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Post by JR on Jan 25, 2004 11:22:14 GMT
Always enjoy this and delighted the BBC taking it live on BBC3....tuned in last night but nearly put my foot throughh the TV, Should have guessed really.............  [glow=red,2,300]TWAT[/glow] |
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Post by northstokie on Jan 25, 2004 11:29:05 GMT
errrr..............what?
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Post by Rex on Jan 25, 2004 11:33:59 GMT
JR, what you on about?
Did you need a set of triple nines to reach the telly? ;D
Rex
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Post by deadotter on Jan 25, 2004 11:49:42 GMT
JR. can you give us a clue. i.e. who was playing,or anything.
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Post by JR on Jan 25, 2004 11:51:02 GMT
I just can't stand that idiot that's all. Summed himself up for me when he asked David Seaman "are you upset about losing the title to man U"???? Seaman didn't know what to say to him....just looked puzzled. Really is a complete and utter moron,  |
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Post by Jumborat on Jan 25, 2004 11:52:47 GMT
Garth Crooks?
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Post by JR on Jan 25, 2004 11:59:34 GMT
Not just me I see www.dogbomb.co.uk/board/showthread.php?threadid=3676This guy sums him up well "Idiot, absolutely useless journalist, part of the reason people with small ounces of intelligence and journalistic skill can't get into the sports media these days. Wankers like Crooks, Gunnell, Best, Jonathan Edwards, Ian Wright, Peter Reid, Robbie Earle and Alan Shearer are there first. They have absolutely nothing of any value to say, and usualy have huge amounts of dificulty saying it. They find it very difficult to say anything that challenges a viewer or reader or the person they are talking to, and aim to be as non-controversial as possible. Crooks poses questions such as "are you the solution to englands left sided problem ?" (A fictional fucking problem they he invented to get himself work) as if he was chairing a discussion between Einstein, Freud and Ghandi. I find him annoying as he is just plain lousy at his job and insults the viewers. (NB certain celebrities do fine jobs in their roles within the media, such as Hansen, Michael Johnson, Andy Gray)" |
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Post by deadotter on Jan 25, 2004 12:01:21 GMT
thats a better photo than the one JR. put on
thanks
know what he's on about now.
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Post by JR on Jan 25, 2004 12:04:31 GMT
He'll probably call me a racist for turning him blue ;D Would like to though....and wouldn't take my hands off his neck still  |
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Post by Pricey on Jan 25, 2004 12:09:03 GMT
The fact he's got that fucked up accent is enough to strangle the man to death.
Is he doing the African Nations Cup just because he's black? PC-ness gone mad.
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Post by JR on Jan 25, 2004 12:47:21 GMT
Pricey, without opening another can of worms I think Crooks is racist beyond belief. (please lets not have a racism thread)
I spoke to Jez Moxey re him at length one afternoon just after the Bernard Manning incident. Moxey had invited Crooks to the Vic and the Brit several times for different functions and every time he flatly refused. Almost enbarassed about his Abbey Hulton roots at times he claimed. Certainly plays a racism card with the BBC.
Remember this ??
Garth Crooks " David, is the reason the lad Singh doesn't play in the first team have anything to do with his Asian background, it isn't yet accepted the Asians have a place in football."
David O'Leary " If you think we can chose who plays in this day and age my friend in the Premiership due to the colour of their skin Garth then you are seriously mis-guided my friend. We pick the best 11 players, not token players."
Sums Crooks up totally.
Brought the same subject up again on Football Focus and was seriosly put in his place by Mark Lawrenson.
Crooks tries to talk like Yoda but ends up looking like Gonzo.
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Post by OldStokie on Jan 25, 2004 13:27:44 GMT
JR....sometimes, you talk complete and utter sense!!!  I also watched it. Like you, I think the guy carries a massive chip on his shoulders about his roots. The guy pretends to be everything he is NOT! Just wish he was given the big heave ho and that would allow many more black footballers who are far more intelligent to make their way in the media world. Crooks, as an example, is a barrier to them and not a help. The way he tries to talk posh without a cat in hell's chance of disguising his Potteries accent is comical. Brains were in short supply when his were dished out!  Well done O'Leary and Lawrenson. Here's where he studied.  And here's where he should be!  OS. |
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Post by JR on Jan 25, 2004 14:02:23 GMT
OS..what do you mean sometimes I talk sense ??? I always do unless dragged down to other's levels of conversation ;D
Shame the Earl Of Abbey Hulton above can't do the same. Spews more than a bulaemic super model.
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Post by Rex on Jan 25, 2004 14:13:22 GMT
JR, take no notice of this, you know that OS is the master of bullshit when he needs to be ;D Rex |
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Post by Trouserdog on Jan 25, 2004 16:07:09 GMT
I didn't see it myself, but my mate reckons he saw Crooks make an even bigger arse of himself on the recent BBc programmes about the history of black footballers in Britain.
When speaking about black players who were internationals, Crooks allegedly made a comment that he "would be very pleased to see the day when eleven black footballers make up the England team."
Now, like I say, I'm only going on what my mate tells me, but he'd have no reason to lie about it. This comment just sums Crooks up...a psuedo-intellectual who exposes himself as a witless fool the second he opens his mouth. I doubt that Garth was even aware of the sinister undertones of his comment, such is his lack of intellect, but anyone who advocated an exclusively white England team would be rightly condemned as a twat.
Plus he looks like morph. ;D
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Post by JR on Jan 25, 2004 16:54:11 GMT
Morph spoke more sense mate ;D
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Post by MarkWolstanton on Jan 25, 2004 20:25:57 GMT
Many of us knew Garth through playing with or against him through schools, cubs etc and were stunned when we saw him in Maxims shortly after his move to Tottenham. It wasn't what we saw but rather what we heard. He had overnight transformed his fairly broad Pottery accent into something resmbling what you hear now. It was a sudden and complete transformation. He actually makes most of his dosh by running a company that supplies the likes of Earle and Mark Bright to TV. JR, I think you are making the understandable  mistake of confusing Smudge with Crooks. Garth is most definately a Stoke/Boothen lad who went to St Peters by the Victoria Ground. Smudge is the posh talker who hails from the Abbey. |
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Post by JR on Jan 25, 2004 22:07:38 GMT
Whatever, I have no idea where Abbey Hulton is btw not that it's important. That info came via another site. I do get Smudge and Garth confused though. Was watching the African Nations last night and said "Whats that bollox doing on TV" until I realised it was Garth |
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Post by slangking on Jan 25, 2004 22:44:14 GMT
He isn't stupid.
Garth has a different agenda, he asks naive questions because he wants a profound answer. If he asks for example 'how did you feel when you scored the winner' I'm sure he is just giving Van Nistelrooy or Shearer the opportunity to question the meaning of their existence and the importance of football in their lives and whether they should be doing something more rewarding and fulfilling.
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Post by JR on Jan 25, 2004 23:04:46 GMT
dont think Garth is stupid....I think he uses the fact he is black to his advantage without going down a different street here.
Asking someone if they're upset they lost the title will only get him the reaction the stupid question deserves.
nice to see Mark Bright on the ANC cup tonight. Far more fun and chatted with his guests about the game without trying to create an image for himself.
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Post by Pricey on Jan 25, 2004 23:10:15 GMT
I was playing darts in the bar and turned BBC3 on at 7. When I saw Bright I immediately thought of you smiling JR...which made me smile....until some old bugger came and turned the antiques sodding roadshow on!!! |
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Post by JR on Jan 25, 2004 23:34:41 GMT
I actually enjoyed it tonight Pricey.
Gavin Peacock was on, everything Garth tries to be.
Intelligent and articulate/
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Post by Pricey on Jan 25, 2004 23:37:05 GMT
He's quite good on 5Live is old Gavin.
I presume Cameroon won?!
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Post by JR on Jan 25, 2004 23:40:24 GMT
1-1
cameroon missed a bagfull
They were outstanding though but tried to walk it in
Not sure about the all in 1 kit. A bit too mincey.
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Post by Pricey on Jan 25, 2004 23:43:14 GMT
All in one.....explain while I try and find some pictures!
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Post by JR on Jan 25, 2004 23:47:58 GMT
The shorts and shirt are an all in one leotard thing with zips on the shoulder.
FIFA have said to stop wearing it after the first round. Against regulations as was the sleeveless shirt before.
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Post by Pricey on Jan 25, 2004 23:49:31 GMT
Those Cameroonians ey- bonkers! ;D
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Post by JR on Jan 25, 2004 23:51:53 GMT
Hope they dont swap at the end of the games  What next, Scotland in Kilts? Scottish keepers in gloves? |
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Post by Pricey on Jan 25, 2004 23:54:11 GMT
Smeegs saving a shot?! Where is that man I wonder? Why didn't you play in the Occasionals JR? |
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Post by JR on Jan 25, 2004 23:57:32 GMT
Too early in the morning mate...had a 10 day stint in bangkok and got back late the night before.
not a morning person either,
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I also watched it. Like you, I think the guy carries a massive chip on his shoulders about his roots. The guy pretends to be everything he is NOT! Just wish he was given the big heave ho and that would allow many more black footballers who are far more intelligent to make their way in the media world. Crooks, as an example, is a barrier to them and not a help. The way he tries to talk posh without a cat in hell's chance of disguising his Potteries accent is comical.
mistake of confusing Smudge with Crooks. Garth is most definately a Stoke/Boothen lad who went to St Peters by the Victoria Ground. Smudge is the posh talker who hails from the Abbey.
