McBurnie Drink Driving bust

[Snowman]

Dont ruin the story!

Just trying to avoid being identified in the identity parade. he's done summat else daft!

 

[Large Mendonca]

Even if it’s not illegal I think people should still take personal responsibility as to whether they are safe to drive or not. My grandad stopped driving altogether when he didn’t feel like he’d be able to react quick enough to certain situations on the road.

Main roads and particularly motorways are littered with signs saying ‘Tiredness Kills’ and ‘Take a Break’ etc. So, although tiredness can’t really be measured for legality purposes, people still have a responsibility to themselves and other road users to work out whether they are safe to drive or not.

Exactly the same reason my dad stopped driving - he said he couldn't react as quickly as he once could, and deemed himself as dangerous to be still on the road - he wasn't even 70 at the time either.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

I get the feeling Van Winkle will now take charge of European scouting since he is a director with good contacts

He’ll rip it up if he does!

It’s obvious we need to widen our scouting network. I don’t know how anyone could not understand that? It needs to be “international” and be covering several continents. (Not Antarctica necessarily, because their footballers wear gloves and I don’t like that, it makes me think they are nesh), but most of the others. Including that one shaped like a horse’s head, but no more Carl Veart’s please!

it may not have been so necessary 3 years or even 2 years ago, because we weren’t such a big draw for foreign talent, but now we are. Currently a top 10 club (7th as of today) in the best football league in the world.

Read that last sentence again and sooaaak it up. It’s lovely!

We’ll be looking back on some of the current squad in a year or two’s time and thinking...”well, we thought they were “decent” at the time but thank God we moved them on because we needed far better than that”. (You know...a bit like looking back on the sad loss of players like Ryan Flynn and Matty Done, who some on here got really passionate about).

And those players in the current squad are:

all of them.

In time.

But some will reach their level of unimportance to the future of the club before others.

And at least two of these will be this season.

One is a chap who looks like the “before” advert for Gillette. The other is a chap whose hairstyle looks like a rubber on the end of a HB pencil.

 

[Akinbiyi]

Yep. I have. Would love to be wrong, but I smell a Guthrie but with a destructive character. We will see.

Based on what evidence?

 

[BettingBlade]

Exactly the same reason my dad stopped driving - he said he couldn't react as quickly as he once could, and deemed himself as dangerous to be still on the road - he wasn't even 70 at the time either.

think my grandad was around 70 when he stopped. He’d driven buses and lorries for the majority of his life so I think knowing the dangers of the road probably influenced his decision also.

 

[Large Mendonca]

think my grandad was around 70 when he stopped. He’d driven buses and lorries for the majority of his life so I think knowing the dangers of the road probably influenced his decision also.

So did mine! - i actually think i'm your Uncle

 

[Cheesebored]

Prince funded. Yes that appears so.

Wilder endorsed. Which is the issue !

UTB

It's our centre halves I'd be hauling over the coals. Didnt they endorse Mcburnie as being a nightmare to play against? Haven't seen it for us yet.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

I am going to model myself on Prince Phillip and carry on driving as long as I possibly can - and never mind if I become a dangerous old sod. I’ve got more driving loyalty points on my licence than these younger whippersnappers and it’s my privilege!

My reflexes are excellent and my eyesight is just as good as them alwats wert.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

It's our centre halves I'd be hauling over the coals. Didnt they endorse Mcburnie as being a nightmare to play against? Haven't seen it for us yet.

no sorry. Players don’t choose who to sign. Wilder is very proud and vocal about this being his responsibility only. He’s also very proud and vocal about doing all these personality/character checks to see if they are right for our club first. He either forgot to do one on McBurnie, or McBurnie has undergone a personality change - or he got it terribly wrong this time?

McBurnie has the mane of a lion (on his chin), ability of a tapir in the ball, and the brain of a duck.

 

[Stretch]

I am trying not to get too carried away by the McBurnie situation, but I completely understand why many on here are so concerned. Everyone is different of course, and it's probably not fair to say "what would I do in his shoes" but considering the events of last weekend I am fairly sure that I would be saying to my drinking buddies "sorry lads, but I really need to keep my head down for a bit, or there is a risk that people might get the wrong impression" - I am being generous with that last part!
Instead he seems to be putting himself out there as per usual, and whilst there is no evidence that he is drinking a lot, I would still hope that he would keep a low profile, and let the noise die down a bit before his day in court.

It might not be the most helpful comparison but look at Madine. He came to us as the most toxic player imaginable but by the end of his time I couldn't fault his application, work rate or how he seemingly conducted himself. Maybe it was because he knew he had so much work to do to win us over, or maybe he really really wanted a permanent move [I suspect he did] but I never saw anything of him online that was unflattering outside of work. Even during the now legendary promotion celebrations, I don't recall him looking remotely as drunk as the others.

I really hope McBurnie has had a wake up call, and realises what a great chance this is, with a club on the rise and finally making something of a mark on the world stage. He would be a fool not too, but ultimately he will be the one who loses out if he doesn't shape up, and he will be back in the Championship before we are! Also don't let the 17M pricetag become too contentious, it was the asking price based on his career performances and potential, and we paid it. I prefer to look at the overall net spend, and one way or another it looks like we may, may, have got an absolute gemm in Mousset. In 12 months time he might be worth 20-30M anyway.

 

[CarlMcBlade]

Once a Loiner always a Loiner.

 

[Cheesebored]

no sorry. Players don’t choose who to sign. Wilder is very proud and vocal about this being his responsibility only. He’s also very proud and vocal about doing all these personality/character checks to see if they are right for our club first. He either forgot to do one on McBurnie, or McBurnie has undergone a personality change - or he got it terribly wrong this time?

McBurnie has the mane of a lion (on his chin), ability of a tapir in the ball, and the brain of a duck.

I never said they chose to sign him. I said they endorsed the decision when asked.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

I may be wrong but isn't that a Grey Goose vodka bottle his mate has?

No idea, don't touch girly drinks.

 

[TintwistleS2]

Many players do it and some learn some go down the slippery road.
Being in the public eye and he will get plenty of stick. It will make him or break him Only time will tell

 

[Hamburg Blade]

Spotted heading down town this morning.

 

[bromtom]

Don't get all the character assassination.

Drink driving is an offence commited by all kinds of characters, from utter full weights who drink 3 litres of white lightning and then get in their Peugeot 206 and drive to their mates, to Susan, the pensioner at work who had some G&T in a tin and didn't realise it was actually gin.

Not down playing the seriousness of the crime but it's hardly saying anything about him as a person.

Everything else paints him as someone who likes to have a laugh, is loyal to people around him, and tries hard on the pitch.

Also he's a Sheffield United player and he's not going anywhere so why write him off?

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

Timing of the post is inconvenient, but i've seen someone claiming he's shaved a lot off his beard (pictured at the West Ham match) which suggests this is an old picture.

EDIT: Found it - pictured on Friday with a significantly shorter beard. Old photo.

So some one is stiching him up?

 

[yorkshirecoast]

See he tweeted on and liked other tweets about Swanseas’s win today. Fair enough. But not a single tweet or like relating to our comeback yesterday. Been like this all season.

Not exactly trying to settle in is he?

 

[cahill]

Everyone is different regarding tolerance. Plus there's other factors that are involved...soakage for example.

Correct I'm a big believer in soakage. Courts know nowt do they ?
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[cahill]

Don't get all the character assassination.

Drink driving is an offence commited by all kinds of characters, from utter full weights who drink 3 litres of white lightning and then get in their Peugeot 206 and drive to their mates, to Susan, the pensioner at work who had some G&T in a tin and didn't realise it was actually gin.

Not down playing the seriousness of the crime but it's hardly saying anything about him as a person.

Everything else paints him as someone who likes to have a laugh, is loyal to people around him, and tries hard on the pitch.

Also he's a Sheffield United player and he's not going anywhere so why write him off?

So you Micky Finned pensioner Susan ? You cad.

 

[JackSUFC]

See he tweeted on and liked other tweets about Swanseas’s win today. Fair enough. But not a single tweet or like relating to our comeback yesterday. Been like this all season.

Not exactly trying to settle in is he?

Some of our fans are an embarrassment on Twitter going OTT to him about it. Obviously it’s brilliant when Harry Maguire and Kyle Walker etc come to watch or post about us on social media though.

 

[Paisley Blade]

Once a Loiner always a Loiner.

Da what ?

 

[yorkshirecoast]

Some of our fans are an embarrassment on Twitter going OTT to him about it. Obviously it’s brilliant when Harry Maguire and Kyle Walker etc come to watch or post about us on social media though.

Maguire and Walker don’t hang around with our hoolies, go to most of our games, act like twats and get done for drink driving. And they do the business on the pitch.

 

[CarlMcBlade]

Da what ?

Ask Siri.......

 

[Nicolaus_Copernicus]

Da what ?

He's from Loidis, tha knows.

 

[Paisley Blade]

He's from Loidis, tha knows.

Am I being dense ? ( kindness is a virtue btw)

 

[Nicolaus_Copernicus]

Am I being dense ? ( kindness is a virtue btw)

Loidis, from which Leeds derives its name, was anciently a forested area of the Celtic kingdom of Elmet. Loiner is a demonym, describing the citizens of Leeds.

 

[Paisley Blade]

Loidis, from which Leeds derives its name, was anciently a forested area of the Celtic kingdom of Elmet. Loiner is a demonym, describing the citizens of Leeds.

Why thank you , and God love Wikipedia x

 

[vas borbokis]

Every day's a school day!

 

[diplomat]

I recall a certain Jamie Vardy having a few problems early in his career and he turned it around.
Lets just hope Mcfool can learn from his mistakes too.

I read an article a while ago that was essentially along the lines of: Vardy had a point to prove, forced his way into the league, up the levels. Then got a move to Leicester. Nice money, I think it was a three year deal. He basically had mixed feelings along the lines of feeling that he’d peaked and was struggling a bit with the step up. He thought he’d get found out and was afraid of that. He also thought ‘woo hoo I’m rich’ and went on the piss a lot which invariably upset his fitness and ability to make an impact. Apparently a member of the Thai family that own Leicester took him to one side and gave him a bit of a pep talk saying that it would be a shame for him to waste the opportunity, that the club thought a lot of him and his potential and did he really want to bum around the lower leagues if he spent three years at a championship club basically being a bit of a sick, because no one else would touch him. . . He knuckled down and never looked back.