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Post by Edward Tattsyrup on Mar 8, 2019 20:56:09 GMT
If you can survive the first few days, and your brain makes it too, honestly, you can come back. 3 years for me this year, sudden cardiac arrest, wife and neighbour CPR for 20+ mins, apparently 6 shocks, and not a lo of hope Pulled through somehow (no recollection, went to a wedding, woke up 3 days later) Back at work 7 weeks later, kids football and cricket, missed 1 Stoke game (lightweight I know), play 5 a side, exercise, look after myself. Lots of drugs, internal defib and pacemaker, but honestly mentally I was fine a few weeks later. You either let it defeat you or crack on. Good luck Glenn. (PS - the thread and comments on here when it happened still choke me up now, even if you are a bunch of twats xx ) Good to hear you are getting on so well! Stay fit and healthy we'll need you for next season's promotion push
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Mar 9, 2019 7:38:09 GMT
Think that was exactly what he said, and rightly lost his job because of it too. And yet if he had been say a Buddhist or Hindu he may have gotten away with it as reincarnation and karma are part of their belief system It shows two things about our society: 1. It doesn't pay to speak your mind 2. It doesn't pay to be different (I don't condone his comments but was it enough to be sacked? Especially if we believe in freedom of speech?) If England had been doing well at the time he’d have survived him. The comments were the excuse the press had been looking for to ‘get’ him. It was whipped up into a furore until Blair, who could never resist sticking his nose into stuff like this, said on This Morning that he should go and he was done for. It was a daft thing for Hoddle to say but then he said daft things all the time.
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Post by robwahlmann on Mar 9, 2019 8:09:52 GMT
Think that was exactly what he said, and rightly lost his job because of it too. And yet if he had been say a Buddhist or Hindu he may have gotten away with it as reincarnation and karma are part of their belief system It shows two things about our society: 1. It doesn't pay to speak your mind 2. It doesn't pay to be different (I don't condone his comments but was it enough to be sacked? Especially if we believe in freedom of speech?) For me he should be a role model in such a job and not make life worse for people who aren't the most fortunate in the first place. Rightly sacked in my opinion.
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Post by JoeinOz on Mar 9, 2019 8:29:16 GMT
And yet if he had been say a Buddhist or Hindu he may have gotten away with it as reincarnation and karma are part of their belief system It shows two things about our society: 1. It doesn't pay to speak your mind 2. It doesn't pay to be different (I don't condone his comments but was it enough to be sacked? Especially if we believe in freedom of speech?) If England had been doing well at the time he’d have survived him. The comments were the excuse the press had been looking for to ‘get’ him. It was whipped up into a furore until Blair, who could never resist sticking his nose into stuff like this, said on This Morning that he should go and he was done for. It was a daft thing for Hoddle to say but then he said daft things all the time. There was a qualifier that turned out to be Hodddles last competitive game managing England. After it Hoddle, apparently, had a blazing row with Alan Shearer. And that was it he was done for. Shearer got Gullit and Robson gone from St James Park too. If you fell out with him that was it. He made Stalin look like a muddlehead did Shearer.
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Post by loyalstripey on Mar 9, 2019 8:58:00 GMT
Just found this video of Glenn talking to Robbie Savage about his heart attack. He was really lucky to be in the studio and to have a trained member of staff on hand. Thanks for posting, very humbling to watch. Glen is a real nice guy and I wish him all the best in his recovery.
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Mar 9, 2019 11:25:28 GMT
And yet if he had been say a Buddhist or Hindu he may have gotten away with it as reincarnation and karma are part of their belief system It shows two things about our society: 1. It doesn't pay to speak your mind 2. It doesn't pay to be different (I don't condone his comments but was it enough to be sacked? Especially if we believe in freedom of speech?) If England had been doing well at the time he’d have survived him. The comments were the excuse the press had been looking for to ‘get’ him. It was whipped up into a furore until Blair, who could never resist sticking his nose into stuff like this, said on This Morning that he should go and he was done for. It was a daft thing for Hoddle to say but then he said daft things all the time. Like these! 90sfootballparty.wordpress.com/2018/06/06/the-10-most-partridge-moments-from-glenn-hoddles-1998-world-cup-diary/It's a bizarre one as I've always liked Glenn Hoddle, despite those comments that led to his sacking. I think today, Hoddle would've been sacked whether he was doing a good job or not. Look at the Liam Neeson thing, which I think raised a very important issue, but a huge social media mob didn't take the time to understand. The Glenn Hoddle Academy was and is a great idea too.
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Post by str8outtahampton on Mar 10, 2019 9:43:16 GMT
And yet if he had been say a Buddhist or Hindu he may have gotten away with it as reincarnation and karma are part of their belief system It shows two things about our society: 1. It doesn't pay to speak your mind 2. It doesn't pay to be different (I don't condone his comments but was it enough to be sacked? Especially if we believe in freedom of speech?) For me he should be a role model in such a job and not make life worse for people who aren't the most fortunate in the first place. Rightly sacked in my opinion. I think at the time the FA legal team scoured the contract for a sanity clause. This was their professional advice - which was charged at £500 per hour. "Sanity clause - why there ain't no sanity clause".
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