On a separate note. My brother was a professional footballer (briefly), proper talented, went to Lilleshaw with England.
Sadly, he suffered an ACL injury which required two operations (first one didn’t take) and in his first game back tore the cruciate in his other leg.
Why am I bringing this up…well he ended up moving to Crewe and it so happened that they played Liverpool in a preseason friendly.
He came on for the second half and marked Dirk Kuyt - they had a good grapple at one point.
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You know that you must insert the term legend before naming Dirk Kuyt, right?
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Sorry about your brother. That’s hard to take.
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Nothing beats our legendary scorer from another team, the one and only Wout Faes.
Cheers. To be fair he has done very well for himself considering. As you mentioned, it was probably hard to take and I can imagine there are a lot of people who have not found it as easy to take. It is sad because he was genuinely that good, he made the bench for a Cov game, and was about to come on as they were winning 2-0. Chris Brunt then cracked in a 20 yarder and it all changed.
Additional information, his best mate, the God Father to my Niece is Ben Turner. Some of you may recall him swirling his Shirt above his head after he equalised for Cardiff against us in the League Cup Final under King Kenny:rofl:
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Good for him!!
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I have actually tried disowning him though as it appears he is a bit of a closet Utd. Fan
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Still, at least not Cheateh (I swear this will become the next “still a better movie than Twilight”)
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Might as well stick this here.
I’d obviously seen the stuff about JJ Gabriel trying to quit United and some people saying his dad was a nightmare, but I don’t think I’d realised just how much of a nightmare until watching this deep dive into the situation:
Sadly the kid does seem really talented, but unless he cuts ties with his father I could see him best case becoming a Rabiot and never really settling at a top club because his parent keeps burning bridges, or worst case a Ravel Morrison where off-field stuff means never fulfilling his potential as a player.
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There are two things pretty much everyone who has come into contact with him say - the kid himself is lovely…hard working, takes advices, polite. But the dad is an absolute nightmare.
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Parents trying to live their unfilled lives through their kids, sport is full of them.
Hope someone is able to wrestle some control away from his father. Also makes me feel blessed that my parents were supportive of whatever we chose to do.
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