Comments for No love, no joy at http://www.wsc.co.uk , comment 0 to 20 out of 35 comments http://www.wsc.co.uk Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:36:32 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/145/29/#pc_5765 This is a brilliant review, and is now half way down the first page if you google "tim lovejoy", so he must surely have read it, as I imagine he googles himself constantly. The only line I take issue with is 'with his fashionably receding hair' Since when was receding hair fashionable ? Its part of encroaching middle age, what's next piles ? - the cantering captain Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:07:36 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/145/29/#pc_5168 Oh and he's scared of coriander. Lovejoy can't just not like the taste of coriander he has to make up some nonsense about how it's to do with an ancient fear of unknown plants and how they may be poisonous. Pretentious twat! - Vim Fuego Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:39:59 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/145/29/#pc_5164 As excellent as the review is I feel Taylor Parkes should have torn Lovejoy's book apart page by page to prolong the entertainment. I've never watched Soccer AM but having watched that awful Something For The Weekend" I have yet to come across anyone on TV with the same level of banal, inane smugness as this twat. I hate him. And don't get me started on Louise Redknapp who could easily be his twin sister. - Vim Fuego Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:06:51 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/145/29/#pc_4669 I was a bit in the dark about Tim Lovejoy, never having seen him on the telly as I've been out of the country for years. So I never really got the vehemence of this article. Until this morning. During a ham-fisted review of the newspapers with Eamonn Holmes on Sky News Andy Murray was featured, and Lovejoy suggested, without an ounce of irony, that "we all love him". "But that's just it - we don't," corrected Holmes (quite rightly). "He's surly." "Nah, Eamonn - that's him being focussed." I've now re-read this excellent article with a much better idea of where it's coming from. - erwin Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:43:03 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/145/29/#pc_4312 Lovejoy has a face, & intellect, for radio. . .preferably in Greenland, the Faroe Islands or one of the Poles. - rawiron Wed, 04 May 2011 14:55:05 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/145/29/#pc_4107 I regularly enjoy reading this review. Even after 50 times it still fails to make me smile. I saw this book in my local library today and was very nearly tempted to borrow it. Not that I doubt Taylor's review, but part of me thinks something this bad needs to be seen to be believed. I left it where it was, though, and seeing it on a shelf that could have been used to display Shakespeare, Byron, or Blake made me die a little inside. As a reformed former Soccer AM viewer, I now realise that watching Soccer AM is a bit like believing in the tooth fairy - encouraging when you're young, but if you're still doing it when you're in your 20s, with a house, a job, and a committed relationship, you wonder if it's really still appropriate. - quoththeraven Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:08:56 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/145/29/#pc_3942 Brilliant review, kind of makes me want to read the book - in the same way that I pick of The Sun and read their sport section sometimes to discover what idiots think about football. Like the above comment I think I'll be re-reading this piece, it's fantastic, well done. - FootballFarrago Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:49:59 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/145/29/#pc_3585 I remember reading this review when it came out in the issue and loving every word of it. I still return to it every now and then to read. Simply the best article the mag has ever - ever- printed. - DaveWallace Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:13:49 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/145/29/#pc_2977 Hats off to Taylor, he tells it like it is, congratulations on your unstinting honesty. - lebowski Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:22:43 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/145/29/#pc_2947 It's a commentary on present day twattery beyond the gobshite lovejoy and I'm afraid I'll be stealing ideas from it for a long time. Well done Taylor, a masterpiece. - knownidiot Sat, 30 Oct 2010 18:41:47 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/145/29/#pc_2920 WSC should put a paywall around this piece and retire on the proceeds. Once Taylor gets his cut, of course. - imp Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:54:43 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/145/29/#pc_2655 I never, ever tire of reading this - the only criticism I could possibly have is that it's perhaps a little too kind to its subject. - eighteen85 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:00:15 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/145/29/#pc_2653 Still one of the finest hatchet jobs I've ever read and so, so well-deserved. For anyone entertaining the merest suggestion of sympathy for Lovejoy, have a look at this clip of him talking about his "Chelsea heroes" who include Joey Jones and Mickey Thomas. Both of these, of course, have become his "mates." http://bit.ly/bIR5ua - Martin Hatter Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:10:28 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/145/29/#pc_2497 A masterpiece of an assassination. Enjoyable even if you don't know who Lovejoy is, as Ashemar says above, but sublime if you do. - blufink Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:05:51 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/145/29/#pc_2351 Enjoyed this review, thanks. - atlanticjaxx Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:56:35 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/145/29/#pc_2279 While I am a regular reader of WSC, I live in Australia and have never seen a single second of Tim Lovejoy in action (which, judging by this article, would appear to be a blessing). However, I remember reading this review when it first appeared in WSC, and I thought it was brilliant and hilarious back then. Reading it again today, it's still as superb as I remembered it being. Bravo, Taylor Parkes. - adhemar78 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:12:48 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/145/29/#pc_1722 This odious talent vacuum is the embodiment of everything that is wrong with the modern football fan that knows nothing of anything before, or outside, the Premier League. You'd think he'd at least have the good grace to be embarrassed by his ignorance rather than celebrate it. - redmondo82 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:09:49 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/145/29/#pc_1544 This is the best review of anything, ever. Simply brilliant. I was once dragged onto Soccer AM by some mates. We were 'fans of the week', and apparently we were only going on to wind Lovejoy up. In the bar after the show, one of our group approached Lovejoy and asked him at what point he had switched allegiance from Watford (who he apparently used to support) to Chelsea. His reply, and I quote, was delightful: "Shut the f**k up, you c**t." As arrogant and self-delusional a man as I've ever met in my life. - Lemmiwinks Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:11:52 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/145/29/#pc_1326 An astonishingly good review! At Mudhuts Media in Wigan we have been demonizing that man and that programme for as long as I can remember. The loathesome and insulting way that he used to seriously think he could play for any 4th division club (sorry, old fashoined me!) just about summed up his horrible attitude. "Save Chip", "Bouncebackability", "Easy, Easy" Sad, sad warnings about how easily modern football fans are duped and follow the "Monkey see, monkey do" way. We recently started a thread on the worst football books ever written, however, the book needs to have been read to be included, so even though Lovejoys book probably deserves the top spot I don't think any of us are brave enough to do the deed! - Les Bagg Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:42:36 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/145/29/#pc_1319 I used to do a lot of things I now regret when I was an ignorant teenager. Complain to my parents about "life not being fair", join in with that despicable chant aimed at Wenger and also watching and enjoying Soccer AM. I still occasionally complain to my parents, but mercifully the latter two are things of the past. Lovejoy and Soccer AM probably set back my knowledge of football by about 3 years - a bit like falling in with the wrong crowd at school - it takes a while, but you realise in the end that you've been a bit of an idiot. - uninformedandunbalanced Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:05:46 +0100