Rushton121 said:
exactly what i thought at the time
I've already put my view on this on a previous page but just to state once more -
Imagine (and its of course a horrible scenario to imagine) that you've just found out that your spouse and child has died.
Do you immediately curl up into a ball and cry solidly for weeks?
Of course you dont. Only seconds earlier you were making a pasta meal and thinking about whether to get a few beers in for that nights telly.
You cannot, as a human being, immediately absorb that kind of change instantly.
You are, in effect, like a boxer who's just taken one hell of a smack and, instead of falling to the canvas, you attempt to continue to stand and take the impact of the blow.
Punch-drunk basically.
We've all seen such boxers do that. They flail and blindly grope around, their arms reaching out for the ropes or the referees shoulders. Anything to support them up for a while longer.
Coming onto a football forum is precisely what I'd imagine I would do in a similar situation to The Fixer. I would also probably type soemthing out on Facebook. Phone a mate. I would be numb and acting erratically, immediately seeking out normality in a surreal nightmare.
Then - once I'd been to the hospital and reality began to hit home - you wouldnt hear from me again for quite some considerable time.