Dan Kelly

[Dan Kelly @DanielKelly95]

@OwlsofEssex @Boobar8 @matt_drabble12 @RichardF1990 @jhackett__ You asked me to name one player you could sell so I named 3 and I’m a moron? 😂😂😂 classic

[Dan Kelly @DanielKelly95]

@OwlsofEssex @Boobar8 @matt_drabble12 @RichardF1990 @jhackett__ I mean Pierce Charles is supposedly worth millions. Bannan and Cadamarteri off to play off sides. Your centre forward was ours last season. There is no excuse for being on -7 points. Never said your side was better than Derbys but it’s not that much worse, not 40 points worse

[Dan Kelly @DanielKelly95]

@OwlsofEssex @Boobar8 @matt_drabble12 @RichardF1990 @jhackett__ Who would you actually want to sign from that team outside of Lawrence bird and Knight though? No one has gone on to do anything other than Cashin who played about 10 games at the end of the year. I’m not saying your sides good but seriously look at our strikers that year 😂

[Dan Kelly @DanielKelly95]

@OwlsofEssex @Boobar8 @matt_drabble12 @RichardF1990 @jhackett__ 4 had previously played in Bird, knight, Sibley and Buchanan. The rest were brought in to make debuts as teenagers. Value on Transfermarkt doesn’t actually mean a lot. Ebosele had never played but was £3.5m??? Bielik was only there because he was out with an ACL so couldn’t go

[Dan Kelly @DanielKelly95]

@Boobar8 @matt_drabble12 @RichardF1990 @jhackett__ That’s not true. 33 players played for the 1st team that year of which 19 were academy products

[Dan Kelly @DanielKelly95]

@lukeaaronmoore This absolutely sums up Ebou… he wins every ball and seemingly has endless energy and covers ground like a Racehorse but then unfortunately sometimes has the technical ability of a Racehorse… you’ll love him down there though. Great signing

[Dan Kelly @DanielKelly95]

@DavidHu47410777 @dcfcofficial You old cynic you 😂

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

Suicide.

I'm choosing to be deliberately blunt and provocative in this post because it's necessary. Government, charities, football clubs are all pushing water up a hill in highlighting what is undoubtedly a major health crisis.

You take a rope.
You put it up in a garage or a tree nearby or far away.
You're thinking about every loved one you'll leave behind as you put that rope around your neck.
Then you drop.

Some are decapitated.
Some aren't.
All are found by someone who has a lifetime of trauma that will never leave them.
A son.
A daughter.
A brother.
A sister.
A mother.
A father.

I know 2 men who hung themselves.

One was found by his Mom.
One was found by his brother.
Neither have recovered fully. 20 and 30 years on.

A life sentence for people who were already worrying, terrified their loved one may do something.

So just visualise the above and ask, "is there another way"?

A segway for a moment.

I do a few Q&A's every year. Tales of yesterday with a 99% male audience of my age group.

After the stories and fun, my last question back to the audience is..

"Hands up if you struggle with a mental health issue".

Nobody ever puts a hand up. Despite 1 in every 3 of 500 attendees statistically struggling.

"Ah, nobody, that's fucking brilliant! Well I do! ". I then graphically tell people, stunned into silence about how a rope around my neck in the middle of nowhere jolted me to go home and cry like a baby to my Mom.

After the Q&A has finished, something always happens. I'll be chatting to a few guys, saying bye and one by one, men will come over and whisper " I struggle".

Or my mailbox the next day will have 30 emails from guys, their partners or kids saying " Dad/Uncle /Brother was there last night and what you said hit them hard".

And that's how some people realise that it's time to speak to a pal or family member or even rant to me in an email. It works, I often get a follow up email a year or 6 later saying that they took responsibility for their suicidal feelings and are now flying.

Humans are programmed to want to live, to have families and to keep the species growing and thriving. So for a human to want to short circuit that desire isn't normal, and it should never be spoken of as normal. It's the ultimate red flag.

If you suspect your mate, Dad, Brother, Uncle is struggling mentally, they deserve your intervention.

They deserve a " are you OK, please tell me what's up".

They deserve an opportunity to get past wanting to hang a rope over a tree or in a garage and slowly struggle until they die and you find them.

If you've been there and trust me I have plenty, then you'll know that text out of the blue, or a footie mate or one of your kids asking jow you are can open the curtains to some sunshine.

Because when suicide is your only answer, the room is already dark, and you can't see a way out.

So please, fucking pretty please, ask that husband, Dad, Uncle, Cousin, footie pal TODAY how they are.

You may be shocked what comes back but extremely glad that you asked.

For those who struggle, you're not alone.

[Dan Kelly @DanielKelly95]

@KieranJames26

[Sky Sports News @SkySportsNews]

BREAKING: James Anderson is to be knighted for services to cricket 🏏🚨

[Dan Kelly @DanielKelly95]

@Yidders Almost as if disregarding 50 over cricket as a thing for 2nd XI players in your domestic game is going to result in not being very good at it

[Dan Kelly @DanielKelly95]

@Nigel_Farage So you’re saying that before you turned up in 2006 shouting about getting our country back, we actually quite liked our country. Hmm…

[Dan Kelly @DanielKelly95]

@KieranMaguire Ultimately this whole fiasco of PSR/FFP is a stain on world football. Move to a luxury tax system like baseball and be done with it. Wasting everyone’s time and causing more harm than any good it claims to be doing

[Vikramjit Singh Khalsa @viksinghdosanjh]

In light of what’s going I feel unity is the only way through this. I’ve spoken to brothers who are anxious about going to games now which is a shame, it’s become a toxic place social media but let’s use it for good, spread peace and love, see you at Blackburn! Up the rams 🐏

[Dan Kelly @DanielKelly95]

@SkySportsF1 Probably in hi-vis cleaning out the bins

[Michael Ydlibi @Yidders]

Some fucking boy.

[Formula 1 @F1]

LANDO NORRIS WINS THE MIAMI GRAND PRIX!!!! 🧡🌴

IT'S A MAIDEN WIN FOR THE @MCLARENF1 DRIVER 🏁😱

SIMPLY STUNNING!!!!!

#F1 #MiamiGP

[Dan Kelly @DanielKelly95]

@KieranJames26 Compliance 😂😂😂 it’s comedy gold

[Dan Kelly @DanielKelly95]

@KieranJames26 Sounds about right. A criminal complaining about corruption is ironic though. Hope they get a points deduction for it 😂