Troy Deeney

Esse85 · 23-12-2019 05:35PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Is he possibly the ugliest footballer since Luke Chadwick?

Who needs looks when you earn £3.4m per year.

23-12-2019 05:49PM

smelly sock wrote: »

Fair play to Deeney. No doubt if it was one of the Blackrock D4 leinster rugby lads saying how proud he was of Mom and Dad there be lads on here fawning about it. Deeney came from a genuine rough start in life to make it. He was in prison and turned his life around. It shows kids from a similiar background that anything is possible with hard work and nothing is a lost cause.

I love Deeney, after his dodgy upbringing and his not exactly taking the traditional route to being a footballer gives me extra hope for us all out there, he seems a good guy...

This interview with him changed my (purely football related) opinion of him...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IFxJGcrwzo

thelawman · 23-12-2019 05:55PM

he’s no angel,

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-18584603

Bobblehats · 23-12-2019 05:55PM

A leader on the field who is good at pressurising / ball recovery. You might say he’s a bit of a troy of the trovers.

AKF · 23-12-2019 06:40PM

smelly sock wrote: »

Fair play to Deeney. No doubt if it was one of the Blackrock D4 leinster rugby lads saying how proud he was of Mom and Dad there be lads on here fawning about it. Deeney came from a genuine rough start in life to make it. He was in prison and turned his life around. It shows kids from a similiar background that anything is possible with hard work and nothing is a lost cause.

One of the more tedious cliches trotted out in relation to the urban youth of today is that they had to choose between the gang life or professional sports.There is a wide range of careers available for anyone in Deeney's situation in between those 2 extremes yet this nonsense narrative is continually put out there by the media in order to make the player and professional sports seem much worthier than they really are.A much greater proportion of people who were brought up in rough neighborhoods never got involved with gangs and got themselves an education and got a normal job and progressed in life but unfortunately that doesn't make as good a story so we get this nonsense gangs or sports narrative pushed by the media and nobody brothers pointing out what a load of nonsense it is.Telling people that that professional sports is the only way out of a trouble area is a really dangerous narrative to be continually pushing as it's a completely unrealistic goals for 99% of the population whereas getting some sort of education and working to get a normal job isn't. Troy Deeney should be commended for being excellent sports person and for the works he's put into achieving this but he shouldn't be lauded as a hero for not becoming a gang member and being lucky enough to have the talent to become professional sportsman.

Thelonious Monk · 23-12-2019 06:54PM

Esse85 wrote: »

Who needs looks when you earn £3.4m per year.

I wouldnt trade my looks for any amount of money tbh

The Tetrarch · 23-12-2019 07:02PM

Watford beat Manchester United 2-0 and Deeney scores.
Manchester United have millions of fans.
That evening there is a thread about Troy Deeney. :rolleyes:

EmmetSpiceland · 23-12-2019 09:44PM

The Tetrarch wrote: »

Watford beat Manchester United 2-0 and Deeney scores.
Manchester United have millions of fans.
That evening there is a thread about Troy Deeney. :rolleyes:

To fair, they may have millions of fans but their “number” has dropped significantly, on these shores, in the last few years.

This has been a real boon for the League of Ireland with record attendances being recorded over the same period.

If you talk to any ex-Man United fans they will give lots of excuses about how they love live football and how LoI is a much “purer” form of the game and how the English Premier League is too commercial but that just disingenuous nonsense.

They started following them when they were winning and now that they’re a long way off that they suddenly support Bohs or Shamrock Rovers and the United jerseys are thrown in the bin.

Weirdly, they never seem to follow St. Pats or Shels. I guess that’s glory hunting for you.

Anyway, I doubt the thread against Deeney was started because Watford humiliated Man United at the weekend.

pgj2015 · 23-12-2019 10:20PM

AKF wrote: »

One of the more tedious cliches trotted out in relation to the urban youth of today is that they had to choose between the gang life or professional sports.There is a wide range of careers available for anyone in Deeney's situation in between those 2 extremes yet this nonsense narrative is continually put out there by the media in order to make the player and professional sports seem much worthier than they really are.A much greater proportion of people who were brought up in rough neighborhoods never got involved with gangs and got themselves an education and got a normal job and progressed in life but unfortunately that doesn't make as good a story so we get this nonsense gangs or sports narrative pushed by the media and nobody brothers pointing out what a load of nonsense it is.Telling people that that professional sports is the only way out of a trouble area is a really dangerous narrative to be continually pushing as it's a completely unrealistic goals for 99% of the population whereas getting some sort of education and working to get a normal job isn't. Troy Deeney should be commended for being excellent sports person and for the works he's put into achieving this but he shouldn't be lauded as a hero for not becoming a gang member and being lucky enough to have the talent to become professional sportsman.

He hadnt scored since April and when he did it was a a penalty.

smelly sock · 23-12-2019 10:25PM

AKF wrote: »

One of the more tedious cliches trotted out in relation to the urban youth of today is that they had to choose between the gang life or professional sports.There is a wide range of careers available for anyone in Deeney's situation in between those 2 extremes yet this nonsense narrative is continually put out there by the media in order to make the player and professional sports seem much worthier than they really are.A much greater proportion of people who were brought up in rough neighborhoods never got involved with gangs and got themselves an education and got a normal job and progressed in life but unfortunately that doesn't make as good a story so we get this nonsense gangs or sports narrative pushed by the media and nobody brothers pointing out what a load of nonsense it is.Telling people that that professional sports is the only way out of a trouble area is a really dangerous narrative to be continually pushing as it's a completely unrealistic goals for 99% of the population whereas getting some sort of education and working to get a normal job isn't. Troy Deeney should be commended for being excellent sports person and for the works he's put into achieving this but he shouldn't be lauded as a hero for not becoming a gang member and being lucky enough to have the talent to become professional sportsman.

100 per cent agree. The focus has to be on hard work.

Professor Genius · 23-12-2019 10:26PM

Will Mourinho give the lad a chance so he might star for Eire in the Euros?

odyssey06 · 23-12-2019 10:30PM

He's no Luther Blissett...

But there are different kinds of pressure and not feeling nerves in a big game is a 'soft' skill some players have.

Troy Deeney

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