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« on: Monday, December 29, 2008, 12:35:50 » |
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Bless him...
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« Reply #1 on: Monday, December 29, 2008, 12:37:50 » |
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i hope you got him some colours in the shop
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« Reply #2 on: Monday, December 29, 2008, 12:43:40 » |
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did you just stand outside?!
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« Reply #3 on: Monday, December 29, 2008, 12:46:42 » |
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Brilliant can't wait to have a kid and take him to football! ace!
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« Reply #4 on: Monday, December 29, 2008, 12:48:07 » |
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Good idea.. Take him but don't subject him to the crap on the pitch!
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« Reply #5 on: Monday, December 29, 2008, 12:53:41 » |
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Brilliant can't wait to have a kid and take him to football! ace!
Might not be a him...might be a her |
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« Reply #6 on: Monday, December 29, 2008, 13:44:59 » |
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I must admit I was a very proud father a couple of seasons ago with a daughter either side of me cheering on the Town. My 10 year old has given up and my 14 year old daughter spent much of yesterday going up and down the stairs for chips, hot chocolate etc.
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« Reply #7 on: Monday, December 29, 2008, 14:18:35 » |
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Good idea.. Take him but don't subject him to the crap on the pitch!
No, no. DO subject him to the crap on the pitch. It sets expectations early and softens the blow of disappointment. It hurts less when you expect them to play shit and they actually do. My lads first game was the 6-0 win against Port Vale. Thankfully he is now coming to the conclusion that it was an utter fluke but the first couple of losses were hard on him! |
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« Reply #8 on: Monday, December 29, 2008, 14:28:17 » |
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did his coat taste nice?
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This is the water.
And this is the well.
Drink full and descend.
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« Reply #9 on: Monday, December 29, 2008, 15:24:43 » |
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Bloody hell! The last time I saw him he was only a few month old! Look at him now!
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« Reply #10 on: Monday, December 29, 2008, 15:36:27 » |
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No, no. DO subject him to the crap on the pitch. It sets expectations early and softens the blow of disappointment. It hurts less when you expect them to play shit and they actually do.
My lads first game was the 6-0 win against Port Vale. Thankfully he is now coming to the conclusion that it was an utter fluke but the first couple of losses were hard on him!
Wasn't that 6-0 win somewhat scary for your lad though, all that noisy cheering by big people |
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« Reply #11 on: Monday, December 29, 2008, 16:16:19 » |
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I have always felt bad about taking my oldest to Swindon Town when he was 10 for his first game, why didn't I take him to Chelsea, Tottenham, Arsenal etc ...
He is now hook line and sinker a Swindon fan and will take stick for the rest of his life (probably), what a poor father I've been ....
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« Reply #12 on: Monday, December 29, 2008, 16:31:14 » |
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Why feel bad about it, its character forming. It will acclimatise him for all the shit that happens in life - he can now be pragmatic about it and set low expectations. You've done him a favour and he should thank you every day for it.
God, I wrote that sober.
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« Reply #13 on: Monday, December 29, 2008, 17:17:08 » |
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I think if you take your kids too much and or take them too young then they will get bored of it and not go themselves when they get older. They just do it for the old man, sort of thing.
Especially with lower league football, can be a right chore.
Although it could be that lads I know who went a lot as boys but dont anymore, dont do it because 1) football is a shadow of its former self in terms of excitment or 2) They cant get excited about Swindon anymore after the 10 years we had 86-96.
So be warned, you could be doing the exact opposite of what you wanted and making your boy hate football!
But then I used to love it, and Im sure most kids who go still really do too.
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« Reply #14 on: Monday, December 29, 2008, 19:27:49 » |
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Wasn't that 6-0 win somewhat scary for your lad though, all that noisy cheering by big people
After the third goal he asked me not to pick him up and dance him around above my head. Any goals after that he did try and hide behind his mum. But he's over that now. |
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