" DISGRACE TO FOOTBALL "

I recall Milly telling me the story about Chopra in the Ninian. I recall other stories being said on here. The story tellers got slated but I thought time will tell who is telling the truth. Well it certainly has and I am glad to say I never doubted them on here.

I've got to know these guys you see and they are not liars. So now I hope a certain individual is reading.

Well said. The stories on here about Chopra where almost impossible to make up. I loved Chopra in his 1st spell and he will be a hero for many of his goals. Such a sad waste of talent.

With all the info of his gambling
(i remember being on a train to manchester the day before a blackpool away game and mark kennedy sitting opposite me with 2 phones actually betting for chops!)

If all this was known by many - why the fcuk did ross mcormack get treated the way he did??????
DJ has to shoulder some of this shite.
Malky certainly wouldn't have it

Lets hope he's still young enough to get himself sorted out and get a bit of money together for himself before his playing days are over.

Other players have done it, so lets hope he can as well.

He has an addiction - that's not a reason to call him a disgrace. However, the people who prayed on his weakness and happily let him run up debts and parted him from his money - those vultures are the real disgrace.

Lets hope he's still young enough to get himself sorted out and get a bit of money together for himself before his playing days are over.

Other players have done it, so lets hope he can as well.

He has an addiction - that's not a reason to call him a disgrace. However, the people who prayed on his weakness and happily let him run up debts and parted him from his money - those vultures are the real disgrace.

No going out the night before a game to parties is a disgrace etc etc.

Lets hope he's still young enough to get himself sorted out and get a bit of money together for himself before his playing days are over.

Other players have done it, so lets hope he can as well.

He has an addiction - that's not a reason to call him a disgrace. However, the people who prayed on his weakness and happily let him run up debts and parted him from his money - those vultures are the real disgrace.

No going out the night before a game to parties is a disgrace etc etc.

I agree with that, but this thread appears to be about his gambling addiction

Lets hope he's still young enough to get himself sorted out and get a bit of money together for himself before his playing days are over.

Other players have done it, so lets hope he can as well.

He has an addiction - that's not a reason to call him a disgrace. However, the people who prayed on his weakness and happily let him run up debts and parted him from his money - those vultures are the real disgrace.

No going out the night before a game to parties is a disgrace etc etc.

I agree with that, but this thread appears to be about his gambling addiction

Carl our fans leader( ) got slated by some when he told how the Malaysians had to bail out Michael Chopra with his gambling debts, Chops had some very heavy people after him at the time and yes it did effect his football, but he continued to gamble and PLAY OUT AT NIGHT and EVEN THE NIGHT BEFORE GAMES. Carl got slated by some for putting out the truth and called a liar, now look once again.

f**k the prick

Loved him in his first spell here, second spell was great having him back but obiviously thought he was too good to be here, spent more time up Newcastle getting pissed and in trouble (anyone recall an incident with a Newcastle fan who attacked him cos he played for Sunderland)


He'll be another Jason Koumas soon.

Carl our fans leader( ) got slated by some when he told how the Malaysians had to bail out Michael Chopra with his gambling debts, Chops had some very heavy people after him at the time and yes it did effect his football, but he continued to gamble and play out at night and even the night before games. Carl got slated by some for putting out the truth and called a liar, now look once again.


MY OPINION MICHAEL CHOPRA IS A DISGRACE TO FOOTBALL and I USE TO BE ONE OF HIS BIGGEST FANS.

Town Lent Chopra £250,000 to Pay Off Debts
Wed 14th Dec 2011 12:23
Town lent striker Michael Chopra £250,000 to pay off his gambling debts, it emerged at a trial at Newcastle Crown Court yesterday. Defendants charged with processing and supplying cocaine claim £50,000 in cash found in a car related to a debt repayment made by the 27-year-old frontman, who recently spent three weeks in the Sporting Chance Clinic as he tackles his long-term gambling issues.




Blues chief executive Simon Clegg, who gave evidence via a video-link, confirmed that the club had helped Chopra settle some of his debt issues: “I feel I have a duty of care for all the players who represent our football club, to try and support and assist them with any problems they may have so they can concentrate on what they are employed to do, which is play football.

“He certainly owed money to individuals down in Wales and others in the north of the country,” he added.

“They were monies owed to individuals, the best of my knowledge is they were not institutions, they were individuals, not the sort of people I would be going to if I wanted to borrow money.

“I was aware Michael was concerned about repaying the money on time. He needed to pay the money back or he would find himself in trouble.”

Clegg said the figure involved, which we understand to be a loan, was “somewhere in the region of a quarter-of-a-million pounds” with a “significant percentage” relating to Chopra’s gambling problems. A debt collector was previously reported to have approached the former Newcastle and Sunderland striker at Town’s Playford Road training ground.

Despite the cash paid by Town, Chopra is understood to have further debts with his problems believed to have strained his relationship with his father.

Four men are charged with running a drugs factory at a flat on Wearside with the prosecution alleging that the £50,000 found in a Jaguar relates to drug deals, while the defence argue it was a payment from Chopra. The case continues with Clegg not expected to give further evidence.

A club spokesman told TWTD that Town will not be commenting on the matter.

Annis...

As much as i see where youre coming from, i have to say that i totally disagree that Chopra is a disgrace.

I don't understand why a footballer earning his kind of money would want/need to gamble large amounts in the first place but gambling is probably the worst addiction there is.

I'm sure he wants to stop, i'm sure he doesn't enjoy losing all of his money, i'm sure he doesn't enjoy being bailed out by his clubs and chased by loan sharks.

But it's not as easy as people might think to just stop gambling. Trust me.

As somebody else on this topic commented, i just feel sorry for him really.

I certainly don't think it's at all fair to call him a disgrace, because he's not. He just needs help.

Scott, I understand your sentiments, but I disagree that he needs help. If anyone has an addiction, no matter how much that anyone helps them, they will only change if they have that burning desire to change! If they don't have that desire, they will be checking themselves in and out of the priory every 6 months!! In my opinion, tough love is the only way that he will learn his lesson, and Ipswich should wash their hands of him.

Whats his current situation? i saw him on a sky interview admitting to have been in debt etc but presumed he had gotten out of it!??

Its easy to judge i suppose, but remember this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_-MeOMB ... re=related Such a shame at the end of the day hes only human its an easy thing to fall into if you have alot of money i suppose !!! and for all the bad things that Chops did and rumours you here i sort of forgive him because of that memory ive posted thats was such a great day