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Hero or Zero #1 - Jason McAteer

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Just listening to the LFC TV commentary of yesterday derby and the co commentator was none other than Jason 'Trigger' McAteer - I'd be curious to know what peoples memories are of him and maybe we can start a few threads on other non legend players that might deserve a mention.

I remember being really chuffed when we signed him. This was pre tinter-klacker days when all the news was from teletext or clubcall (I racked up a fortune on that mofo - Well my mum did anyway!!) I remember him being able to run all day long and his love of LFC was always evident. A quick look on wiki and it says he played 139 times and scored 6 goals. Is he a Hero or a Zero?
 
I liked him. He seems a bit shifty these days, with various agenda apropos past players and bosses, but he was very good in that Evans team.
 
Agree he was a decent player. Adapted well to being converted from a centre mid to wing back and was part of a blistering team that doesn't get the amount of recognition it deserves. I liked him for what he was, a massive Red that got the chance to put on the shirt and who always gave it his all.Keegan's Newcastle are still lauded as some sort of attacking machine that just missed out on a title. Well, we we're similar under Evans.
 
His crosses were excellent - that's my abiding memory of him. Crosses from deep on the right played with pace and into that no mans land between the defence and the keeper.

That and that the time he wanted the pizza cut into just four slices because he couldn't manage eight
 
Of course he was also great fun for the stories of his stupidity. By his own admission, when he first saw the snooker player Jimmy White he shouted out: 'Jimmy! Jimmy! 180!!!'

Then there are the others:

Staying at a villa in Spain with some other players, they are about to set off for the beach when McAteer comes out carrying a bag of ice cubes. When they ask what he's doing he says: 'It's for the drinks on the beach.' They point out that the ice will melt long before they reach the beach, so he says: 'Oh yeah, I'll go and get another one'.

He once locked himself out of his new Porsche and a policeman asked him for a coathanger to try to open it, so he went inside and came back out with a wooden one.
 
gkmacca said:
Of course he was also great fun for the stories of his stupidity. By his own admission, when he first saw the snooker player Jimmy White he shouted out: 'Jimmy! Jimmy! 180!!!'

Then there are the others:

Staying at a villa in Spain with some other players, they are about to set off for the beach when McAteer comes out carrying a bag of ice cubes. When they ask what he's doing he says: 'It's for the drinks on the beach.' They point out that the ice will melt long before they reach the beach, so he says: 'Oh yeah, I'll go and get another one'.

He once locked himself out of his new Porsche and a policeman asked him for a coathanger to try to open it, so he went inside and came back out with a wooden one.
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Ha ha! Brilliant! He even squeezed in time for a Head & Shoulders ad I recall. 😀
 
A couple more:

At Bolton, Alan Thompson asked him to pass the tomato ketchup so McAteer said: 'Red or brown?'

He was filling out a credit card application and got confused as to what to put in the space marked 'Position In Company' so he asked a mate: What should I put - I think I'm a central midfielder but the boss is playing me now at right wing back'.
 
Remember his play off goal against Holland to get Ireland to the World Cup, can't remember much about him playing for us, Liverpool in the 90s is all but wiped from memory.
 
He didn't cut the mustard in centre mid but provided great energy and decent crossing from that right wing-back role in Evan's exciting team of '96. A so so player for us.
 
I loved him. Especially after Fowler deliberately missed his penalty against Arsenal. McAteer was like nah fuck that you douchebag and ran in to score the rebound. Made me smile as well as being a good player.
 
Played with alot of heart and commitment I remembered, you can't help but like him. That might be why he still gets a thread after all these years.
 
gkmacca said:
Of course he was also great fun for the stories of his stupidity. By his own admission, when he first saw the snooker player Jimmy White he shouted out: 'Jimmy! Jimmy! 180!!!'

Then there are the others:

Staying at a villa in Spain with some other players, they are about to set off for the beach when McAteer comes out carrying a bag of ice cubes. When they ask what he's doing he says: 'It's for the drinks on the beach.' They point out that the ice will melt long before they reach the beach, so he says: 'Oh yeah, I'll go and get another one'.

He once locked himself out of his new Porsche and a policeman asked him for a coathanger to try to open it, so he went inside and came back out with a wooden one.
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Yeah heard him on Talk sport telling all these. He has loads of great tales. Him and Robbie seem to still be great pals too.
 
Those stories about him making daft remarks don't square with how well he comes across in interviews these days. I don't disbelieve the stories but I wonder how many of them were a case of him playing up to his reputation rather than genuinely deserving it.

Uncle Roy was a serial tinkerer with players' positions and McAteer was one of a number of decent players whose development and performance he messed up in the process. McAteer was an OK wing-back but left his wing wide open when he went forward, and teams regularly targeted us there.
 
Wasn't he the one who mimed to Roy Keane to "put that in your book" after an incident? Some tackle or something.

Gave his all when he played, always a battler. Liked him.
 
Judge Jules said:
Those stories about him making daft remarks don't square with how well he comes across in interviews these days. I don't disbelieve the stories but I wonder how many of them were a case of him playing up to his reputation rather than genuinely deserving it.
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I think it does, although I get what you're saying. I saw some charity thing with him a while back, and while he was quite articulate for the most part, he came out with some pretty stupid things in the course of it. But he takes it well, and does play up to it a little.
 
I was quite surprised at sharp he seemed when acting as pundit for LFCTV, but I think it's outside of that football bubble when he becomes a bit dim.
 
I get what JJ is saying but he really is supposed to be a bit of a plank. I've read about it in a few biogs - Fowlers for one. I'm sure he plays up to it but I think given that his nickname is 'Trigger' kind of says it all.

Anyway - I also liked him and he is a pretty good pundit and commentator. He wasn't happy with Sturridge taking the pen yesterday and said that Ronnie Moran would have been furious. He is officially a Hero in my book.
 
Isn't he the one who threw his wallet at Phil Thompson, when Philo questioned the Spice Boys drive..? Sneered 'this is what it's all about' at him? Or is that an urban myth?
 
I loved him for Ireland, especially that goal in Florida that got us into the second round, you know, the cross for Aldo. For Liverpool, the Spice Boy thing was an issue, I'm not sure how full flooded his commitment was, but he gets a pass from me. I am good friends with a relative of his, and I always heard good things.
 
Whaddapie said:
Isn't he the one who threw his wallet at Phil Thompson, when Philo questioned the Spice Boys drive..? Sneered 'this is what it's all about' at him? Or is that an urban myth?
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Hey Whadda, how's it hangin'?

I heard that the above was David James' reaction when he didn't get permission one time to miss training to fulfil a modelling engagement, and that the cnut went anyway.
 
Judge Jules said:
Hey Whadda, how's it hangin'?

I heard that the above was David James' reaction when he didn't get permission one time to miss training to fulfil a modelling engagement, and that the cnut went anyway.
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Nope the wallet thing was Paul Ince. Allegedly.

David james allegedly just wrote out a cheque for kissing training to go on a modelling shoot.
 
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