THEfox Posted 22 June 2015 Posted 22 June 2015 Football Weekly presents … The Gambler: the Jimmy Nielsen story http://gu.com/p/49p84
Fox92 Posted 22 June 2015 Posted 22 June 2015 Horrid story. Gambling is horrific, especially those who get addicted. I go casino every now and then (not betting/losing loads) but people there put stupid amounts on. I imagine it's very tough to get out of a gambling addiction. It doesn't matter what people win, it seems like they always want more.
Wymsey Posted 22 June 2015 Posted 22 June 2015 Heard it all before, with him. Hope he recovers (no pun intended) soon.
ozleicester Posted 22 June 2015 Posted 22 June 2015 far too much sound effects and filler. Just tell the story guys
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 22 June 2015 Posted 22 June 2015 Heard it all before, with him. Hope he recovers (no pun intended) soon. He has, hasn't he? He's just re-telling his life at the height of his Casino Jimmy peak.
MPH Posted 22 June 2015 Posted 22 June 2015 He has, hasn't he? He's just re-telling his life at the height of his Casino Jimmy peak. Im assuming, although cant be sure if the club didnt know about the gambling addiction before we brought him in.... I'm also assuming that this up all night gambling malarky contributed to his overall crapness for us... or if indeed the club found out very soon after signing for him that he spent alot of spare time in casinos.. Pure speculation, of course...
Vlad the Fox Posted 22 June 2015 Posted 22 June 2015 Im assuming, although cant be sure if the club didnt know about the gambling addiction before we brought him in.... I'm also assuming that this up all night gambling malarky contributed to his overall crapness for us... or if indeed the club found out very soon after signing for him that he spent alot of spare time in casinos.. Pure speculation, of course... If I remember rightly their was a big article and interview with him in the merc covering his gambling addiction when we signed him, so I'd assume the club knew. Then again it was Allen so the merc probably informed the club.
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 22 June 2015 Posted 22 June 2015 If I remember rightly their was a big article and interview with him in the merc covering his gambling addiction when we signed him, so I'd assume the club knew. Then again it was Allen so the merc probably informed the club. He says it wasn't Allen that signed him in that little interview, but a different 'agent' - wasn't there someone called McKay (??) who seemed a little dodgy and lasted all of a fortnight before getting the boot? Neilsen mentions that we paid a good fee for him too, seems he wasn't really given a fair crack at it here so we decided to start the season with Paul Henderson in nets before getting Fulop in. About sums up that summer's business to be honest.
Sly Posted 23 June 2015 Posted 23 June 2015 By all accounts, he didn't play for Leicester due to his goalkeeping ability. It became apparent when he arrived that it was a bad buy.
DB11 Posted 23 June 2015 Posted 23 June 2015 Horrid story. Gambling is horrific, especially those who get addicted. I go casino every now and then (not betting/losing loads) but people there put stupid amounts on. I imagine it's very tough to get out of a gambling addiction. It doesn't matter what people win, it seems like they always want more. Being greedy is a choice and their own fault.
Wymsey Posted 23 June 2015 Posted 23 June 2015 Being greedy is a choice and their own fault. Slightly controversial, and not sure if serious. Perhaps they were performing well in gambling at one point, and thought that they'd have the 'luck' to win more (hence addiction).
Mike the Metal Ed Posted 23 June 2015 Posted 23 June 2015 By all accounts, he didn't play for Leicester due to his goalkeeping ability. It became apparent when he arrived that it was a bad buy. I watched him play a reserve game and he looked pretty crap. He was subbed for Carl Pentney who had a better game.
MPH Posted 23 June 2015 Posted 23 June 2015 By all accounts, he didn't play for Leicester due to his goalkeeping ability. It became apparent when he arrived that it was a bad buy. Thats a truly serious mistake to make.... for the scouts and presumably someone close at the club to be so wrong about someone who was so awful...
The Doctor Posted 23 June 2015 Posted 23 June 2015 Being greedy is a choice and their own fault. You have no idea how addiction works do you?
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 23 June 2015 Posted 23 June 2015 What are the odds on this story being made into a film soon? . . . . .
MPH Posted 23 June 2015 Posted 23 June 2015 What are the odds on this story being made into a film soon? . . . . . You should run a book on it.....
Wymsey Posted 23 June 2015 Posted 23 June 2015 Hope he doesn't give Kasper some 'tips', both on and off the field.
Solihullfox Posted 23 June 2015 Posted 23 June 2015 On the same page is a link to the previous story which is about Robin Friday - a good listen about a complete maverick and there IS a film being made about him
DB11 Posted 23 June 2015 Posted 23 June 2015 You have no idea how addiction works do you? Yeah - it starts off with being greedy and mismanaging your life
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 23 June 2015 Posted 23 June 2015 Hope he doesn't give Kasper some 'tips', both on and off the field. Are you talking about anal penetrative intercourse again
The Doctor Posted 23 June 2015 Posted 23 June 2015 Yeah - it starts off with being greedy and mismanaging your life Not even remotely close. That's more of a consequence than a cause. It's a disorder in the brains rewards system, the gambling addict starts off as a person at the bookies having a couple of quid on the match, or taking part in an office sweepstake, just as the alcoholic starts as a couple of drinks on a Friday evening and the sex addict as just someone getting their rocks off. They're, as it turns out, predisposed to compulsive behaviour that has the potentially to be harmful (gambling, sex, drugs etc,) in that they get an increased sense of reward from these activities, encouraging them to try it again and again, and again, and it leads into a debilitating spiral. Addiction is not the persons fault, it's a mental illness - starting off as normal behaviour but due to a epigenetic quirk becomes all consuming and destructive, which they have to fight, far harder than those not predisposed to addiction, to control. It's like saying that depression is a result of being moody and it's the persons fault for not smiling and cheering up, or that anorexia starts with being dietarily irresponsible, and they should just eat something.
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