Stan Collymore

Paully D

I wasn't a big fan of Stan, but since I've been following him on Twitter my opinion has changed.

He's been very open about his problems with depression and is now raising money for it by getting footballers to donate shirts which he will auction off.

It can only be a good thing that such a high profile person is being open about this subject and doing his best to help others.

He also has a Google Plus account where if people message him with problems he'll use his experience to try and assist them.

Of course he's done a lot wrong in his life, but fair play to him for this.

Also, as a pundit he's a lot better than I thought he would be. He's not afraid to give his opinion no matter who it upsets and will also criticise the bigger teams, players and managers which many pundits are afraid to do.

He's gained one fan here anyway.

flahavaj

It just goes to show we often slate these people when in reality we haven't a clue whats going on in their heads.

Good luck to him.

Bodhisopha

Paully D wrote: »

I wasn't a big fan of Stan, but since I've been following him on Twitter my opinion has changed.

He's been very open about his problems with depression and is now raising money for it by getting footballers to donate shirts which he will auction off.

It can only be a good thing that such a high profile person is being open about this subject and doing his best to help others.

He also has a Google Plus account where if people message him with problems he'll use his experience to try and assist them.

Of course he's done a lot wrong in his life, but fair play to him for this.

Also, as a pundit he's a lot better than I thought he would be. He's not afraid to give his opinion no matter who it upsets and will also criticise the bigger teams, players and managers which many pundits are afraid to do.

He's gained one fan here anyway.

Yeah but he wasn't thinking rationally.

Paparazzo

I like him. When he took the piss out of match of the day, saying it was like a few old boys in a golf club, my opinion of him went seriously up

jesus_thats_gre

Loved him as a footballer but I can't stand him on Twitter.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

All I hear about him on Twitter is how he blocks people who give him a suggestion about anything.

dreamers75

Same lad who knocked the **** out of GF?

Broxi_Bear_Eire

dreamers75 wrote: »

Same lad who knocked the **** out of GF?

Yeah that's the one Ulrika Jonson was her name
Sorry no matter what you don't lift your hand to a female that's my view anyway

Paully D

baz2009 wrote: »

All I hear about him on Twitter is how he blocks people who give him a suggestion about anything.

I haven't really noticed that.

He does often block people who send him abuse, but I've seen him having numerous reasoned debates with people who don't agree with what he says as long as they're civil.

pavb2

Broxi_Bear_Eire wrote: »

Yeah that's the one Ulrika Jonson was her name
Sorry no matter what you don't lift your hand to a female that's my view anyway

Agree forgive & forget & all that but it's very difficult to see beyond this

monkey9

The bloke's an arrogant pr!ck. He scored on his debut for Liverpool and he wanted the whole team to organise themselves around him!

orourkeda

I hate to play up to stereotypes here but he's quite intelligent and articulate as football pundits go and tends not to over cliche things.

He had a decent career but had the potential to have done a lot better

orourkeda

monkey9 wrote: »

The bloke's an arrogant pr!ck. He scored on his debut for Liverpool and he wanted the whole team to organise themselves around him!

That was then. He was at the time but perhaps things have changed.

djPSB

Also follow him. Does alot of work for depression awareness.

I follow Joey Barton as well and he is not as stupid as he comes across on the pitch.

jesus_thats_gre

Quite like Joey Barton. Controversial but mostly speaks sense.

jordainius

Joey Barton is a pratt. A man in his position after some of the things he has done having the neck to pontificate ond moralise and act as though he is whiter than white? He's a nutjob.

Kess73

Paully D wrote: »

I wasn't a big fan of Stan, but since I've been following him on Twitter my opinion has changed.

He's been very open about his problems with depression and is now raising money for it by getting footballers to donate shirts which he will auction off.

It can only be a good thing that such a high profile person is being open about this subject and doing his best to help others.

He also has a Google Plus account where if people message him with problems he'll use his experience to try and assist them.

Of course he's done a lot wrong in his life, but fair play to him for this.

Also, as a pundit he's a lot better than I thought he would be. He's not afraid to give his opinion no matter who it upsets and will also criticise the bigger teams, players and managers which many pundits are afraid to do.

He's gained one fan here anyway.

I can never settle on whether I think his issues are real or just a way to get attention/raise his profile.

He has a habit of coming out about depression and/or other mental issues and addictions whenever there is a big news story involving someone else, but seems to stay quiet at other times.

It could be a case of him using a current story to further highlight a issue, or a case of bandwagon jumping for attention.

Iang87

i foolishly thought this was a thread about him as a player. I thought he was a top player just could never get his head right

jesus_thats_gre

jordainius wrote: »

Joey Barton is a pratt. A man in his position after some of the things he has done having the neck to pontificate ond moralise and act as though he is whiter than white? He's a nutjob.

Gary Speed's death was something that genuinely saddened me. Such a terrible thing for a person to feel that they have to resort to. But also a terrible thing for the persons wife, children, parents, siblings and friends to live with.

I can't disagree with the sentiment of what Barton has said on the matter - just don't like the timing, nor do I see the need to do it publicly via Twitter.

Anyway, have gone sufficiently off topic now so will leave it at that.

irishh_bob

Paully D wrote: »

I wasn't a big fan of Stan, but since I've been following him on Twitter my opinion has changed.

He's been very open about his problems with depression and is now raising money for it by getting footballers to donate shirts which he will auction off.

It can only be a good thing that such a high profile person is being open about this subject and doing his best to help others.

He also has a Google Plus account where if people message him with problems he'll use his experience to try and assist them.

Of course he's done a lot wrong in his life, but fair play to him for this.

Also, as a pundit he's a lot better than I thought he would be. He's not afraid to give his opinion no matter who it upsets and will also criticise the bigger teams, players and managers which many pundits are afraid to do.

He's gained one fan here anyway.

depression sucks but the fact that collymore likes to talk about it doesnt in anyway change my opinion of the man , if he was suffering from porn addiction , he would be just as open about it , shame or pride isnt something the guy is burdened with , being open is over rated

TheDoc

jordainius wrote: »

Joey Barton is a pratt. A man in his position after some of the things he has done having the neck to pontificate ond moralise and act as though he is whiter than white? He's a nutjob.

And hes gone through some serious dark places mentally himself as he has typically talked about numerous times.

an autobiography I'll buy on the day of release.