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Title: Jlloyd Samuel
Post by: eric woolban woolban on December 28, 2011, 08:40:08 PM
Now plying his trade on the mean streets of Tehran, Iran.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jlloyd_Samuel

He came onto the scene really well  (sorry) when DOL was in charge, but then seemed to lose his way.

Probably after that appearance on MTV cribs.
Title: Re: Jlloyd Samuel
Post by: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on December 28, 2011, 09:03:21 PM
A quick bit of research seems to indicate he is the first player from the UK to play in the Iranian Premier League.

Hopefully they get the spelling of his name right. Salman would not look good.
Title: Re: Jlloyd Samuel
Post by: Irish villain on December 29, 2011, 11:19:00 AM
I remember having high hopes for him then he really trailed off like so many others.
Title: Re: Jlloyd Samuel
Post by: nick harper on December 29, 2011, 03:08:35 PM
He played in the same side as Ashley Cole when they wee youngsters and was thought to have more ability and potential - they have always been good mates.

JLloyd just didn't want it enough.
Title: Re: Jlloyd Samuel
Post by: Nev on December 29, 2011, 06:27:37 PM
At the last home game of DOL's reign during the lap of appreciation, JLS was strolling around the pitch with his hands in his pockets behind all the other players with the air of one who just didn't give a fuck.

I gave up my season ticket then and haven't had one since. It's not his fault really but he represented the attitude of most modern footballers and if anything it's got worse.
Title: Re: Jlloyd Samuel
Post by: gerags on December 30, 2011, 12:45:40 PM
Didn't everything go a bit pear shaped after he invited the MTV cameras into his home for one of those 'cribs' features ?
Title: Re: Jlloyd Samuel
Post by: glasses on December 30, 2011, 12:54:59 PM
At the last home game of DOL's reign during the lap of appreciation, JLS was strolling around the pitch with his hands in his pockets behind all the other players with the air of one who just didn't give a fuck.

I gave up my season ticket then and haven't had one since. It's not his fault really but he represented the attitude of most modern footballers and if anything it's got worse.
I remember that Nev. My take on it though, was that his confidence seemed to be absolutely shattered for most of the season, and if I remember rightly at the time, the fans were making a bit of a scapegoat of him. He got lots of stick, and I felt that it broke him, and in the end and he couldn't handle it. Some players dont have that mental toughness. I thought he was sick of the fans having a go at him, and that was why he kept his hands in his pockets and couldn't give a fuck.
Title: Re: Jlloyd Samuel
Post by: TheTimVilla on December 30, 2011, 08:48:45 PM
He got booed on that 'lap of honour' didn't he?
Title: Re: Jlloyd Samuel
Post by: Witton Warrior on December 31, 2011, 01:03:45 PM
Was it JLS who used a good portion of his wages charitably?
He was a bit ahead of the trend there I think.
Title: Re: Jlloyd Samuel
Post by: Deano's Mullet on January 01, 2012, 09:35:56 AM
Lazy lazy player. I think it was his poor pass back that let in Blues for their second goal in the 2003 0-2 home defeat.
Title: Re: Jlloyd Samuel
Post by: Pete3206 on January 01, 2012, 12:19:42 PM
Didn't rate him at all. I was astonished when he was once named in an England squad.
Title: Re: Jlloyd Samuel
Post by: SoccerHQ on January 01, 2012, 03:35:54 PM
He played very well in 03/04. Was crap there after.
Title: Re: Jlloyd Samuel
Post by: pooligan on January 04, 2012, 01:55:19 PM
Never rated him at all,lazy player.
Title: Re: Jlloyd Samuel
Post by: Hoppo on January 04, 2012, 01:57:45 PM
Crap..
Title: Re: Jlloyd Samuel
Post by: Chico Hamilton III on January 04, 2012, 03:12:49 PM
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Didn't everything go a bit pear shaped after he invited the MTV cameras into his home for one of those 'cribs' features


Cringeworthy. Wasn't his crib called something like "Park Villa"?

A guided tour of his tacky house, complete with his comprehensive collection of shitty baseball caps. Not an England cap anywhere to be seen

And he had a bar in his snooker room called "sweetboys" which is his nickname (I think?)

You can't buy style like that   
Title: Re: Jlloyd Samuel
Post by: Dante Lavelli on January 04, 2012, 03:16:19 PM
Was it JLS who used a good portion of his wages charitably?
He was a bit ahead of the trend there I think.

really?  fair play to him, if true.
Title: Re: Jlloyd Samuel
Post by: The Left Side on January 05, 2012, 01:58:42 AM
I think he called himself "sweet boy", sums up modern day footballers really.
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