Ian MacMillan revelling in the result on Mark Radcliffe on R2 now.!

(lol) thats quite funny actually.</p>

i just the minute asked a mate of mine if he knew who Ian McMillan was, and he thought he was McKellan </p>

 

Ian MacMillan filles a 'Media Gap' that in previous years has included Dicke Bird, Stan Richards, Brian Glover. In other words a steroetypical Tyke from Barnsley, flat cap and whippet thrown in for good measure. I don't doubt however he is a Reds fan through and through having seen him at quite a few games now unlike Parkie who ought never to be let into Oakwell again. Let's not fall for this 'he is a lovely bloke' image though. Much like Dickie Bird he loves the limelight and will do anything to get an ounce of publicity eg the Kit Kat incident and also he reported some BFC fans to the stewards v Soton at home for alleged racist chanting (apparently, the chants were 'gypo' aimed at the Soton long haired fella - hardly likely to cause a riot). Mr MacMillan backed this up in one of his colums by writing a controversial article about the benefits of a multi cultural society (effectivly pandering to the PC brigade). The guy however made himself look a fool - again - as when it comes to prejudices and racism he is the first to brand Sheffield fans 'Dee Dahs', Cockney's 'Southern Ponces' etc etc.

If you want to see him and his 'Brown nose' mates (forever surrounding him and shaking his hand) look no further than East Stand Lower every home game.

On a final note, has anyone ever read one of his columns?. My 9 year old nephew could write better stuff. Seems to have a big chip on his shoulder about Yorkshire accents as well given this is quite often the topic for his long and drawn out column (oooer missus!)

The man does Barnsley as a town no favours in the Media spotlight and helps re inforce all the negative images which historically have been associated with Barnsley. Other than that a thoroughly great bloke!

 

Give over, you're jealous.

You suffer from the classic Barnsley disease called 'headabovetheparapetitis' - you hate anyone becoming succesful, you hate anyone who raises themself, you hate anyone who actually puts their head above the parapet and says owt.

I've never met the man myself, I have, however read his poety (some good, some bad) and he has done some work with schoolkids in the school my mum used to work in. My mum loves him, he was great with the kids, enthusiastic, kind and helpful.

Yes, he's a media luvvie, but he's also down to earth. He works in the media, you have to shout your mouth off or you'd never get on. He gets on TV and Radio rather than you do for some pretty good reasons, most of them down to your shitty attitude, lack of wit and bad attitude.

 

Ha, Ha. You are not his love child are you?.

You have made quite a few assumptions there ie 'Im not on Radio', 'bad attitude' etc etc. Merely expressing an opinion based on what I have seen of him and read about - which is my right just like it is yours. I do however love to see Barnsley people making a go of it. Someone like Mick McCarthy - in my opinion of course - carries himself off with more dignity, has 10 x more talent in his particular field and does more to promote the town than 'Z' lister MacMillan.

Talent will shine through without having to shout about it all the time. The ones who shout the loudest are usually the ones with least talent who think if they dont' should people will see them for what they really are. Think it's called the Big Brother syndrome.

Good to know your mum likes him though. A MacMillan groupie, well who would have though that?

Note how many people have posted on here and have not even heard of him. Surely that say's it all?

 

Yes, yes I am his love child. Do you wish to see my genetic markers?

I didn't make any assumptions on your bad attitude, I took that from your previous posting.

You aren't on Radio, any more than I am when I ring up Praise or Grumble.

I like Mick McCarthy. He too has received similar critisism from some on here, jealousy basically.

Obviously in Ians case that talent has shone through.

It wasn't just my mum that liked him, many teachers and kids across the borough will have had similar experiences I'm sure. So, at the end of your life, what will be written about you - "He loved to come onto the internet and slag of local celebrities".

Not sure what the hell that last line is about, makes very little sense.

 

That piece he did in the Chron informing all us retards that live in Barnsley that we were nothing without forging a 'multicultural' town and we really should know better was a joke. If I want to be lectured to I'll ask thanks very much.</p>

 

Whoever asked to be "lectured to"?

Hi I'm Brian and today I'd like to be lectured to on multiculturalism.

 

does he try to be a celebrity???

the answer is nope he does not. he goes about is work quietly and just gets on with it. he's doesn't try to claim he is a local celebrity, he's just a normal guy making a living from what he does.</p>

he's a proper down to earth fella who loves his football team like the rest of us.</p>

 

There you again making assumptions. Did I actually say I was on Radio? Of course I'm not and to be honest have no desire to be famous even by Z List standards. I just think that IM typifies the current culture of wannabee celebs ie little talent, shouts loud - by default becomes famous. Usually this is something to do with big ego needing a massage. By your theory, I am jealous of everyone who becomes famous given my shitty-life,, bad-attitude etc etc. There you go, you have got me at it now - now I'm making asumptions about you!

 

That'd be a poor trip to the knocking shop.</p>

&quot;Hand job twenty quid, blow job thirty, lecture on the developement of multiculturiam in post war Britain forty. And that includes the boots.&quot;</p>

 

Hand job £20?

I've seen loads of palces round Manchester offering hand jobs for £5.

Of course, they were Polish blokes.


Come to think of it, it might have been hand washes they were offering.

But they included a free blow job, so it was worth it.

 

RE: You're very, very wrong.

True. Worked with him several times. Top bloke , loves Barnsley. Had a reight good chin wag with him.

 

RE: You're very, very wrong.

You can only give an opinion on what you see. People closer to him than I, may find the pubic persona a bit of a put on and find him a genuinely warm guy. However, given that most of us do not have that 'privelege' of knowing him personally we can only go on the MacMillan we read in the Chron, the washing up powder adverts and once saw him on some dodgy Sky Channel day time quiz. Based on this then I see nothing to suggest my earlier comments were wrong.

To prove I don't knock Barnsley celebs - even the D list ones -here's a few I have a great deal of time for who I think have helped put Barnsley on the map for the right reasons. Rita Britton, Brian Glover, guy out of Kes (sorry cant remember his name), Mick McArthy.......and of course, the sadly departed Walt Bywater. I'm sure there are more but I feel these are people with genuine talent in their own fields who became famous based purely on talent.

One thing is clear. Whether he is cuddly or not he scored one hell of a PR own goal with that Multicultural article he did a few months back.

PS - Is 'very, very wrong' more wrong than just 'wrong' or 'very wrong'? Sounds like the opening gambit of one of IMs 1000 word essays on pretty much nothing (see his column every Fri).

 

Can't you add?

'very, very' is twice as damning as just 'very'. Isn't that so, so obvious?

 

RE: Can't you add?

I guess that's from the same school of mathematics and logic as 'the lad has given 110%' hence my sums not been up to scratch. Did not realise there were different levels of being wrong ie either you are wrong or you are not wrong.

 

You know those colour cards?

The ones the paint companies do? Well you can get those for wrongness as well - every degree of inaccuracy provided for!! I like the Deep Cinnamon Wrong - adds real warmth &amp; depth to your wrongness. It's nice at Christmastime.

 

He goes on the Official coaches usually

Seen him loads over the years