I'll always have a respect for David James after he played against us (must've been Pompey?) and the Park Lane sang at him, "England's Number Four! England's, England's Number Four!"
He then conceded a really sloppy goal and it changed to, "England's Number Five! England's, England's Number Five!" to which he turned around and begged us to change it back to four
Always had the impression he's at least someone who can take a joke.
I’m almost certain it was the same game where I started a shit chant, as I used to do with all the opposition goalies, by shouting their first name loudly and would prolong it. This is the only time it ever caught on and the whole park lane and shelf were chanting ‘DAAAAAAAAAAAAVIIIIIIDDDDD, DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVIIIIIDDD, DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVVVVIIIIIIIIDDDD’ etc.
He turned round and looked as if to say ‘ffs what do I even do with that’.
He manages his players like he manages his finances
Just posted this in the PL thread - Keane suggesting a management duo of the two of them would mean he’d do all the work.On Soccer AM at the moment with Robbie Keane.
He should have retired years ago.
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And this has been the biggest difference between English football and most of Europe for over a century.I remember him being asked about it at the time and he said something to the effect of "I expend my energy when it is useful to the team. There's little use to the team of me running around like a headless chicken for 90 minutes."
I hate the way he left us but he was the Vertonghen of forwards. Rolls-Royce of a player. Was it a Bolton game where we were down to 10 men and he bossed it as a lone forward when lone forwards weren't really a thing?
I thought it was Fulham whre we won 4-0. My memory is a bit shit though, you're probably right.I remember him being asked about it at the time and he said something to the effect of "I expend my energy when it is useful to the team. There's little use to the team of me running around like a headless chicken for 90 minutes."
I hate the way he left us but he was the Vertonghen of forwards. Rolls-Royce of a player. Was it a Bolton game where we were down to 10 men and he bossed it as a lone forward when lone forwards weren't really a thing?
I thought it was Fulham whre we won 4-0. My memory is a bit shit though, you're probably right.