Good article on Shane Supple from Tribune

An Citeog

OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »

NEWSFLASH. Not all cops, doctors, news reporters do it for love of the job. Many do it just for the money. So when he realises that will he storm out of the Gardai too?

NEWSFLASH. Not all professional footballers do it for the love of the game. Many do it just for the money and Supple seems to have fallen out of love with the professional game. He was obviously seriously unhappy with his job, so he decided to come back to Ireland, do his Leaving Cert and find a new direction in life. You obviously seem to know what's going on inside his head and have come to the conclusion that it's all down to his own mental frailty. But yeah, who are you to judge?:rolleyes:

rovingrover

Gavin shels wrote: »

Was strong rumours of Supple moving to Waterford Utd for a few matches last season when they were having a keeper crisis.

You are correct but I believe Ipswich still hold his registration so he can't play football without International clearance.

Raskolnikov

bobbysands81 wrote: »

And more recently Tottenham and Norway goalkeeper Espen Baardsen quit the game in 2003 aged just 25. But none had left so young or with so little.

He's now managing a hedge fund and will probably make more money now than when he played football.

therokerroar

He's a bottler - Pure and Simple!

The amount of people that would have done anything to get the opportunity he had and he threw it all away. I wonder when he'll realise that he can't be stuck with his Mam and Dad all his life?

Regardless of what he now says, he will regret this when he's older.

Cool Running

stovelid wrote: »

Dublin-born guards do run the unfortunate risk of being posted to desolate outposts like Sligo, it must be said.

Wahey, he'll be more than welcome at the Showgrounds, good back up for Brushy:D

Rob113

I still dont understand the lads decision. Ive read all the posts on this thread for and against.

Obviously the chap was unhappy and fell out of love of the game and i can understand the posters saying that some things are more important than money etc etc and even those using Darren Sutherland as an example of an unhappy sportsman.

I think the two cases are different though. Darren was a professional fighter. A very lonely profession. Fighting and only getting paid maybe once every 3 months. Very little contact with the outside world.

Supple on the other hand was mixing with possibly up to 30/40 guys a day with the full squad, reserves etc. A lot of social interaction, camaraderie (SP) etc. I know the bling culture of a few didnt appeal to him, but there must have been others there that he did get along with. At least one reserve game per week plus involvement if picked for the match day squad. On top of this he was picking up a substantial weekly wage - i have absolutely no idea how much he was earning, hopefully someone could enlighten me, but i imagine it was probably a lot more than i could ever expect to earn in a week.

Im sorry but i dont see how you could walk away from that. I hate getting up to go to work every day but i do it because it pays me and as sad as it is money makes the world go round.

He could easily have stuck it out for another year or two. Signed a decent contract or moved to someone willing to pay him a bit more and retired aged 25 / 26 financially secure for the rest of his life. And then go and do whatever it was that makes him happy.

The mind boggles it really does. There has to be more to this story. I think the lad needs a reality check. The rest of us would love a god given talent to be so good at something that others are willing to pay you thousands a week to do it. Still there is always the lotto.

Helix

OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »

So why didn't he come home and earn a couple of grand a week at Rovers or Bohs and stay a pro with a decent living and remove himself from the diamond earrings and Bentley brigade?

coz he didnt want to