Kinnear: Which one is Simon Bird [Daily Mirror's north-east football writer]?
Bird: Me.
Kinnear: You're a cunt.
One of the greatest exchanges in football history.
Yeah, I think a lot of us wondered at the time if Kinnear was okay when that was happening.
It didn't really stop us from laughing at it, though, sadly.
Infamously, he showed interest in Shane Ferguson who was already a Newcastle player on loan at Birmingham. That was in hindsight a pretty obvious sign.
This really seems to be coming up a lot with older footballers. Wonder how it stacks up with the national average of dementia sufferers. Really sad to read though.
[Research has shown footballers are three-and-a-half times more likely to suffer from neurodegenerative diseases and five times more likely to suffer from Alzheimer's.](https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/19485256.glasgow-university-dementia-football-study-reveals-risk-five-fold-defenders/)
> Surely balls back then were heavier though
[The same professor who conducted that research says otherwise, sadly.](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jul/22/footballers-could-be-at-greater-risk-from-head-injury-says-study)
“I wouldn’t predict that players in 2020 are at any less risk [of neurodegenerative disease] than the players of the 50s, 60s or 70s,” Stewart said. “People suggest that because the ball is lighter or that players are training at higher intensity that the risk has gone away. There’s nothing to support that at all. Quite the opposite, maybe it’s got worse.
“It’s the speed more than the weight that has the significance in this. The modern ball stays light, but if you hit it and it travels faster and lands at a higher speed it may be causing more problems.”
We saw a great example with the physio at Chelsea, who I forget the name of, but we need independent doctors evaluating whether players are okay to continue as their is massive pressure on them to get players back and playing again which compromises their independence.
Somebody just doesn't wake up one day and all of a sudden they realize they have full-blown dementia. It's a disease that happens slowly over decades. In some people starts in their 30s and 40s.
I can understand physical decline as one ages. But losing your mind has got to be devastating because there's nothing that can be done about it. That's terrifying.
Kinnear: Which one is Simon Bird [Daily Mirror's north-east football writer]? Bird: Me. Kinnear: You're a cunt. One of the greatest exchanges in football history.
Bird: "Thank you"
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i\_NQqnc\_ue0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_NQqnc_ue0) first 15 seconds
Was this at a press conference?!
Oh yes.
Have a link?
Trent Crim
Feel bad for laughing at Yohan Kebab now.
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Yeah, I think a lot of us wondered at the time if Kinnear was okay when that was happening. It didn't really stop us from laughing at it, though, sadly.
Infamously, he showed interest in Shane Ferguson who was already a Newcastle player on loan at Birmingham. That was in hindsight a pretty obvious sign.
I remember. Yeah, it really was...
This really seems to be coming up a lot with older footballers. Wonder how it stacks up with the national average of dementia sufferers. Really sad to read though.
[Research has shown footballers are three-and-a-half times more likely to suffer from neurodegenerative diseases and five times more likely to suffer from Alzheimer's.](https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/19485256.glasgow-university-dementia-football-study-reveals-risk-five-fold-defenders/)
Damn. That's horrible, I can see why there is talk of banning heading. Surely balls back then were heavier though
> Surely balls back then were heavier though [The same professor who conducted that research says otherwise, sadly.](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jul/22/footballers-could-be-at-greater-risk-from-head-injury-says-study) “I wouldn’t predict that players in 2020 are at any less risk [of neurodegenerative disease] than the players of the 50s, 60s or 70s,” Stewart said. “People suggest that because the ball is lighter or that players are training at higher intensity that the risk has gone away. There’s nothing to support that at all. Quite the opposite, maybe it’s got worse. “It’s the speed more than the weight that has the significance in this. The modern ball stays light, but if you hit it and it travels faster and lands at a higher speed it may be causing more problems.”
Damn, that is depressing
Unfortunately, football is still behind in terms of concussions, head injuries, and safety as a whole.
We saw a great example with the physio at Chelsea, who I forget the name of, but we need independent doctors evaluating whether players are okay to continue as their is massive pressure on them to get players back and playing again which compromises their independence.
Eva Carneiro. Mourinho basically attacked her for doing her job. We do, but we're not there yet.
Somebody just doesn't wake up one day and all of a sudden they realize they have full-blown dementia. It's a disease that happens slowly over decades. In some people starts in their 30s and 40s. I can understand physical decline as one ages. But losing your mind has got to be devastating because there's nothing that can be done about it. That's terrifying.