Our Pampered Stars

Interesting article by Dave Hannigan in the Echo the other night about pampered premiership stars, found it online.
Focuses on Irish players so I thought it might be better suited here and not General Football.

see here

Interesting to know who the last paragraph is referring to ?

i would imagine its none other than jason macateer !

I would bet its the man a certain scouser who liked some good shampoo.

Definately McAteer, what an idiot :o

Ya, its got to be McAteer.

Hannigan included Liam Lawrence in his Irish players list, did I miss something about this?

Lawrence has said he wants to play for us many times, back when he was still in the third division iirc and definitely since he's signed for Sunderland.

its mcphail!!! he used 2 get into loadsa sh*t at forest doing stuff like that to players. altho mcateer cud be an option. i wudda sed richie foran but he's neither rich nor a full international but he's worse than the lot!

McAteer played in the league cup final for Bolton against Liverpool in '95 and lost 2-1 so he would have got a runner-up medal. The paragraph says the player has never won a medal so I don't think its McAteer.

Possibly winner's medals were being implied

That player who burned the notes in front of the begging children....Someone just told me it was Robbie Keane.

I've heard that one before as well

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Originally Posted by Tuff Paddy

I'd heard that story about Robbie, but I honestly think it's just gutter talk. No one could do such a thing . . could they?

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Given that I've read it in articles by a number of different journalists - not that it was Robbie Keane but that it happened, the culprit hasn't been named - I would say it definitely did take place. Tom Humphries has mentioned it several times. Not that he's the god of sports journalism or anything but he generally doesn't indulge in gutter talk. I'll assume that Robbie did it a long time ago when he was much younger than he is now and he regrets it hugely today. That's being very kind, I think.

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Originally Posted by Tuff Paddy

On a tangent here . . . but did anyone notice that recent piece about the richest footballers? Apparently Fowler and Macmanaman have dozens of houses, while Bergkamp is worth an amazing £35m. Crazy.
I'd heard that story about Robbie, but I honestly think it's just gutter talk. No one could do such a thing . . could they?

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Robbie fowler owns over 80 houses. He has been buying property since his early Liverpool days apparently.

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Originally Posted by Eirambler

Hannigan included Liam Lawrence in his Irish players list, did I miss something about this?

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That's EXACTLY what was on my mind throughout the whole article.

What about Mark Kennedy for that last paragraph?

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Originally Posted by dr_peepee

What about Mark Kennedy for that last paragraph?

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Funny, I thought the exact same until being informed that it was Robbie Keane. Apparently, Dion Fanning wrote it somewhere, if anyone can dig it up.

Are you saying that the player referred to in the article is Robbie Keane? The writer says it's a player in the lower divisions.

The last paragraph is about McAteer. People are saying it was Robbie Keane that burned notes in front on begging children and I've heard this a few times.

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Originally Posted by Kevin77

Are you saying that the player referred to in the article is Robbie Keane? The writer says it's a player in the lower divisions.

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My mistake, sorry. The player in the lower divisions is apparently Jason McAteer.

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Originally Posted by Donal81

That player who burned the notes in front of the begging children....Someone just told me it was Robbie Keane.

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I'd heard a story about that too, but I thought it was some English Internationals. Hope its none of the Irish lads anyway, disgraceful behaviour.

i think i heard it was rio ferd but definatly an english player