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Thread: Garry O'Connor
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29-11-2016 04:37 PM #31
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29-11-2016 04:56 PM #32
He manages to say he wasn't there then admit he actually was in the same interview. Absolute idiot and if found to be guillty then deserves the book thrown at him.
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29-11-2016 05:12 PM #33
There's an irony in the fact that Garry is being widely criticised for being imperfect while at the same time we have a thread lauding the severely flawed George Best. Garry has made mistakes and seems to go on making them but George did the very same so I guess that no one is perfect
This is how it feels
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29-11-2016 05:16 PM #34
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29-11-2016 05:33 PM #35
Genuinely saddened at this. I'm fed up defending him on here because it's one thing after another but let's remember none of us are angels and every single one of us will have our issues, as he clearly has.
I feel sorry for him, not for him himself as such but for his parents, wife and bairns as his name is constinually dragged through the gutter by the press, yes by his own doing but he doesn't get a break. On the other hand for how much longer can the 'daft young laddie' excuses really wash.
As I said, what a sad predicament.''It's always been just part of the culture. Growing up, for most working-class kids, is all about football, music or clothes. You might not have much money, but whatever you have got, you're going to look good.'' - Paul Weller
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29-11-2016 06:15 PM #36
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29-11-2016 06:17 PM #37This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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29-11-2016 06:25 PM #38
I thought Garry was tremendous towards the end of his first spell at Hibs.
Although he scored a lot of goals second time around (at least in the early part of the season) it saddened me to see the fat mess he had turned into towards the end.
It was evident then he was completely out of control and his professional football career was over.
Quite how the then football management team allowed him to pile on the weight he did is another story.
I cant help feeling sorry for him in his continuing downfall and it must take a lot for him continuing to live a public life with the amount of **** he continue to get thrown at him at every opportunity.
He was yet another childhood prodigy and as a consequence was probably exposed to things before he could handle them and probably want exposed to either the type of influences or experiences that may have tamed him.
I recognise that he is to blame for his own downfall, but as spectacular as it has been, it must be completely beyond him to do anything about it.
He isn't the first and wont be the last to have it all and piss it all away on the never ending road to self destruction.
I would love him to turn into a functioning citizen his wife, family and children could be proud of for what he is rather than was, but it doesn't look good.
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29-11-2016 06:26 PM #39This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
O'Connor made a fortune from playing in Russia. He's the one that sniffed it all away.
As for the comparison to George Best; Most of us can separate the genius from the lunacy and recognise both for what they are. Best was a waster and was rightly vilified for idiotic behaviour off the pitch.
...though to be fair to George Best, he never once lamped an Elvis Impersonator in Prestonpans.
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29-11-2016 06:26 PM #40This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteThis quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
He offered the the money to Hibs, we didn't ask him for it
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29-11-2016 06:29 PM #41This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Judging by the amount of Elvis impersonators that get lamped by professional footballers there is clearly something far wrong with them.
I don't see Lady Gaga impersonators getting anything like that level of hostility :-)
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29-11-2016 06:32 PM #42
Just rebuilding his life; really hope this isn't true.
If it is it'll be a car crash......
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29-11-2016 06:35 PM #43This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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29-11-2016 06:54 PM #44
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29-11-2016 06:55 PM #45This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The money was GC's in the first place. Do you have any evidence that Hibs demanded it from him?
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29-11-2016 06:57 PM #46
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29-11-2016 06:59 PM #47This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
What makes you think that wasn't the case?
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29-11-2016 07:02 PM #48
Can't feel sorry for him at all.
He's a grown man capable of making his own decisions. Hopefully in time he'll sort himself out for the sake of his family but I don't think he has any career whatsoever in football.
If I was the parent of a young footballer I'd far rather have him listen to Darren McGregor or Lewis Stevenson or any of our first team over Garry. I wouldn't want him anywhere near.
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29-11-2016 07:05 PM #49
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29-11-2016 07:06 PM #50This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
How many 'flawed human beings' - have played for Hibs over the years?
(I'm not going to list anyone - none of my business. And I don't want anyone to start a thread abut 'Wasters who played for the Cabbage', either. )
I think there must be a fair few of us should be grateful that OUR personal issues aren't played out under the spotlight of tabloid surveillance and journalistic judgementalism.
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29-11-2016 07:10 PM #51This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I can accept that his giving away his money voluntarily may have been a Hibs.net myth. However, you seem sure of your case. So I'm asking what makes you think that he didn't.
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29-11-2016 07:13 PM #52
Only truth I've seen is that he was recognised on CCTV at the time of the incident. Gary has done plenty daft things in his life, he will be the first to tell you. We don't have to fling him under the bus for the sake of it.
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29-11-2016 07:21 PM #53
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29-11-2016 07:23 PM #54
Would the extra £300K really have made that much difference to Garry in the long run? Given the money he is alleged to have blown over the years.
Serious question. I've blown relatively decent sums of money on my own vices in the past and looking back I don't think an extra couple of hundred (or even thousand quid) would have made any difference. I just would have spent that as well more than likely.
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29-11-2016 07:24 PM #55This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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29-11-2016 07:27 PM #56This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Anyone know why they seem to generate such rage in some people. I've seen a couple at do's I've been at and I can't understand it myself. i've always enjoyed their take on Elvis. Maybe its like the clowns which some people have a phobia of and seem to get very disturbed by.
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29-11-2016 07:30 PM #57
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29-11-2016 07:41 PM #58This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
It's sad but some people just can't or won't take good advice when it comes to finances and lifestyle.
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29-11-2016 07:49 PM #59This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I personally just think that Garry felt he had hit the big time & wanted to make a contribution, it was a lot of money
but he was expecting to make a lot more. Don't have any issue with Hibs accepting the offer.
GG
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29-11-2016 07:56 PM #60
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