http://channelbee.com/move/football/total-football/#1822 (http://channelbee.com/move/football/total-football/#1822)
Reminds of the story Tony Jacklin told I think when Peter Oosterhuis asked him for assistance in reading the line of a putt during a Ryder Cup game and when Jacklin leaned down behind him Oosterhuis pointed out some blonde in the gallery
this was not a surprise
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Tranmere sack Barnes and McAteer
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Barnes joined Rovers after leaving his post as manager of Jamaica in July
Tranmere have terminated the contracts of manager John Barnes and assistant boss Jason McAteer after a run of just two league wins from 11 matches.
The club are 22nd in League One and were knocked out of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy on Tuesday in Barnes' last match in charge.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/8298686.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/8298686.stm)
proof that not all great players make great managers...................and as for barnes.............. ;D
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on October 09, 2009, 11:51:16 AM
proof that not all great players make great managers...................and as for barnes.............. ;D
John Barnes is a bombscare of a manager, he was absolutely atrocious at Celtic.
McAteer should have avoided working with him, tough lesson.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on October 09, 2009, 11:51:16 AM
proof that not all great players make great managers...................and as for barnes.............. ;D
Ooooohhhh . . . Digger was as class an act as I've ever seen on a soccer pitch. But I still laughed. Sorry, John.
huge fan mesel tbh, sometimes you have to call a spade a spade,
no racist pun intended honestly!
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on October 09, 2009, 12:01:03 PM
huge fan mesel tbh, sometimes you have to call a spade a spade,
no racist pun intended honestly!
Ur ok, Bruce Forsythe would probably say something like sure we always called 'em that in the good old days & it was all good craic.
As a Tranmere supporter....Thank god those fools are gone. Dumb and Dumber they have been known as. John Barnes would be lynched if he ever showed his face around Glasgow and i say it's going to be the same around Birkenhead....
What did Trigger say....the page "doesnt exist" apparently
Jason McAteer's nickname before he went to Liverpool football club was 'Trigger' - after the Only Fools And Horses character because Jason isn't very bright. However at Liverpool they give the least bright person in the team the nickname 'Trigger' and the person who had that name when McAteer arrived was Rob Jones. So after a short while at Anfield the players found out what Jason was like and decided to give him the nickname of 'Double Trigger'
There are a couple of stories about Jason McAteer's exploits. Apparently Jason was in a Dublin nightclub and saw Jimmy White and decided to say hello by yelling a catchphrase that Jimmy would instantly recognize and so Jason yelled out the cry of - 'One hundred and eighty'
Another rumour is that Jason was filling out a credit card application and is confused as to what to put in the space marked 'Position In Company' his source of confusion is revealed when he says to a Liverpool team mate - 'I'm a central midfielder but the boss is playing me at right wing back'
Another story has Alan Thompson an ex-Bolton team mate of Jason asking Jason to - 'pass the tomato ketchup' and the answer Alan gets back from Jason is - 'Red or brown'
McAteer locked himself out of his car in the carpark at Melwood so he called the cops to help him break in .The cop asked him to get his hands on a coathanger to break in with.Trigger arrived back with a wooden one.
Quote from: T O Hare on October 09, 2009, 12:25:16 PM
Jason McAteer's nickname before he went to Liverpool football club was 'Trigger' - after the Only Fools And Horses character because Jason isn't very bright. However at Liverpool they give the least bright person in the team the nickname 'Trigger' and the person who had that name when McAteer arrived was Rob Jones. So after a short while at Anfield the players found out what Jason was like and decided to give him the nickname of 'Double Trigger'
There are a couple of stories about Jason McAteer's exploits. Apparently Jason was in a Dublin nightclub and saw Jimmy White and decided to say hello by yelling a catchphrase that Jimmy would instantly recognize and so Jason yelled out the cry of - 'One hundred and eighty'
Another rumour is that Jason was filling out a credit card application and is confused as to what to put in the space marked 'Position In Company' his source of confusion is revealed when he says to a Liverpool team mate - 'I'm a central midfielder but the boss is playing me at right wing back'
Another story has Alan Thompson an ex-Bolton team mate of Jason asking Jason to - 'pass the tomato ketchup' and the answer Alan gets back from Jason is - 'Red or brown'
:D :D :D talk about lifting the spirits
There's another story does the rounds of Limerick whereby he was down at a training camp in UL before one of the world cups. Went into a pizza joint and asked for a medium pepperoni or whatever. The waitress asked him would he like it cut into 4 or 8 slices, and he said 'Ooh, better make it 4 love, I don't think I'm hungry enough for 8' :D
McAteer is good craic.
Quote from: ballinaman on October 09, 2009, 12:18:43 PM
As a Tramere supporter....Thank god those fools are gone. Dumb and Dumber they have been known as. John Barnes would be lynched if he ever showed his face around Glasgow and i say it's going to be the same around Birkenhead....
Haha Tranmere! :P
Quote from: Farrandeelin on October 09, 2009, 01:52:07 PM
Quote from: ballinaman on October 09, 2009, 12:18:43 PM
As a Tranmere supporter....Thank god those fools are gone. Dumb and Dumber they have been known as. John Barnes would be lynched if he ever showed his face around Glasgow and i say it's going to be the same around Birkenhead....
Haha Tranmere! :P
For my sins!!!
I often wonder whether McAteer's dimwittedness is overstated. Most of the stories attributed to him are rehashed Yogi Berra gags and the bit where he mimed scribbling on his hand when Roy Keane was giving it large was comic genius.
Quote from: ballinaman on October 09, 2009, 02:02:24 PM
Quote from: Farrandeelin on October 09, 2009, 01:52:07 PM
Quote from: ballinaman on October 09, 2009, 12:18:43 PM
As a Tranmere supporter....Thank god those fools are gone. Dumb and Dumber they have been known as. John Barnes would be lynched if he ever showed his face around Glasgow and i say it's going to be the same around Birkenhead....
Haha Tranmere! :P
For my sins!!!
What about taking Aldo back? Any chance you think?
Shame McAteer went onboard with Barnes. It was doomed to fail. He'd have been better to keep a lower profile and get his own gig in a few years. He's a good one, dim but it never stopped others!
Quote from: deiseach on October 09, 2009, 02:06:20 PM
I often wonder whether McAteer's dimwittedness is overstated. Most of the stories attributed to him are rehashed Yogi Berra gags and the bit where he mimed scribbling on his hand when Roy Keane was giving it large was comic genius.
:D It was hilarious when McAteer done that.
Then we had old Mother Theresa, who was a team-mate of Trigger at the time and who Keane had slagged off in his book, come out and say it was a disgrace that he should goad "ireland's greatest ever player" like that! Kiss ass bastid.
Quote from: bingobus on October 09, 2009, 02:08:36 PM
Quote from: ballinaman on October 09, 2009, 02:02:24 PM
Quote from: Farrandeelin on October 09, 2009, 01:52:07 PM
Quote from: ballinaman on October 09, 2009, 12:18:43 PM
As a Tranmere supporter....Thank god those fools are gone. Dumb and Dumber they have been known as. John Barnes would be lynched if he ever showed his face around Glasgow and i say it's going to be the same around Birkenhead....
Haha Tranmere! :P
For my sins!!!
What about taking Aldo back? Any chance you think?
Shame McAteer went onboard with Barnes. It was doomed to fail. He'd have been better to keep a lower profile and get his own gig in a few years. He's a good one, dim but it never stopped others!
Yep, anything would be better than those two eejits!! Aldo was a luantic though in the dressing room but got the most out of the players that were there. Doubtful that he'll even put his hat in the ring seeing as it's bascially the same board that are still there and who caused all the problems with him. Anything is possible though.
Lads if you have a spare 10 minutes have a gander at this... All those McAteer stories are true except the nickname! They called him 'Dave' because there already was a Trigger at Liverpool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GyhzeYBbrE
Razor would be some man to go on the beer with I reckon!
I have always had a soft spot for McAteer.....apart from being a Ballyholland man :P he contributed to one of the best days entertainement I have ever had...
First I was there when he did this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3FO8U2aZMk
...and then I went to this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSZv9KKf0g0
....unfcukingreal.....
Quote from: screenexile on October 09, 2009, 03:30:19 PM
Razor would be some man to go on the beer with I reckon!
Seriously? I think he'd be full of shite
I think Rob Jones was the real trigger when Mc Ateer was there, ten times the player too.
Quote from: Minder on October 09, 2009, 05:16:15 PM
I think Rob Jones was the real trigger when Mc Ateer was there, ten times the player too.
Certainly was. Would have been a legend squared but for injuries
Quote from: deiseach on October 09, 2009, 05:17:51 PM
Quote from: Minder on October 09, 2009, 05:16:15 PM
I think Rob Jones was the real trigger when Mc Ateer was there, ten times the player too.
Certainly was. Would have been a legend squared but for injuries
I remember he played for Liverpool against United at O.T two days after signing from Crewe and was marking Giggs who was in his pomp, he never gave him a kick.
Quote from: Minder on October 09, 2009, 05:21:59 PM
I remember he played for Liverpool against United at O.T two days after signing from Crewe and was marking Giggs who was in his pomp, he never gave him a kick.
I remember it well *sob*
Quote from: 5 Sams on October 09, 2009, 03:42:42 PM
I have always had a soft spot for McAteer.....apart from being a Ballyholland man :P he contributed to one of the best days entertainement I have ever had...
First I was there when he did this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3FO8U2aZMk
...and then I went to this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSZv9KKf0g0
....unfcukingreal.....
was there not one song where someone through up a tri colour and he rapped it round him and said,for you jason mcateer?
McAteer is a w**k!!
Also a shit footballer
Quote from: new devil on October 09, 2009, 06:58:07 PM
McAteer is a w**k!!
Also a shit footballer
Another tremendous contribution.
Quote from: new devil on October 09, 2009, 06:58:07 PM
McAteer is a w**k!!
Also a shit footballer
aye, it's hard to beat a good discussion ::)
Quote from: Drumanee 1 on October 09, 2009, 05:38:45 PM
Quote from: 5 Sams on October 09, 2009, 03:42:42 PM
I have always had a soft spot for McAteer.....apart from being a Ballyholland man :P he contributed to one of the best days entertainement I have ever had...
First I was there when he did this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3FO8U2aZMk
...and then I went to this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSZv9KKf0g0
....unfcukingreal.....
was there not one song where someone through up a tri colour and he rapped it round him and said,for you jason mcateer?
yep...mind it well....he kicked a ball into the crowd and shouted..."This is for you Jason"....or words to that effect. I remember as well that LMJ was in Lansdowne Road and got a helicopter to Slane.....hoor didnt offer us a lift though >:(
Calm down boys its only my opinion... :)
Quote from: new devil on October 09, 2009, 08:18:22 PM
Calm down boys its only my opinion... :)
Opinions are cheap.
How many Irish caps have you?
How many times have you played for Liverpool?
How much money have you made over your career?
I would safely say not as much as McAteer on all 3 questions.
:D :D :D Whats that got to do with it
I thought this was a discussion board were people could give there opinions on things??
Quote from: new devil on October 09, 2009, 08:32:04 PM
:D :D :D Whats that got to do with it
I thought this was a discussion board were people could give there opinions on things??
Yeh but your opinion stinks!
Why?? because you dont agree with it?? grow up ::)
Quote from: new devil on October 09, 2009, 08:46:20 PM
Why?? because you dont agree with it?? grow up ::)
No because you just randomly called him a w**k...Could you just not have said you don't like him? or even you don't rate him as player?
I think it's maybe you who needs to grow up.
McAteer is a fool. End of story, i don't care how many times he played for Liverpool or Ireland, still doesn't negate the fact that he is a fool. A clown of monumental proportions, had an terrible affect on Tranmere as a player and an even worse one when involved with management.
Quote from: 5 Sams on October 09, 2009, 08:00:26 PM
Quote from: Drumanee 1 on October 09, 2009, 05:38:45 PM
Quote from: 5 Sams on October 09, 2009, 03:42:42 PM
I have always had a soft spot for McAteer.....apart from being a Ballyholland man :P he contributed to one of the best days entertainement I have ever had...
First I was there when he did this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3FO8U2aZMk
...and then I went to this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSZv9KKf0g0
....unfcukingreal.....
was there not one song where someone through up a tri colour and he rapped it round him and said,for you jason mcateer?
yep...mind it well....he kicked a ball into the crowd and shouted..."This is for you Jason"....or words to that effect. I remember as well that LMJ was in Lansdowne Road and got a helicopter to Slane.....hoor didnt offer us a lift though >:(
found it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEZsi1LI5Do 3.28 in,hair raising stuff that particular day.
I like a guy who can laugh at himself, McAteer uses all these stories himself.
After we qualified for WC2002 Finals, Quinn told one story that they were in the tunnel lining up before coming on to the pitch for Sunderland and McAteer tries to wind up one of the Dutch players with 'look whose not going to Hong Kong'