Course they do but, with respect, the "pressures" on premier league

professional footballers are not "immense."

They may go off the rails like any of us and they may suffer mental illness like anyone else but I do not accept that a professional goalkeeper earning ?40k a week for playing a game (or not even playing it now) in the case of Ruddy is under "immense pressure" in his day to day existence. I'd wager Ruddy is not currently working 15 hour days trying to complete various deals prior to Christmas or wondering if he will be able to afford his kids Christmas presents or indeed wondering if he is about to be shipped off to some warzone.

Given his background in the forces i suspect he, himself, will acknowledge that the existence of a professional footballer is a pretty cushy one.

Posted By: Jim on December 15th 2015 at 14:32:09

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So the bloke who Ruddy hit was being a cock all night in Stadia (n/m) (NCFC) - meeky, Dec 15, 09:54:15
- Was it Chris Martin? (n/m) (NCFC) - harry boulders, Dec 15, 10:31:29
  - Lol!! Beccles (n/m) (NCFC) - Ken Breadstick, Dec 15, 13:02:47
- And that makes it ok? (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Dec 15, 10:01:17
  - Yes, fuck him. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Dec 15, 10:26:18
    - THIS ^^^ (n/m) (NCFC) - hoolahan, Dec 15, 10:39:50
  - loz: the person who has never done anything wrong, ever (n/m) (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, Dec 15, 10:11:51
    - Don't go round punching people buddy... (NCFC) - loz, Dec 15, 10:15:46
      - All that if I were a professional footerist and earned yadda yadda yad... (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, Dec 15, 10:29:26
        
        Very good point Dandy (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Dec 15, 10:39:20
        
        Yeah all that kicking a ball about then playing golf all afternoon whilst being (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 15, 13:31:48
        
        Ignorant comment. (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Dec 15, 13:34:38
        
        Course they do but, with respect, the "pressures" on premier league (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 15, 14:32:09
        
        I would say the pressure of such a competitive profession throughout his life (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Dec 15, 15:32:50
        
        Thats not pressure though. They may struggle to cope with not having the same purpose, (NCFC) - Jim, Dec 15, 17:30:13
        
        To be fair we haven't seen a punch... (NCFC) - loz, Dec 15, 10:36:33
        
        Agreed, most of them don't, but some do, just like in any walk of life... (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, Dec 15, 10:44:36
        
        The bloke didn't appear to act much like an innocent victim in all this (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Dec 15, 10:51:13
        
        Of course he was would imagine he's a cat 1... (NCFC) - loz, Dec 15, 11:16:02
        
        Rising above it and walking away is something he will need to learn (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Dec 15, 11:56:34
        
        Pretty sure the club will look after him... (NCFC) - loz, Dec 15, 12:05:44
        
        We are probably not important enough to be troll targets either (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Dec 15, 10:42:17
    - Saint Loz (n/m) (NCFC) - emmaroyds, Dec 15, 10:13:22
      - Pope loz (n/m) (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, Dec 15, 10:13:53
  - Just passing on the information, I have all the details (NCFC) - meeky, Dec 15, 10:04:32
    - you can tell me, I won't spill the beans (NCFC) - emmaroyds, Dec 15, 10:06:30
      - Or time for the secret email to those trusted enough to be on the list then.... (n/m) (NCFC) - KentonCanary, Dec 15, 10:08:09
        
        How do you get on the email? (NCFC) - Yarf, Dec 15, 10:29:02
        
        To ask means you're outside the loop (n/m) (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, Dec 15, 10:29:54
        
        How do you get in the loop? (NCFC) - Yarf, Dec 15, 15:19:52
        
        Great idea, let us know when it's been sent (NCFC) - emmaroyds, Dec 15, 10:11:36
        
        Just don't use Gmail (NCFC) - King, Dec 15, 10:09:58
        
        I hate this bloody list. Gives me a 'Punching' complex. (n/m) (NCFC) - Men without hats, Dec 15, 11:09:56

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