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  • Save opening a new thread... but BLIMEY!! I know he's retired now but boy he's put on more timber of late

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  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,054

    Save opening a new thread... but BLIMEY!! I know he's retired now but boy he's put on more timber of late

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    Keano going for the studs down the back of the leg as usual!! :wink:
  • dizzee
    dizzee Posts: 5,616
    Missed It said:

    Terrific player - and we haven't had a creative midfielder since he left. That's nearly ten bloody years of square passes!!!

    Kerms was creative but as a striker we didn’t see as much of it. Think had we kept him he could eventually have moved back to midfield.
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,246
    dizzee said:

    Missed It said:

    Terrific player - and we haven't had a creative midfielder since he left. That's nearly ten bloody years of square passes!!!

    Kerms was creative but as a striker we didn’t see as much of it. Think had we kept him he could eventually have moved back to midfield.
    He was a number 10 doing what number 10's do, he was never the sort of player to become a midfielder. Although he get get dropped back in front of the back 4 at Watford once
  • Blimey! Reid had actually lost weight in the last few years of his career, so it's a shame that he's let himself go again

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  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344

    Blimey! Reid had actually lost weight in the last few years of his career, so it's a shame that he's let himself go again

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    If he's happy why is it a problem? He's retired after all.

    He was always the kind of player that didn't need to do as much running, but was played in a position that forced it. He was never a natural LM.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    is it really Reid or another Trump/Khan style balloon ?
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,458

    Save opening a new thread... but BLIMEY!! I know he's retired now but boy he's put on more timber of late

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    That’s embarrassing. I imagine he’d still get in the Ireland team quite comfortably though.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    Dazzler21 said:

    Blimey! Reid had actually lost weight in the last few years of his career, so it's a shame that he's let himself go again

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    If he's happy why is it a problem? He's retired after all.

    He was always the kind of player that didn't need to do as much running, but was played in a position that forced it. He was never a natural LM.
    He did run though, work rate was never really an issue with Reid. His size meant people assumed he was lazy, wasting his career etc. I remember Sunderland fans changed their opinion after seeing him play for them.
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,296
    edited September 2018
    not that i particularly care but why is it that it is okay to mock the larger people but then when i take the piss out of someone like calling dianne abbot a fat slag i am given pelters?.

    so what if the fella is a fat fucker - if he is happy why is it an issue same with robinson he was a shocking manager but he is not that big.

    i just sometimes think its a lot of double standards.
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  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,653
    Scoham said:

    Dazzler21 said:

    Blimey! Reid had actually lost weight in the last few years of his career, so it's a shame that he's let himself go again

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    If he's happy why is it a problem? He's retired after all.

    He was always the kind of player that didn't need to do as much running, but was played in a position that forced it. He was never a natural LM.
    He did run though, work rate was never really an issue with Reid. His size meant people assumed he was lazy, wasting his career etc. I remember Sunderland fans changed their opinion after seeing him play for them.
    He was defensively weak and we didn't have a good enough CM partner/system to cover for him. Sticking him out on the wing was just lazy management from Pardew.
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,918

    not that i particularly care but why is it that it is okay to mock the larger people but then when i take the piss out of someone like calling dianne abbot a fat slag i am given pelters?.

    so what if the fella is a fat fucker - if he is happy why is it an issue same with robinson he was a shocking manager but he is not that big.

    i just sometimes think its a lot of double standards.

    Ex pro athlete no longer looks like a pro athelete after retirement

    'shock'


  • shine166 said:

    not that i particularly care but why is it that it is okay to mock the larger people but then when i take the piss out of someone like calling dianne abbot a fat slag i am given pelters?.

    so what if the fella is a fat fucker - if he is happy why is it an issue same with robinson he was a shocking manager but he is not that big.

    i just sometimes think its a lot of double standards.

    Ex pro athlete no longer looks like a pro athelete after retirement

    'shock'


    happens a lot its expected but even a lot of social media outlets slag it off, i even remember last year on telly think it was the sutton united game alan shearer started his career off at the same club as the portly goalie and came out with " i followed my dreams to the premier league this lad followed his dreams to the burger van " yet if i call someone a him or her im a bad person ffs
  • PaddyP17
    PaddyP17 Posts: 13,037

    not that i particularly care but why is it that it is okay to mock the larger people but then when i take the piss out of someone like calling dianne abbot a fat slag i am given pelters?.

    so what if the fella is a fat fucker - if he is happy why is it an issue same with robinson he was a shocking manager but he is not that big.

    i just sometimes think its a lot of double standards.

    That word right there
  • PaddyP17
    PaddyP17 Posts: 13,037
    - I mean, obviously it's not just that one word. It's likely more that weight has far less bearing on how good a politician someone is (case in point: Churchill) than it does when it comes to professional athletes.

    I don't think it's right to point out Andy Reid's weight either post-retirement, either. But, yeah, when keeping healthy is near essential for your job, then it makes sense that a sportsperson's weight is scrutinised.
  • shine166 said:

    not that i particularly care but why is it that it is okay to mock the larger people but then when i take the piss out of someone like calling dianne abbot a fat slag i am given pelters?.

    so what if the fella is a fat fucker - if he is happy why is it an issue same with robinson he was a shocking manager but he is not that big.

    i just sometimes think its a lot of double standards.

    Ex pro athlete no longer looks like a pro athelete after retirement

    'shock'
    Just hope he's doing it in a healthy manner and isnt going to harm himself
  • PaddyP17 said:

    not that i particularly care but why is it that it is okay to mock the larger people but then when i take the piss out of someone like calling dianne abbot a fat slag i am given pelters?.

    so what if the fella is a fat fucker - if he is happy why is it an issue same with robinson he was a shocking manager but he is not that big.

    i just sometimes think its a lot of double standards.

    That word right there
    its probably not its from the same posters that label me a nazi/right-wing/neanderthol/stupid etc anyway no need to derail the thread just wondered why its okay to mock some but not others.
  • shine166 said:

    not that i particularly care but why is it that it is okay to mock the larger people but then when i take the piss out of someone like calling dianne abbot a fat slag i am given pelters?.

    so what if the fella is a fat fucker - if he is happy why is it an issue same with robinson he was a shocking manager but he is not that big.

    i just sometimes think its a lot of double standards.

    Ex pro athlete no longer looks like a pro athelete after retirement

    'shock'


    Nobody expects a retired footballer to still look super ripped and slim

    But it's not unreasonable to be shocked when a 36 year old lets himself go so quickly. If he looks like that now, what will he look like by the time he's 50?
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977

    shine166 said:

    not that i particularly care but why is it that it is okay to mock the larger people but then when i take the piss out of someone like calling dianne abbot a fat slag i am given pelters?.

    so what if the fella is a fat fucker - if he is happy why is it an issue same with robinson he was a shocking manager but he is not that big.

    i just sometimes think its a lot of double standards.

    Ex pro athlete no longer looks like a pro athelete after retirement

    'shock'


    Nobody expects a retired footballer to still look super ripped and slim

    But it's not unreasonable to be shocked when a 36 year old lets himself go so quickly. If he looks like that now, what will he look like by the time he's 50?
    Neil Ruddock?
  • Vincenzo
    Vincenzo Posts: 2,911

    not that i particularly care but why is it that it is okay to mock the larger people but then when i take the piss out of someone like calling dianne abbot a fat slag i am given pelters?.

    so what if the fella is a fat fucker - if he is happy why is it an issue same with robinson he was a shocking manager but he is not that big.

    i just sometimes think its a lot of double standards.

    Possibly if you thought about what you're saying for a little bit longer you might get it. Though I'm not 100% certain.
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  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,449
    edited September 2018

    PaddyP17 said:

    not that i particularly care but why is it that it is okay to mock the larger people but then when i take the piss out of someone like calling dianne abbot a fat slag i am given pelters?.

    so what if the fella is a fat fucker - if he is happy why is it an issue same with robinson he was a shocking manager but he is not that big.

    i just sometimes think its a lot of double standards.

    That word right there
    its probably not its from the same posters that label me a nazi/right-wing/neanderthol/stupid etc anyway no need to derail the thread just wondered why its okay to mock some but not others.
    Stop being such a snowflake and learn to spell neanderthal correctly!
  • LawrieAbrahams
    LawrieAbrahams Posts: 3,779
    edited September 2018

    not that i particularly care but why is it that it is okay to mock the larger people but then when i take the piss out of someone like calling dianne abbot a fat slag i am given pelters?.

    so what if the fella is a fat fucker - if he is happy why is it an issue same with robinson he was a shocking manager but he is not that big.

    i just sometimes think its a lot of double standards

    A lot of double helpings, I think.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    Andy Reid and Peter Garland had trouble keeping the weight off when they were professional footballers. So no surprise they are both the size of combine harvesters when they retired.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    Is Reid’s weight gain that bad?

    Neil Shipperly

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    And of course Karl Robinson

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  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    Scoham said:

    Is Reid’s weight gain that bad?

    Neil Shipperly

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    And of course Karl Robinson

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    I'd say he's around the Robinson level tbf.
  • MrLargo
    MrLargo Posts: 7,989
    Scoham said:

    Is Reid’s weight gain that bad?

    Neil Shipperly

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    And of course Karl Robinson

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    Looks like Vicky Pollard in the second pic.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,628
    edited September 2018

    shine166 said:

    not that i particularly care but why is it that it is okay to mock the larger people but then when i take the piss out of someone like calling dianne abbot a fat slag i am given pelters?.

    so what if the fella is a fat fucker - if he is happy why is it an issue same with robinson he was a shocking manager but he is not that big.

    i just sometimes think its a lot of double standards.

    Ex pro athlete no longer looks like a pro athelete after retirement

    'shock'


    Nobody expects a retired footballer to still look super ripped and slim

    But it's not unreasonable to be shocked when a 36 year old lets himself go so quickly. If he looks like that now, what will he look like by the time he's 50?
    like me or @LargeAddick
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    Reid did a bit of 5Live punditry last night 'the former Spurs man' was at MK for the cup tie between Spurs and Wallyford
  • I loved Andy Reid in his time with us, i was gutted when we flogged him in the January transfer window (somethings never change, you’d have thought Richard Murray would have learnt by now!)

    I met him at a Bromley addicts supporters meeting a few years ago, he came across as a really nice bloke, wish he’d brought his guitar!
  • Selling Andy Reid was what ended our hopes of promotion / play-offs in the Championship that year