https://x.com/Courtney_Neary/status/1943699630698476003
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“We can’t live as much as we want, and we will die even if we don’t want to.”
"Why should I be out of your thoughts and mind, just because I’m out of your sight? I’m not far away, I’m on the other side, just around the corner.
Calm down, everything is fine."
This has got me in floods again 
Forever our no 20
I genuinely dont know where they get the strength, I’d be a fucking mess, incapable of anything…God bless them.
Another mural under way
Heartbreaking. Can’t Imagine the kids asking their mom about the dad - when she already is heartbroken. Tragic.
Virgil looks lost…
engulfed with sadness seeing all pay their respects, it‘s not going to be easy for everyone , especially all his family , including his adopted family at LFC
YNWA
I think it’s too much to expect the players to play this weekend…I understand they want to do it for Jota…but they must still in shock…and Robbo doesnt look very well either…
For me when out there on a footy pitch with your mates, you forget the world … until someone scores.
Football is what brought them, us and Jota together and is the best place to remember and celebrate his life, even though it was too short.
Everyone reacts differently to tragedy, and there will be a number of them who will want to get on with doing their job. It’s just a friendly against Preston and I’m sure if any of the players doesn’t feel up to it, the club won’t force them to play.
I just feel for them so much…team talks, team coffee meetings, will never be the same to them.
Speaking from experience, it will NEVER be the same, but you must move forward.
Been nearly 17 years since I lost my first wife, the one I looked forward to growing old with. My daughters were (just) 9 and 12 at the time. Felt as though I was a big bowl of Jello for the first 6 months, but I knew I had two girls to raise.
I’ve been remarried to another sweet soul for 13 years now, but not a day goes by that I don’t think of my late wife, and sometimes lie awake at night thinking what our life would be like had tragedy not struck.
Both my daughters are wonderful successful young women, and I am plenty happy in my life, but I still wonder…
For some it can actually be cathartic to do exactly that. Play. Often times with grief, it’s the not being able to do anything about it that’s the worst feeling. So, inactivity can make you feel worse.
Also they need time to process. I expect by the time games start it will be a relief to have that focus again and they will be (mostly) able to switch between sadness/grief and then distract themselves by focusing on the task at hand.
If it’s your spouse, the closest relationship, the grief will probably be paralyzing. The 6 months feeling like jelly, above, rings true. Just numb. And in shock. So sorry you went through that @StevieJayUSA
If it is a work colleague/friend - and while Jota was friends with everyone, there would be levels to that with a few close friends and then the rest of the group a bit further out - then you take it case by case, but most of them should be able to move forward and do their job.
It doesn’t mean they won’t still be grieving, because they will. Especially in the early part, where lots of firsts happen - funeral, back to training, team meetings, paying respects outside, seeing Jota’s family, having the first pre-season game tomorrow…
There are lots of hurdles to get over, as the players adjust, and I suspect there will be sharp moments of grief that hit much further down the line. But as they come together and prepare for the season ahead, in addition to the grief there will be other emotions that stir, things like determination, personal pride, gratitude and joy at being able to do their thing - something many thousands of fans would love to be able to do, but we were never at their level.
I don’t think the grief will disappear. It doesn’t work like that. I think you carry it with you and it is part of who you are as a human being, moving forward. The debilitating aspect, for colleagues, will likely be short lived, and life will go on as it must.
I think we will have a good season, and the memory of Diogo Jota will help to fuel it.
I know that as a player, after the first shock, I’d take immense motivation from it going into the new season. I’m sure that will be the case for many lads in our team: “Let’s do it for Diogo’s memory!”
