"If Pep doesn’t know who I am, that’s absolutely fine...."

[shane]

Remember the title of this thread as you read the rest of Stan Collymore's Daily Mirror article.

Its fantastic.

I had to have a belly laugh at the posts from blogs and websites getting giddy that Pep Guardiola, when asked about my MirrorFootball column, looked puzzled and asked: "Stan Collymore?”

They’ve had a field day, gleefully saying “he doesn’t know who you are etc” which, bearing in mind most of these journalists wouldn’t be recognised in their own front room, makes it even funnier.

If Pep doesn’t know who I am, that’s absolutely fine, all he needs to do is watch Sky Sports, there’s usually the 4-3 game (Liverpool vs Newcastle, 1996) on, or used in an advert.

Maybe he could give the former manager of his current club, Stuart Pearce, a call and ask him about who Nottingham Forest’s greatest 11 is, managed by a true great of the game, rather than one spoon fed lots of cash to get success.

Or ask Robbie Fowler, Liverpool legend, and someone I’m sure Pep knows the name of, who his best strike partner was amongst Owen, Rush, Viduka, Shearer, Cole et al.

To be fair, managers like Pep get lots of questions from some journalists being sneaky and a maybe a little devious and get put on the back foot - such as Klopp vs Neville the other day.

Managers under pressure like to have a pop back, and as far as I’m concerned I’m as fair game as anyone.

So if a manager feels I’m irrelevant, doesn’t know who I am or dismisses me, that’s absolutely fine.

It’s the equivalent of me questioning, like a lot of fans and even Man City fans recently, Pep’s ability in England to put a defence together worthy of the name.

Or a goalkeeper worthy of keeping out England’s No.1 on the basis that “he’s not a great footballer” - he doesn’t have to be, he just needs to make saves Pep!

And to all of those bloggers and journos laughing in Pep’s press conference today at my expense, I’ve won awards in YOUR industry and have a 15-year playing career to back it up.

If Pep genuinely dismisses me, just imagine what he thinks of you!

I’m comfortable not being known by Pep - Brian Clough knew who I was and rated me highly.

He was a double European Cup winner who did it from scratch, not from an Abu Dhabi or Qatar silver spoon.

I’ll make sure I state my name, National Union of Journalists' number and full address when I’m next at the Etihad, just in case Pep, just in case.

 

[T.A]

What a melt.

 

[Pagnell]

If Pep doesn’t know who I am, that’s absolutely fine...

I’m comfortable not being known by Pep...

Yeah, you can tell you think it's absolutely fine Stan.

 

[AFCB_Mark]

Collymore in "Nottingham Forest’s greatest 11"? No. Better than "Owen, Rush, Viduka, Shearer, Cole et all"? No.

He's a delusional ego, and thus is struggling to deal with his own irrelevance in media now as in football generally.

 

[lordofthepies]

Also, Pep wasn't asking who Stan Collymore was, he simply hadn't heard about Collymore's demented rantings.

 

[Bilo]

That's tragic.

 

[Pagnell]

The thing that probably annoys him most of all is that he's now known more for his non-footballing activities than for anything he ever did on the pitch. For example, using Ulrika as a punchbag and his alleged car park activities. Domestic abuse isn't funny in the slightest of course, but that old radio phone in conversation was fantastic.

 

[TubularBells]

using Ulrika as a punchbag and his alleged car park activities

Beat me to it (Pardon the pun).

 

[Stevencc]

I hope Pep gets asked about this at his next press conference and reveals that he hasn't read Stan's rant.

 

[lordofthepies]

and calls him Steve Collymore

 

[Liam_SWFC]

He's a woman beating egotistical twat.

 

[Destruction]

Je suis journaliste.

 

[St. Juste]

I know who Stan Collymore, but it doesn't make me think any better of him. He's a vicious thug who cowardly attacked a woman in public.

That's all you need to know about Stan Collymore, not worth any further discussion. How he has made a career in media is, well, depressing. I'd sooner listen to white noise.

 

[Humongous Fungus]

He attacked a woman in public? I thought it was an accusation?

 

[Benji]

I agree with Stan here.

If Pep doesn't know who I am, that's absolutely fine.

But tell him to ask former Man City player Craig Bellamy who once saw him in a bar in Cardiff.

Tell him to speak to Robbie Fowler, who will tell him all about the time I was on a plane with some of his former team mates years prior to when he played at Cardiff City.

If Pep had any respect for the game, he would get in contact with ex-Man City goalkeeper and Premier League champion Kaspar Schmeichel, and he would not stop talking about the midfielder Joe Ledley. And Joe Ledley would tell him all about bumping into a young man in a club in Cardiff. That young man would know who I was.

So if Pep Guardiola is so arrogant as not to do any of those things, then he can just fuck off.

 

[lordofthepies]

He attacked a woman in public? I thought it was an accusation?

I'm pretty sure he talks about doing it in his autobiography.

 

[Pagnell]

I'm sure I remember him releasing a statement after the event apologising.

Edit - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/110009.stm

 

[SALTIRE]

Never liked that dickhead.

 

[Humongous Fungus]

Cheers always thought it was an Ulrika style rumor like claiming she was raped by that tv presenter and starting a rumour Chris Rea had aids.

 

[Smally]

Collymore is a reactionist bellend who will do as much as he can to promote 'the good old days' and changes his story whenever it suits. He belongs on talk sport