Niall Quinn

citykev28 said:
don't get me wrong pope, the memories are amazing. he always terrorised bruce and pallister and the penalty save against derby was one of my best ever kippax moments. after the book though, he is on a list that includes alan kernaghan, carlos tevez, nicky summerbee and nigel clough.
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He was one of my first heroes also, Bishop and Stewart werent around long enough and I only had fleeting memories of Parlane. Its a bit like the Ashley Cole book and the offer of 70k nearly made him crash his car. If you were any kind of person you would be to ashamed of your behaviour to put it in your book unless you have no concept of how wrong and abhorrent your behaviour is.
 
1961_vintage said:
Sounds to me like the problem might be all of your own doing - ie putting someone up on a totally unrealistic pedestal.

Dishes out shit about City not being the most professional outfit? We weren't.

Finds any excuse to get completely leathered? Well sorry to any saints on here but ask yourself - would you have been any different in his shoes?
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Do we not put most of our players o pedestals? As I've said about Paul Lake, he dishes out about us not being professional but does all he can for us to get fit. I'd like to think that in his shoes, I'd have more respect for the club that saved my career. He seems to find any minor event an excuse for a piss up. Maybe when Rosler came and was more professional than him and the club weren't so reliant on him, it was too much to take.

Have you read the book mate? Don't accuse me of over-reacting if you haven't. By it on amazon for about £3 and judge for yourself. The man just seems to blame everyone for his own failings which are often caused by (1) him trying to be the nice guy and ending up looking two-faced and (2) spending half of his career in any Irish pub that'll serve until dawn.
 
He mentions drinking twice before city matches, once was a few pints the night before his debut under Kendal's orders, the second on a Thursday before a Saturday match but it was a one-off for a gig as he didn't drink on Thursdays.

"Was out until 4 and 5 in the morning regularly before games for both City and Ireland."

Most of what was written by the OP is very harsh.
 
The mans a rude idiot as anyone who spent anytime around platt lane after autographs while he was there will tell you. No loyalty to anyone but himself he's also getting sussed out at Sunderland
 
I met him a few times when he was at City and he was always nothing less than a gent and very generous with his time.
I take people as I find them.
Mind you, I wasn't best pleased when he started seeing my ex about 'three weeks' after we broke up.
 
I met him in Orlando in 94 during the world cup, I walked out of the hotel in my City top and was gobsmacked to see him walking towards me..!
Had a chat for a few mins, picture taken with him and he was absolutely fantastic.
He was staying at a hotel opposite ours and we went on to meet him a couple more times, he invited us to the hotel the Ireland team were staying in, where we met the squad all one night. Whenever we saw him he went out of his way to speak to us and was always really friendly.
 
When he had his testimonial match ,which brought in a Million quid ,he donated nearly all of it to children's hospitals. I guess he can't be all bad.
 
Just finished Andy Morrisons bio, 'Good Mad and the Ugly'. Good read and really was the hard man he appeared to be on the pitch. Liked a drink or three, but always performed 100% on the pitch , as i remember him. Was and still is City through and through. Worth the £8 odd .
 
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