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Post by Bojan Mackey on Oct 12, 2017 20:11:53 GMT
The more he speaks the more I dislike him.
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Post by Pugsley on Oct 12, 2017 21:20:38 GMT
Before people lose their minds, I posted the above to get a reaction. It's pretty obvious we had a great team spirit. I think we still do. Attention seeking idiot. Gouranga. A touch rich but hey, each to their own.
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Post by cheekymatt71 on Oct 12, 2017 23:30:34 GMT
I’ve got best mates that openly want to see their friends have less success than themselves career wise.
I understand the emotion, but at the end of the day they are your mates and you should be happy they achieve more than you versus a bunch of strangers.
So sorry Danny you’re just a selfish guy if thats how you felt
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Post by Gary Hackett on Oct 12, 2017 23:47:42 GMT
Quotes like they help sell his book.
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Post by Gary Hackett on Oct 12, 2017 23:48:38 GMT
Quotes like that help sell his book.
It's certainly generated interest on here, I didn't even know he had a book.
Marketing.
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Post by prudhoe on Oct 13, 2017 1:29:14 GMT
I wanted Stoke to lose the quarter final and the semi final that year. I knew i had to work and wouldn't be able to go either if we got there. My heart sank when we won the quarter final. I still now wish we'd never done it and whenever people talk about those semi final and final matches i am filled with jelousy and hate. I feel like i missed out on a big piece of our history and it would be better for me if it all never happened. Its a selfish opinion i know. But thats the way us humans work sometime. So i can totally understand where Higgy is coming from. If i was a footballer and my team was about to make ot to the FA Cup final and i couldn't play then id want them to not get there too.
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Post by kustokie on Oct 13, 2017 2:09:22 GMT
The man is a complete and utter turd. He's occasionally a commentator "over here" and always bangs on about how he's an ex-player for the shit and rarely mentions that he spent the bulk of his career at Stoke. The only one worse than Higginbotham is Lee "effing" Dixon who always commentates on the main match. Not only does he bang on constantly about how he played for the Arse Wipes, he also berates Stoke every chance he gets, even scoffing the fact he was once voted player of the year - the man is poison personified. His name should be stricken from Stoke's record book. Dreadful man.
Rant over. I feel better.
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Post by salopstick on Oct 13, 2017 5:47:09 GMT
Wether he is right or wrong is irrelevant
Remember this was a guy who jumped ship when we put his career back on track and came back when we were Prem. he handed in transfer requests or refused to sign contracts when derby and Southampton were relegated and did the same to us when as Captain we just missed out on the playoffs
Where he is 100% wrong is telling us. Should have kept it to himself. He’s hardly had a good word to say about our club since pulis was sacked.
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Post by WhyDelilah on Oct 13, 2017 6:01:45 GMT
Always preferred Danny Collins.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Oct 13, 2017 6:22:07 GMT
Always preferred Danny Collins. That's the spirit!
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Post by CBUFAWKIPWH on Oct 13, 2017 6:56:53 GMT
When i was (wrongly) a substitute for my former team, i wanted my team do badly, and the player in my position to be having a nightmare. I was exactly the same. It isn't something to be particularly proud of but it is how it is. I suspect most managers get this and probably would be suspicious of players who didn't feel like this when out of the team. You get stroppy players who won't except that sometimes they will be on the bench (like Bojan) and others who won't like it but are mature enough to know that it sometimes has to be that way (like Crouchie). Either way a player needs that self belief to think that they are the one who should be on the pitch - and put the hex on their colleagues if they can knowing and respecting that they would do the same to them. Good on Higginbotham for being honest - and I bet no-one in that squad feels any the less of him for saying it.
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Post by thevoid on Oct 13, 2017 7:54:19 GMT
He's even more annoying when he does his 'Louis Spence' character on TV.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2017 8:33:16 GMT
Scored an own goal against the shit. Never trusted him after that!
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Post by Seymour Beaver on Oct 13, 2017 8:58:42 GMT
He must still live locally as he uses the same gym as me. Never spoken to him - I don't particularly go to the gym for a chat and seemingly neither does he. Just gets on with his work-out and goes home. Doesn't seem "big time" at all.
However next time I do see him I'll maybe pass on all your good wishes.
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Post by PotteringThrough on Oct 13, 2017 9:23:05 GMT
He was a selfish git in the quarters as well. I remember him charging over to take that free kick. The cretin.
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Post by mrred on Oct 13, 2017 9:59:05 GMT
Great on the ball reporting the shit rag. Podcast only came out about a month ago. Maybe longer. Nice of them to do their own reporting for a change...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2017 10:06:30 GMT
Ask him if he wanted to score that own goal! I was led to believe he did! By someone who used the same golf club as him, at the time!
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Post by dirtygary69 on Oct 13, 2017 11:29:58 GMT
Jug eared motherfucker.
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Post by OldStokie on Oct 13, 2017 12:29:15 GMT
I could understand his feelings if he'd been dropped after scoring the goal to take us to the semis, but it was the injury that was his undoing. Not for the life on me can I understand how anyone would want their mates to lose because something had happened that was not their fault. So, when our lads were totally dejected when they walked off the pitch at Wembley having lost the final, and when tens of thousands of us Stokies felt empty and drained because we lost, he was happy about that? And the exact opposite when we beat Bolton 5-0? Sorry guys, but that's just wrong in so many ways. He's a cunt... full stop!
OS.
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Post by PotterLog on Oct 13, 2017 14:11:53 GMT
I could understand his feelings if he'd been dropped after scoring the goal to take us to the semis, but it was the injury that was his undoing. Not for the life on me can I understand how anyone would want their mates to lose because something had happened that was not their fault. So, when our lads were totally dejected when they walked off the pitch at Wembley having lost the final, and when tens of thousands of us Stokies felt empty and drained because we lost, he was happy about that? And the exact opposite when we beat Bolton 5-0? Sorry guys, but that's just wrong in so many ways. He's a cunt... full stop! OS. The more I think about this the more dispiriting I find it... how utterly self-absorbed do you have to be to be unable to put aside your own personal disappointment for one afternoon, in the face of the euphoria and anticipation and excitement of 40-odd thousand fans of the club you play for? Not to mention the lads in your own team? To actively want them to lose and for legions of Stoke fans who have never had an experience like this before, and may never again, to go home devastated, just to slightly alleviate your feelings of jealousy? How depressing. I guess he admits it was awful and nobody can help the way they feel but fuck me, if that's "just human nature" I despair.
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Post by JoeinOz on Oct 13, 2017 14:35:45 GMT
I could understand his feelings if he'd been dropped after scoring the goal to take us to the semis, but it was the injury that was his undoing. Not for the life on me can I understand how anyone would want their mates to lose because something had happened that was not their fault. So, when our lads were totally dejected when they walked off the pitch at Wembley having lost the final, and when tens of thousands of us Stokies felt empty and drained because we lost, he was happy about that? And the exact opposite when we beat Bolton 5-0? Sorry guys, but that's just wrong in so many ways. He's a cunt... full stop! OS. That's the thing. We know players aren't arsed about the clubs they play for and by definition the fans who support them. BUT actually wanting his employer to lose is patchy. To say the least Hoping he was a bit clumsy and just got his words wrong
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Oct 13, 2017 14:53:15 GMT
I could understand his feelings if he'd been dropped after scoring the goal to take us to the semis, but it was the injury that was his undoing. Not for the life on me can I understand how anyone would want their mates to lose because something had happened that was not their fault. So, when our lads were totally dejected when they walked off the pitch at Wembley having lost the final, and when tens of thousands of us Stokies felt empty and drained because we lost, he was happy about that? And the exact opposite when we beat Bolton 5-0? Sorry guys, but that's just wrong in so many ways. He's a cunt... full stop! OS. That's the thing. We know players aren't arsed about the clubs they play for and by definition the fans who support them. BUT actually wanting his employer to lose is patchy. To say the least Hoping he was a bit clumsy and just got his words wrong This isn't clumsiness Joe, he's got previous for spouting complete drivel like this.
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Post by Seymour Beaver on Oct 13, 2017 15:04:24 GMT
I could understand his feelings if he'd been dropped after scoring the goal to take us to the semis, but it was the injury that was his undoing. Not for the life on me can I understand how anyone would want their mates to lose because something had happened that was not their fault. So, when our lads were totally dejected when they walked off the pitch at Wembley having lost the final, and when tens of thousands of us Stokies felt empty and drained because we lost, he was happy about that? And the exact opposite when we beat Bolton 5-0? Sorry guys, but that's just wrong in so many ways. He's a cunt... full stop! OS. That's the thing. We know players aren't arsed about the clubs they play for and by definition the fans who support them. BUT actually wanting his employer to lose is patchy. To say the least Hoping he was a bit clumsy and just got his words wrong I've not read the book and have no intention of doing so but I somehow doubt that "The Danny Higginbottom Story" as a life story is up there with the lives of Stephen Hawking or Auung San Suu Kyi. In fact he probably never even set out to write a book. I guess the way it works is that once the money from playing has dried up the agent contacts some pissed old hack at a loose end to come in and ghost write said "autobiography" in order to squeeze the last few quid out of the playing career. Probably schooled in the dark arts of the tabloids the hack will look for any angle to make an otherwise dull life story moderately interesting - this will take place over a number of interviews - probably in a pub somewhere. Once the most interesting stuff has been taken out by the lawyers for fear of any libel then yes the subject will get a proof to read before it's published and yes they ultimately are responsible for any content - but by this time they're probably bored and just want to get it out there. So if Higginbottom has offended anyone then at the end of the day it's his fault - but given that I'm pretty sure the above is the way it works then I genuinely couldn't give a toss.
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Post by CBUFAWKIPWH on Oct 13, 2017 15:32:26 GMT
I could understand his feelings if he'd been dropped after scoring the goal to take us to the semis, but it was the injury that was his undoing. Not for the life on me can I understand how anyone would want their mates to lose because something had happened that was not their fault. So, when our lads were totally dejected when they walked off the pitch at Wembley having lost the final, and when tens of thousands of us Stokies felt empty and drained because we lost, he was happy about that? And the exact opposite when we beat Bolton 5-0? Sorry guys, but that's just wrong in so many ways. He's a cunt... full stop! OS. The more I think about this the more dispiriting I find it... how utterly self-absorbed do you have to be to be unable to put aside your own personal disappointment for one afternoon, in the face of the euphoria and anticipation and excitement of 40-odd thousand fans of the club you play for? Not to mention the lads in your own team? To actively want them to lose and for legions of Stoke fans who have never had an experience like this before, and may never again, to go home devastated, just to slightly alleviate your feelings of jealousy? How depressing. I guess he admits it was awful and nobody can help the way they feel but fuck me, if that's "just human nature" I despair. There's a difference between how you feel about something (which is an immediate emotional response) and what you do about it as a rationale response to the original feeling. I believe Higginbotham is describing his immediate emotional response which is completely selfish and born out of the feeling that he should have been on the pitch - which I know is exactly how I would have felt in the circumstances and I'm none too proud of the fact. However I'm pretty sure in practice he recognised he was being selfish, got over himself and (genuinely) wished the lads well on the day. If he didn't then yes - he is a complete tool.
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Post by jimmygscfc on Oct 13, 2017 15:32:27 GMT
Having now read the article, I won't even give him the benefit of the doubt. He's pretty clear on the subject and probably should have kept his gob shut. The injury pretty much did for him as far as playing for us is concerned so perhaps he got his comeuppance for thinking how he did.
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Post by PotterLog on Oct 13, 2017 15:50:36 GMT
The more I think about this the more dispiriting I find it... how utterly self-absorbed do you have to be to be unable to put aside your own personal disappointment for one afternoon, in the face of the euphoria and anticipation and excitement of 40-odd thousand fans of the club you play for? Not to mention the lads in your own team? To actively want them to lose and for legions of Stoke fans who have never had an experience like this before, and may never again, to go home devastated, just to slightly alleviate your feelings of jealousy? How depressing. I guess he admits it was awful and nobody can help the way they feel but fuck me, if that's "just human nature" I despair. There's a difference between how you feel about something (which is an immediate emotional response) and what you do about it as a rationale response to the original feeling. I believe Higginbotham is describing his immediate emotional response which is completely selfish and born out of the feeling that he should have been on the pitch - which I know is exactly how I would have felt in the circumstances and I'm none too proud of the fact. However I'm pretty sure in practice he recognised he was being selfish, got over himself and (genuinely) wished the lads well on the day. If he didn't then yes - he is a complete tool. I know exactly where you're coming from and can totally sympathise with how devastated he must have been not to be playing a part on the pitch - he just loses me at actively wanting us to lose the final. I don't think that's part of the "immediate emotional response," that's an informed decision that he allowed himself to base on jealousy and resentment. It's perfectly possible to be utterly gutted about something but reason with yourself and say "hey, I still want my team mates and thousands of Stokies to be happy."
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Post by milky on Oct 13, 2017 18:16:28 GMT
I wonder if Gascoigne was routing for Germany during the 1990 semi final penalty shootout knowing he couldn't play in the final ?
I very much doubt it !
But then again DH hasn't been keen on Stoke post May 2013.A bit like a handful of our supporters...
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Post by kustokie on Oct 13, 2017 21:01:39 GMT
You have to admire his honesty, which takes care of about 1% of my feelings about him. The other 99% says he is a complete toe-rag.
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Post by thedarkknight on Oct 13, 2017 21:58:13 GMT
I wonder if this was discovered/spoke about at the time. As I recall he hardly played for us after recovering from his knee, and we farmed him out on loan then sold him. Maybe there was a falling out between him and other people behind the scenes, which now makes sense seeing what a self absorbed weapon he has come across in print and TV work recently.
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Post by iglugluk on Oct 14, 2017 10:49:37 GMT
Jealousy is a common reaction that we all feel...... it's something that we all have to learn to rise above otherwise we remain selfish little children, psychologically. Maybe Danny's got issues with arrested development...... not hugely unusual in the world of football, I'd hazard a guess
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