The writings of a turd and how I pissed off Liverpool, Aston Villa, Tottenham and Birmingham City fans

As a journalist/blogger/sad and lonely human being writing in the dark of his mother’s basement, I relish the idea of sharing my thoughts on the game that I love - football.

It’s an all consuming passion of mine and I push my thoughts and ideas out into cyber space and onto people, who are innocently scouring the web in search of fact-based news.

I am though merely a pied piper of opinion and unfortunately for readers it happens to be mine. I am far from assertive that my opinion is always right though, in fact I revel in opening a dialogue on a topic, player or team and hearing what other fans have to say.

The fact though that I have an opinion which contradicts those of some diehard and ultra fans isn’t always met with a polite response.

Below then are my favourite 12 Angry Men and the comments they have left for me to chew over since I started writing this blog a little over two years ago. These guys are certainly consistent in their opinions, as it turns out of all the descriptive cursive names to call me, wanker and surprisingly turd are apparently the most apt.

The above responses were to an article I wrote on my dislike for the attacking abilities of Aston Villa and England’s finest Emile Heskey. It seems he has quite an ardent following.

Murdock is clearly a big fan of the cumbersome striker and leapt to his defence by striking me down with my adopted nickname. Having read a previous article of mine Juanillo returned for more of the same nonsense and got exactly what he was after, thanks for the name check. Rob Jones (possibly the former Liverpool full-back) took his time reading the brief 400 word article and DanMobbsLikesGoats rumbled my fondness for a particular farmyard animal and a factual inaccuracy, with the addition of a smiley face and a greeting.




I should know better than to question fans favourite Jamie Carragher, but that’s exactly what I did when I queried the motivation of his decision to come out of international retirement ahead of the 2010 World Cup, after previously admitting that his loyalty lies firmly with Liverpool and not England.

The response was largely emphatic and demon was so keen to express his distaste for me that his spelling went out the window, but Col and H had no such problems. A+ for you lads. The article made andy lol (laugh out loud) but that didn’t satisfy him or endear him to me and Jim decided to redirect his anger towards Carragher.

After Spurs away draw against Young Boys Bern in the qualifying stages of the Champions League, I imagined amusing and childish headlines that could accompany the result in the nations press. “Spurs go from Boys to men after avoiding heavy defeat” is an example. However this didn’t go down too well with rich g, who questioned my motivation for the article and attempted to join the fun with a paedophilic joke that left nothing to the imagination. Bless.

At the beginning of the 2010/11 season I was excitedly anticipating catching a glimpse of the new Villa shirt in the shops, but due to a problem with the material it was delayed until the end of November. I was annoyed that fans would only be able to buy the shirt approximately 1/3 of the way into the season. pilsbury dough man was just annoyed with me though.

With both Birmingham clubs at the wrong end of the table for most of last season, I wrote an article that I felt I had an acute understanding of, as I’m an Aston Villa fan. However neither sets of fans seemed in a hurry to agree with my summation that the gap between the teams had narrowed, in particular blues fan vile.

Please feel free to leave more abusive comments below. I’m a turd.

Tags: Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Championship, Jamie Carragher, Liverpool, Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur

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DBurrows 5 September 2011 at 12:06pm

I don’t even know who you are, I’m pretty sure there’s a large (perhaps the majority) part of the supporter base of all clubs mentioned that have never heard of you either.

Yet you seem to believe you have some sort of importance? As if people care what you write?

I hate to break it to you, bud, but you’re still very much a nobody.

mat 5 September 2011 at 12:11pm

i agree you are a turd

Dan 5 September 2011 at 12:13pm

Thanks DBurrows for entering into the spirit of things, although what my standing has to do with anything seems unrelated. Do nobody’s deserve abuse?

Dan 5 September 2011 at 12:14pm

Thanks mat. I’m a turd.

Chip 5 September 2011 at 12:21pm

At least you are a very educated Turd Dan. Your spelling and punctuation are of the highest order. Not like most of the plonkers who write some of these blogs!

suarez4goldenboot 5 September 2011 at 12:27pm

Afternoon! i think every player/team at some point deserves picking apart in analysis and everybody is entitled to an opinion. as a journalist abuse is going to be part and parcel with this. if you are openly big headed especialy in sports journalsm its not going to get you very far in terms of popularity. im not here to abuse you, although some of the previous comments amused me! say what you want to say…at the end of the day i couldent class you as a wanker without meeting you, but if you mixed your negative thoughts with positives at the same time you would find more people agreeing with you and not against you. ynwa

Bazzathebluenose 5 September 2011 at 12:31pm

I write for joysandsorrows regularly as a Blues fan and however hard I try to give a fair assessment of games, players of both sides, officials, managers and the like it is amazing that the abusive still find ways to find fault because they don’t have the intellect to enter a reasoned debate and express views in a polite and measured manner. There are examples of imbecility on the terraces of all football clubs including my own and of course down at Villa Park. Try not to let it get to you Dan but keep writing even if you are misguided in following a rubbish team :-D

Dan 5 September 2011 at 12:31pm

Thanks Chip and suarez4goldenboot. Both measured comments.

Rossi 5 September 2011 at 12:34pm

Haha this is awesome, i havent read any of your stuff but im just going to put it out there and say, you sir are a turd.

Do me a favour and get in touch with another turd like person, his name is Jaimie Kenwar from http://www.liverpool-kop.com/ he is also a turd of the highest degree and i believe together you could make a fearsome turd partnership.

Dan 5 September 2011 at 12:37pm

Unsettlingly positive comments from Bazzathebluenose and Rossi. Thanks very much.

Stevo 5 September 2011 at 12:47pm

You seem to write more about yourself than football…

Although you are not a turd… but you are a nob!!!

Dan 5 September 2011 at 12:53pm

Admittedly I have written about myself in this one Stevo but the rest does tend to be on football. Thanks for the new nickname x

Mike 5 September 2011 at 1:09pm

Who are you?

I concur with DBurrows comments.

You sad twat! Just wasted time reading ths tripe thinking you were Billy Big Bollocks but finished realising you are Norman Nobody.

TURD!

LFC Gary 5 September 2011 at 1:14pm

Why do you agree to being a turd? I don’t accept being a turd (or something like that) when I have an opinion. I argue with Everton fans all the time and no matter what they call me, it doesn’t mean I am one.

Dan 5 September 2011 at 1:15pm

Thanks Mike, although again I don’t see what my standing has to do with your opinion of me or the article. You either like what you read or you don’t, irrelevant of who I am.

Dan 5 September 2011 at 1:19pm

Thanks for your concern LFC Gary but I don’t in reality accept that I’m a turd and carry this burden around with me on a daily basis. Instead I was merely trying to gently poke fun at people who seem unable to form a coherent counter argument and I completely with your opinion that disagreeing with someone doesn’t make you anything less than them. Cheers.

Bradley 5 September 2011 at 2:24pm

I would of put good money on it that you was a villa fan

Luke Williams 5 September 2011 at 2:45pm

I’d put your nickname as Prince. Not because your good, it’s because you want to suck your own dick. Your a fucking gay twat turd. And a prick. And a shit nugget. And a bollock nobler. And a definate Villa fan. The type of nob who’d wear shit knock-off merchandise whilst fiddling sausages. Man Sausages. xx

Issues 5 September 2011 at 3:03pm

My balls itch and now they hurt, i`ve been scratching so much the area between my nut sack and my anus is raw and red and it hurts!

sirnotactuallypublishedinthisblogyet 5 September 2011 at 3:08pm

I am a villa fan and most villa fans don’t like or see the point of Heskey, but hey some like him he erm her errrr he works hard which is after all what you need a striker to do most… oh wait…….

I’m sure most people/non-scousers would admit Carragher is pile of old horses nobs.

i hope this too means i am a turd and can move to Liverpool with Emile Heskey.

DMan 5 September 2011 at 3:50pm

Mike concurs with another, indulges himself in some basic alliteration then signs off TURD! retar-TURD!?

I concur with Bazzathebluenose, Burrows you bumbling, baby stroking, brick-laying bafoon.

TURD2!

Bill 5 September 2011 at 3:53pm

Just a thought, but would a combination of Dan and Jaimie Kenwar constitute a collective noun for example; A Toilet of Turds or maybe a Dump of Turds. I will leave this question for more intelligent posters than myself to debate. YNWA.

Dave G 5 September 2011 at 4:10pm

Dan

Stumbled across this site and had a laugh reading your post; just want to say that you are a turd just because you support the Villa! But reading through some of the replies on here i would say that there are bigger turds, or should i say shit-for—brains!

Nick G 5 September 2011 at 4:17pm

The title itself explains it all really, this is just a blatant attempt to increase traffic to the site and get people to read your shite. Any website that has been around for six months can appear on newsnow and just by putting the four teams names in the title it has appeared on all of their newsnow threads.

The content of the article means nothing this is just a tactic to get more visitors. It has worked but it’s very sad. Maybe in future try writing something worth reading and attract new readers that way.

Matt Sweet 5 September 2011 at 4:56pm

You sir are not a turd. Your views on football are un-biased and you’ve always appeared a jovial chap and not any form of turd, whether it be solid, runny, a floater or U Bender. However, a certain friends of yours is definitely a turd, I hope you know who I am referring to.

Yosire issa Turd 5 September 2011 at 5:13pm

Oh Dear this was funny for about 30 Seconds:) Trans World Airlines Tickets. you can polish a turd! way anchor! but i don’t think there is any need for abuse!! keep up the blogging

Dan 5 September 2011 at 6:18pm

Hi there, I am having a slight disagreement with my friend about the state of his missus that you just might be able to settle for us:
Are you able to polish yourself?

Dan 5 September 2011 at 9:49pm

Thanks for your comment Bradley and of course to my good friend Luke Williams for his kind words, which are of course all true. I’m concerned for you Issues but thanks for sharing. Cheers for the support sirnotactuallypublishedinthisblogyet and awesome alliteration from DMan. Thanks Bill Dave G and Yosire issa Turd. Matt Sweet you’re my boy, cheers. Nick G raised a valid point in that the title was carefully chosen to attract as much traffic as possible, but it was done as those clubs are featured in the article and not purely to blindly lead people to something that has no bearing to the title. You may not have enjoyed the article and that is absolutely your right, but I wasn’t trying to fraudulently gain hits. If I didn’t want to attract visitors, I’d write it all down and keep my thoughts out of sight under my bed. Thanks though for commenting. Dan offers the best puzzler and to answer your question, yes you can. In my opinion there are two ways - To physically polish oneself, like you would an antique table and in the way that Duncan Goodhew would do to his head for hydrodynamic reasons before a swim and also in the sense of chuffing one off. Thanks to all who took the time to comment, it’s much appreciated.

eltoro 6 September 2011 at 8:36am

You can’t please everyone mate, carry on the good work, I’m sure a few thought shakespeare was also a turd! so your in good company.

ollie 7 September 2011 at 1:10am

i support villa m8 up the villa all i can say if u support the villa then there must be something gd about u but emile heskey is shit m8 and tbf all u talk about is ur self u dont talk about football really m8 and u sound abit like a nob tbf u need 2 mix positive with negative m8 cause other wise everyones gonna think ur a twat m8

pilsbury dough man 7 September 2011 at 7:38am

Thanks for the mention.

I dont remember what had sparked my anger but i had almost certainly followed the popular opinion when i called you that. I apologise. You seem to have a complex.

But anyway, back on to real football: Stewart Downing was shit last night wasn’t he?! And when will ITV stop ruining football with all that bollocks.

Luke Williams 7 September 2011 at 12:37pm

i think ollie is your m8

Dan 7 September 2011 at 1:17pm

Thanks eltoro for the ridiculously kind, if a little misguided comparison and of course to my m8 Ollie. Cheers m8, you’re a good m8 and I appreciate having you as a m8. Thanks for returning pilsbury dough man and thanks for your concern regarding my apparent complex, but it’s nothing excessive counselling won’t fix. Regarding Downing and ITV; I’ve washed my hands of them.

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