Recent content by SilentProf

Plus Hamilton, Illing Jr and Dede

Thanks for understanding my comment wasn’t intended to cause offence. I wasn’t passing judgement or implying that mental health difficulties are self-inflicted. However, I’ve seen first hand that poor life choices with drugs, gambling and finances in general can trigger and worsen mental health...

I strongly believe drug and gambling issues are a massively underestimated factor in the increased numbers. Lads often in well paying jobs are suffering mentally and financially from years of addiction. There is also a debt culture that has grown hugely over the last few decades with people...

Being open to a move is very different to pushing for one. 99% of players are open to a move to a better league or team. His agents are not doing their job if they don’t at the very least see what genuine interest there is. It doesn’t mean he’s going to be a problem if the club don’t sell him.

We want them to be given a chance but only if they’re good enough. They need to earn it on the training pitches. Pre season with a new manager is the perfect time for them to step up.

I do. Maybe it’s a special occasion or maybe he just fancied a holiday now as he won’t get another chance until next summer?

He might be on his summer holiday with the wife and kids. There’s no need to cut it short when the players aren’t going to be here and the scouting team are working away behind the scenes. He can work from wherever he is if he needs to discuss anything with Scott or whoever. It will be announced...

Millwall’s record signing is about £3.5m. We’re not going to get much for Coburn if he’s sold and any replacement is likely to cost more so why bother risking it? Let the new manager have a proper look at him in pre season and then decide.

Carrick must have done a much better job than he’s getting credit for if hardly anyone in the squad deserves a number.

I love the idea of riding a bike but there are too many risks for me to consider it. Everyone I know who has had one has come off it at some point and they all have multiple tales of nearly being wiped out by other road users. That’s without considering the number of thefts around these parts.

Is there a local semi pro team with a bar nearby who could accommodate a large group of fans the way Chorley do? It would be better to support them than a big chain that abandoned our town centre.

Bannan is too old now but I’d have loved him a few years ago. He’s still their best player by far and should have spent a good few years in the Premier league.

It makes sense that it’s a County Durham / Mackem word that has worked its way down to us. I’m from Boro and had never heard it until I worked with some Billingham lads in the early 2000’s. It’s used all over Boro these days though.

It should be allowed but the controls need to be of the highest standard to ensure it’s always done at the right time and for the right reasons. Nobody benefits from being drugged into oblivion and starved for weeks or months but depression, care costs and feeling like a burden on the family...

I said a while ago Acheampong would be a great loan signing. These young players from the big clubs reserves are exactly who we should be going for to supplement the players we can afford to buy.