Danny Mills.....twat

Enjoyed this one as well. Not surprisingly, Mills comes across as a bit of a twat. Other Under The Cosh podcast guests have told stories about the banter and the crack, the pisstaking and camaraderie of the dressing room. This seems largely absent in Mills stories, which seem to focus on him, what happened to him, his money and him again. Social media isn't being kind to him in the light of part 2. I sense he may have burnt some bridges at a number of clubs and with previous managers. I doubt he'll be bothered.

ElfsborgAddick said:

brownbear said:

Having watched quite a few of these now, the issue of alcohol and footballers seems to be a running theme, with as many questions and stories being about piss ups and parties, as they are about the football itself.

It strikes me as odd that so many of these players fail to address their lack of professionalism, and how they were basically taking the piss out of the fans by going and getting bladdered midweek, and then playing like shithouses on the Saturday.

The Ben Marshall one was shocking, as he has only recently retired yet he still seemed fully immersed in the drinking culture, and not in the least bothered that he didn't fulfill his obvious potential.

All a bit sad really.

The worrying thing would be to see the size of his bank balance after his career finished.  He seemed proud of his stories.

I know his bank balance is doing pretty well. I did a placement year a few years go whilst at Uni at a Private Equity House in Leeds - lovely people and a great company but Danny Mills was one of their investors and I guess seen as their "celebrity" name. He would come into our office regularly and I would see him at a few events but I never spoke to him. He would walk around acting like he owned the place and always looked very smug. After speaking to colleagues who had been around a bit longer he was seen as a bit of a twat. Point is, the £ he initially put in has definitely turned into ££££. 

Still begrudging the fact they paid for him (and the rest of the firm) to go to the Abu Dhabi F1 instead of me whilst I manned the phones...

Addicktion said:

ElfsborgAddick said:

brownbear said:

Having watched quite a few of these now, the issue of alcohol and footballers seems to be a running theme, with as many questions and stories being about piss ups and parties, as they are about the football itself.

It strikes me as odd that so many of these players fail to address their lack of professionalism, and how they were basically taking the piss out of the fans by going and getting bladdered midweek, and then playing like shithouses on the Saturday.

The Ben Marshall one was shocking, as he has only recently retired yet he still seemed fully immersed in the drinking culture, and not in the least bothered that he didn't fulfill his obvious potential.

All a bit sad really.

The worrying thing would be to see the size of his bank balance after his career finished.  He seemed proud of his stories.

I know his bank balance is doing pretty well. I did a placement year a few years go whilst at Uni at a Private Equity House in Leeds - lovely people and a great company but Danny Mills was one of their investors and I guess seen as their "celebrity" name. He would come into our office regularly and I would see him at a few events but I never spoke to him. He would walk around acting like he owned the place and always looked very smug. After speaking to colleagues who had been around a bit longer he was seen as a bit of a twat. Point is, the £ he initially put in has definitely turned into ££££. 

Still begrudging the fact they paid for him (and the rest of the firm) to go to the Abu Dhabi F1 instead of me whilst I manned the phones...

I was referring to Ben Marshall mate.

Agreed twat and listened to a lot of it. Very annoying 
Didn’t day anything bad about Charlton/ play off final or Curbs in his first spell. 
but we need to get over him. 

Still not my cup of tea, but a bloody good right back for us in his first spell.

Mills was class whys he getting hate (apart from his smugness) 

Carter said:

2121 said:

Mills was class whys he getting hate (apart from his smugness) 

He isn't getting pulled up on his performances when he signed in 98 he's getting picked apart for being a smug twat who was laughing his arse off about making Leeds fulfil a contract for 45k a week they were still paying for ahead of anyone non football related who they owed money to. 

For the record I dont give a shit about him and put him firmly into the "he's a prick who was lucky enough to be good at football" when he deliberately got himself sent off when on loan for us and said as much to @nth_london_addick at the O2

Sounds like u dont give a shit meight 🤪

lolwray said:

Great signing by curbishley 

He was and along with John Humphrey and Luke Young he is one of the best three Right Backs since I have supported the Addicks .

Having listened to the Podcasts they were entertaining and it is obvious that he didn't have much affection for us .

What I found staggering was the way he talked about Leeds . He is seen as a club legend there and the way he spoke about them was disrespectful.

For a club that has lost Jack Charlton , Trevor Cherry and Peter Lorimer this year , Mills is not fit to lace their boots .

https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/sport/danny-mills-charlton-athletic-move-made-my-career-it-took-me-to-a-whole-new-level/

Garrymanilow said:

Mystified by him referring to us as a bit of a yo-yo club. Maybe his yo-yo goes down, goes down again and then only comes back up halfway to the top a couple of times in 17 years but if so it's a really weird yo-yo.

He came from Norwich reserves and jumped ship immediately we went down, a shame as he was fantastic for us.
Nice to hear him speak well of us though.

ElfsborgAddick said:

Garrymanilow said:

Mystified by him referring to us as a bit of a yo-yo club. Maybe his yo-yo goes down, goes down again and then only comes back up halfway to the top a couple of times in 17 years but if so it's a really weird yo-yo.

He came from Norwich reserves and jumped ship immediately we went down, a shame as he was fantastic for us.
Nice to hear him speak well of us though.

Did he ask for a transfer or did we receive an offer that we accepted, I can't remember. Lets be honest a lot of players don't want to play in the 2nd Division after a successful season in the 1st Division. Of course we had the nonsense when he came back to us but at least he remembers that he played for us unlike the turnstile operator.

charltonbob said:

ElfsborgAddick said:

Garrymanilow said:

Mystified by him referring to us as a bit of a yo-yo club. Maybe his yo-yo goes down, goes down again and then only comes back up halfway to the top a couple of times in 17 years but if so it's a really weird yo-yo.

He came from Norwich reserves and jumped ship immediately we went down, a shame as he was fantastic for us.
Nice to hear him speak well of us though.

Did he ask for a transfer or did we receive an offer that we accepted, I can't remember. Lets be honest a lot of players don't want to play in the 2nd Division after a successful season in the 1st Division. Of course we had the nonsense when he came back to us but at least he remembers that he played for us unlike the turnstile operator.

Tbf to Mills, I believe that Leeds came in for him and it was all over.
Leeds had a very good team then.

Leeds came in, offered a good deal all round, Curbs said that as soon as the deal was done we signed Dean Kiely. Worked out OK