Michael Johnson.....

[grim up north]

They are not fucking robots, like everybody else on the planet they need a life to keep their sanity. Never read such a ridiculous load of bollocks

Completely agree mate - pretty ironic that 'genius' is the guys name eh?

I wasn't commenting on whether or not Lake and MJ had the same gene-pool psychologically, merely that both were supremely talented and that, therefore it should be a tragedy that either hasn't had the chance to fulfill their promise - whatever the circumstances..............

So you think going out on the piss is a good idea for a professional Premier League footballer? Do Aguero, Silva, Kompany, Milner, Hart and the like do it? Yep, thought as much.

what planet are you living on of course they go out.

 

[Unknown_Genius]

Completely agree mate - pretty ironic that 'genius' is the guys name eh?

I wasn't commenting on whether or not Lake and MJ had the same gene-pool psychologically, merely that both were supremely talented and that, therefore it should be a tragedy that either hasn't had the chance to fulfill their promise - whatever the circumstances..............

So you think going out on the piss is a good idea for a professional Premier League footballer? Do Aguero, Silva, Kompany, Milner, Hart and the like do it? Yep, thought as much.

what planet are you living on of course they go out.

Then why don't we hear of all these stories of Tevez, Aguero, Silva, Milner, etc, getting bladdered in Tiger Tiger or 5th Avenue, like we do with MJ?

 

[RandomJ]

So you think going out on the piss is a good idea for a professional Premier League footballer? Do Aguero, Silva, Kompany, Milner, Hart and the like do it? Yep, thought as much.

what planet are you living on of course they go out.

Then why don't we hear of all these stories of Tevez, Aguero, Silva, Milner, etc, getting bladdered in Tiger Tiger or 5th Avenue, like we do with MJ?

Theres pictures os Silva and Barry out on the piss somewhere so they do it. The difference is they don't then get in their cars and crash them they use their wealth to hire someone to take them home. You know common sense.

 

[grim up north]

So you think going out on the piss is a good idea for a professional Premier League footballer? Do Aguero, Silva, Kompany, Milner, Hart and the like do it? Yep, thought as much.

what planet are you living on of course they go out.

Then why don't we hear of all these stories of Tevez, Aguero, Silva, Milner, etc, getting bladdered in Tiger Tiger or 5th Avenue, like we do with MJ?

"I'm of the old fashioned view that players shouldn't be going to nightclubs and drinking. To reach the very top you have to be ultra professional and dedicated. That probably means no going out to clubs, staying in, and spending more time on the training field. That may sound boring, but if you want to be the best, you have to make sacrifices. With the money and status Premier League footballers get, is that really too much to ask?"

That is the part of the post I was saying is utter bolloks. They go out they socialise they bond. hey might get pissed so what.

 

[alky313]

Completely agree mate - pretty ironic that 'genius' is the guys name eh?

I wasn't commenting on whether or not Lake and MJ had the same gene-pool psychologically, merely that both were supremely talented and that, therefore it should be a tragedy that either hasn't had the chance to fulfill their promise - whatever the circumstances..............

So you think going out on the piss is a good idea for a professional Premier League footballer? Do Aguero, Silva, Kompany, Milner, Hart and the like do it? Yep, thought as much.

what planet are you living on of course they go out.

Milner, Dzeko, Nasri, Yaya and Kolo do not drink. I believe Silva only drinks with the occasional meal. Kompany only drank out on the town following QPR. The likes of Hart, Balo and old Johnno were the big drinkers. Most of our players have wives and children.

 

[grim up north]

So you think going out on the piss is a good idea for a professional Premier League footballer? Do Aguero, Silva, Kompany, Milner, Hart and the like do it? Yep, thought as much.

what planet are you living on of course they go out.

Milner, Dzeko, Nasri, Yaya and Kolo do not drink. I believe Silva only drinks with the occasional meal. Kompany only drank out on the town following QPR. The likes of Hart, Balo and old Johnno were the big drinkers. Most of our players have wives and children.

and your point is. he was banging on about them not going out. Do you have to have a drink if you go out.

 

[Unknown_Genius]

what planet are you living on of course they go out.

Then why don't we hear of all these stories of Tevez, Aguero, Silva, Milner, etc, getting bladdered in Tiger Tiger or 5th Avenue, like we do with MJ?

"I'm of the old fashioned view that players shouldn't be going to nightclubs and drinking. To reach the very top you have to be ultra professional and dedicated. That probably means no going out to clubs, staying in, and spending more time on the training field. That may sound boring, but if you want to be the best, you have to make sacrifices. With the money and status Premier League footballers get, is that really too much to ask?"

That is the part of the post I was saying is utter bolloks. They go out they socialise they bond. hey might get pissed so what.

Of course they go out and socialise, but not get pissed. Balotelli goes out, but doesn't drink alcohol. Mancini has criticised the drinking culture of young players, when he was talking about Adam Johnson and Barry's antics in Scotland last season. I think he knows what he's talking about.

 

[grim up north]

Then why don't we hear of all these stories of Tevez, Aguero, Silva, Milner, etc, getting bladdered in Tiger Tiger or 5th Avenue, like we do with MJ?

"I'm of the old fashioned view that players shouldn't be going to nightclubs and drinking. To reach the very top you have to be ultra professional and dedicated. That probably means no going out to clubs, staying in, and spending more time on the training field. That may sound boring, but if you want to be the best, you have to make sacrifices. With the money and status Premier League footballers get, is that really too much to ask?"

That is the part of the post I was saying is utter bolloks. They go out they socialise they bond. hey might get pissed so what.

Of course they go out and socialise, but not get pissed. Balotelli goes out, but doesn't drink alcohol. Mancini has criticised the drinking culture of young players, when he was talking about Adam Johnson and Barry's antics in Scotland last season. I think he knows what he's talking about.

"That probably means no going out to clubs, staying in, and spending more time on the training field. That may sound boring, but if you want to be the best, you have to make sacrifices"

make your mind up

 

[Unknown_Genius]

"I'm of the old fashioned view that players shouldn't be going to nightclubs and drinking. To reach the very top you have to be ultra professional and dedicated. That probably means no going out to clubs, staying in, and spending more time on the training field. That may sound boring, but if you want to be the best, you have to make sacrifices. With the money and status Premier League footballers get, is that really too much to ask?"

That is the part of the post I was saying is utter bolloks. They go out they socialise they bond. hey might get pissed so what.

Of course they go out and socialise, but not get pissed. Balotelli goes out, but doesn't drink alcohol. Mancini has criticised the drinking culture of young players, when he was talking about Adam Johnson and Barry's antics in Scotland last season. I think he knows what he's talking about.

"That probably means no going out to clubs, staying in, and spending more time on the training field. That may sound boring, but if you want to be the best, you have to make sacrifices"

make your mind up

Players shouldn't go out and get bladdered. Staying in, is better than going out and getting wasted.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2012/jun/02/daniel-taylor-michael-johnson" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/20 ... el-johnson</a>

Lee Sharpe tells a story, going back to his days at Manchester United, of sitting in the canteen one day and hearing a dull, repetitive thud outside. Eventually he went out to investigate and was bemused to find Gary Neville, on his own, throwing a ball against the gym wall. "As hard as he could, over and over again," Sharpe recalls. "Practising long throws, Gary Neville's idea of fun."

Not quite. This was not Neville's idea of fun, more the realisation of what he had to do to make the best of himself. Another time, Sharpe remembers Neville abandoning a night out after his team-mates suggested they went to a nightclub. "He said he didn't like nightclubs. 'Sorry,' I said. 'Run that past me again, Gary. You don't like nightclubs? In nightclubs there's beer, decent music, women, what exactly is there not to like?' But he was insistent: 'No, I don't like nightclubs, they're not my scene.' And off he toddled."

It is easy to mock, or patronise, but only if you want to overlook the fact it was this form of dedication that helped Neville make almost 600 appearances for the club, as well as winning 85 England caps. In football, as Neville always appreciated, it needs more than just talent to sustain a career at the top. Sharpe had a different outlook and, without wishing to be cruel, his Wikipedia page now describes him as "best known for appearing in Celebrity Love Island". Or consider what has happened to Michael Johnson and, specifically, where he was supposed to be at this point in his life and what, in reality, has come of him now we are rubbernecking at what's left of his career.

 

[citymad]

Of course they go out and socialise, but not get pissed. Balotelli goes out, but doesn't drink alcohol. Mancini has criticised the drinking culture of young players, when he was talking about Adam Johnson and Barry's antics in Scotland last season. I think he knows what he's talking about.

"That probably means no going out to clubs, staying in, and spending more time on the training field. That may sound boring, but if you want to be the best, you have to make sacrifices"

make your mind up

Players shouldn't go out and get bladdered. Staying in, is better than going out and getting wasted.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2012/jun/02/daniel-taylor-michael-johnson" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/20 ... el-johnson</a>

Lee Sharpe tells a story, going back to his days at Manchester United, of sitting in the canteen one day and hearing a dull, repetitive thud outside. Eventually he went out to investigate and was bemused to find Gary Neville, on his own, throwing a ball against the gym wall. "As hard as he could, over and over again," Sharpe recalls. "Practising long throws, Gary Neville's idea of fun."

Not quite. This was not Neville's idea of fun, more the realisation of what he had to do to make the best of himself. Another time, Sharpe remembers Neville abandoning a night out after his team-mates suggested they went to a nightclub. "He said he didn't like nightclubs. 'Sorry,' I said. 'Run that past me again, Gary. You don't like nightclubs? In nightclubs there's beer, decent music, women, what exactly is there not to like?' But he was insistent: 'No, I don't like nightclubs, they're not my scene.' And off he toddled."

It is easy to mock, or patronise, but only if you want to overlook the fact it was this form of dedication that helped Neville make almost 600 appearances for the club, as well as winning 85 England caps. In football, as Neville always appreciated, it needs more than just talent to sustain a career at the top. Sharpe had a different outlook and, without wishing to be cruel, his Wikipedia page now describes him as "best known for appearing in Celebrity Love Island". Or consider what has happened to Michael Johnson and, specifically, where he was supposed to be at this point in his life and what, in reality, has come of him now we are rubbernecking at what's left of his career.

excellent find. May explain why he had that tache for so long. He wasn't aware that it went out of style because he stayed in all the bloody time :)