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Buer · 29-09-2017 09:16AM

Erik Shin wrote:

Irish footballer Kevin Doyle retired tonight due to concussion...says he cant even head the ball anymore without getting headaches...a couple of concessions already this year...quite a few over his career ..very sensible decision

If you've never read the story of Geoff Astle's demise it is both horrifying and fascinating. His brain was severely impacted by a career of being a physical and dominant aerial player with the old leather balls.

It isn't nearly as bad now but there's no way that heading a ball a couple dozen times every day for 30 years won't have some sort of impact no matter how small.

I'm sure we all played when we were younger and even as recently as the 90s some of those footballs were like rocks. As kids nobody wanted to stick their head on the ball on a winter's morning when they were 10 but the manager would roar at someone for letting it bounce.

Utah_Saint · 29-09-2017 09:44AM

Buer wrote: »

Erik Shin wrote:

Irish footballer Kevin Doyle retired tonight due to concussion...says he cant even head the ball anymore without getting headaches...a couple of concessions already this year...quite a few over his career ..very sensible decision

If you've never read the story of Geoff Astle's demise it is both horrifying and fascinating. His brain was severely impacted by a career of being a physical and dominant aerial player with the old leather balls.

It isn't nearly as bad now but there's no way that heading a ball a couple dozen times every day for 30 years won't have some sort of impact no matter how small.

I'm sure we all played when we were younger and even as recently as the 90s some of those footballs were like rocks. As kids nobody wanted to stick their head on the ball on a winter's morning when they were 10 but the manager would roar at someone for letting it bounce.

The last paragraph resonates with me. In the Irish/UK style of coaching - I rem being shouted at many a time for letting it 'bounce', and not going 'first time'. Also been encouraged to head the ball while defending when an opposition player absolutely 'thumps' it straight at you. I def remember feeling dazed after heading the ball the odd time, especially if it was a particularly firm ball.

kuang1 · 29-09-2017 09:49AM

Playing (gaelic) football as a teenager, we'd sometimes have a soccer kick around before the coach would arrive.
Anyone who headed one of those O'Neills footballs was greeted with both groans and winces along with a smidge of admiration.

I still remember the sound of the cracks that eminated from my neck when I attempted it once.

dregin · 29-09-2017 10:10AM

Pitch was flooded for rugby training one night, so we ended up in the hall playing five a side. Stubbed my big toe on it and the nail came straight off. **** those things to the high heavens.

wp_rathead · 01-10-2017 01:32PM

Golf is fun today, Dunne doing brilliant

thomond2006 · 01-10-2017 06:59PM

I was at the NFL in Wembley today.

The Miami offense was baaaaaaad. The entire game wasn't much better.

Berty · 01-10-2017 08:25PM

Finally got paid today. Munster 20% Discount for Lifestyle expired last night.

irishbucsfan · 02-10-2017 03:46PM

Mike Glennon signed for the Bears on a $45m dollar contract, $18.5m guarranteed. 4 games into it he has been dropped. I want to be a 2nd rate NFL quarterback.

thomond2006 · 02-10-2017 04:37PM

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Mike Glennon signed for the Bears on a $45m dollar contract, $18.5m guarranteed. 4 games into it he has been dropped. I want to be a 2nd rate NFL quarterback.

Backup QB is a great job.

pickarooney · 02-10-2017 06:07PM

thomond2006 wrote: »

Backup QB is a great job.

This we learned from Blue Mountain State

Erik Shin · 02-10-2017 08:58PM

Just heard Tom Petty has died...found unresponsive at his home, taken to hospital and was on life support, no brain activity so life support was switched off....balls

irishbucsfan · 02-10-2017 08:58PM

Stheno · 02-10-2017 08:59PM

Erik Shin wrote: »

Just heard Tom Petty has died...found unresponsive at his home, taken to hospital and was on life support, no brain activity so life support was switched off....balls

Ah feck

Buer · 02-10-2017 09:24PM

Well that's sh*t news.

sydthebeat · 02-10-2017 09:52PM

Another good one gone. So many classics in his catalogue.
I've running down the dream on Spotify right now.

Neil3030 · 02-10-2017 10:39PM

Do other people have a host of acquaintances on Facebook who almost always write "please someone check on David Attenbourgh" any time a celebrity dies - like a guy who narrates a nature documentary every 5 or 10 years has such a profound impact on their lives...

Stheno · 02-10-2017 10:48PM

Neil3030 wrote: »

Do other people have a host of acquaintances on Facebook who almost always write "please someone check on David Attenbourgh" any time a celebrity dies - like a guy who narrates a nature documentary every 5 or 10 years has such a profound impact on their lives...

No

I've only about twenty people on my Facebook though

Zzippy · 02-10-2017 11:22PM

Neil3030 wrote: »

Do other people have a host of acquaintances on Facebook who almost always write "please someone check on David Attenbourgh" any time a celebrity dies - like a guy who narrates a nature documentary every 5 or 10 years has such a profound impact on their lives...

In fairness, while I don't post rubbish like that, he's the one public person (I dare say he would hate to be called a celebrity) who I will genuinely be upset about when he passes. To this day I still feel a childish wonder watching wildlife documentaries, I could watch them all day, and most of that is down to him - he doesn't just narrate a film every 5-10 years, he inserts himself into the heart of it and brings it to life with his voice. He's also been a consistent, passionate and articulate advocate for environmental protection, a subject I care very much about and even work in. Mock away, but the man has indeed had a profound impact on many people.

02-10-2017 11:28PM

Stheno wrote: »

No

I've only about twenty people on my Facebook though

Wow! That's probably the second lowest number of facebook friends on here after awec

02-10-2017 11:31PM

Zzippy wrote: »

Mock away, but the man has indeed had a profound impact on many people.

Zzippy · 02-10-2017 11:35PM

Come at me bro!

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molloyjh · 03-10-2017 07:23AM

So Tom Petty is actually not dead. He's in a serious condition in hospital, but still alive.

Erik Shin · 03-10-2017 07:31AM

molloyjh wrote: »

So Tom Petty is actually not dead. He's in a serious condition in hospital, but still alive.

Better tell his manager so, himself and the band released an official statement to confirm his passing

irishbucsfan · 03-10-2017 07:42AM

He was confirmed dead overnight

molloyjh · 03-10-2017 08:25AM

Ah bloody hell, I read when I got up this morning that he was still alive.

Buer · 03-10-2017 09:04AM

molloyjh wrote: »

So Tom Petty is actually not dead. He's in a serious condition in hospital, but still alive.

Cremation was a bad choice.

03-10-2017 09:52AM

Reading up about the shooting in America. The guy had a bloody arsenal up in the room with him. Over 10 weapons and tripods to stabilise the guns. Everything he had was legal, even the guns he had altered to be fully automatic, the alterations were also completely legal.

Not a hope this will be a wake up call, but jesus it's all kinds of f**ked up. Some of the videos and images surfacing are absolutely horrifying.

kuang1 · 03-10-2017 10:01AM

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Not a hope this will be a wake up call, but jesus it's all kinds of f**ked up. Some of the videos and images surfacing are absolutely horrifying.

I'm burying my head in the sand on this one. I haven't and won't be watching a single second of footage from this.
Can't see how my life would be any better for it.

mfceiling · 03-10-2017 10:03AM

molloyjh wrote: »

So Tom Petty is actually not dead. He's in a serious condition in hospital, but still alive.

If he's not dead then somebody has played an awful trick on him!!

Bazzo · 03-10-2017 10:05AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Reading up about the shooting in America. The guy had a bloody arsenal up in the room with him. Over 10 weapons and tripods to stabilise the guns. Everything he had was legal, even the guns he had altered to be fully automatic, the alterations were also completely legal.

Not a hope this will be a wake up call, but jesus it's all kinds of f**ked up. Some of the videos and images surfacing are absolutely horrifying.

It was actually a lot more than that. He had 23 in the hotel room with him and another 19 at home.

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