Jiz, in all honesty i think im a better player right now than I was
when i first started coming off the bench for Wests back in the
day. I was a lil quicker back then but nowhere near as "street
smart" as I am right now......and back then I was 100% right peg
all the time, as you get older you have to adapt and overcome.
So when i was thrust into Left back during the 2001 season at Wests
I had no option but to become more balanced in that regard..As you
get older the "blinkers" come off and you start to see the game in
a wider sense (from a mental point of view), you learn to have your
OWN opinions and gain a better RESPECT for the game in general.
When I was coming through age group football, you played club
football and then rep football - im kinda glad in a way that the
"Fed" stuff wasn't around when I was a youngen - It breeds this
weird sense of "we're better than everyone else, we're Fed players"
and to me thats pure bulls**t.
I had the fortune of being bollocked by a 16 year old during the
season for doing something that, in his opinion, was the wrong
thing to do........he's lucky I didn't break his face on the field
then and there.
Jiz is a good kid, known him for a few years but some of these
other lil pr!cks need to learn respect and humility - and i got a
2-footer thats cocked, locked and ready to rock if anyone wants a
lesson.
TB21
Now don't get me wrong, i agree with most of what you've said,
that the more time you've spent on the pitch the more experience
you have hence the better player you are, however, you're talking
about gaining a respect for the game and having your own opinions
and then your blowing out at a guy who made his opinions heard when
you did something wrong and because he's young your rubbishing him
for doing so.
gaining a respect for the game surely incorporates gaining a
respect for the young players that play the game with you... well
the ones that aren't arrogant dipsh*ts anyway!
food for thought