[Football] Deranged Football Dads

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

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[B-right-on]

Bloody parents. Who'd have them?

 

[Greg Bobkin]

I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, but that parent sounds like an absolute cock.

Do we know if Joey Barton has any children?

Edit: I've remembered he does, because he said the other day how much better they were than girls already, or something like that.

 

[Weststander]

Sad (presumably) bloke.

 

[Jack Straw]

I blame the parents.

 

[Questions]

Well those kids need to learn I reckon. When I was young we had to answer questions on 4-2-4 and the like for our Football Proficiency Test.
Bloody cosseted nowadays. And they play in bloody slippers.

 

[tedebear]

The poor child/children of that father, they'll grow up thinking they are shit, I should know, that was my Dad...

 

[dejavuatbtn]

I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, but that parent sounds like an absolute cock.

Do we know if Joey Barton has any children?

Edit: I've remembered he does, because he said the other day how much better they were than girls already, or something like that.

Shame he had one.

 

[swindonseagull]

was watching the grandson who is 10 recently and one mother kept shouting at her son......'Jake go and wait up there and score all the goals' Jeez.

 

[dazzer6666]

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Roberto been watching our under 8s in the academy?

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

Yep sounds about standard. Heard many of these types of conversations from parents.

A couple of seasons ago, a couple of sets of parents of an under 8 side I was coaching decided to have an alcohol fuelled argument on our group whatsapp as they felt their boys weren’t passing enough to each other. The argument included goals and assists stats for that season from both boys

Had to tell them off the next day which wasn’t easy as one of them is a 6’3 polish skin head dock worker with tattoo’s all over his face and neck who boxes in his spare time and has a bit of a rep! Needless to say my regular explanations to him about why his son was not going to be the next Robert Lewandowski and to just let him enjoy his football were handled very carefully!

 

[ROSM]

As a youth team coach, I often received the wisdom of other parents. I offered one to help with training.

After going missing for a few weeks, he said he had prepared a drill. It involved throwing a ball high into the air and seeing how the 10yr olds would head it!

This was at the same time as heading was being phased out so I had to explain we couldn't do it. This was followed with a diatribe about football going soft etc etc etc

 

[AlbionBro]

There are some idiot parents and confidence smashing manager/coaches out there, they are not prepared to coach with the squad they have been dealt with, they would rather get in JPL players in and cut minutes to those that train and make themselves available for every match. They crush so many boys and girls dreams.
Clueless, they never win anything either. I call it the "Chelsea method."

 

[Happy Exile]

That's for an under 8 team

I'd love to see their review of the school nativity.

 

[ROSM]

There are some idiot parents and confidence smashing manager/coaches out there, they are not prepared to coach with the squad they have been dealt with, they would rather get in JPL players in and cut minutes to those that train and make themselves available for every match. They crush so many boys and girls dreams.
Clueless, they never win anything either. I call it the "Chelsea method."

Proudest moments as a coach all revolve around players who achieved things you never thought they could when they joined.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Proudest moments as a coach all revolve around players who achieved things you never thought they could when they joined.

My proudest moment as a coach was the day after the Stevie Sidwell half way line goal. My son said in the car to the game he was going to attempt the same. Having told him not to I then promised him £20 if he did score “properly”. My co-manager overheard.

Little f***er got the winner. From three yards.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

That's for an under 8 team

I'd love to see their review of the school nativity.

Dreadful swaddling.

 

[ROSM]

Dreadful swaddling.

Call that lowing?

 

[AlbionBro]

Proudest moments as a coach all revolve around players who achieved things you never thought they could when they joined.

Id certainly agree with that, it's very rewarding,.
Fortunately i have had parents actually say "thanks for all you have done," I particularly enjoy the side you can view statistically, like having one goal scorer to start with, two years later with the same players and you have eight goal scorers.
Amazingly the superstar parents don't value that, because they want Jonnie or Jenny to score thirty or forty goals, so they can strut the side line talking about their kid all the time.

 

[Happy Exile]

Dreadful swaddling.

"Gabriel was woefully miscast, Mary was overawed by the situation, forgot her lines, and was an embarrassment. Meanwhile the year 2 choir don't seem to have taken rehearsal seriously at all and should be ashamed of themselves. And who the actual *@#% has ever seen a talking lamb?! Shambles. "