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DieselBert said:
I was bullied at school. I didn't want Gary Bennett to show me round the stadium. I wanted him to come to my school and start busting heads. That would have made me feel really good.

Good on Wolves for doing this
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:lol: Maybe they could send Adama Traore out for that
 
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We all know footballers get pelters from time to time. When one of them does something like this it serves as a reminder that they are people. Just a few minutes of empathy can make such a massive difference to someones life. That young feller will remember that for the rest of his days. Well done Conor.
Bullying is a horrible thing. When I was a kid I got bullied because I was little and skinny pretty much til I joined the army.
It was more direct then as there was no social media. These days I think it’s harder for kids to deal with as it’s insidious and often faceless and relentless. Good advice from Conor. Stay close to the people that care. The rest aren’t worth the time.
 
DieselBert said:
I was bullied at school. I didn't want Gary Bennett to show me round the stadium. I wanted him to come to my school and start busting heads. That would have made me feel really good.

Good on Wolves for doing this
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Hart Bennett probably would have.

Just after he'd retired he was going out with a barmaid (you can tell how old this story is) who served at my dad's local.
She used to get "banter" from some blokes - one in particular - who drank in the male only bar (honestly!) about shagging him.

It would invariably drift off into mildly racist stuff about 'size' etc, and she would often say to them that "you wouldn't dare say that to his face", to which all the drunken pervs would reply that they would.

Another typical day and it starts again, she says yet again "you wouldn't dare say that to his face", to which all the drunken pervs replied that they would.

Then Gary steps out from behind the bar.

He just stood there impassively looking at them.
The bar went silent.
Faces blushed.
Arses dropped.

And it was only broken when everyone else and Bennett roared with laughter at them.
Drinks were bought.

She was left alone after that.
 
Dilligaf60 said:
We all know footballers get pelters from time to time. When one of them does something like this it serves as a reminder that they are people. Just a few minutes of empathy can make such a massive difference to someones life. That young feller will remember that for the rest of his days. Well done Conor.
Bullying is a horrible thing. When I was a kid I got bullied because I was little and skinny pretty much til I joined the army.
It was more direct then as there was no social media. These days I think it’s harder for kids to deal with as it’s insidious and often faceless and relentless. Good advice from Conor. Stay close to the people that care. The rest aren’t worth the time.
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Agree that it can be harder for kids nowadays.
There is no escape. When we were younger when you got away from school you pculd get some respite.
Nowadays with social media it can feel like kids are bullied or being ghosted 24 hours a day.
 
Not very becoming of a lad to mention this as I know we're supposed to bury things like this, but I had a year and a half odd of relentless bullying at secondary school that I think must have left some real scars in the long term.

Looking back I don't know how I was so resilient to have pushed through it as a teenager.

The school did absolutely fuck all and it still sickens me to think of how they let me struggle and did nothing.

Anyhow good on the team and players.
If I could go back I'd kick the living shit out of some of the lads involved without a second thought.
 
Dilligaf60 said:
We all know footballers get pelters from time to time. When one of them does something like this it serves as a reminder that they are people. Just a few minutes of empathy can make such a massive difference to someones life. That young feller will remember that for the rest of his days. Well done Conor.
Bullying is a horrible thing. When I was a kid I got bullied because I was little and skinny pretty much til I joined the army.
It was more direct then as there was no social media. These days I think it’s harder for kids to deal with as it’s insidious and often faceless and relentless. Good advice from Conor. Stay close to the people that care. The rest aren’t worth the time.
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Aye, I was going to post a similar thing. We all know the money especially means they live in a different world to us, they get away with things others wouldn’t & they have a spotlight shone on them when they act improper, but I bet there’s fuck loads of stuff exactly like this goes on everyday of the week. Small gestures, using their names to support community & charitable initiatives, millions of pounds donated to good causes. Listening to him there, he talks about his kids, Coady comes across like a genuinely nice lad there.

Problem is, whilst we’ve all watched that & thought it was great, it won’t get the clicks & papers sold that the likes of Rooney falling akip in a hotel room with slags will. It’s a media problem I suppose.
 
redflagflyinghigh said:
Not very becoming of a lad to mention this as I know we're supposed to bury things like this, but I had a year and a half odd of relentless bullying at secondary school that I think must have left some real scars in the long term.

Looking back I don't know how I was so resilient to have pushed through it as a teenager.

The school did absolutely fuck all and it still sickens me to think of how they let me struggle and did nothing.

Anyhow good on the team and players.
If I could go back I'd kick the living shit out of some of the lads involved without a second thought.
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No shame in it mate. I went through the same.

Bullies are cowards and I wouldn’t dare let the ones that picked on me do it now, but as a weedy little bairn I just used to take it.
 
Scootsie said:
No shame in it mate. I went through the same.

Bullies are cowards and I wouldn’t dare let the ones that picked on me do it now, but as a weedy little bairn I just used to take it.
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The problem is bullying is made out to be something which happens at school. I’ve seen plenty of it from adults too which is absolutely shameful.
 
redflagflyinghigh said:
Not very becoming of a lad to mention this as I know we're supposed to bury things like this, but I had a year and a half odd of relentless bullying at secondary school that I think must have left some real scars in the long term.

Looking back I don't know how I was so resilient to have pushed through it as a teenager.

The school did absolutely fuck all and it still sickens me to think of how they let me struggle and did nothing.

Anyhow good on the team and players.
If I could go back I'd kick the living shit out of some of the lads involved without a second thought.
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Just you posting that winds me up big time.
Hate bullying and the pain it causes.
My eldest lad endured it but rose above it. Karma though as main ringleader on his own tried to befriend him a few years later.
F’ck off the response and totally different dynamics now.

It’s tough on some kids to open up, I have always tried to get mine to tell us anything and everything. Clearly the older they get that is the last thing they want to do :)
Fine balance but when younger the more you put in the more you get out.

My youngest made me proud the other day, befriending a lad that was on the receiving end from a so called group. Been accepted now and I told him how good you should feel about it.

So glad you came out the other side Mate 👍
 
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