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At least you did it the right wrong way round... I once tried to take mine in the school holidays!!
Michael Carroll retweeted
A statement on yesterday…..
Everything I said in that interview was true. However, rest assured I’m doing my best to turn things round.
I have been in a mental health clinic for the last 10 weeks, finally discharging so I could attempt to play in Belfast
I owed that to my family, in particular my daughter to see me play for what could be the last time….. I also owed it to the fans who have supported me throughout my 21 years on tour
I also owed that to World Snooker who have been amazing from day on in all this, in particular Simon Brownell and Neil Tomkins who have remained in touch regularly, even Simon paying me a visit in the clinic itself
I’m not ok, but I’m ok in that itself. I’ve been much worse in the last few months than you saw yesterday. I literally didn’t see a future in anything…..
My daughter kept me going, the therapists, staff and all the other patients were amazing and helped me through some really dark days
I see the light now that I couldn’t see before but I do now. I also know it won’t happen overnight. I’m a work in progress!!! My fight and determination on the table has always been there for ones to see. I need to show those same fighting qualities off it now for a while
Please don’t detract anything from Jordan yesterday, he’s been aware of my struggles and that can’t have been easy to play in but he handled it with grace and skill as I knew he would. Im proud to call him a friend
I hope the rest of the event is a success and I will continue my treatments going forward and then see what’s ahead
Thank you to every single message I have received on here, instagram, Facebook, text messages and WhatsApp’s, I’ve seen them all but a bit overwhelmed to reply right now. Just know that they have helped me a lot but I’m not going anywhere just yet!!!! I have so much to live for and this is only the beginning of my new journey
Also, I was not made to do any interviews, I was simply given a choice and felt I owed it to everyone to speak. The media team at WST have been incredible through all this too
Thank you all x
Michael Carroll retweeted
Absolutely no doubt the sending off of Gravenberch for 2 🟨 changed the game yesterday, we are seeing this week in week out in where 🟨 are given out needlessly, in law a careless challenge is a free kick only, a reckless challenge is a🟨 our referees need to man manage games better and show empathy for our wonderful game
Michael Carroll retweeted
The logic that the Premier League should let the market rip -- owners spending what they want! no cost controls! get rid of red tape! -- is disingenuous in lots of ways.
But it also forgets that the hated red cartel have advantages they don't use, too.
observer.co.uk/news/sport/ar…
Michael Carroll retweeted
Trying to compete with Liverpool? When they took over we hadn't won the league in 18 years. Some Cartel that. Cheated a team that contained 22m suarez who nobody would touch, a City cast off in sturridge 10m , 7m Coutinho, crocked ageing Gerrard, Ally Cissokho, Skrtel, Moses..
Michael Carroll retweeted
🚨 Dortmund sporting director on the record about the 2022 Haaland sale:
“Manchester City never wanted the real number out. That was the first condition they put on the table. Not the release clause everyone printed. The full package.
Officially it was reported as £51 million because that was the figure written into the clause and that was the figure they asked us to stand by.
Internally it was a completely different conversation. When you add the guaranteed payments, the structured extras and what was agreed around the player’s camp, we were looking at something close to €250 million all-in.
That is more than PSG paid for Neymar in 2017. City knew that. We knew that. They did not want Europe talking about it.
They were very clear: if Dortmund confirmed anything above the clause, the deal would become politically messy for them. So there was a private understanding.
We stay silent on the real total. They stay silent. A few people in the media were steered toward the £51m line and that became the official story
I am not going to sit here four years later and pretend we sold the best young striker in Europe for pocket money. We did not. City paid what they had to pay to get him. They just did not want the world to see the receipt.”
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There are no reports of Dortmund's sporting director making these comments on the record. Manchester City paid the €60m release clause in Haaland's Dortmund contract, reported as £51m. Reports from 2022 estimated City's total costs including other payments at over €200m.
bbc.com/sport/football… skysports.com/football/news/… t-online.de/sport/fussball…
Michael Carroll retweeted
Streamer Jay Cartwright gets into a fight with a drunk girl’s boyfriend in Norway after trying to get her number 😳
Michael Carroll retweeted
In 1990 I went to Spike Island to see the Stone Roses.
I bought a ticket and a coach ticket. It cost £33
36 years later my son has just paid £250 for a Oasis ticket and coach to Knebworth.
Bonkers.
The Roses were in their prime and Oasis are now just a tribute act🤷♂️
Michael Carroll retweeted
Brendan Rodgers going to pick Colin Pascoe up from his shift in b&q to get ready for the 2013/14 league title parade :
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City found guilty on virtually all charges relating to breaches of Premier League financial regulations. #MCFC expected to appeal against verdict issued by independent commission. Sanctions undecided, process ongoing @TheAthleticFC nytimes.com/athletic/7049721…
Great read this
Have been thinking about writing about identity in Northern Ireland for a long time so here goes.
This is about not defining someone by one aspect of their identity & then building assumptions around it - because in NI it is complex and evolving.
✍️ craiglfc7.substack.com/p/cea…
