by papereyes »
15 Sep 2009 10:13
Wax Jacket maybe he got fed up of having to be around professional footballers all day who are in 99% of cases total twats
There's an interview with him, today in the Mail, that suggests precisely that.
'Even if I could have afforded to drive a Bentley, that’s not what I was in it for. Some seem to think it’s about flashiness, the big house, big money, cars. That wouldn’t be my take on things.
'I remember Joe Royle saying that some of them think they’re stars and they’re not even players.’
'When you’re a young lad your one aim is to get into the first team. You’re in digs, you’re training, you’re resting, all you’re looking at is the first team. Being away from home can be difficult on top of that, but at first it wasn’t a problem for me.
'Then I got into the first team and I saw that some of the lads didn’t really care whether we won or lost. I didn’t really like that, that was disillusioning. Things weren’t going great at the club at the time, which I suppose didn’t help, but it made me question whether this was what I wanted to do.
He's gone back to Ireland and is playing Gaelic football, presumably to a decent standard.