NRC and The Ballboy on Sky

[UK Redsox]

Currently on Sky ‘The Debate’ featuring Steve Sidwell and Nigel Reo-Coker.

I’d have thought that the latter would be working for Barcelona TV by now

[SoccerHQ]

Reo-Coker seems to be trying to carve out a media career now.

He was on 5 live last week and said he was actually training with MK Franchise so something may come from that.

I wonder if he might make a decent coach/manager, he was always very vocal in the odd reserve game I went to when he was here and playing in them.

[Villan For Life]

Reo-Coker seems to be trying to carve out a media career now.

He was on 5 live last week and said he was actually training with MK Franchise so something may come from that.

I wonder if he might make a decent coach/manager, he was always very vocal in the odd reserve game I went to when he was here and playing in them.

He will want the Chelsea or Man City jobs to start with.

[Virgil Caine]

Reo-Coker seems to be trying to carve out a media career now.

He was on 5 live last week and said he was actually training with MK Franchise so something may come from that.

I wonder if he might make a decent coach/manager, he was always very vocal in the odd reserve game I went to when he was here and playing in them.

He will want the Chelsea or Man City jobs to start with.

Nah, he's lining himself up for the Real Madrid job when it becomes available at the end of the season. He's a shoe in for it.

[Clark W Griswold]

Just reading up on what he's done in recent years. Apparently last May, IK Start of the Norwegian first division signed him up only to terminate his contract 6 weeks or so later. I know he was limited and many on here were not fans of his but I think he could surely have played premier league football until only a couple of years ago (he's 34 now), so I do wonder what happened. I can only suspect that he's a bit touched.

[john e]

I think he could still do a job

there's definitely a player in there somewhere

he can break things up

[Diablo]

Saw a clip from MOTD 2 where he was declaring his undying love for West Ham saying amongst other things what a special family club West Ham are. When asked weren't Villa like that too he didn't answer. At least Stephen Warnock attempted to reign in NRC. In his defence maybe he does feel that way - I get different people have different relationships with different clubs but it seemed a little over the top (and didn't he come from West Ham?).

edit
Just looked up his stats and he made the most appearances of his career with West Ham

[pauliewalnuts]

Didn't West Ham fans absolutely hate him? Not because he left and came to us, but something happened there previously, I vaguely remember.

Anyway, he was fucking shit.

[Rudy65]

Didn't West Ham fans absolutely hate him? Not because he left and came to us, but something happened there previously, I vaguely remember.

Anyway, he was fucking shit.

Awful and limited player

He fell out at West Ham by scoring against Man U, but refusing to celebrate in protest about the previous abuse he had taken from the fans. Or something like that

[cdbearsfan]

Was he not linked with someone quite good, like Arsenal, and made it pretty clear he'd be keen to go? I may be talking shite.

[Toronto Villa]

I think he could still do a job

there's definitely a player in there somewhere

he can break things up

It’s all good and we’ll breaking things up but it falls apart if the next thing he does it give it away. There’s a reason he’s out of the game. Fuck he couldn’t even make it in MLS.

[PeterWithesShin]

NRC was only any good at winning the ball back, and he only had to do that so often as he gave it away in the first place. If anything sums him up it Chelsea at home, 0-0, at the death NRC wins the ball and is through one on one with Cech. And misses the target. I don't think in my 40+ years of going down VP i've ever been less confident we'd score a one on one than that moment.

[Jon Crofts]

Reo-Coker’s nickname at West Ham was Nigel Mediocre, tells you all you need to know.

[rob_bridge]

Some of them in passing used to refer to his as Nigel Reo-Cokehead.

He wasn't the Real Thing

[SoccerHQ]

I didn't mind NRC too much. Yes his passing was awful but his energy and mobility helped us play the high tempo game under MON. Regular in two sixth place finishes wasn't he?

He's just signed for MK Franchise btw.

Sidwell was more disappointing of the two. Thought he was excellent for Reading and early on he scored some crackers for us but he just amounted for little and know just known for throwing the ball which lead to a Milner goal when he wasn't even on the pitch!