Comments on: Collymore: “I never had a pineapple on my head!” http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/04/collymore-i-never-had-a-pineapple-on-my-head/ The mindless ramblings of a Forest fan half imbued with a probably misguided sense of optimism.. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:00:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Don’t miss an evening with Stan Collymore.. « Through the seasons before us.. http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/04/collymore-i-never-had-a-pineapple-on-my-head/#comment-47523 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:02:29 +0000 http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/04/collymore-i-never-had-a-pineapple-on-my-head/#comment-47523 [...] Posted on 3 March, 2010 by nffc I can’t believe it was in 2007 when I got a chance to meet Stan Collymore!  But anyway, I digress before I’ve even started… you could have that chance too, as [...]

]]> By: JG http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/04/collymore-i-never-had-a-pineapple-on-my-head/#comment-19278 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:36:53 +0000 http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/04/collymore-i-never-had-a-pineapple-on-my-head/#comment-19278 mattyboy…very true…but then a certain Mr Megson somehow got a team promoted!!!

]]> By: Al http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/04/collymore-i-never-had-a-pineapple-on-my-head/#comment-19257 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:36:35 +0000 http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/04/collymore-i-never-had-a-pineapple-on-my-head/#comment-19257 and 5m on k. richardson. but he certainly did get them up. and i reckon they will stay up. although do you see he’s spent as much on transfers this summers as wenger has on his arsenal squad. wild.

]]> By: mattyboy http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/04/collymore-i-never-had-a-pineapple-on-my-head/#comment-19250 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:05:34 +0000 http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/04/collymore-i-never-had-a-pineapple-on-my-head/#comment-19250 No, but he sure got them out of the Championship from being 4th from bottom!!

]]> By: JG http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/04/collymore-i-never-had-a-pineapple-on-my-head/#comment-19240 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:10:11 +0000 http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/04/collymore-i-never-had-a-pineapple-on-my-head/#comment-19240 To all of you Keano lovers, Sunderland ain’t exactly setting the world on fire in the Prem. And £5m for Chopra………….

]]> By: Al http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/04/collymore-i-never-had-a-pineapple-on-my-head/#comment-19203 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:21:01 +0000 http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/04/collymore-i-never-had-a-pineapple-on-my-head/#comment-19203 fucking hell. that 7-1. they are times long gone by eh? and i woulda took him over Trev. doies anyone remember the game he came back with the scouse. thecity ground was a cauldron of hate. “no one likes you, no one likes you, collymore” etc. and he pushed stoney. and then got subbed. thing is with him. he never knew(or knows) when he’s got it good. a kinda english anelka. in fact having read the self pitying drivel that is his autobography, he is, if anything, worse. the scorn he pours all over John Gregory for not patting his hand and stroking his hair when he claimed his depression is quite unbelievable. he openly admits that he couldn’t be bothered to train properly as he is so naturally gifted. nothing was ever his fault. you should see the 30 pages or so he devotes to justifying the Ulrikka incident. still though, that goal against wimbledon. i’m gonna give keano a pass because we had just got relegated, his mentor had retired, and there was no unpleasantness before or after (badge smooching aside) the transfer. and nffc, for the record and parity, you are right. if i divorce myself from my forest roots, i can understand why you’d leave to go to the scouse. but there’s a way of doing things. and that wasn’t the way. as for appointing keano. i was led to believe it was a done deal. i had £50 on it. wife from the area. big team. but of course that would involve Doughty doing something right. and we all know that doesn’t happen very often. and before anyone has a go, we are at our lowest ebb in our history. this is not due to people investing and appointing well. there must be changes. doughty is like brian barwick in that he can’t see problems that are obvious to everyone else and calderwood is just the wrong man for the job. he has spent more than the rest of that league together and was still unable to procure a striker or motivate players. crikey, i’d take warnock now. i really would. i’m not a bad fan. i don’t like the government. it doesn’t mean i’m not proud to be english. and so on. anyway. a lot of negativity there. sorry. anyway, they’re still by far the greatest team, i’ve ever seen.

]]> By: Bobred http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/04/collymore-i-never-had-a-pineapple-on-my-head/#comment-19162 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:49:10 +0000 http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/04/collymore-i-never-had-a-pineapple-on-my-head/#comment-19162 My first match was Sheffield Wed away, the 7-1. Stan was superb that day. He will always be a Forest legend and hero of mine. Thank you Stan for some great memorys

YOOOUU REEDSS

]]> By: Paul http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/04/collymore-i-never-had-a-pineapple-on-my-head/#comment-19159 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:33:52 +0000 http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/04/collymore-i-never-had-a-pineapple-on-my-head/#comment-19159 When his head was right he was one hell of a player and definitely the most exciting player I have seen in a Forest shirt. Excellent with both feet and head. When Stan was on form, my old Dad used to say that the only other Forest player to outshine him was Sir Trevor Francis.

]]> By: nffc http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/04/collymore-i-never-had-a-pineapple-on-my-head/#comment-19124 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:42:50 +0000 http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/04/collymore-i-never-had-a-pineapple-on-my-head/#comment-19124 I’m not saying he wanted to stay, just that we could’ve kept him. Who knows what he was really thinking or feeling, certainly I’d question believing the Evening Post or the Tabloids without question.

One thing he mentioned was he did have concerns that Forest didn’t have the clout to invest to make that Frank Clark team better – he played it down as a ‘mere concern’ but I’m sure it was a bigger factor. Ultimately he was right though, we didn’t compete in the transfer market, and I guess if you can divorce your emotions from football, from a purely career point of view, his move made sense (although I do think Fergie would have got the best out of him, whereas Roy Evans failed).

]]> By: mattyboy http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/04/collymore-i-never-had-a-pineapple-on-my-head/#comment-19122 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:32:23 +0000 http://nffcblog.com/2007/09/04/collymore-i-never-had-a-pineapple-on-my-head/#comment-19122 Agree with you there Al; top player, one of the most exciting ever to wear the red shirt. As with a lot of forest players down the years he was worth the entrance fee alone. But I also remember him shoving Bryan Roy away after he’d scored, and the things he said when he left. Nffc, can you not remember the story of how he cried at the training ground when Man U signed Andy Cole instead of him? Thats because he wanted to stay?!
Having said that I’ve similar feeling towards Roy Keane (badge-kissing, anyone?), but oh how Forest missed the boat on that appointment last year!

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