Yeah, it wasn't the ball but the opponent's stick
He tried to block him taking a shot, the guy hit the ball but the stick slipped in his hand as he hit it and it caught him just about the eye.

He got some paper stitches and he's swollen and bruised, but he's fine ta. In fact, he seems to be getting rather a lot of attention from the girls at school - well, more than usual.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:00, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

Ah, yeah, stick in the face was the only thing that's ever properly fucked me up
But that goes away as the level increases, in my case it was only because national league was on close season so I volunteered to play for one of our lower teams. If he's good it's not a problem that'll occur as he starts to play higher level

And, of course, chicks do dig scars. bones heal. pain is temporary, glory is forever.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:06, Reply)

And a hand job is less than 5 minutes.

(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:08, Reply)

This can be true but I'm unsure of the relevance.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:14, Reply)

bones heal. pain is temporary, glory is forever, and a hand job is less than 5 minutes
It was supposed to follow on from your comments about chicks digging scars.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:18, Reply)

Ah, OK.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:22, Reply)

You are Keanu Reeves in The Replacements AICM Eternal sense of shame for knowing that

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:08, Reply)

I can't imagine him taking it very far, it was only at PE
He's doing standard grade so they do a bit of everything. Volleyball is his thing anyway, so there's not enough time to get into anything else.

I'm pinning my hopes on the 2016 Olympics. Rio FTW.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:16, Reply)

I doubt we'll even have a football team for that Games
and Ferdinand is already looking creaky at 33
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:19, Reply)

Ferdinand has been shit for years.
Bone idle, can't be arsed, thinks he's Billy Big-Nuts. He's finished.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:22, Reply)

Agreed
Thank god United have Jonny Evans, eh?

*dies laughing*
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 25 Nov 2011, 11:23, Reply)