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Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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Friendlies? He HAS to start against Austria.
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You know as a footballer that the fans have taken to you when you get your own chant, but Bradford City's on-loan midfielder Josh Cullen has a pretty unique one. Sung to the tune of "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus, the 21-year-old is compared favourably to France legend Zinedine Zidane in the chorus by the Bantams faithful. His form has not just been noticed on the terraces, as the Republic of Ireland Under-21 man has won the EFL's Young Player of the Month award for April. "It's nice to hear that from the stands, but the main thing is the result and playing for the team," Cullen, who is on loan at Bradford from West Ham, told BBC Sport. "It's another one you dream of, a bit of a surreal feeling as a young player hearing it. "It is a good feeling but I think you've got to try to blank that out as much as possible - obviously you appreciate the support, but when it comes to business you focus about what is happening on the pitch. "It's obviously a bit far to say I'm better than Zidane, but it's a good feeling to have that support from the fans and I can only say thank you to them."
After joining Bradford on loan towards the end of last season, Cullen has spent the whole of 2016-17 with the League One club. Southend-born Cullen has played 45 times, including scoring his first, and only so far, professional goal against MK Dons. "I can't thank everyone at the club and the surrounding area enough to make me feel welcome and making sure that everything is OK with me on and off the pitch," he added. "It's the first time I've been away from home for a long period of time and it's been brilliant." His final appearance for Bradford before returning to the Premier League club for pre-season will be the League One play-off final against Millwall at Wembley on Saturday. The Bantams, who lost at the the semi-final stage to the Lions last season, are looking to return to second-tier football for the first time since 2004. "It would be silly of me to say this is not a massive game - probably one of the biggest in my career to date," he said. "I'm looking forward to the occasion without getting too carried away - you've got the play the game and treat it as a normal game. If we do that, hopefully we won't go too far wrong. "When you're a young lad running around in the garden it's one of the stadiums you dream of playing at. It's the first time I've played there and hopefully the first of a few times." Cullen made his debut for West Ham against FC Lusitans in the Europa League in July 2015 and made four outings for the Hammers, including one substitute appearance in the Premier League. He played for England's youth teams growing up, but switched his allegiance to Republic of Ireland and has featured for their Under-18, Under-19 and Under-21 sides. The boyhood West Ham fan wants to make his mark at his parent club, but would not rule out a return to West Yorkshire. "At the minute my main focus is to get into the West Ham first team - that is what the whole loan has been about," added Cullen. "The main goal for me, and my dream growing up, is to play for West Ham and that is still what I'm striving to achieve." Previous EFL Young Player of the Month winners
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Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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He won EFL young player of the month, I assume it is related to that with an interview asking about the playoff FINAL.
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He's not better than Zidane though, terrible chant.
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Robbie Keane I am MALDING Joined: 30 Nov 2014 Location: Trumpton Status: Offline Points: 44659 |
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It is one of the big problems with chants these days, when somebody comes up with something new, clever and inventive it is being chanted by every team in Britain and Ireland without any sense of shame or realisation that it doesn't even work. The first footballing cover of 'Achy Breaky Heart' was the Celtic fans for McCourt, which was funny as he was a cult hero rather than a key player, I think I have heard a version from every League 2 club this seaon alone. The same with Wigan's Grigg chant; genius at first, now it makes you want to punch anybody who sings that a fella who scored 1 in 30 is on fire, never mind the Nordies flagrant and offensive abuse of it. The one that is really get on my tits is the abuse of 'the Logical song' by LOI fans, it is just embarrassing, especially as the words don't make any sense in relation to anyone in the league. Rant over.
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Aye, when he has scored a goal, or even played a f**king game. I don't need to our muppets sing it again, thank you.
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BrendanD88
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Pretty sure the chant was done before Will Grigg. |
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Wigan fan 'created' Will Grigg's on fire, he won a season ticket for his troubles.
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Pretty sure it wasn't.
Wigan were the first team to come up with the chant were they not? Then it became the theme tune of Northern Ireland's Euro campaign, as he was in their squad. Was cringe when our fans then copied it I thought.
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Am constantly confused at how much Southern English teams are convinced that everybody else just doesn't understand things.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/05/17/will-griggs-on-fire-fan-behind-the-cult-chant-given-a-free-wigan/
Here is the fella! I reckon with a name like that he qualifies for Ireland in the Eurovision too.
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He deserves having to watch Wigan all season for inflicting that on us.
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Maybe you're right, thought I seen somewhere that Newcastle fans done it first with Mitrovic? Found it more cringeworthy for NI when Grigg didn't get a minute of playing time yet the mighty Josh Magennis did. |
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I think that was part of the whole joke.
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It was far across the sea,
When the devil got a hold of me, He wouldn't set me free, So he kept me soul for ransom. na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na. I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to |
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In fact, when we played Germany in Hannover (post-Euro2016), a couple of German fans came up to our group and "congratulated" us (can't think of a better word) on the Will Grigg Song and wondered whether he'd be playing this time. I replied: "Do you not realise that he doesn't actually exist?" They looked at me a bit blank, so I went on "Have you ever actually seen him?" I had them going for a bit, until I couldn't help laughing myself. |
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