A footballer's life: confusion, temptation and guilt by association

[Firedrake]

Here's a tip.

When on a club related trip away, don't go gang banging the locals.

Fair dinkum, if it's soooooo easy to pull roots, there no need to onion one poor star struck hick.

 

[adamkungl]

One of the more intelligent posts I have read in this forum. You are 100% on the money Adam. You cannot put an old head on a young mans body. Growing up is about making mistakes. We have all been there and done that, we have all been lead astray by others and done some dumb shyte, which we look back at and have a giggle about now. The problemhere is the media use these kids mistakes, create outrage and blame clubs.

At the end of the day, they are learning. We should not judge these kids and nor should the media. They just need a clip over the ear and a kick up the arse, like many of us had at that age. Not have their name and future torn apart by overzealous media wankers who only care about selling their rubbish newspapers.

seriously the sh*t dad tells me him and his mates got up to in their 20s... any NRL player would be deported for the country for most of it.

 

[Azkatro]

seriously the sh*t dad tells me him and his mates got up to in their 20s... any NRL player would be deported for the country for most of it.

I wonder what it would look like if we created a "your craziest drinking stories" thread, and then took the stories and put a headline and an NRL player's name on them?

 

[adamkungl]

I wonder what it would look like if we created a "your craziest drinking stories" thread, and then took the stories and put a headline and an NRL player's name on them?

You know if News Ltd could do that, they would.

 

[Surely]

Here's a tip.

When on a club related trip away, don't go gang banging the locals.

Fair dinkum, if it's soooooo easy to pull roots, there no need to onion one poor star struck hick.

Thanks for your input Reverend Nile.

 

[Kiki]

One of the more intelligent posts I have read in this forum. You are 100% on the money Adam. You cannot put an old head on a young mans body. Growing up is about making mistakes. We have all been there and done that, we have all been lead astray by others and done some dumb shyte, which we look back at and have a giggle about now. The problemhere is the media use these kids mistakes, create outrage and blame clubs.

At the end of the day, they are learning. We should not judge these kids and nor should the media. They just need a clip over the ear and a kick up the arse, like many of us had at that age. Not have their name and future torn apart by overzealous media wankers who only care about selling their rubbish newspapers.

well said Miller! totally agree.

i would be horrified if some of the stupid sh*t i did in my youth was public fodder.

obviously footy players are going to be held up to a higher standard than other young people because they are in the public eye, and that's just how it is. but still, they should at least be allowed to make mistakes and learn from them without being completely condemned.