Southstander05 wrote:Sorry but simply can't agree.
I've not played at professional level, but have played to a pretty decent standard (football), but even when I've played against drinking mates and lost, never could I, after the whistle has gone, break into a smile, and start jollying with the opposition. I would have got lashed in the changing rooms by my team mates, as it would have said ' I don't give a ... lads, just here for the laugh'
Showed him for what he is, a thieving Aussie who couldn't give two.....
I've played and still play at a decent level in RU and played for some pretty decent RL clubs, but applauding your mate for doing well and showing some sportsmanship, which we all pride ourselves on, is not disrespectful in my eyes. My teammates, the ones who I actually wanna play my heart out for, know that I always give 110% even if the stuff I do doesn't always come off on the day, and they see that when I'm in the gym 2 hours before training. It's my way of coping with a loss, there's no point in taking it out on your mates, your opposite number, on the opposite side; if they've done a damn good job, I'm gonna let them know it. And I'll also let 'em know that they're not in for such an easy ride next time. King can't do anything right in this team. Even if he doesn't have a bad game, which, tbf, he didn't because he was starved of the ball for the majority, he gets ripped from all sides. You're right, burn the bloke for sportsmanship. How dare he show it. That's not what our team is about...