Dyer’s warning to Carroll.
Posted on October 21st, 2010 | 14 Comments |
Dyer, who spent who spent no less than eight years on Tyneside and has had a significant portion of his career ruined by injury, was involved in various incidents while on Tyneside. These included a violent encounter with teammate, Lee Bowyer, on the pitch, also having his car vandalised, as well as “roasting” allegations and a memorable run in with Sir Bobby Robson. He said of his own time at Newcastle:
“They called us the Brat Pack, and I suppose we were at the time. There was myself, Craig Bellamy, Jermaine Jenas, Titus Bramble, Carl Cort – we were young lads who had a lot of money, single, living away from home.
“We were enjoying life off the pitch and we got up to all sorts. But that is the problem you have in a city like Newcastle.
“We were doing well on the pitch and we were intent on enjoying ourselves off it, but we got into too many scrapes. We attracted the wrong sort of attention and there are things I did which I just can’t believe when I look back.
“That is what happens when you turn young men into millionaires in a city where they receive so much adulation just for being footballers. There are so many dangers when that happens, so many pitfalls – I fell into a lot of them.
“I look at Andy Carroll and you can see the same problems. I hope he gets himself sorted out because he could become an excellent player.”
Here’s hoping for the sake of both the team, and himself, that he does.
Meanwhile, Dyer himself will be fighting, though not in the literal sense, hopefully, for a place in the West Ham team to face Newcastle United at the Boleyn Ground / Upton Park on Saturday.
Please give dyer a good reception, get the feeling we’ll regret it if we don’t, bit like Adam Johnson and nzog.