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Hey peeps, its been a long time since i updated my blog due to a very busy end to last season and family holidays etc. I am aware there has been alot of speculation regarding my future and were i will be playing next season. I have not commented on these speculative stories out of respect for the fans of Crystal Palace and other clubs involved. I hope you understand that this will be a big decision in my career for both me and my family, so that is why i have taken so long, bare with me people as i am very greatful for all the support that you provide me with, it is appreciated immensely. i will now be trying to update my blog on a regular basis ,so you can hear it all from the horse’s mouth rather than the media.
On a final note, i would like to thank Silverliningvideos for the compilation video he done of me, which you can see above, much appreciated mate.

Thank you
neil danns

stupidity

Here goes, I decided to do a blog on players unpleasant reactions after watching Gattuso’s moment of stupidity last night. I thought this would be a good blog to do after being in a similar situation myself. So here’s how I would describe it, Have you ever banged your head and wanted to hit something to take your mind off the original source of pain, because I know I have. This can end up doing more damage than the original source of pain but it’s a reaction that is hard to control. These reactions are especially hard to control when you have a competitive streak in you, or a short fuse which many people are just born with. That’s why u tend to see these reactions from competitive footballers such as Wayne Rooney, Roy Keane, Gattuso, and many other leaders on the pitch, I know you can definitely see it as a stupid reaction but from my own experience I can honestly say it almost feels like an out of body experience, it’s like you know you shouldn’t but you just can’t help it, but what I would say is that the people who have these reactions and don’t learn from their mistakes the first time then it becomes stupidity and lack of discipline. So I can’t really defend Gattuso’s actions because this was not the first time he had been involved in such a situation, where as when I had my experience straight away I knew I was in the wrong and i had never had an experience like this before on the pitch, but at the end of the day I realise that no one’s perfect and we all have different reactions to how we deal with certain situations. It is whether we admit our reaction was wrong or we continue to make the same mistakes that I feel defines the action as stupidity or a moment of madness

moment of madness

mine was definitely just a moment of madness

I was told by a friend (Chris walker @walksgloves ) that I just had to listen to this song, and im so glad I did. For me this is how the genius’s of music all wrote there songs, with lyrics that paint vivid and accurate pictures of there stories. All the greats had this ability , Macartney, Lennon, rod stewart , michael Jackson and so on. I find myself captivated as if watching a movie that inspires when i hear this sort of art, and as a talented writer in all sorts of forms that my friend Chris walker is , he has now converted me in to a Billy Joel fan.
Listen to the track above, listen to the lyrics carefully as they give you an insight in to the thoughts and feelings of the American soldiers that fought for there country in the Vietnam war. I’m sure you will paint your own pictures with the help of this genius writing.

So with that said i have six words to say.Billy Joel take a bow son

Hey there people here is an acoustic performance of a song me my guitarist and writing partner dan mulcahy are working on, its called lost. So here is the first verse for all of those of you that want to see me perform live. hope you like

First of all can i thank all of you for your support and for taking the time out to visit my blog. I am truly humbled every day by your support and help.

Wow so here goes my first blog ever, So here goes

Football and me

I was born in Liverpool and raised in an area called Toxteth, i was raised as an only child by my  parents Neil Danns senior and Karen Jackson. As a child football was not the first sport i became engrossed with, having a european skateboard champion as a father some what gave me the urge to go down the skate boarding path first, and also like me my father was also not only a one trick pony, because whilst skate boarding he was also taking part in eurovision song contest qualifications and other musical activities, so you can see were that side of me comes from,(music wise)

So like i said i tried out the whole skateboarding thing first, and was not to bad at it for my age. But once i started to kick a little round thing around my garden that was the end of skateboarding for me and football became my life. Thats when i started practicing and playing at local youth clubs and various weekend teams namely Rossoak f.c under 12′s, and from playing in these teams and youth clubs, i was spotted by a Liverpool fc scout and was invited down for trials,

After the trials proving successful at the tender age of 11, by the time i was fourteen i was selected as one of the sixteen best players in England, and was offered the chance to move away to the midlands were i would get a scholarship and train every day with the other 15 lads my age and  16 the year above me, these players included, Jermain Defoe (Tottenham), Joe Cole (Liverpool)  Stuart Parnaby (Birmingham) Danny Webber (Portsmouth) Leon Britton (Swansea) Rob Edwards (Blackpool) and many more, so as you can see i was living and training everyday for two years with these talented people at the the prestigious Lilleshall football academy, which had also produced many of englands finest stars through the years such as, Rio Ferdinand ,Michael Owen, Sol Campbell, Jamie carragher, Andy Cole and many more.

When i left Lilleshall at the age of 16 i was offered a proffesional contract by Blackburn rovers were i went on to make my debut at 19 in the Uefa cup against Cska Sofia. played for Blackburn in the premier league f.a cup and then coca cola cup, all under the watchful eye of graham Souness.

It was when Graham Souness left for Blackburn and Mark Hughes took over i was deemed surplus to requirements, so i moved to Colchester in league one were i was confident that i would shine out and earn the right to play at a higer level, as i was later to prove, After a great time and successful period of my career i would then  move on to Birmingham were i was surrounded by a wealth of talent in the season we got promoted back to the premier league, i made 38 appearances during this season 11 starts.  After gaining promotion to the premier league in january of that season, Steve Bruce left for the wigan job and once again a change of management added to me leaving the second city and moving to crystal palace, My first season at palace was the worse time of my career due to a long term groin injury that kept me out for nearly a year, and also had some of the fans calling me injury prone, which was untrue, as apart from that one injury, every season i have ever played apart from that one i have played over 35 games so obviously this tag added to that dark time.

But once over the injury i have established myself as a regular at crystal palace, and still strive to give my all week in week out for the palace faithful,

Thanks for reading my  blog and ill try and blog as regular as possible

Neil danns

www.neildanns.com

p.s please excuse any grammar or spelling mistakes (lol)

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