Indeed. It's just...hard to try and figure out who gave them those questions. Maybe they figured that all English players in America are married to a Spice Girl or something...
Actually, the way that interview went I'm surprised they didn't just plainly ask "would you give her one?"
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Posté 11 février 2011 - 02:41
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He did almost imply that at one point "Do you like Victoria Beckham?" or something he asked. Its guys like him that give football fans in America a bad name, most of them seem knowledgable enough but guys like that being on the TV just ruin it for everyone. Huckerby didn't seem to know what to do.
Remember though according to the internet Darren Huckerby is an English soccer legend having played for the Norfolk team lol.
Remember though according to the internet Darren Huckerby is an English soccer legend having played for the Norfolk team lol.
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Posté 11 février 2011 - 03:32
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Norwich IS Norfolk. Waitaminute.....
On the Victoria Beckham thing, yeah, pretty much so.
Maybe the crew had a bet to see if they could rattle Huckerby. Be interesting to see that sort of interview on someone who doesn't pull their punches in interviews.
On the Victoria Beckham thing, yeah, pretty much so.
Maybe the crew had a bet to see if they could rattle Huckerby. Be interesting to see that sort of interview on someone who doesn't pull their punches in interviews.
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Posté 11 février 2011 - 03:49
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Canada showing the rest of the world how to play defense......no wonder we are ranked 80th or so in the world.
Stellar back end play
Stellar back end play
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HUCKS = LEGEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNND lmao
I mean...seriously, he is a legend to us....but wtf? lol
I mean...seriously, he is a legend to us....but wtf? lol
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Posté 11 février 2011 - 04:31
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That Canadian clip reminded me of a horrendous incident I had when I was about 17 and attempting to clear a low cross I somehow managed to kick a combination of the ground and my own foot, I didn't quite fall I just kind of flopped about and the ball hit me on the shins, dropping straight to the other team and they scored. But I loved the sheer casualness of the Canadian fella.
That Huckerby thing makes me both want to laugh and cry. But Steve Mclaren going Dutch is just comedy....
On OBaka's point about people who wouldn't have reacted well to that Huckerby questions. Try Keano...
That Huckerby thing makes me both want to laugh and cry. But Steve Mclaren going Dutch is just comedy....
On OBaka's point about people who wouldn't have reacted well to that Huckerby questions. Try Keano...
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Posté 11 février 2011 - 05:41
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Ah yes...I'd forgotten about that incident.
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Posté 12 février 2011 - 02:56
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Very nice of Rooney to remove himself from Kompany's pocket to score the goal of the season.
Bloody hell the mighty Canaries strike in injury time again.
Bloody hell the mighty Canaries strike in injury time again.
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Posté 12 février 2011 - 07:36
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Chuffed when I read about that. Way into injury time.
Sounds like a good win for Man Utd as well.
Sounds like a good win for Man Utd as well.
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Posté 12 février 2011 - 08:16
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Our 8th injury time goal of the season 
We the new Man Utd roflmao
We the new Man Utd roflmao
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Posté 12 février 2011 - 08:31
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Your right OBaka it was a good win but not a particularly good performance. Did anyone see the match? Kompany absolutely owned Rooney for 90 minutes, he didn't have a sniff and was quite frankly awful. But what a goal. Carlos Tevez was last seen in the pocket of Chris Smalling. Your man Summerbee after the match gave the most one eye, biased summary I've seen in a long time. classic small time team wanting to play with the big boys. It was Liverpool like.
I was going to stick Norwich on my bet but chose not to in the end up. Kinda glad I didn't I got my teams up and that result might have given me a heart attack.
I was going to stick Norwich on my bet but chose not to in the end up. Kinda glad I didn't I got my teams up and that result might have given me a heart attack.
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hahahaha Druss
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Posté 12 février 2011 - 08:45
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We be doing a good job so far this season. Long may it continue!
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Posté 12 février 2011 - 08:48
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Would you consider Norwich ready for a run in the premier league if they made it?
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We are no where near ready Druss imo.
But, having said that, I have thought about this for a while now (as have been asked before by friends). My first thought is I would rather us not get promoted, we are woefully underprepared, do not have the players, money or anything. But, on reflection, I actually would like to get promoted. we do not have bags of money, so for me personally, it would not bother me in the slightest if we became a yo-yo club for a few years.
Not the best situation, but 40 million for being in Prem league, 20 million if we get relegated as a parachute, 40 million the season after in the EPL, 20 after that in the Champ....
The money would sure come in handy. So while I want to see us back in the EPl and 'stay there', I cannot see it happening anytime soon with our current resources, but with EPL and parachute payments, that might actually be the best thing for us.
But, having said that, I have thought about this for a while now (as have been asked before by friends). My first thought is I would rather us not get promoted, we are woefully underprepared, do not have the players, money or anything. But, on reflection, I actually would like to get promoted. we do not have bags of money, so for me personally, it would not bother me in the slightest if we became a yo-yo club for a few years.
Not the best situation, but 40 million for being in Prem league, 20 million if we get relegated as a parachute, 40 million the season after in the EPL, 20 after that in the Champ....
The money would sure come in handy. So while I want to see us back in the EPl and 'stay there', I cannot see it happening anytime soon with our current resources, but with EPL and parachute payments, that might actually be the best thing for us.
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Posté 12 février 2011 - 09:51
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I agree with Autolycus for the most part.
Promotion at this stage would be too soon. Sure, the Premiership is the promised land as far as clubs are concerned. When we were promoted to the Premiership the city was really buzzing. The money is a great boost. And the yo-yo thing that West Brom have done for years isn't really that bad, but it would depend on the board's expectations.
A few teams have been promoted and stayed there. Off the top of my head only Bolton come to mind having firmly entrenched themselves in the Premiership. If our board has realistic expectations, i.e., do not sack the manager after a bad run or a 'bad' season, then we can rebuild in the long term. Save up that extra bonus money for being in the Premiership then make an almighty push to establish ourselves after a few yo-yo seasons.
Given the nature of boards and chairmen though I just can't see that happening as I do expect them to go all funny and start sacking managers in some desperate and ill-conceived attempt to stay in the Premiership. Lambert has been brilliant for us, and stability is always key to a team's success (just look at Man Utd).
I can see the possibility of other teams trying to get Lambert though; Burnley already tried (and quite frankly it wouldn't have really been much of a step up for him at the time). Certainly wouldn't begrudge him if a Premiership club went in for him though, but would be disappointed to see him go seeing how he got the team playing when he took over.
Promotion at this stage would be too soon. Sure, the Premiership is the promised land as far as clubs are concerned. When we were promoted to the Premiership the city was really buzzing. The money is a great boost. And the yo-yo thing that West Brom have done for years isn't really that bad, but it would depend on the board's expectations.
A few teams have been promoted and stayed there. Off the top of my head only Bolton come to mind having firmly entrenched themselves in the Premiership. If our board has realistic expectations, i.e., do not sack the manager after a bad run or a 'bad' season, then we can rebuild in the long term. Save up that extra bonus money for being in the Premiership then make an almighty push to establish ourselves after a few yo-yo seasons.
Given the nature of boards and chairmen though I just can't see that happening as I do expect them to go all funny and start sacking managers in some desperate and ill-conceived attempt to stay in the Premiership. Lambert has been brilliant for us, and stability is always key to a team's success (just look at Man Utd).
I can see the possibility of other teams trying to get Lambert though; Burnley already tried (and quite frankly it wouldn't have really been much of a step up for him at the time). Certainly wouldn't begrudge him if a Premiership club went in for him though, but would be disappointed to see him go seeing how he got the team playing when he took over.
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Aye agreed OBak...
Any champiosnhip team would be a sideways step imo...and I think he knows that (plus he does actually seem to get on with the boarfd, players, fans etc)..
But yes, if a Prem team came in for him, would not begrudge him wanting to ebtter himself, though I think if it was any team from 15th downwards and heading into the Championship, I actually would like to think he would stay, grass is not always greener and better the devil you know.
Any champiosnhip team would be a sideways step imo...and I think he knows that (plus he does actually seem to get on with the boarfd, players, fans etc)..
But yes, if a Prem team came in for him, would not begrudge him wanting to ebtter himself, though I think if it was any team from 15th downwards and heading into the Championship, I actually would like to think he would stay, grass is not always greener and better the devil you know.
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Posté 12 février 2011 - 10:10
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Yep. Why go to a struggling Premiership team when the team you have is on the up-and-up? Especially if the club works in such a way that suits you, and you control the parts which you feel you need control. That is unless he's just the sort of person who likes that sort of challenge.
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Posté 12 février 2011 - 10:35
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The thing about being a yo-yo club is that after you go down the first time its hard trying to hold onto your best players to get you back up again, look at Middlesboro. I like the loyalty Wolves have shown McCarthy this season, another board would probably have sacked him by now like DiMateo.
Schteve McClaren said something very interesting about coaching and how much more tactically aware the players are in Germany and Holland...
http://www.football3...6746884,00.html
Schteve McClaren said something very interesting about coaching and how much more tactically aware the players are in Germany and Holland...
http://www.football3...6746884,00.html
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Ummmm...wow....that sort of ....actually....was quite sensible and logical....
Are we sure that was really McLaren who said all that? rofl
Are we sure that was really McLaren who said all that? rofl
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Posté 12 février 2011 - 11:11
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I think he is actually some sort of split personality like Jeckyll and Hyde. On the one hand theres his time as United assistant manager, getting Middlesboro of all teams to a Uefa cup final, winning the Dutch league and saying things like this that make sense. Then theres the grinning goon who managed England and publicly bowed down to his players before attempting to become more Dutch with his fake accent. He's like a supervillain or something.
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I don't think we've had an England manager who is 'their own man' for quite a while now. Probably doesn't help when they can't make the decisions they would want to (or at least that's what it seems like).
Oh, and yo-yoing. Yeah, that is a danger Druss. You need everyone committed otherwise you will lose key personnel and effectively start from scratch again. In that, West Brom haven't done too bad over the years in keeping their players. Come to think of it, Newcastle managed to keep most of their players and got promoted straight away; effectively the same with Juventus after the bribery thing as well.
Of course it does bring us to the whole thing about loyalty to a club...
Oh, and yo-yoing. Yeah, that is a danger Druss. You need everyone committed otherwise you will lose key personnel and effectively start from scratch again. In that, West Brom haven't done too bad over the years in keeping their players. Come to think of it, Newcastle managed to keep most of their players and got promoted straight away; effectively the same with Juventus after the bribery thing as well.
Of course it does bring us to the whole thing about loyalty to a club...
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Posté 13 février 2011 - 02:39
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I think loyalty to a club is a very rare thing in football with the vast amounts of money being thrown around by the bigger clubs. There are exceptions ofcourse but I think the height of loyalty these days is when a player stays until the club is ready to sell him. Like the way Ronaldo left United, you wouldn't really begrudge a player going to a bigger club or somewhere he really wants to play aslong as he does it the right way. The opposite of that being Ashley Cole ofcourse. Alot gets overlooked too like Gerrard gets called loyal by Liverpool fans but he was joining Chelsea until they started giving him death threats and burning effigies of him in the streets.
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True.
The whole concept of loyalty in football is almost non-existent. You have some top players at the top clubs staying there for many years and perhaps their entire careers. Giggs, Scholes, Gary Neville, and Maldini are examples of the latter. But then they were already at clubs which had a reputation. Though I understand Man Utd struggled a bit during Ferguson's early days.
Anyway, the point is that it's easier to be loyal to a club where a move elsewhere wouldn't really bring much advantage to the player. That is not to say the player is not loyal though, just that it is more difficult to see as it were.
I think a good example of loyalty are those players who stay at a club for the majority of their career even though they don't get to pick up winners' medals and stuff. Matt le Tissier is the sort of player I have in mind for that. Alan Shearer isn't a bad example in that respect either choosing to go to Newcastle and staying there for the rest of his career.
Maybe with financial restrictions we might see a change. Then again that doesn't really seem likely.
The whole concept of loyalty in football is almost non-existent. You have some top players at the top clubs staying there for many years and perhaps their entire careers. Giggs, Scholes, Gary Neville, and Maldini are examples of the latter. But then they were already at clubs which had a reputation. Though I understand Man Utd struggled a bit during Ferguson's early days.
Anyway, the point is that it's easier to be loyal to a club where a move elsewhere wouldn't really bring much advantage to the player. That is not to say the player is not loyal though, just that it is more difficult to see as it were.
I think a good example of loyalty are those players who stay at a club for the majority of their career even though they don't get to pick up winners' medals and stuff. Matt le Tissier is the sort of player I have in mind for that. Alan Shearer isn't a bad example in that respect either choosing to go to Newcastle and staying there for the rest of his career.
Maybe with financial restrictions we might see a change. Then again that doesn't really seem likely.
