Sad, sad, sad

[PeterWithesShin]

I hate to say it but claims of Twitter hacking is rarely true and if his account had been hacked the culprit could have done a lot worse than one rant about bankers and an apology for being pissed.

I'm very doubtful it was hacked. More likely scenario for me is he was pissed, had a rant and someone managed to talk some sense to him so he tried the "hacked" excuse. I hope i'm wrong and that's just me being cynical.

[Clampy]

I hate to say it but claims of Twitter hacking is rarely true and if his account had been hacked the culprit could have done a lot worse than one rant about bankers and an apology for being pissed.

I'm very doubtful it was hacked. More likely scenario for me is he was pissed, had a rant and someone managed to talk some sense to him so he tried the "hacked" excuse. I hope i'm wrong and that's just me being cynical.

I don't think he was either. I've been hacked and and it was a lot more than two messages. Let's hope he sorts himself out.

[eastie]

I hate to say it but claims of Twitter hacking is rarely true and if his account had been hacked the culprit could have done a lot worse than one rant about bankers and an apology for being pissed.

I'm very doubtful it was hacked. More likely scenario for me is he was pissed, had a rant and someone managed to talk some sense to him so he tried the "hacked" excuse. I hope i'm wrong and that's just me being cynical.

I don't think he was either. I've been hacked and and it was a lot more than two messages. Let's hope he sorts himself out.

Who hacked you clampy ? I thought it just happened to the rich and famous

Was it a bluenose ?

[Chris Jameson]

Usually when people are hacked their followers receive tweets about weight loss and 'LOL what are you doing in this video?' direct messages.

[Clampy]

Usually when people are hacked their followers receive tweets about weight loss and 'LOL what are you doing in this video?' direct messages.

My acccount was filled with foreign tweets. There's some strange folk out there.

[eastie]

Usually when people are hacked their followers receive tweets about weight loss and 'LOL what are you doing in this video?' direct messages.

My acccount was filled with foreign tweets. There's some strange folk out there.

They may have been  from yang wing  Wong - your Thai admirer.

[Dave P]

Usually when people are hacked their followers receive tweets about weight loss and 'LOL what are you doing in this video?' direct messages.

That happened to me where a direct message was sent to all my whopping 26 followers.  Of them all, only Shaun Teale told me I was hacked.  Bizzare.

[silhillvilla]

Macca is now saying his twitter account was hacked ??

[ClaretAndBlueBlood]

One of the biggest problems Paul has is, the never ending queue, of people willing to buy him drinks despite his problems.  It's nothing malicious just misguided gratitude.  Combine this with Paul's genial and inoffensive (when not drinking) character and it's an accident waiting to happen.  Just my opinion.

Unfortunately, sometimes it is malicious as he is an easy target for a "laugh"!!!

Got chatting with Whiteside at OT this year. He was saying that earlier this year, some fellas took God for a few drinks before plonking him on the ferry to Anglesey. Presumably he continued drinking on the ferry and became abusive causing the captain to radio ahead to be met on docking by the police. Fair play to the police, when they got hold of him, instead of locking him up, they contacted Whiteside and got him to agree to fund a taxi ride for God to Whitesides place in Manc.

It's only going to end one way unfortunately....

[rjp]

I'd guess that the 'hacked' tweet is the guilt setting in.  Fall off the wagon, behave like an arse, sober up, become consumed with guilt.  Alcoholism has its cycles.

[KevinGage]

Every time I hear 'on the piss my lord' I want to hand everyone singing it a copy of his book.  In my view it's not just an embarrassing song, it's morally repugnant and utterly indefensible.  It doesn't make me cringe it makes me f***ing angry.

A tad OTT  (though I'm no great fan of the song).

I seem to recall it started in 1994, soon after he went AWOL and abandoned the club on the eve of an important cup match.  It wasn't the first time he'd done that either. 

For many players, that would signal the beginning of the end of the relationship with the club and it's fans.  For Paul, he could do no wrong and was welcomed back into the fold with barely a murmur.  If the sum total of his punishment was a fine and a new song, he got off lightly.

There were no calls to ditch him, though that probably has as much to do with with how good a player he was, more than any deep empathy for his condition.  That said, he seemed to have a bond with the clubs fans from day one, so the song was perhaps a misguided and clumsy attempt at affection, as much as anything else.

It seemed to come back around 2007, particularly at away days. And the 'on the piss' declaration seemed to be as much about the condition of those singing it as it was about McGrath himself. 

It isn't morally repugnant and utterly indefensible.  It's just shit. 

To the tune of Kumbaya, with a witty, imaginative new verse tacked on sometimes depending on the opposition.  Empty seats/ going down.   Yawn.  Hopefully it's come to the end of it's cycle and that Brigada mob in the Lower Holte can introduce some long overdue new material.  They do seem to be the only lot trying most games, in fairness.

[Vancouver]

I think that we all can find ourselves on the brink one way or another. I'm no where near an alcoholic but when I go for a drink, I struggle to limit myself to 2 or 3. I can easily go for a session if I don't stop myself. Usually that is returning to work or going home to the kids. It doesn't appear that Paul has either to stop him. Quite the opposite. There is no shortage of people trying to get him even more drunk and have a good time with him.

[Ads]

It was Exeter in the Cup where he went AWOL.

It was Paul McGrath my Lord as usual, followed by in the bar my Lord, in the Bar.

Deano penalty in a 1-0 win if I recall. A wet day too.

[chipper]

what was gods greatest game in a villa shirt?

[dave shelley]

All of them.