THFC Federation :: Interview #33

How did you find Hattrick? My brother introduced me to hattrick. He was searching for tottenham news and it was advertise on one of the websites he went on. He quickly told me and we joined up on the same day.

How much time do you spend on average, per day, on Hattrick? Hmmm easily 3 to 4 hours a day. Probably even more!

Where did your Hattrick team name come from? When i was signing up i asked my brother to give me ideas for a team name, he came up with some horrific names that i wont repeat. I adapted one of the names he said and came up with ladyboys! Also, being a alan partridge fan it worked well.

Any significance for your teams strip? We've played in pink for a while now as the players really like it.

What is the “weird” thing you do in Hattrick that really doesn’t make any sense? If i play a player towards middle, i will then play them in inner midfield in friendly or cup as i fear their form may drop.

What ambitions do you have in the game, how far would you dream of going? First ambition is get to the premiership, although im just one division away its so bloody tough! Once ive done that i would like to win the premiership and also the cup, doing that in the same season would be great.

How did you discover the wonders of the THFC Fed? Brother told me to join it. Not sure why i hadnt joined it earlier! I believe im now a key member.

Why is the THFC Fed your favourite? Because we talk about the team we love and we have some funny characters in the fed and we link up well!

Bookie's Best Friend in The HT Punters' Lounge - Betting/gambling - Im in this as i do like a flutter. Use to be a great fed when we had people like boldie in it. I use to post my bets in there but dont anymore, maybe i should as im on a roll at the moment!

7-2 Off Suit in Poker Players Federation - In this as i like poker. Dont play as much anymore and hardly read the fed so could be leaving that one!

Why did you become a Spurs supporter? My family supports Spurs so there was only going to be one team. First season i followed them we won the fa cup, shame we done so little since.

Favourite current Spurs player? Ledley King. Longest servant to the club at the moment and i believe hes our best player, fingers crossed he doesnt leave us.

Greatest ever Spurs player? In the time i've supported spurs, Gazza and ginola i enjoyed watching.

What has been the high point and low point of the last Spurs season for you? High point for me was the draw at arsenal and knowing we've qualified for europe through league position and still in control of champs league spot. Low point has to be riquelme missing the penalty in the last minute and arsenal getting to the final. Once this interview is posted in the fed, these high and low points could easily change!

TV would be the fa cup games. At WHL it may have been aginst sheffied wednesday where we won 3-1. I do remember seeing us play blackburn and man utd at home but i think they were later on in the season, lost them both.

What is the most memorable Spurs match you have seen and why? I was at selhurst park when we beat wimbledon 6-2 and Klinsmann scored 4 goals. Also will never forget the 5-1 win over chelsea in the league cup.

What was the worst Spurs match you have ever seen? Losing away to southampton 4-0. Think hoddle was in charge and we were shocking. Also losing 3-0 against everton uder pleat, our midfield was so embarassing back then.

Do you own any Spurs football shirts? What designs? Yeah, have the blue addidas holsten spurs top. Will buy the new puma one next season.

If you could sign any current Premiership player for Spurs who would it be? Henry. Would ruin the gooners and hes world class.

If you could sign any current world player for Spurs then who would it be? Ronaldinho. His skills are silly.

Do you have a job in real life? What is it? In my second year at portsmouth uni studying accounting and business economics.

What did you do with your spare time, before HT? Went to school. Played a lot of 11 a side football (the glory days), hung out with the lads and chased the girls.

Can you tell us about your best and worst day in HT? My best day in hattrick was completing back to back titles in II.2, i think thats a pretty good achievement and of course winning the fed cup twice (back to back may i add). Hmmm my worst day, maybe losing both my qualification games to promote to the premiership but i was expecting to lose them.

What has been the best improvement made to Hattrick and why? The new tactics was a big improvement. It finally gave us a variety of tactics to choose from and outsmart opponents. Also it meant players needed secondaries and i like it. I'm loving the new match orders page, so sexy.

What has been the highlight of the Hattrick season for you? Just won II.2 league. This season i must go one step further and get that promotion.

Do you have a favourite Hattrick player and why? (That's an actual player and not manager) Stuart Bulman and Brian Daish. They are two original ladyboys players and at some point they will make it to the hall of fame. However, they still have a lot more games to play in.

Who has been your best recent Hattrick signing and why? Just signed an english defender call Ronny. He's got nice skills and i think i got him for a good price. Just signed an english midfielder too and currently trying to sign another one right now.

Do you have any players that don’t really play, but you keep them anyway? why? Yeah stuart bulman and brian daish. They play the early cup games and all the friendlies. Sometimes Daish can play in the league if we're playing counter attacks.

Everyone makes a newbie mistake when they start HT, what was yours? I bought passers, thinking they were good to play in inner midfield. I also bought a solid striker for 40k called brett TOTTENHAM, that wasnt a mistake though just a damn good bit of business.

What position do you train? Have you always trained the same position? I train forwards at the moment. My first season i changed training every week, until i found the conferences and learned the profits of training. Now been training forwards for 12 seasons i think. In a few seasons time i am thinking of changing to defender training.

Who has been your HT inspiration or mentor? No-one really. Think it was a guy in Canada or USA called indyracing he taught me the profits of training, so i guess i have him to thanks for getting me started.

Have you had any rivalries with other Hattrick managers? Could say i have a rivalry with my brother. We were once in the same league which was fun. We finished on the same points but i had the superior goal difference. When i was in my early days i use to be quite lairy in my press annoucements so that use to create some rivalries. Also in my first season when i was in Div V, i had a rivalry with shavington. I've gone on to div II and i think he is still pratting about in div V.

Who makes you laugh in the Hattrick world? (either Fed conference or elsewhere) Jacques because he is a windup. Simmons, ldn and dwayne make me laugh.

Favourite joke? Thats tough. There are so many good jokes. I like the ones that are so poor you shouldnt really laugh, they are usually my favourite.

What is your favourite Book? Im really not into books. Probably the twist, that says it all really.

Do you play any other good online games? I play battrick and i really like it. Also sokker but not so sure about it.

Christina Aguilera or Britney Spears in nothing but a Spurs home shirt, you can only have one, who would it be? That is tricky. Britney has lost it abit lately but then christina has silly hair now. In both their prime it has to be britney for me.

Best movie of all time? Ace ventura pet detective. I love that film so much, they dont make them like they use to anymore.

What was the last album you bought? Good, bad, indifferent? Hmm im not much of a buyer really more of a cd copier. Recently got fabulous album copied and Hard-fi. Today im going shopping actually and may treat myself, to what i do not know.