Silvio Dante Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 If for two minutes tonight you’re disappointed with the result against Preston. If for two minutes tonight you’re feeling like slating one of our players, or PNE players But, most importantly, if for two minutes you feel like it’s not worth it then read this and realise it is. You’d probably remember him from Rangers and Holland in the early part of this century. But, hell, I never knew this. And it shows how fragile any of us are https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/01/fernando-ricksen-rangers-netherlands-motor-neurone-disease?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totterdown's Finest Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 Read this in the Guardian this morning. Heartbreaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 Puts everything into perspective... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h hills left shoe Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 13 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said: If for two minutes tonight you’re disappointed with the result against Preston. If for two minutes tonight you’re feeling like slating one of our players, or PNE players But, most importantly, if for two minutes you feel like it’s not worth it then read this and realise it is. You’d probably remember him from Rangers and Holland in the early part of this century. But, hell, I never knew this. And it shows how fragile any of us are https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/01/fernando-ricksen-rangers-netherlands-motor-neurone-disease?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Exactly no one knows what it is front of them, life can be cruel! 13 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said: If for two minutes tonight you’re disappointed with the result against Preston. If for two minutes tonight you’re feeling like slating one of our players, or PNE players But, most importantly, if for two minutes you feel like it’s not worth it then read this and realise it is. You’d probably remember him from Rangers and Holland in the early part of this century. But, hell, I never knew this. And it shows how fragile any of us are https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/01/fernando-ricksen-rangers-netherlands-motor-neurone-disease?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victory Park Reds Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 Such a sad sad story.Life is so cruel at times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickolas Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 My mother in law died from this 6 years ago. The worst thing ive ever witnessed from an illness. So debilitating and initially very hard to diagnose too. doctors at hospitals have very limited knowledge of it either, which makes their treatment and understanding painfull for the families. Granted, cancer is a huge killer, but MND is rapidly increasing and no cures as yet to offer any hope. So much charity work is aimed at cancer but this needs backing to aid research. Horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INCRED Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 Seen it in a news stream earlier, got to feel for him and his family. Horrible to see him waste away and so brave but he’s fighting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 4 hours ago, Totterdown's Finest said: Read this in the Guardian this morning. Heartbreaking. Me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Skin Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 Very sad. I know the article says he lived a flamboyant lifestyle and didn't make provision from money he earned whilst playing, but with 42,000 attending a benefit match for him in 2015 you'd have hoped his family would be left in a better position financially. Hard enough for the lad to go through this without the additional worry of how his family will cope after he's gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poland_exile Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 An excellent read. On a similar point, saw that Stephen Darby of Bolton retired a few months ago after the same diagnosis - totally slipped off my radar that news. Desperately sorry for both of them. What a horrible illness to cut people down at such a young age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 Lost a good friend to MND recently. OP is right - count your blessings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldstandrobin Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 Heartbreaking Story and lets us realise that for all the moans and groans we have when we win lose or draw, the real story is about the Fernando's in life who we don,t hear about until articles like this spring up. There is so much money floating around in football that I am sure a small % could be siphoned off into a fund for people like Fernando who make the game what it is....for all of us. Yes he earned it. Yes he spent it, but at this moment in his cut short life, help from the game he loved should be there to give him and his family dignity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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