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[Football] Richard Keogh's first interview
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Ooh it’s a corner
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Excellent article. His treatment by Derby was appalling and shows the mess Morris was in and his lack of judgement among other things. Glad RK has come through the other side
I read this earlier. I’m not convinced by his explanation of events that night.
zamora the merrier
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- Mar 1, 2009
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Great article. What were Derby thinking?
Care to expand on that?
Plays down his level of drunkenness and his reason for jumping in car, his reason for walking home all seem a bit flimsy.
Deportivo Seagull
I should coco
He was pissed … something the vast majority of us have been in the past. He was treated appallingly by Derby especially considering the lenient treatment of the two drivers.
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- Oct 17, 2008
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So badly run, he was treated very harshly indeed
I’m not disputing the issue with Derby, more his involvement with the dink driving incident and his version of events. His explanation for what he did, which in my eyes is wrong, is flimsy. If I got pissed, jumped in the car of someone at throwing out time, didn’t put a seat belt on and lost my job I wouldn’t be feeling sorry for myself id be thinking what an utter moron I’ve been and I’m glad no one else got injured.
Harsh
He never said he wasn't aware of that. What he did dispute was the claim by the club that the drivers were there when they weren't. He had a choice of waiting for a club car to turn up or to get in car with someone he thought was ok to drive (or at least he wasn't aware the driver wasn't ok to drive). It was a team building event so yes he was probably pie eyed. Why didn't the club rep who was allegedly on hand to call for the club car not stop people driving away with someone who had been drinking?
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
The central point to this is that he was not one of the drunk-drivers who was charged by the police. Yet of the three, HE was the one who was sacked by the club, whilst the younger (more valuable) players - both drunk behind the wheel - were merely fined by DCFC. Keogh was the old pro with a f*cked knee with no resale value, so Derby decided to bin him off.
That absolutely reeks.
That absolutely reeks.
“They [club] said in a statement that the players had “ignored the opportunity to be driven home using cars laid on by the club”, although Keogh disputes this particular line. According to him, there were no club cars outside the pub at any point. Instead, there was merely a club employee who had a number to call for a driver.”
Even by Keogh’s own admission the club did lay on cars....just that you had to call for them. As an aside, I missed my train back to my hotel tonight and I got a taxi. If a regular member of the public can do it I’m sure a millionaire footballer, who has actually had a car laid on for him, can do similar.
keaton
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- Nov 18, 2004
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Did you have a mate offering you a lift?
No, as they were having a few beers all had left their cars at home.
mikeyjh
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Keogh's version of events don't really correspond with others opinions and the plethora of video evidence that was doing the rounds. It probably matter little to him but the slightest bit of contrition would maybe have him seen in a slightly better light by Derby fans. That he paints this victim picture and appears to reject any personable responsibility is pathetic. He knew the state that Bennett Lawrence were in, knew what could happen, didn't wear a seatbelt, the rest is history.
Fine player, rubbish person but the game is littered with them isn't it.
Fine player, rubbish person but the game is littered with them isn't it.
My feelings exactly.
crodonilson
He/Him
A Derby legend who was treated appallingly, no coincidence that once he was sacked the general form of Derby plummeted. A collosus at the heart of the Derby side and once their heart had been ripped out they never could replace him. Had the opportunity to move to the EPL but stayed loyal to Derby and was treated shabbily but I don't think he was the only one Mel Morris treated with contempt.
