Anyone read Duncs book yet?

[Quadvod]

Loved Dunc back in the day - epitomised our losing fight against our fall from grace. Periodically brilliant unfortunately never fit.

Have read a bit of the book and you call tell the regrets he has for being constantly on the pop and the impact it had on his fitness/career. Had unsworth marked down as teachers pet and sounds like he had no time for Marcel brands.

 

[The Penalty Box Dancer]

One thing that drew me and my mates to Ferguson was his size and how he could get up and head a ball. We hadn't really seen anyone with that physical presence and how he could head a ball was something else. The Derby goal in 94 was the one that won the fans over and beating Man Utd when he headed it in and took his shirt off cemented how we felt. Nobody beat Man Utd back then. From then on we were in awe of him. Was made up when he got the tattoo and heard so many stories of how he would give fans a lift home who waited for him to get back to goodison after an away game. Having a proper hard man in the team resonates with young impressionable kids.

 

[davek]

Georgie Wood ,Andy King where definitely a hero to many.
And Ronnie godlass, school jumper over your hands and failing terribly to dribble with your left peg.
We won nothing, but halcyon days.

Yes, that's the point Ilm making: the kids who followed Everton in the 90s had there heroes too...and they win something.

Itls not a matter of winning nothing but we had 'Big Dunc'.

That whole reasoning has never cut ice with me.

 

[toffeemeister77]

A small round up of his recent interviews witk Sky, Talksport, Peter Crouch podcast and The Overlap.

I can't help it I love the Big Man and apart of that is his faults.

 

[Sharpy9]

Yes, that's the point Ilm making: the kids who followed Everton in the 90s had there heroes too...and they win something.

Itls not a matter of winning nothing but we had 'Big Dunc'.

That whole reasoning has never cut ice with me.

Yeh, my first season watching was the 94/95 season as a 7 year old. I didn't realise what it meant to win the FA Cup back then, old man took me, so I can say I was there, but as a kid growing up as a massive Evertonian, Dunc was everything, big number 9, powerful, great in the air, didn't roll around like the pathetic players today, loved the club (and meant it). The club is bigger than him, but he was everything I wanted Everton to be as a young lad.

 

[Tommy Chong]

Well, we'll all know what will happen if a kopite asks him to sign a copy for them...

 

[MisterJ]

‘I’m not a hard man’: Duncan Ferguson on Everton, pigeons and his biggest regrets

Former striker answers your questions on Scottish nightlife, his toughest opponent, proudest moment and when football made him cry

www.theguardian.com

 

[MisterJ]

Love the bit where he talks about texting Ancelotti at random moments

 

[davek]

On amazon I noticed there was one second hand for £3.99 earlier. Gone now though.

That's just 3 days after it was launched. Probably people in the industry that got freebie hardback copies who are flogging them.

Worth keeping a look out to save yourselves a few quid.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

I came to resent him towards the end for all the time he spent out of the first team for various reasons as he was, what felt like, our one legitimate threat. I couldn't understand how someone proclaiming his love for EFC was constantly getting himself somehow removed from the squad and seriously undermining our prospects of picking up points.

 

[davek]

I came to resent him towards the end for all the time he spent out of the first team for various reasons as he was, what felt like, our one legitimate threat. I couldn't understand how someone proclaiming his love for EFC was constantly getting himself somehow removed from the squad and seriously undermining our prospects of picking up points.

The way he tried to blag the Everton job when he knew he was tripe at managing sickens me more. That's how much he loves Everton.

There's some right chancers who've attached themselves to this club: 'Big Dunc', Andy Gray using Everton to get his Sky contract upgraded; Moyes getting his arl feller, Wor Kenny and Charlie Adam a gig; Sharp stuffing his ill-gotten board salary in his account before he was run out of town by fans.

 

[Joey66]

Yes, that's the point Ilm making: the kids who followed Everton in the 90s had there heroes too...and they win something.

Itls not a matter of winning nothing but we had 'Big Dunc'.

That whole reasoning has never cut ice with me.

I am afraid its the one book I will not buy - as he was just an icon for our club in bad times - Bobby Robson sold back a crock to Kenwrong I enjoyed his first spell at the club & that was it IMO...

 

[9LeagueTitles5FACups]

I have read some of the book, almost exclusively covering his time in prison. The book paints a bleak environment at Barlinnie prison where he was brutally honest about the dangers he faced in that prison.

My worry was that the book would be centred around the stories we have all (presumably) heard before - e.g. about sending-offs, the burglars at his home. Yet, that hasn't been the case so far. Overall, I cannot say either way whether I recommend it or not, but my initial impression of the book is positive.

 

[davids]

I came to resent him towards the end for all the time he spent out of the first team for various reasons as he was, what felt like, our one legitimate threat. I couldn't understand how someone proclaiming his love for EFC was constantly getting himself somehow removed from the squad and seriously undermining our prospects of picking up points.

For me it was him getting sent off for ridiculous off the ball incidents. It was as if he cared more for his reputation than the team

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

For me it was him getting sent off for ridiculous off the ball incidents. It was as if he cared more for his reputation than the team

Yup; he admits he was stupid back then but it wasn't helpful for the team at the time, at all.