QuoteBrilliant, I Just spit have a starbucks white cafe mocha all over my laptop thanks to thatOriginally Posted by Drumcondra 69er
Jason McAteer
Had an old e mail from Trigger's finest moment when he made Roy lose his head with his 'put it in your book Roy' remark. Here's the ode to Jason's intelligence in full!!
In all the fuss over Roy Keane's latest dive off the deep end,
haven't we forgotten someone?
The man who was on the receiving end of Keane's elbow in Saturday's
bad-tempered 1-1 draw at Sunderland? The man who, quite brilliantly,
responded to He Of The Bulging Vein's on-field jibes by mimicking
writing them all down in a book? The man who, in the wake of Keano's
sacking from Ireland's World Cup camp, revealed that the departed
skipper had taken to gnomic utterances like "fail to prepare; prepare to
fail" and "only dead fish go with the flow"?
We're talking about the man who said he'd rather read a Bob The
Builder book than Keane's autobiography. The man who then joked that
the Irish camp were planning a whip-round to buy one copy of the tome
"so we don't make Roy any richer than he is already". ?
Step forward Jason McAteer - and these are among the other highlights
of your brilliant career so far.
1) After dumping Jase, former girlfriend Donna Air told an interviewer,
"I wouldn't date any more footballers - they're not the brightest of
people." Which is saying something as Donna is famous for once asking
brother-and-sisters bodhran botherers The Corrs how they met.
2) On spotting another famous face in a Dublin nightclub, Jason decided
to make the star feel welcome by yelling out a catchphrase he would
naturally be familiar with. What snooker's Jimmy White made of the
sudden cry "One hundred and eighty!" is sadly not recorded.
3) Jason's nickname is Trigger, after the Only Fools And Horses
character ("If it's a girl, they're gonna call it Rose, after
Del's mum. And if it's a boy, they're gonna call it Rodney,
after Dave"). This caused problems when he first arrived at Liverpool as
Rob Jones, then regarded as the least cerebral player at Anfield,
already owned the name. In recognition of his superior claim, however,
McAteer was later christened 'Double Trigger'.
4) According to former Blackburn team-mates, Jason's greatest moment
came on a squad night out to an Italian restaurant. Asked by the
waitress whether he wanted his pizza cut up into eighths, McAteer is
alleged to have replied, "Nah, I'm not that hungry - just cut it into
four."
5) In another possibly apocryphal (that means it might be made up,
Jason) story, McAteer is reckoned to have asked a Liverpool team-mate
what to put in the space marked 'Position In Company' on a credit
card application form. According to legend, the source of McAteer's
confusion was that "I'm a central midfielder but the boss is playing
me at right wing-back."
6) Jason is a keen gourmet. After Ireland qualified for the second
stage of the 1994 World Cup finals, he spent the night eating Chicken
McNuggets while sitting on the bonnet of a stretch limousine in New
York's Times Square in the company of U2 bassist Adam Clayton. Among
his happiest memories of first club Bolton are "getting out on my own
and going down to Tesco to buy my favourite biscuits". Jason also
believes Gerard Houllier's biggest mistake at Liverpool has been
ordering the players to abandon their morning ritual of eating toast
before training.
7) Many cruel folk have suggested that Jason doesn't know much at
all. But according to the voiceover on his bewildering 1998 Head And
Shoulders advert, "Jason knows he can have it all". In this case, "it
all" appeared to involve soaping himself homoerotically with the
well-known salve for the flaky-scalped. L'Oreal hawker David Ginola
was said to be "not losing much sleep" over our boy's performance.
8) Jason calls his best friend "a deep thinker - he could easily be a
news reporter". Jason's best friend is Phil Babb.
9) Ireland's otherwise unremarkable World Cup warmup match against
Sanfreece Hiroshima was memorable for two things: a dreadful late foul
upon our hero by Tulio and Jason's subsequent assessment of his
injury, picked up expertly by Sky's pitchside microphones for
broadcast to the watching millions back home: "My knee's f***ed! My
knee's f***ed!" Needless to say, it wasn't.
10) Ireland team-mate Ian Harte says: "The other week Jason gave a
Ralph Lauren polo shirt to his mum to wash and those shirts are longer
at the back than at the front. His mum didn't spot this until after
she'd washed it, thought she'd shrunk the front, and so cut the back to
make both sides equal. He says that's where he gets his stupidity
from."
11) When Jase was made captain on his 50th appearance for Ireland he livened up the press conference with Mick McCarthy by announcing that as Mick had been known as Captain Fantastic he wanted to be called Captain Sensible. A clearly amused McCarthy stiffled a giggle and asked 'Since when have you been sensible Jason?' 'Since you made me captain gaffer' came the lightning reply!
Brilliant, I Just spit have a starbucks white cafe mocha all over my laptop thanks to that
What would Bohs Partisan think of that, a fellow Bohs fan and all.
In Trap we trust
I know I'm Suuuuch a sell out, but that's Sooooooo what working on the tha Southside will do to you loike
His nickname at Liverpool was Dave not Double Trigger.
Damn it! I thought this thread was announcing the breaking news that McAteer was the new Irish manager
heard a story that when liverpool arrived back from a european game in russia, he asked what was the time. The person had changed their watch due to the timezones and told mc ateer. Mc Ateer replied " we have arrived before we left.". dont know if its true.
Saint Patricks Athletic Fans Team. Eircom League Supporters Cup Champions 2006. P3 W2 D1 L0 F3 A0. Thats why we're champions, Thats why we're champions, Thats why.............
What about the row he had with Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink in early-2002.
Yeah, well we're going to Hong Kong and you're not!
SIGNATURESCOPE
FFS take this stupid thread off Foot.ie
Dave, Jason what ever his name plonker.
To me Jason will be THAT goal at home to Holland and the goal in the Amsterdam Arena. Fantastic, not the tripe above demeaning him.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/gra...groi020901.jpg
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
Exactly. He gave some great performances for Ireland and scored two fantastic goals against the Dutch. He has his problems but overall he was a great addition to the team and clearly cared about playing for his country.
There is no such thing as a miracle cure, a free lunch or a humble opinion.
Totally agree. I've never found any of that rubbish amusing, but maybe thats because i'm a miserable swine!
100% commitment. I was a big fan.
And there was nothing wrong with his footballing brain. There are a few dopes out on the field now who are probably worthy of having the p1ss taken out of them.
Hey - in fairness he gives a better interview than many!
McAteer did provide a few important moments for us, goals vs holland in 2002 qualifiers, cross for aldo in usa 94 vs mexico. I will always be a fan. He was on sky few weeks ago saying he thought el tel would be the choice for new manager and also that he wanted the u21 job!? Could be worse could have don givens, no wait . . .
I've always thought it interesting that McAteer's nickname was Trigger and Roy Keane's dog's name is Triggs
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Am looking for old Irish matches on VHS, PM me if you have some and I'll upload them here
I remember reading somewhere that before that game, someone had stuck a copy of Roy Keane's autobiography in McAteer's gear. So he gave it to one of the ball boys to go to the United dressing room to see if he could get it autographed. 10 minutes later the lad returns with an inscription in the book "all the best, Roy Keane".
I honestly don't know if it's true or not, but considering what happened in the game, with McAteer miming writing out something, and Keane eventually getting sent off, it's really something!
I thought it was obvious that he was taking the píss out of himself with those stories, that no one could be that dim, could they?
I liked the way he could whack a player and look totally innocent afterwards.
Lot of people with a humour by pass on here tonight. That list was actually posted on another thread in response to a few comments people had made about McAteer and those stories / urban legends following his comments about Houllier.
As Geysir says, it's blatantly obvious that McAteer (of whom I was a huge fan and having met him on a few occasions and also having met his Da in Japan can only say that he was one of the soundest most down to earth players I've ever met and his Da was dead on to boot) takes the **** out of himself with those stories and he's not shy about trotting them out on the likes of Soccer AM or when he does chat shows or interviews over here.
Some people need to lighten up and stop taking things so seriously. 'Demeaning him' ffs, cop on.
Didn't that creep out of Coronation Street dare McAteer to write his name on the match ball that they were using for the Coca Cola Cup when they were guests on Soccer AM?? Lovejoy was delivering the ball to Cardiff in a helicopter and low and behold the week after when they had revealed what they'd done, there was a close up of the ball @ kick off & McAteer's name was on it in marker...for that, his goal against Holland, The Starsky & Hutch contoversy with Babb & his high tackle in Macedonia McAteer is, in my eyes, a class act!!!!
You show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser - Vince Lombardi
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