maybe his closing line should have read: Right this is our defining team, don’t bother with adding to it as we’ve made our mind up that there can be no changes because I/we know best for everbody. After all it’s only a bit of fun, my fun. And he was doing ok for a couple of days as well. Leopard and spots comes to mind.

Calm down lad, you know that all that stress is not good for your cholesterol levels. You’ll do yourself an injury. I do like the idea that you rolled out the ‘good old drugs’ reference (makes you sound grown up that does) and it is only your arrogance that says that I ‘spectacularly misunderstood’ because I didn’t.

Don’t flatter yourself that anyone cares about your demeanour, you were (look I’ve done bold lettering) doing ok for a couple of days.

Your crappy defence to think that I would respond with the ‘I was just winding you up’ response again shows you to be the chump here lad.

Grow up will ya, and seriously watch them blood vessels, you are the only one here to get so angry about any post that does not go your way. Have a wee think about it, missus was right you know, I bet you were bullied at school.

Play nice then.

edinburghlatic wrote:

Manager has to be Alex Ferguson…

I believe Sir Alex likes a glass of red wine, but is he really addicted to it?

He’s not a candidate for manager in my eyes. But, then, I haven’t been out on the town with him. Others may know him better.

He can hardly compare with Brian Clough; “In January 2003, the 67-year-old Clough underwent a liver transplant; 30 years of heavy drinking had taken its toll.”