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Bob Booker was worth one.I think my point is he is not really well known to average football fans - he spent maybe 2 seasons out of a 20 year career at the top level - and played for 10 clubs not three I think. I was surprised he played for Ireland 7 times? Was he the back up to Given - i assume these were friendly games but still impressive to get that many caps as I thought he had only played maybe once or twice.
I am not sure outside of a few United and maybe QPR fans who would be that interested in reading 300 pages on him. Just did not think he is worth 'a book'
Maybe loads of Blades would spend £15 on his book but I doubt it.
Areight Patrick?We'll see
Quality mate
Not sure that this would be a very interesting read.
Maybe the bit about why he left after the drugs test and the Muscat fight but 300 pages of stories of him getting drunk in a restaurant/pub and then having a fight. Not sure anyone outside of a few hundred United fans would be that bothered. Enjoyed Danny Hall's other books but I am not sure many people are desperate to read a story about a journeyman keeper from the lower leagues noone has really heard of outside of the clubs he played for. Think maybe an article in the Star may have sufficed here but a whole book?
I think there are other United players that would generate more interest - Billy Whitehurst for instance, although his might be full of fights also come to think of it!
Who's stopping you?I'd rather read about someone interesting who achieved something with their lives and improved lives for others. Inventors, Scientists, Explorers, Military Leaders, Philanthropists, etc. That sort of thing.
Love to read about Basham's transformation under Wilder and we keep hearing how funny he is from other players - not something we see.
It's a toss up for me whether he commits to print or just saves it for his star billing on Graham Norton.From McDonalds Drive-Thru to McCabe’s Bitter Adieu – The Chris Basham Story
I’m sure there are many different opinions on what makes a good autobiography. I personally would rather read a Bob Booker or a Robin Friday type book than one where the main protagonist is so laden with trophies that they cannot remember one from another.
The main thing is that Danny has taken his skill and love of the blades and given us additional resource to enjoy. I’m sure he won’t be retiring on the profits. It’s another addition to his CV after the enjoyable Wilder book. Can we not just wish him well with it instead of the undercurrent of moaning?
Good luck with it stringer
I may have commented before re Paddy. I don’t have any inside knowledge of him or his contracts. However, we were slowly turning in to a shit show. His old boss who spotted him, developed him and whom had him playing his best football of his life came in for him. Offering a pay rise. With a better chance of promotion. . . I don’t begrudge him. He went on to be their player of the year I believe. . . We’d have stayed up if he’d stayed here.
I’m sure there are many different opinions on what makes a good autobiography. I personally would rather read a Bob Booker or a Robin Friday type book than one where the main protagonist is so laden with trophies that they cannot remember one from another.
The main thing is that Danny has taken his skill and love of the blades and given us additional resource to enjoy. I’m sure he won’t be retiring on the profits. It’s another addition to his CV after the enjoyable Wilder book. Can we not just wish him well with it instead of the undercurrent of moaning?
Good luck with it stringer
I may have commented before re Paddy. I don’t have any inside knowledge of him or his contracts. However, we were slowly turning in to a shit show. His old boss who spotted him, developed him and whom had him playing his best football of his life came in for him. Offering a pay rise. With a better chance of promotion. . . I don’t begrudge him. He went on to be their player of the year I believe. . . We’d have stayed up if he’d stayed here.
Maybe, and apologies if I am misreading it, but there seems to be a veiled "Why have you bothered?" kind of theme underlying a lot of comments. I take that as a dig at the author.I'm not sure many are digging at Danny. It's more that quite a few have experience of Paddy away from football and whilst liking him as a player during a decent time, we're not particularly keen on him as an individual.
Local journalist and Blades fan writes two books about Sheffield United.
Books are well received: many people think they are excellent.
He writes another book, about a player who had a long and interesting career, most of it at the Lane.
For reasons that escape me, some people queue up to say they won’t be buying it.
I’ll be buying it. I trust Danny’s writing over the opinion of a few whingers.
CHRISTMAS DAY and Sheffield United manager Kevin Blackwell was on the warpath in a corridor at Bramall Lane. Ambushing goalkeeper Paddy Kenny he challenged him to a fight. “Come on then,” said the boss.
What happened next is part of a most remarkable page-turner about to reach the bookshelves. Often funny, sometimes sad, occasionally angry, always brutally honest. Maybe too honest. Hope, despair, triumph, disaster and a hint of farce. At times uncomfortable.
Raging Blades boss said hit me – Former Shefield United goalkeeper Paddy Kenny's extraordinary book a brutally honest and revealing page-turner — ViewFromTheJohnStreet.Com
THE BLADES have been blessed with some hugely talented goalkeepers. None more-so than Paddy Kenny whose autobiography, The gloves are off… , is a remarkable page-turner. A brutally honest recollection of highs and lows, triumph and failure, laughter and tears on the field and off it. Kenny in collawww.viewfromthejohnstreet.com
Sorry, you lost me?Noticed the play off correction from 2003 to 2009.
Not sure that this would be a very interesting read.
Maybe the bit about why he left after the drugs test and the Muscat fight but 300 pages of stories of him getting drunk in a restaurant/pub and then having a fight. Not sure anyone outside of a few hundred United fans would be that bothered. Enjoyed Danny Hall's other books but I am not sure many people are desperate to read a story about a journeyman keeper from the lower leagues noone has really heard of outside of the clubs he played for. Think maybe an article in the Star may have sufficed here but a whole book?
I think there are other United players that would generate more interest - Billy Whitehurst for instance, although his might be full of fights also come to think of it!
Guess it depends on how it's done with these things, they do seem to vary a lot. I actually quite enjoyed Warnock's Made in Sheffield book, whereas with Peter Crouch's How to be a Footballer I was bored stupid and gave up after 70 pages of shit about what overpaid footballer's blow their excessive wages on.
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