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No one likes to hear someone done on his luck, but about the Jokes why is everyone getting so worked up about it?? Has everyone lost their sense of humor??
All together now………"All ways look on the Bright side of life"…..ya no the rest
I just wonder whether TC’s description of Angus has touched a nerve with a few posters
I suppose slightly more seriously, he is in the one job that should not really be presented by a bankrupt. Rather like Shipman presenting an advert for Age Concern….
Leaves him a bit of a mess now and although i think that hes been in the right place at the right time and very lucky so far, we should hope that he pulls through somehow
Mate of mine shared a train jouney with him and found him ok…but no more than that
I find the most extraordinary thing about "Statto’s" betting analysis on the BBC is there being absolutely no mention of Betfair, is this because the Beeb don’t approve of exchanges only bookmakers or Statto being incapable of interpreting the exchange markets? Whatever, his analysis is a farce and does not reflect betting as it is today.
… give it another 25 years!
I thought Statto was brilliant on ‘Fantasy Football’ and anyone who can remember that show will remember that Skinner and Baddiel used to always make fun of him – and sometimes in the way that he has been made fun of on here. However, that’s not to say I agree with it because I don’t.
I can only assume that Angus has a gambling promlem (apologies if I’m off the mark there) to fall into such debt. Either that, or he has gone through an extraordinary bad run – but still, even then people should know when to stop and keep their gambling money apart.
We might never find out the reasons why he had to declare himself bankrupt, but if it’s because he had gambling debts through an addiction, then I have a lot of sympathy for him and I hope he recovers.
Mike
I love the idea that people on here reckon he looks like a pervert. You should get yourself along to a TRF meet-up. Yikes!!
I think there is a marked difference between comparing someone to a porcelain doll, which indicates a resemblance in complexion, and likening a television presenter to a pervert, which assassinates character.
Yet another TRF thread that beggars belief.
AL’s bankruptcy certainly shows that it could happen to anyone.
He seems like a nice enough chap, and I also think he was entertaining on Fantasy Football.
His racing punditry was fairly sound too.
Zip
AL’s bankruptcy certainly shows that it could happen to anyone.
He seems like a nice enough chap, and I also think he was entertaining on Fantasy Football.
His racing punditry was fairly sound too.
Zip
His knowledge of European football is second to none also. Like I said, I can only assume that he fell into the downward spiral of a gambling addict, because I just can’t imagine him falling into such debt being a responsible and very knowledgable punter.
But this is all speculation, the reason for declaring himself bankrupt might not have anything to do with gambling debts – I know that ex-wives can skint you fast
Whatever his problems, I hope he recovers soon.
Mike
Michael Jackson looks like a porcelain doll.
Aidan O’Brien looks like Harry Potter.
Audrey Tautou looks like a mouse.
Leslie Ash looks like a trout.
David Pipe looks like Matt Dawson.
I await the insults…
Getting off topic, but since someone else started it…….
For those with football knowledge, David Howells previously of Tottenham Hotspur and latterly doing the rounds of non-league management/coaching in the South East, was a ringer for The Cat In The Hat.
Rob
But this is all speculation, the reason for declaring himself bankrupt might not have anything to do with gambling debts
Mike
He didn’t declare himself bankrupt, someone else did it, to whom he owed money, apparently he knew nothing of it.
I would have thought this should make his position at the Beeb untenable but who knows with them these days.
I just begrudge paying a license fee for that organization.Apologies Yeats, I didn’t know that.
I only read the story that was at the beginning of this thread where it states;
“It is not known whether he declared himself bankrupt or if it followed a petition from someone he owes money to.”
Mike
I’d heard he owed money to several people.
He was always on his mobile. Remember seeing him in a bookies Cheltenham, talking tosh on the phone — made me wonder if he was just talking to himself to make himself look important.Hello,
I thought that the employment of Angus was just another product of the BBC’s dreadful Personnel Department.
I have nothing agianst the guy and not interested in his down fall or upfall, but I am sure Lucky must be his middle name.
The BBC employed a man who displays all the attributes of a man who was not qualified to do the job advertised, but yet, lo and behold, he is on the Telly!!
Just all sit back a moment and try and envisage the Interview for the job that Angus surely had to endure….
Considered the moment?
Well how did he succeed???
Remember the monster of the BBC has vast amounts of OUR money at it’s bequest, and some it went Angus’s way who could only excel in mediocrity…
regards,
doyley
See in Daily Mail he ran up big mobile bills — they must have been pretty amazing to be declared bankrupt. As I said, he liked his mobile.
But I think he owed more than just council tax and mobile bills.
Triple Crown
So sorry I missed an N out in the surname.
nobody is perfect.I await the jibes when Ian Semple is declared a bankrupt.
Jeff Smith stood by his trainer when he went skint so fair play to him.Bic Mac aka the John Mc Crirrick is also a failed bookmaker from the pre exchange days when if you just bet on the overounds and not to an opinion you could hardly fail. So how come he is suddenly the man who stands up for punters when in the past he was ‘the old enemy’.
Incidentally Ms C. Balding got Stato the BBC work so lets start jokes about her.
He didn’t declare himself bankrupt, someone else did it, to whom he owed money, apparently he knew nothing of it.
Rubbish. He would have had plenty of notice and written notification. That is required by the courts
await the jibes when Ian Semple is declared a bankrupt.
Totally different matter. Ian is in a dreadful position following something over which he had little realistic control. Your heart can only go out to him
Angus was on, what we can presume was a decent salary with no family commitments (that i was aware of) and promoted himself (and was promoted ) as a betting thus financial guru
he hadnt suddenly lost his job through no fault of his own and wasnt facing feeding 5 kids whilst hampered by a huge mortgage. Having gone to a stuck up famous private school we can only assume that his family had resources too
There is some sympathy for him but it has to be a bit limited …
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