8 October 2008

Todd Carney strikes again

8 October 2008 | johnboy

Former footballer and celebrity party boy Todd Carney has made the Canberra Times again:

“Former Canberra Raider Todd Carney found himself on the wrong side of the law again at the weekend when the half-back was arrested in a Goulburn pub.
Police picked up the 22-year-old in an Auburn Street hotel about 10.50pm on Saturday about an incident earlier that morning.

Carney was initially accused of smashing the window of a mobile phone shop early on Saturday morning.

NSW Police confirmed Carney was taken into custody at Goulburn Police Station, questioned about the incident and then released ”pending further inquiries”.

They would not say if the wayward playmaker was drunk at the time of his detention.”

Wasn’t he supposed to be playing somewhere miserable in the north of England?

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Granny8:41 am 09 Oct 08

I would never call you a Terd, Overheard. If you don’t know that by now, you will never, never, never know me oooooooooh ooooh ….

: )

Overheard7:08 am 09 Oct 08

Granny said :

Ooh la la, Terd! Yer ner yer ser syuperb! Yer un feen specimon, non?

Who are you calling a ‘Terd’???!!!

Passy11:31 pm 08 Oct 08

There goes the career, I think.

The Raiders tried to help him and Carney, by his actions, rejected them. Now he is doing it again. He needs serious help. I doubt he will get it or accept it.

And playing in England, away from family, won’t help. It will, unless his new team (is it Bradford?) keeps him under almost straight jacket control and gives him lots of support, actually worsen the situation.

This assumes he doesn’t end up in jail if the allegations are true or that his new club doesn’t sack him before he turns up. Either presumably could happen.

He is in Rwanda with some other footballers on the advice of Paul Osborne, I understand, in an attempt to help him turn his life around.

With Campese being in the Australian squad and Herbert due back from injury in 2009, 2010 looks very bleak for Carney now if he entertained any hopes of coming back here. Other NRL clubs might be tempted but the risk must surely outweigh the possible benefits.

A pity because he was a class footballer. But having such class doesn’t protect you from alcohol or other temptations.

hek629:47 pm 08 Oct 08

He’s in Rwanda now.

Granny3:49 pm 08 Oct 08

Guess who I learned my Fronch from?

*LOL*

Loquaciousness3:44 pm 08 Oct 08

Granny said :

Ooh la la, Terd!

Hehehe … “Terd” about sums it up too 😛

tylersmayhem2:18 pm 08 Oct 08

Wasn’t he supposed to be playing somewhere miserable in the north of England?

Probably was and has been given the arse already. What a shocker. He had a brilliant income doing what so many would kill for – but gave it all away because he couldn’t prioritise his drinking habit and football. Indeed…what a wanker.

I’d love to see him pull his behavior in the UK – coupla feisty football hooligans and he’d get cleaned up pretty quick!

Granny1:53 pm 08 Oct 08

Ooh la la, Terd! Yer ner yer ser syuperb! Yer un feen specimon, non?

Overheard1:33 pm 08 Oct 08

He’s such a catch. Why oh why oh why did we e’er let him go?!

Oh…. I was just going to write a plea for him to return in French, but that’s the other tosser, isn’t it?

Pardonnez-moi.

Granny12:15 pm 08 Oct 08

Oh, Todd! That was just beautiful … *sniff*

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