From the new autobiography....
In December 2004 I paid £250,000 for a defender from Brighton called Danny Cullip. I bought him because I thought he was a leader and a talker and we needed a talker. Well, he was a talker all right. It was just that he didn't really say the right things.
He talked for effect, basically. Nothing was ever his fault. It was obvious very quickly that he wasn't fitting in with the rest of the lads. It came to a head one morning when he had words with Michael Tonge at training. Tonge asked him to give him a simple ball but Danny Cullip thought he was Franz Beckenbauer. He didn't play it simple so Tonge said something to him and Cullip laced into Tongey. I knew it wasn't working. I pulled him into my office and told him I didn't want him around any more.
'You don't fit in with us Danny', I said. 'I think it would be best for all of us if we sold you on'.
Well he went ballistic then.
'You're the worst f***ing manager I've ever had', he said. 'You haven't got a f***ing clue'.
'Thanks Danny', I said. But he wasn't finished.
'You're the luckiest f***ing man I f***ing know', he said. 'You're so spawny to have a group of players like this playing for you'.
'Well I signed most of them Danny', I said.
'I don't mind going ', he said, 'because this club's only going one f***ing way with you in charge.'
'Thanks for the kind words Danny,' I said. "I'll do my best to get you away as quickly as possible".
In December 2004 I paid £250,000 for a defender from Brighton called Danny Cullip. I bought him because I thought he was a leader and a talker and we needed a talker. Well, he was a talker all right. It was just that he didn't really say the right things.
He talked for effect, basically. Nothing was ever his fault. It was obvious very quickly that he wasn't fitting in with the rest of the lads. It came to a head one morning when he had words with Michael Tonge at training. Tonge asked him to give him a simple ball but Danny Cullip thought he was Franz Beckenbauer. He didn't play it simple so Tonge said something to him and Cullip laced into Tongey. I knew it wasn't working. I pulled him into my office and told him I didn't want him around any more.
'You don't fit in with us Danny', I said. 'I think it would be best for all of us if we sold you on'.
Well he went ballistic then.
'You're the worst f***ing manager I've ever had', he said. 'You haven't got a f***ing clue'.
'Thanks Danny', I said. But he wasn't finished.
'You're the luckiest f***ing man I f***ing know', he said. 'You're so spawny to have a group of players like this playing for you'.
'Well I signed most of them Danny', I said.
'I don't mind going ', he said, 'because this club's only going one f***ing way with you in charge.'
'Thanks for the kind words Danny,' I said. "I'll do my best to get you away as quickly as possible".
