Footballers are not very bright part 28

I heard that, it was embarrassing. He did eventually name Ringo, although it's an odd one to know rather than Lennon.
It's nothing to do with being a footballer though, he's just not very bright. I always think the footballers being thick is a bit unfair - have you seen the general public on TV when they're put in front of a mic? Many footballers come across well
 
wilkos_perm said:
I heard that, it was embarrassing. He did eventually name Ringo, although it's an odd one to know rather than Lennon.
It's nothing to do with being a footballer though, he's just not very bright. I always think the footballers being thick is a bit unfair - have you seen the general public on TV when they're put in front of a mic? Many footballers come across well
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Jamie O’Hara is exactly the same if not worse on talksport, constantly says if it happened before he was born why would he know about it.
 
It's surprising, but you don't know what his cultural upbringing was like.

It's a band from over 50 years ago that might have had no relevance in his life.

It's not something you get taught about in school, or at least I wasn't, so you've got to pick it up from other avenues.
If you don't listen to that sort of music, or know people who do, it's not that big a stretch that you might not know the names of the people in the band.
 
wilkos_perm said:
I heard that, it was embarrassing. He did eventually name Ringo, although it's an odd one to know rather than Lennon.
It's nothing to do with being a footballer though, he's just not very bright. I always think the footballers being thick is a bit unfair - have you seen the general public on TV when they're put in front of a mic? Many footballers come across well
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Footballers are schooled to talk to the press.
 
Aet290204 said:
A couple of years ago I worked with a young lad straight out of college (about 19,20 I think). He couldn’t name any of the Beatles. So it’s not just footballers. It’s an age thing.

on the flip side, I couldn’t name any of Little Mix....
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At the age of 35 neither can Gabby I bet.
 
TeaCider said:
It's surprising, but you don't know what his cultural upbringing was like.

It's a band from over 50 years ago that might have had no relevance in his life.

It's not something you get taught about in school, or at least I wasn't, so you've got to pick it up from other avenues.
If you don't listen to that sort of music, or know people who do, it's not that big a stretch that you might not know the names of the people in the band.
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To be honest my thread was supposed to be more whimsical and not meant to start a serious discourse on the general intelligence levels of our footballing community.

I therefore failed miserably.
 
Zoophonic said:
To be honest my thread was supposed to be more whimsical and not meant to start a serious discourse on the general intelligence levels of our footballing community.

I therefore failed miserably.
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😂


This reminds me of that Danny Boyle film Yesterday
 
Zoophonic said:
To be honest my thread was supposed to be more whimsical and not meant to start a serious discourse on the general intelligence levels of our footballing community.

I therefore failed miserably.
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I’ve got a university degree and two a levels, doesn’t mean I can play football.
 
At work, most of the young apprentices and lads up to ,say, 30 don't even know who the Beatles or Stones are. It's not a dumb footballer thing ,just a generation thing.
 
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