parsforlife Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 That's because Andy Tod was a nobody in football terms. LIES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPrice Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 This will probably result in Marko desperately trying to sign him up for another season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 LIES It's not only LIES, it's also BLASPHEMY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larbert_Par Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Andy Tod is not only a footballing God, but he is the Son of God. Full stop. Can only agree with what's been said - total non-story and I thought it was ridiculous to see the Record run it as their front page yesterday. The man has started a job to support his family - just like millions of others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parscelona Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 How dare an ex professional footballer look for a respectable career outside football after his playing days! Playing devils advocate here and it may sound harsh, yet if he hadn't blown his wages on the bookies, was more financially prudent and looked after himself a bit more (he was constantly out of shape for a professional footballer) then he wouldn't be forced to look for another career once his football days were over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Playing devils advocate here and it may sound harsh, yet if he hadn't blown his wages on the bookies, was more financially prudent and looked after himself a bit more (he was constantly out of shape for a professional footballer) then he wouldn't be forced to look for another career once his football days were over. I hardly think he cleared enough to sit back and do nowt, even if he did, it's his life, he'll have to answer to himself for the choices he made at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parscelona Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 I hardly think he cleared enough to sit back and do nowt, even if he did, it's his life, he'll have to answer to himself for the choices he made at some point. No doubt he will have to answer for the choices he's made in life, although i would argue he already is. Its a shame from a footballing perspective that the guy had a lot of promise at one point in his career, yet utterly wasted the opportunity that several people, including myself would have dreamed about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Piss poor from the Record. The guy's fucked up a lot of opportunities but to take the piss when he appears to have his head screwed on and is trying to look after his family is just cruel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loondave1 Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Jimmy Johnstone worked as a labourer to earn a crust.Kevin is a man who used to play football doing an ordinary job its not Pele working at Tescos.Piss poor condescending article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Fair play to him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1885 Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Loves a bet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue-Orchid Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 As much as I don't like Kevin and god attitude towards his home town, a man trying to earn a pupils for his family isn't big news. It is nice to read a headline with him not being bitter about Campbell Money giving him a knock back though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roker Rover Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 I met Kevin a couple of times briefly when he played for Sunderland and he came across very well each time. He tends to split opinion among our fans but I liked him as he was the type of player who wore his heart on his sleeve and never shirked a challenge. He may not have been the greatest player we ever had but that was not for lack of effort and that's good enough for me. The lad has obviously (by his own admission) had a few issues with gambling etc but hes trying to do what's best for his family and to be honest does not deserve the kind of publicity that article brings. We all make mistakes in life and its a learning curve for all of us. Good luck to the lad and if I ever bumped into him again i would happily buy him a beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 As much as I don't like Kevin and god attitude towards his home town, a man trying to earn a pupils for his family isn't big news. It is nice to read a headline with him not being bitter about Campbell Money giving him a knock back though. What is the story there? I've heard him make noises about wanting to beat Stranraer because they knocked him back as a youngster. From what I remember of him back then, he was decent player, but nothing exceptional. Several others around him (like Jenkins) were expected to go much further. As I recall, the Sunderland thing came pretty much out of the blue and then Berti Vogts offered him early prominence. As others are sensibly saying, the tone of the article is distasteful. Kyle has usually come across well on the likes of 'Off the Ball' and he doesn't deserve this kind of sneering for his honest endeavours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliche Guevara Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 It's a bit of an odd one as he signed for Ayr youths around the age of seventeen and then we let him go. From there he joined Sunderland, so his youth career was rather unconventional to say the least. You'd have thought signing for Sunderland would supersede any previous disappointment, and he never seems to mention being released by Ayr in negative terms. I wonder how often he did actually come out and say he hated Stranraer FC though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dryhorce Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Better strikers than him failed at Sunderland guys like Ally McCoist its a massive club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappiecat Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 British journalists are paragons of virtue and as such have a right to pass moral judgement and be condescending to anyone they choose without even a hint of hypocrisy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayhole Blue Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Kyle scored a hat-trick for Newton Stewart in the SOS yesterday according to posters in the South section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The other roker rover Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 As a sunderland fan, I. Have a lot of time for kev, he was way out of his depth in the premiership ( I think it was our 13 point season) but he always gave 100%. He was on about 5 grand a week at the time,but apparently had a gambling problem. Fair play to him for getting a job and not going down the sympathy (alcoholic ) like many others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawfield shed boy Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Paul Shields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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