I have no interest in football at all, but listening to the radio this morning I was compelled to look up this image.
After seeing it, I do find it very emotionally provocative. Perhaps it's because I know the circumstances after listening to the radio, or perhaps it's due to seeing something very tender between 3 men, captured perfectly by the photographer?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/chelsea/article3861553.ece

I saw the picture, read the article, and wondered what the thundering blazes he was on about.


Maybe that's just me. The guy scored a penalty, his mother's just died, he's a bit emotional. So what?

I saw the picture, read the article, and wondered what the thundering blazes he was on about.


Maybe that's just me. The guy scored a penalty, his mother's just died, he's a bit emotional. So what?

It's just you.

Maybe that's just me. The guy scored a penalty, his mother's just died, he's a bit emotional. So what? I know, what a ponce getting upset over the death of his mother. :roll:

I know, what a ponce getting upset over the death of his mother. :roll:

Remember your dealing with a poster who is genetically incapable of emotion.

I know, what a ponce getting upset over the death of his mother. :roll:

That might be your opinion, but not many will share it. I'm just at a loss to understand why the rest of the country is supposed to share his feelings. She wasn't our mother.

That might be your opinion, but not many will share it.
You know full well what I meant.

You know full well what I meant.


Apparently not. You said he was a ponce for feeling emotional, which is (a) goddam rude, and (b) irrelevant to my point in the first place.

Maybe you should stick to what we're talking about, and avoid confusion.

That might be your opinion, but not many will share it. I'm just at a loss to understand why the rest of the country is supposed to share his feelings. She wasn't our mother.

It's called showing compassion!! Did you say when Madeleine McCann got kidnapped, i don't care, she's not my daughter?

Apparently not. You said he was a ponce for feeling emotional, which is (a) goddam rude, and (b) irrelevant to my point in the first place.

Maybe you should stick to what we're talking about, and avoid confusion.I was being sarcastic in response to your 'So what' comment. Surely you knew that? You know everything.

It's called showing compassion!!

And since when has showing compassion been worthy of a national news story?

Tens of thousands of people die every single day of the year. Do you show compassion for every single one of them? No you don't. Most of them you don't even know about.

Why is this guy's case any more significant than anybody else's? And why are we discussing it?

It's called showing compassion!! Did you say when Madeleine McCann got kidnapped, i don't care, she's not my daughter?

You should hear his opinions on the plight of our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, its sickening :rolleyes:

And since when has showing compassion been worthy of a national news story?

Tens of thousands of people die every single day of the year. Do you show compassion for every single one of them? No you don't. Most of them you don't even know about.

Why is this guy's case any more significant than anybody else's? And why are we discussing it?

He's a high profile person course it's going to make national news!

How can i show compassion if i don't know about it?? If i do read read about them i certainly don't sit there going i don't care it's not my mother/farther/son/daughter etc...

What a stupid thing to say?