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Title: Luke McCormick
Post by: donnyroversfc on May 22, 2012, 10:48:13 pm
I noticed that Swindon have confirmed they will be taking him on trial upon his release from prison, was a decent goalkeeper for Plymouth if i'm not mistaken?

If our club announced we was taking him on a trial what would your thoughts be?

Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: RoversAlias on May 22, 2012, 10:50:50 pm
I was just coming here to post the same thing!

He was a good goalkeeper in the league above once upon a time, if he still has the ability now then I would class that as a good signing for whoever he joins and I think if he signed for us at any stage I'd be pleased with it.

He's going to get such abuse from the stands mind, and doesn't play in the best position to avoid it.
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: donnyroversfc on May 22, 2012, 10:56:39 pm
People's opinions on him will probably range in extremeness (pretty sure i'm just making words up tonight).

Yeah i'm pretty shocked that he's wanting to get back into football tbh, he was really cut up about the whole thing so i can't imagine he'll take to the abuse to well, would have thought he'd want to live a very low profiled life after his release but clearly not.

When did he get sent down? Doesn't seem that long ago that it happened.
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: RoversAlias on May 22, 2012, 11:00:41 pm
Four years I believe, given a 7yr4mnth sentence so makes sense. Maybe in that time he has come to terms with what he's done and feels able to live with the negative reactions now. We shall have to see.
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: donnyroversfc on May 22, 2012, 11:13:02 pm
Ahh yeah thats right, i remember disagreeing with the sentence being that short!! Just googled a bit more about him, saqw a newpaper article that his family's parents weren't happy with the sentence either (understandable), will be interesting to hear their comments (which they will no doubt, publicly have) when he does get back into pro football.

I'm sure he's not as big a tosspot as Lee Hughes though (who has shown no remorse whatsoever) and won't dance like a retarded orangutan when his team scores a goal!
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: Chris on May 22, 2012, 11:36:46 pm
It's a big no from me. I like our club to have players we can respect.
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: RedJ on May 23, 2012, 01:08:02 am
for anyone who reads the Pride of Yorkshire board.. it was mentioned we'd be signing an ex convict at the end of the season, I wonder if this is him?
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: donnyroversfc on May 23, 2012, 01:17:38 am
Karen Matthews as centre back.
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: Chris Black come back on May 23, 2012, 07:09:27 am
Arguably a tougher proposition than most of our centre backs over the past two season.
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: ditch_drfc on May 23, 2012, 10:00:56 am
Disgusts me that scum like that are allowed to even have a job let alone be it in football!
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: Glyn_Wigley on May 23, 2012, 11:45:46 am
Jamie Lawrence
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: idler on May 23, 2012, 04:41:05 pm
Tony Coleman had a spell inside before we signed him as well.  :scarf:
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: BigH on May 23, 2012, 08:29:24 pm
Hmmm.

This is the bloke who got in his Range Rover at 4 am one day, pissed out of his head and careered into a car on the M6 killing a bloke and his two young sons.

He may have paid his dues according to the justice system.

I just wouldn't want him playing for my club.

Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: wilts rover on May 23, 2012, 08:47:58 pm
Tony Coleman had a spell inside before we signed him as well.  :scarf:

Padi Wilson, Steve Brooker...... Phil Maguire, Colin Sutherland, David Roche - all paragons of virtue prior to, during and post their Rovers career
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: wilts rover on May 23, 2012, 08:55:40 pm
Ahh yeah thats right, i remember disagreeing with the sentence being that short!! Just googled a bit more about him, saqw a newpaper article that his family's parents weren't happy with the sentence either (understandable), will be interesting to hear their comments (which they will no doubt, publicly have) when he does get back into pro football.

I'm sure he's not as big a tosspot as Lee Hughes though (who has shown no remorse whatsoever) and won't dance like a retarded orangutan when his team scores a goal!

A disgraceful, unresearched and totaly incorrect post - I direct you to read Adrian Chiles, We Dont Know What We're Doing', where he interviews Hughes in prison, and the very few interviews Hughes has given on the subject such as this
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/o/oldham_athletic/6967063.stm
and you claim to know about football! If you are going to abuse people at least get the facts about them correct. Lets hope you never decide to become a journalist.....
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: donnyroversfc on May 23, 2012, 09:05:05 pm
The stupid dance, and the goading of opposition supporters when they are chanting about him, show to me that he really doesn't give a toss.

Unlike McCormick, Hughes fled the scene after his crash, waited for the drink to leave his system before handing himself in (only because he'd have been caught anyway). The only thing Lee hughes seems sorry for is the fact he got caught.

If Lee Hughes actually showed a bit of maturity on the football pitch, i'd maybe be able to believe that he's genuinly remorseful. He clearly can't do that though.
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: wilts rover on May 23, 2012, 09:42:47 pm
Upon his release Hughes made a public apology and confirmed that during his time in prison he met the daughter of Douglas Graham. Hughes stated, "In going some way to facing my responsibilities, I have met with a relative of the man who died and what was said will always remain a private and personal matter. For different reasons I think we were both pleased that the meeting occurred. I made mistakes and decisions that will live with me for the rest of my life. It also greatly affected my immediate family, including my wife and children."
 
Hughes also insisted he was determined to carry out community work to help others avoid the mistakes he made saying "Whilst it is not part of my contract it has always been my intention to do community work centred on the mistakes I have made, in the hope that it can go some way to preventing another tragedy occurring."

While in prison Hughes helped to organise a charity football match which raised £5,000 for a children's hospice. A fellow prisoner told a newspaper that Hughes had set up the match to give something back to the community saying, "He's trying desperately hard to redeem himself. He is heartbroken"

Of his wikipedia page - your self-opiniated, arrogant drivel on every topic makes you out to be exactly the type of person you think you are castigating - you need a bigger mirror matey, have a look in it.
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: Glyn_Wigley on May 23, 2012, 09:50:04 pm
The stupid dance, and the goading of opposition supporters when they are chanting about him, show to me that he really doesn't give a toss.

Unlike McCormick, Hughes fled the scene after his crash, waited for the drink to leave his system before handing himself in (only because he'd have been caught anyway). The only thing Lee hughes seems sorry for is the fact he got caught.

If Lee Hughes actually showed a bit of maturity on the football pitch, i'd maybe be able to believe that he's genuinly remorseful. He clearly can't do that though.

I expect the opposition fans chanting about him are as misinformed as you are.
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: RoversAlias on May 24, 2012, 01:10:55 am
Hughes reacts like quite a few terrace hate figures do - Diouf a notable one - who will do his utmost to show he is not adversely affected by their chanting. And that works as far as I'm concerned, Hughes simply channels the vitriol and uses it to spur himself on.

How he actually feels about his actions are not reflected in this, you don't know the man or how he feels so don't comment in a manner in which you act like you do.
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: Crowle Rover on May 24, 2012, 09:02:12 pm

If you remember our first season in the championship, David Norris of Ipswich had made a gesture of support to McCormick (whom he'd played with at Plymouth) by crossing his wrists like a set of handcuffs when he scored.

The following week we played Ipswich at home and Norris was roundly booed everytime he got the ball. We won 1 nil by virtue of a Shelton Martis goal( on loan to us at the time). If I remember rightly the match was live on Sky 5.20 on a Saturday in November.



Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: RoversAlias on May 24, 2012, 09:10:36 pm
It was indeed, I remember that the fans booing was shown up when Moritz Volz came over to our side to take a throw-in and got booed because people thought he was Norris.
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: Nudga on May 24, 2012, 09:19:45 pm

If you remember our first season in the championship, David Norris of Ipswich had made a gesture of support to McCormick (whom he'd played with at Plymouth) by crossing his wrists like a set of handcuffs when he scored.

The following week we played Ipswich at home and Norris was roundly booed everytime he got the ball. We won 1 nil by virtue of a Shelton Martis goal( on loan to us at the time). If I remember rightly the match was live on Sky 5.20 on a Saturday in November.





You are correct. That was the day I met my dad for the first time in 26 years. He was an Ipswich fan so I took him to the match, I may as well have taken my dining room chair as that would have spoken more than he did.
What a cock he turned out to be.
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: donnyroversfc on May 24, 2012, 09:24:28 pm
They do say things run in the family.


Lee Hughes is a c**t end of! I'm in the majoirty with my opinion of him. You'd think he'd keep his head down, get on with his job and not attract attention to himself. Goading fans, berating them and dancing around like that mentally insane bloke in the Walsall end, isn't exactly what you'd expect from someone so gutted that they ENDED someone's life.
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: Nudga on May 24, 2012, 09:28:22 pm
They do say things run in the family.


Lee Hughes is a c**t end of! I'm in the majoirty with my opinion of him. You'd think he'd keep his head down, get on with his job and not attract attention to himself. Goading fans, berating them and dancing around like that mentally insane bloke in the Walsall end, isn't exactly what you'd expect from someone so gutted that they ENDED someone's life.

With statements like your opening sentence, i'd suggest that you keep your head down and not attract attention to yourself.
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: donnyroversfc on May 24, 2012, 09:35:07 pm
I'll be fine, i always am. Cheers for the advice though, i sometimes do take people's advice on.


If i was Lee Hughes, i'd wear a wig, stop acting like an idiot and maybe more people would take to him a little bit more.
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: DRFC_TID_93 on May 24, 2012, 10:43:53 pm
They do say things run in the family.


Lee Hughes is a c**t end of! I'm in the majoirty with my opinion of him. You'd think he'd keep his head down, get on with his job and not attract attention to himself. Goading fans, berating them and dancing around like that mentally insane bloke in the Walsall end, isn't exactly what you'd expect from someone so gutted that they ENDED someone's life.

Nudga's right. That first comment is disgraceful. How can you judge someone you don't know. I do wish some moderator would ban you. Everyone here is sick of you, your comments and your opinions
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: donnyroversfc on May 24, 2012, 10:46:16 pm
In your opinion.
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: DRFC_TID_93 on May 24, 2012, 10:49:25 pm
In your opinion.

In my opinion? No. All I've seen is people telling you to stay on topic or shut up. You don't have the ability to do either
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: donnyroversfc on May 24, 2012, 10:52:31 pm
Think you'll find it wasn't me that went off topic on this thread... So i clearly DO have the ability to stay on topic. Are you always wrong, or was this a one off?
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: DRFC_TID_93 on May 24, 2012, 10:58:42 pm
Think you'll find it wasn't me that went off topic on this thread... So i clearly DO have the ability to stay on topic. Are you always wrong, or was this a one off?

You made a snide remark about Nudga and his Dad. What's that got to do with Luke McCormick? Probably against the rules of this forum too
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: donnyroversfc on May 24, 2012, 11:05:12 pm
I weas talking about Lee Hughes, as you saw in that exact post when i wrote;

Lee Hughes is a c**t end of! I'm in the majoirty with my opinion of him. You'd think he'd keep his head down, get on with his job and not attract attention to himself. Goading fans, berating them and dancing around like that mentally insane bloke in the Walsall end, isn't exactly what you'd expect from someone so gutted that they ENDED someone's life.

Anyway i dont have to explain myself to you, you aren't in charge of my comments.

Ta anyway though  :)

XxXx
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: ditch_drfc on May 25, 2012, 12:43:32 pm
Tbf, i hate the majority of donnyroversfc's posts but he's right, lee hughes is a Kitson...

Anyone that get's into a car with alcohol in their system is in my eyes a full on Kitson! It's absolutely disgraceful that people think it's acceptable to get into a car after having a drink!
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: Filo on May 25, 2012, 01:14:39 pm
Tbf, i hate the majority of donnyroversfc's posts but he's right, lee hughes is a Kitson...

Anyone that get's into a car with alcohol in their system is in my eyes a full on Kitson! It's absolutely disgraceful that people think it's acceptable to get into a car after having a drink!


What, even if they are a passenger?
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: Thinwhiteduke on May 25, 2012, 01:24:41 pm


Yeah i'm pretty shocked that he's wanting to get back into football tbh, he was really cut up about the whole thing so i can't imagine he'll take to the abuse to well, would have thought he'd want to live a very low profiled life after his release but clearly not.



According to the Chap who was first on the scene, saw the whole accident, proceeded to see this Knob attempt to drive off, the witnessed him sit in his Range Rover for two hours smoking despite the carnage around him, he couldnt give a flying f**k.

This witness was interviewed on Radio 2 this lunchtime, he stated McCormicks comments to hims at the scene were 'Hope your kids are alright', without even stepping out of his wrecked motor.

Thing is, fans get life bans from Clubs for being drunk and disorderly, if your a player and you murder a couple of kids, your reward is a new Club. Even a fair number of Swindon fans are disgusted, and a couple of major shareholders are pulling out.
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: Thinwhiteduke on May 25, 2012, 01:27:03 pm
The stupid dance, and the goading of opposition supporters when they are chanting about him, show to me that he really doesn't give a toss.

Unlike McCormick, Hughes fled the scene after his crash, waited for the drink to leave his system before handing himself in (only because he'd have been caught anyway). The only thing Lee hughes seems sorry for is the fact he got caught.

If Lee Hughes actually showed a bit of maturity on the football pitch, i'd maybe be able to believe that he's genuinly remorseful. He clearly can't do that though.

McCromick couldnt flee the scene, he was on a Motorway and his car was f**ked....he tried though, drove a good few hundred yards after the incident and was revving the hell out of Range Rover even after it came to a halt.

How could he flee with so many witnesses? The only reason he didnt was he couldnt.
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: RoversAlias on May 25, 2012, 01:27:38 pm
Were you there at the time to witness this entire ordeal of him trying to drive off then?
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: Thinwhiteduke on May 25, 2012, 01:34:47 pm
Were you there at the time to witness this entire ordeal of him trying to drive off then?

No...but the bloke who witnessed the whole event and the aftermath, Brannan I believe his name was, has just recited the whole event on Radio 2, just as he recited all this evidence under oath in a Court of Law..McCormick did not dispute any of it.

The Chap has no reason to lie, either today or in Court, and was in tears live on the Radio as he expressed his disgust at McCormicks attitude and light sentencing...this same Chap was trying to save the lives of Arron and Ben Peak as McCormick sat half a kilometer away protecting himself from the elements in his plush Range Rover.
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: ditch_drfc on May 25, 2012, 03:37:55 pm
Filo obviously i dont think of a passenger getting into a car drunk like that. just anyone that drives with drink in their system. if i had it my way id make the law so you couldn't have a single unit of alcohol in your system
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: Thinwhiteduke on May 25, 2012, 05:03:20 pm
Filo obviously i dont think of a passenger getting into a car drunk like that. just anyone that drives with drink in their system. if i had it my way id make the law so you couldn't have a single unit of alcohol in your system

I see you point...but even some perscribed medicines can have a degree of alcohol in them, or a desert when your out for a meal...until the monitoring equipment is more accurate then I guess there will always have to be some leeway.
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: ditch_drfc on May 25, 2012, 08:08:04 pm
Yeah i dont mean zero alcohol, because there's always a certain degree in your blood stream anyway. i just mean i completely disagree with having a beer so to speak then driving
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: RoversAlias on May 25, 2012, 09:03:28 pm
I agree Ditch, I know people who can get quite tipsy to say the least after 1/2 beers. If they then decided to drive afterwards I would be extremely unimpressed.
Title: Re: Luke McCormick
Post by: drfcdrfc on May 28, 2012, 07:35:43 pm
I agree Ditch, I know people who can get quite tipsy to say the least after 1/2 beers. If they then decided to drive afterwards I would be extremely unimpressed.

Stop boozing wi 8 year olds then daft lad ;)