Teddy Sheringham's honest answers
How refreshing to talk to a sportsman who's competed at the highest level and who doesn't respond to questions with banal platitudes. Okay, Teddy Sheringham was promoting Socceraid - that's the only reason we got access to him - but there were no restrictions on what questions we could ask him (and had there been we would have declined the opportunity).
He appeared on the programme this morning and going with the "speak as you find" principle I felt he was honest, refreshing and friendly. Have a listen.
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Honesty is a rare commodity and always has been. However you must temper anyone's honesty with the situation that they are in when you ask them the qusestion.
When Teddy was at The Theatre of Dreams under Ferguson I will wager that he would have been less than honest when asked questions about the Regime that all the people were under.
Teddy and David Ginola are examples of how good an ex player can be. Frank and Honest.
Footballers have more power than they realise. Young people who will listen to no-one, will lend an ear when a Footballer speaks out.
Ginola has done wonders with his work in the "Mine Clearing" issue, Beckham is a decent and reasonably articulate man who is listened to whenever he speaks.
Why not get Wayne Rooney to explain where he would be if he was not as gifted as he is? I am not assuming that he would be a bad lad, but he knows the pitfalls and has got through.
Joey Barton is not the "role model" that society is looking for. Maybe some true contrition wouldn't go amiss. The soccer chiefs who protect him should be brought to book and he should be treated as a pariah until he shows some sign of rehabilitation.
We don't care how much money he is worth to a club, if he cannot reform he should lose the trappings of his Bling lifestyle.
Sorry for the rant, but we need to praise the worthy and shun the baddies.
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Teddy has always struck me as a straightforward person. I met him once in Manchester just after he'd signed from Spurs and he was happy to chat for a few minutes about football as if he were an ordinary fan. He gave his all on the pitch too and will always be held in the highest esteem by United fans for his role in winning the treble.
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