Wojee wrote:
verbs wrote:
As someone who plays the game weekly, and as someone who get hit about the head quite a bit, the last thing on my mind is "where are my fearless leaders to help me out?????"
It's a man's game...not school boy footy...just a pity the "fans" don't realise this.
Play hard or go home did I hear? EXACTLY!! Either take the knocks, get up and keep on playing, or stay on the ground sooking like a baby until Daddy comes along to stand up for you...
BABIES GO HOME!!
When I played footy it was an unwritten rule that you flew the flag for your team-mates. The time I was shoved into a goalpost and suffered cracked ribs the pain was dulled as I sat on the bench and watched the guy who shoved me get sat on his arse unceremoniously the next three times he was anywhere near the ball. The time I had to leave the field and have my forehead stitched from an opponent's elbow I was in the rooms and didn't see the dirty prick get his come-uppance but I was assured by a couple of the senior players who came to check on me after the game that he'd been sorted out.
That sort of thing makes you want to give your all for your team-mates when you take to the field whether it be flying the flag, or just playing as hard as you can.
Edit: Fev and Waite are the only players who I think you could depend on to stand up for a team-mate. Livo possibly as well.
Funnily enough, very little of that sort of crap goes on in the league I play in.
I think I've mentioned it before, but the captain of my side last year showed what true leadership is after being floored, getting to his knees and being crunched again very hard...he got straight up and got the ball. No thuggery, no whinging, no tanties.
You expect to be hit playing footy. There are one or two thugs who go looking for a fight, but for the most part the tough players take the knocks and get up and go again. No need for playing silly buggers unless you're a bogan from *insert appropriate suburb*.