Bimpy474

Agree with that like, but if he doesn't face up to his part in it he'll have a ready made excuse. If people say to him it's never his fault, while marriage breakdown, loss of job (not being a footballer anymore) and other things happen that drive you to addiction. You simply can't say don't worry mate, you're not to blame in any way. His marriage for instance and hitting his wife, things happen that you are responsible for and must face up to, to understand your addiction and the causes of it, so you can start helping yourself along with other help to get yourself clean. You simply can't absorb him of blame. Absolve? Anyway, alcoholism has a > 60% relapse rate. You can bet your life that lots of those people understand addiction and causes behind it but will relapse anyway. The fact that he can't or hasn't solved it yet doesn't make him a responsibility dodging monster, it makes him actually completely normal (among alcoholics). It's a chronic problem that's not easy to solve, mostly due to factors they can't control, e.g. DNA predisposing them to addiction, troubled early and formative years leading them down a bad path. So I'm not entirely sure of what to blame him. Not solving an extraordinarily hard problem like alcoholism? Having bad genes and a shitty childhood? That said, it is also disheartening to see how unevenly second (and higher) chances - not just for alcoholism but for most things - get distributed in society. But I don't lay that at his feet and I won't be in the business of telling the people who help him they can't do what they want with their time/money. Just fucking tragic all around really. Aye sorry, that was it I'm going through a bit of this with my brother and his wife (which usually ends in violence between them or whoever they've crossed while drunk). You have sympathy but you run out after years of threats, assaults and ridiculous outbursts for no reason, you just get worn down by it all. You don't give up but you find it hard to show the love you have for them, you're just beaten down.

That's actually the better end of the scale for ACL injury.

Could be a factor but addiction to drink covers all kinds. While people talk of smoking bans, drugs and gambling. Drink is far more accessable to all ages and far more dangerous in that respect imo.

Agree with that like, but if he doesn't face up to his part in it he'll have a ready made excuse. If people say to him it's never his fault, while marriage breakdown, loss of job (not being a footballer anymore) and other things happen that drive you to addiction. You simply can't say don't worry mate, you're not to blame in any way. His marriage for instance and hitting his wife, things happen that you are responsible for and must face up to, to understand your addiction and the causes of it, so you can start helping yourself along with other help to get yourself clean. You simply can't absorb him of blame.

Don't get this at all. He's battling a devastating addiction, through no fault of his own either. What difference does it make what support other people have or haven't had? Surely it has to be partly if not a fair chunk of his own fault.

Unless they see Pearson as a better bet to bring them up, as he did with Leicester, once to the Championship from League One and then losing the play offs the following season, and obviously getting them to the Premier League in his second spell. Knows the league and all that.

Well Darlow or Woodman whoever it is should be seeing this as their moment, their chance to keep us up. A players injury is anothers opportunity to become a hero for us.

Stones looks like one of those graceful players who could play anywhere. Never know him to play in midfield so i think it's non starter. And surely it'll be Dier playing in front of the defence. Which would be our player in that position from this seasons form.

I'd take Rose as 1st choice and Bertrand as 2nd if it was me. Baines is ok, not one of my favourites. Decent set pieces as we found out like.

He didn't even lift his hands, the basic move of any GK

Not sure but i reckon Roy wouldn't take two inexperienced players, it'll Baines as the experienced one and either Rose or Bertrand as the other. Rose would be ahead on Premier League form i should think.

That's the thing though, Darlow whenever Forest were on was ropey as anything. Not to say he might grasp the chance. I mean Elliot has and surprised us all. I'm pretty sure no one thought Blob would be as good as he has, in fact he's kept us in games. Bournemouth away was three points Blob won us on his own basically. Blob has been pretty fucking shite, I am quite confident Darlow will not be any worse. Just because he is a decent shot stopper (all keepers are at this level are) and put in a few performances where he has made a string of good saves it doesn't make up for his total inability to command his box, unwillingness to come off his line, lack of pace and utter uselessness in one on one situations. He's fucking shit. Fair point, you forgot fat as well.

That's the thing though, Darlow whenever Forest were on was ropey as anything. Not to say he might grasp the chance. I mean Elliot has and surprised us all. I'm pretty sure no one thought Blob would be as good as he has, in fact he's kept us in games. Bournemouth away was three points Blob won us on his own basically.

I do feel sorry for him if it's a ACL injury. Not nice, Krul having the same is just well cruel (no pun intended).

Rose and Baines, must be between them two surely. Gibbs doesn't get a game. Bertrand 3rd choice i guess so misses out.

Maybe it wasn't them, definitely seen him play for someone other than England, i dont think he's played for us in any game on TV has he. Unless it was on our tour of America, i only remember Darlow and Krul i think playing in that.

Nah, just what you see from the limited England U19 games, and 4 or so from the International tournament a while back, and i think one Crawley game. So very limited but the lad is very highly thought of and the lad was highly praised by Crawley and England. Darlow on the other hand, seeing him at Forest, that was when he wasn't dropped (which happen a bit) looked like a very nervous and edgy GK. And Woodman doesn't look nervous at all, i think i'd go with the more confident GK and that's definitely Woodman.

O'Neill, the mackem loving cunterhead - I fucking hate international friendlies. Our 1st and 2nd choice both injured on International duty, hows our luck like

Genuine question, why? Surely Darlow must be at least as good as Elliot. Simply from the limited time seeing both play Woodman looks and is (imo) the better GK. It'll be Darlow in mind, just got the hope as the lad knows he's going to get 8 games. He'll have something to prove and will want to take his chance with both hands.

Woodman please, not this bloke.

Still think Garde is decent, went there thinking they would buy him a few and they just stabbed him in the back. He should have told them to stuff it as soon as he knew they'd lied to him.

FFS you dozy fat lump. Darlow Think i'd rather play Freddie Woodman.

There's a joke in that sentence somewhere i'm sure of it

Wouldn't it just be us, when we finally get a classy bloke as well a great manager we get relegated and lose him.

You can have sympathy for anyone who becomes an alcoholic, but they can only get some many helping hands and chances that they ruin and throw back in peoples faces. All those efforts from friends and family will end at some point, either through frustration, anger or people just running out of love and pure exhaustion trying to help. Your own health suffers and you get dragged down with them. There's a tipping point which the person has to help themselves, unfortunately i think Gazza passed that long ago. While you wouldn't want to abandon them, you just end up watching them slowly killing themselves no matter what you try and say to help them. I feel for his boy, his family and friends who've tried to help. Him ? it's hard to anymore.