I suspect some of it is certainly puffed up and over egged for the purpose of the media. As ever we never hear about these things at the time .
I dislike spin, but Troy needs some PR advisors to guide him. Some of the stuff he came out with was truly shockingly. He came across as a braggart, at times, and he was playing to the immediate audience. I have not listened to the entire podcast, but there was one section about Dyche (who, in fairness Troy is very complimentary about) and his initial dealings with him. He was referencing how demanding Dyche was with him which Troy initially resented, but he mentioned that, as Dyche was "ginger" he and his mates would have battered him in school and made him do their homework. This might be to many people, lighthearted banter, but it is espousing bullying and violence as a result of difference. As a strong advocate of respect and stamping out racism, he should not be making comments like that to impress some mates. Young children who look up to him, could use that as motivation to harm others. I believe strongly that Troy is a decent man, who has made mistakes, but he needs to reign in this uber macho persona, particularly if he wants to progress his career in sport or broadcasting. I would say that he is embarrassed with aspects of the interview.
Yes, it's exactly the same sort of discrimination, even said in a light-hearted way, is what the BLM movement is against. Seems to happen a lot. Discrimination is discrimination. Black people often are racist or discriminatory themselves, but it appears the direction of flow only goes one way to some.
I've put my thoughts on the interview on the 'Troy Deeney' thread. But I wanted to have a little rant about 'Jamaicans' in Britain in general. During the interview, all of them claimed to be as jamaican as rice 'n' peas ya know. None of them had the slightest jamaican accent and apparently none of them even knew the difference between brandy and rum. I was expecting it to be Wray & Nephew overproof (a bad tasting rum at first, but gets better after a few) or at least Appletons (pleasant but non-descript) at the very least. But French brandy?! Waaa-gwa-on indeed! Now don't get me wrong. I like Jamaicans in general. Rastas especially. Never met a bad one. Plenty of very good people amongst them. But..... This younger generation with distant connections are disorganised and braggarts about Jamaica. Too much. They have only been there on holiday. You would think Jamaica was the only island in the Caribbean according to them. They dominate things here in the UK too much sometimes. For example - 'Caribbean food' means jamaican food. 'Caribbean music' means reggae. 'Caribbean beer' means red stripe. They try to dominate carnival too, even though that is the domain of the Trinis. Everyone knows the carnival belongs to the Trinis first of all. But most of all it is how they refer to the rest of the Caribbean as 'small islands'. All the time. "Oh he's a small islander" for a Bajan or a San Vincentian. What a cheek! A reminder of those small island numbers again: Jamaica - 10k Square km, 2.8m population Cuba - 110k Square km, 11.1m population. For me some Jamaicans and people of jamaican heritage here could do with being more disciplined (such as opening their shops when the sign says it will open - not hours later) and start being a bit more humble and modest.
"I was out of contract, Villa offered me 15 times more than what I was on" 2 minutes later "I was on £5k, Villa offered me £30k"
What an absolute kunt. Pathetic braggadocio that makes him sound like a arrogant child desperate for plaudits from the lackeys he's surrounded by.
My favourite part is when he woke up one morning, said '**** this' to his partner of 10 years, mother of his child, who stood by him after he kicked a kid in the head, and supposedly lived in his car for however long. Love what he did for the club during his peak, but he's a world class waffler. I find it difficult to attack his character too much, as we're all products of our upbringing, and it's fair to say TD has gone through some things and been associated with people that would lead him to say or do stupid things. Also in terms of him as a man, he's done lots of good things for charity, and how he treats people. Most who met him when he was at the club say he's the best when it comes to actually giving a ****, making a mascot's day etc. But he's still clearly got some growing to do.
I verbally said “**** off” at the screen when he said that. Just absolute lies - does he seriously expect anyone to believe that a multimillionaire PL footballer can’t afford a hotel room?
I like Troy a lot, and he was a thoroughly decent guy when I met him a few years ago - up for a laugh and didn't come across as a big ego - but this is a really bad look. Very disappointing.
Having met Dyche in person a couple of times, I doubt he would have been doing anything he didn't want to!
"Straight out of prison, Huddersfield away, unfit, Zola gave me an hour. Won 3-2, I scored 2, scored the winner in the 98th minute" Troy, you scored a penalty in the 87th minute. Do you think people can't check these things??
Ironically for all the big man vibes he wants to give off, I’ve never seen someone come across as so much of a little b1tch.
Yes, after hearing the pod, if Troy doesn’t get the Watford coaching role, he could always go for a job in air traffic control.
I've known and lived with loads of Rastas during my time in the reggae scene. Really lovely, chill, humble, thoughtful, funny people mostly... Until the topic of conversation turns to homosexuality. Absolutely horrific stuff I've heard. I guess it's a cultural thing.
Truly nasty stuff to be willing to injure teammates and friends to further your own career. To say I am disappointed in him is putting it mildly.
Think it's far more likely he never actually said it but was trying to impress the gurning morons by showing what a "big man" he is. Suspect the truth is he knew he was at the limit with us and bottled going to the reigning Champions as he knew he'd get shown up but did leverage their interest for a better deal.
It does absolutely seem that way on the first glass. It is one of the strangest tasting rums I've ever come across. It does improve though after the 3rd or 4th - especially in good company.
I'll have to take your word for it! It has reached legendary status amongst my friendship group as something that comes out only at major events: birthdays, stags, weddings, etc, as a method of random summary punishment.
30 millions and hes not running according to the small clip I've seen. He's a 'big boy' and will come back fat as **** (ironically he actually did after one pre-season and was never able to shift it again, was league 1 standard ever since) and will injure every player at the club unless he gets what he wants - which wasnt money but a speed bump removed because his car at the time struggled to get his fat ass over it. Ladies and Gentlemen, Watfords former club captain. No wonder the squad had mentality issues. And in regards to a season the players fell out with the coach, downed tools and tried to get him sacked.
Least his podcast is bombing. Been going 3 months and doesn't even have 4k subscribers which is pitiful considering some of the names he's had on. Even I've got more twitter followers than that!
They gave us John Barnes, Luther Blissett and Shaggy. What have those other islands done for me lately?
