1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: The Christian O'Connell Show podcast your emails. 2 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 2: You can email a show whenever you want, whatever suits 3 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 2: you and whatever you've heard on the show. Christian. A 4 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 2: couple of weeks ago, you were talking about terrible losses. 5 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 2: Christian's reminded me of a soccer team I used to 6 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 2: play for when I was fifteen. We used to lose 7 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 2: every week and it was It was tough because my 8 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 2: dad was the manager. As anyone ever played in the 9 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 2: team on this it's a nightmare to begin with, isn't it. 10 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 2: We had to play a team called the Tarro Panthers, 11 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 2: who were quite an aggressive bunch of lads, and we 12 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 2: only had eight players, so we hatched to plan some 13 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 2: in the rules, my dad had found out that a 14 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 2: team cannot play with seven or less players, so my 15 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 2: dad told one of our players to fake an injury 16 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 2: so we could get the game postponed. What level of commitment? 17 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 2: What does that again? We need more stories like this. 18 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 2: My dad was the coach next week. During the game, 19 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 2: we didn't actually play too bad. We were losing four 20 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:05,039 Speaker 2: in a half time, but it wasn't as bad as 21 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 2: we thought would be. Second half was completely different. Even 22 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 2: their goalkeeper scored a goal. Our player then fell over 23 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 2: at the pre arranged sign for my dad. My dad's 24 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 2: hand signal was just throw himself to the ground. The 25 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,680 Speaker 2: referee had no choice but the call the game off 26 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 2: with the now score twenty three nil. We were losing 27 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 2: twenty three nil and my dad pretending he didn't know 28 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 2: this was a rule and pretend to be so frustrated 29 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 2: that the game. 30 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 1: Was being forfeited. 31 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 2: Back in the changing room, my dad starts high fiving everyone, 32 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:39,680 Speaker 2: laughing a joke about it. Because we were in really 33 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 2: small basic change es. The other team could hear us 34 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 2: and tried to break the door down the other coach 35 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 2: to beat my dad up. By Dad actually go and 36 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 2: attend a board meeting on the Monday after the weekend 37 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 2: of this and was suspended from the league. Chris Turner, 38 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 2: thank you very much for your email. Start to get 39 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 2: these stories about dads. Anything to do with dad is 40 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 2: open season all next week on the show. Chris, Thank 41 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 2: you very much for that. The email address, as always 42 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 2: for your awesome stories, Christian at Christian O'Connell dot com 43 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 2: dot au 44 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,239 Speaker 1: Christian O'Connell Show Podcast