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Kris Commons

Discussion in 'Ex Players' started by z1c0, Apr 28, 2014.

Discuss Kris Commons in the Ex Players area at TalkCeltic.net.

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On BBC radio after the game talking about the depression he had after leaving the club in the summer, said he was crying and all sorts.

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On BBC radio after the game talking about the depression he had after leaving the club in the summer, said he was crying and all sorts.
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That was because Brendan brought back chips and Mars bars.

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On BBC radio after the game talking about the depression he had after leaving the club in the summer, said he was crying and all sorts.
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Never wanted to leave and do feel a bit sorry for how he seemed to not be given a chance by Brendan. Guy deserved a proper send off for his service to the club and not just a friendly with a bunch of retired guys. To be involved in the huge nights he was then just have that stripped away must have been tough. Still think he had his use as a squad player last year but no doubt his decline will be huge at his age having barely played in 18 months.

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Momo Sylla said: ↑

Never wanted to leave and do feel a bit sorry for how he seemed to not be given a chance by Brendan. Guy deserved a proper send off for his service to the club and not just a friendly with a bunch of retired guys. To be involved in the huge nights he was then just have that stripped away must have been tough. Still think he had his use as a squad player last year but no doubt his decline will be huge at his age having barely played in 18 months.
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Didn't he spend basically the whole of last season injured?

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Momo Sylla said: ↑

Never wanted to leave and do feel a bit sorry for how he seemed to not be given a chance by Brendan. Guy deserved a proper send off for his service to the club and not just a friendly with a bunch of retired guys. To be involved in the huge nights he was then just have that stripped away must have been tough. Still think he had his use as a squad player last year but no doubt his decline will be huge at his age having barely played in 18 months.
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Love the sentiment, but he was one million percent done here.

We moved on to the next level, because we moved on from guys like Commons, Mulgrew etc.

Great player, and fully appreciate his contribution over the years, but Brendan called it dead on.

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He had sciatica for majority of the time he was here under Brendan, Rodgers did say he wanted to play him at some point but he never got over the injury and got his fitness up till basically when the season was over.

I know it was tough on Commons but there were players that worked there arses off all season to get chances so you could see why Rodgers never put him in at half fit.

Would also say it was a great stage for Commons to play his last game for us in the Henrik vs Lubo’s legends, was a great occasion and getting play alongside so many legends for his send off was a nice touch.

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I honestly thought he was our best player. Loved him. If i was a kid his name would have been on my top. Sad to see him go. His time was up though. He should go play for hibs. He'd be a cracking signing.

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From August the 12 Kris talking about the pain he felt in his back.

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KRIS COMMONS is talking about his excruciating back pain, and how it made him feel like a man twice his age, not a footballer at just 33.

But wait. Hold on a minute. Ex-Celtic star Commons stops what he’s saying and suddenly has a puzzled, confused look on his face.

He says: “Am I not 34? Well, you should know, Kris, I think you’re 33, but . . .

Commons replies: “I don’t know, am I still 33? I was born August 30, 1983. It’s my birthday this month, so, that’s right, I’m about to turn 34. Yeah, that’s good. I’ve gained another year.”

Commons, whatever age he is, laughs out loud — for the first time in a while.

It’s five weeks on from surgery to repair nerve damage to a slipped disc in his lower back that gripped him for 16 months.

Four cortisone injections. Acupuncture. Physiotherapy. Ice baths in the morning, anti-inflammatories to get him through the night.

Commons said: “I’m pain-free now which is the main thing for me, to be honest. At its worst it was horrific, just horrific. One day coming down the stairs in just my underwear, I was almost in tears to Lisa who was having her hair done at the time! I just stood there in my living room with my arms crossed, screaming for pain-killers. I was in a bad way that day.

“I couldn’t sit down, I couldn’t stand up. It was a constant battle to bring the pain level down just to get through the day.

“I was on Tramadol, which are pretty strong, and at one point I was taking ten of those a day. Even then I was still waking up in agony in the middle of the night. It was only when they opened me up the surgeon saw the damage was worse than he thought, so he knew having the surgery was the best thing.

“It was a worry, of course it was. They don’t open you up to do back surgery for nothing.

“I got all the warnings, the percentages of probability of something bad happening, like not being able to do the toilet yourself.

“It’s a tricky business when they tinker with nerves close to your spine.

“It’s a relatively straight-forward operation for them, it wasn’t like they fused my back together with nuts and bolts.

“But they were still chopping a little bit of vertebrae off, which carried risks.

“They said there was a ten per cent chance it would prolapse again, a five per cent chance I’d end up incontinent, and a one per cent chance I’d be paralysed.

“It stuck in my head that one in every 100 people who had the surgery lost the feeling in their feet.

“But you know what, I didn’t care about the risks. It was a worry, sure, but at that stage I was literally struggling to get out of bed.

“Never mind training or running, I could barely tie my shoe laces. I worried what I was going to be like at 50 if I didn’t do anything about it. In my head, if that meant retiring from football then I was ready for that.

“I needed it done, not just to play football, but to live right. I still feel like I’ve got the prime years of my life ahead of me, and I want to do that with my kids, kicking a ball around in the garden.”

Right now life is good for Commons. His surgery went really well, and he’s starting to feel like his old self again, swimming and cycling every day.

Commons feels like he’s still got more football in him, but if there’s not, so be it.

He added: “I still want to come back. I’ve not given up on my playing career. But it’s strange. I don’t want to build that up in my head, in case it doesn’t happen, you know?

“I fear building my hopes up too much. In my head I’m thinking if it’s not right I can deal with that.

“The important thing for me is if I’m going to play again I need to be an influential player.

“I don’t want someone to watch me play and say: ‘He’s finished, his legs have gone’.

“I need to be able to make an impact. I need to make the team better.”

Believe in better. That’s Sky’s motto, and the broadcasting giants have paired him with SunSport columnist Kris Boyd in programmes this season, and they have hit it off.

Commons said: “It’s nerve-racking. I have always been comfortable doing interviews like this because it’s just like a conversation.

“But when you are hosting a programme it’s a whole different ball game.

“I feel I have a decent knowledge of the game, but that doesn’t always mean you are going to come across well on TV. But it’s a learning curve, like anything else you do for the first time. The bottom line is I enjoy it.

“I’ll always give an honest opinion, I don’t want to just sit on the fence. But it’s early days and it will take time. When I first started getting interviewed as a player I would come out with all the cliches in the book.

“As you get older you become more confident and comfortable talking to journalists. Right now I’m having to learn how to talk into a TV camera.

“It feels unnatural at the moment, and I’m as nervous as *. But I’m looking forward to games and I hope I can become better at it.

“I keep calling Celtic ‘we,’ which I know I have to stop. But I was at Parkhead for over six years, it’s been ‘we’ and ‘us’ for a long time.

“Boydy picked up on it straight away on our first programme and he was right.

“I know I need to change the way I speak about Celtic on camera. It will come, though.

“I’ve not had a proper job in my life but I want to work. I wouldn’t want to sit at home every day or just go to the gym or play golf.

“I couldn’t just stay at home and vegetate. If I just sat on the sofa, I’d probably be dead by my 40th birthday.”

Whenever the * that is!
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I honestly thought he was our best player. Loved him. If i was a kid his name would have been on my top. Sad to see hsim go. His time was up though. He should go play for hibs. He'd be a cracking signing.
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I remember having that exact thought back when he was doing well for us. Great guy, never had a problem with Commons.

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Should be a good interview

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That was a decent watch. Much prefer that to his BT work.

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That was a decent watch. Much prefer tgat to his BT work.
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Can't wait for part 2. Would love to hear his thoughts on that last year under Lenny. I'm hoping he talks a bit about the signings like Balde, Derk and Pukki. It'll be interesting to see what he has to say about Ronny as well.

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Can't wait for part 2. Would love to hear his thoughts on that last year under Lenny. I'm hoping he talks a bit about the signings like Balde, Derk and Pukki. It'll be interesting to see what he has to say about Ronny as well.
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I did notice that Deila wasn't mentioned at all. Really hope he chats about him in the next episode.

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KRIS COMMONS has said Rangers once showed interest in signing him – but they didn’t have the money.

The former Celtic star came to Scotland when he signed for the Hoops in January, 2011.

But Commons claimed the Ibrox club had also been showing their interest and may even have moved for him that summer.

Speaking to Si Ferry on Open Goal, the 34-year-old admitted Gers’ financial difficulties scuppered any chance of a switch.

He said: “There was interest but they didn’t have any money.

“I think they would have maybe thought about it at the end of the year but I never had a conversation with my agent saying ‘Rangers are in for you’.

“You know what agents are like.

“‘Villa’s interested, West Brom, Sunderland’, you get all these things.

“But unless someone makes a phone call, which Celtic did – that was me up the road the next day.”

Commons spent his earlier career in English football with Nottingham Forest and Derby County.

And it was at the former that he met his future Celtic boss Neil Lennon.

But Commons revealed it wasn’t all plain sailing for the Northern Irishman.

He added: “He used to come in with some of the worst gear I’ve ever seen.

“All the young lads would give him abuse but he was just an angry, angry man.

“He came in with a black BMW M5.

“I said that must be fast and he said ‘yeah, sure, take the keys and go for a spin’.

“Me and Wes Morgan went flying down the A52 and came back up!”

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Quality interview. Loved his insight into the team under Deila. Clearly a lot of players weren't happy in that second season.

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I hope his patter is better than that bmw story
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Like Kris even more - very decent lad!

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Won't be long until Kris comes across like an Andy Walker or somecunt like that.

Loved him as a player, really annoys me as a "pundit".

Soup-taking *.

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