Dave Collins

MUFC ST holder.. Carolyn - Harry - Oliver 💙 99% Tweets are football related

[Dave Collins @DavePipCollins]

@Ash_wynne @OptaJoe @SkySportsPL @SkySportsStatto Excellent knowledge ash ❤️

[Dave Collins @DavePipCollins]

@OptaJoe @SkySportsPL @SkySportsStatto first time man united have Beaten Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool away in the same season? Feels like it

[Dr. Clown, PhD @DrClownPhD]

This guy is a legend! 💪

[Dave Collins @DavePipCollins]

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[Alternative MUFC. @AlternativeMUFC]

https://t.co/6peEaqMAhA

[Dave Collins @DavePipCollins]

Came back for another watch and share 😂😂

[Alternative MUFC. @AlternativeMUFC]

The feedback for this one has been off the scale.

Still boggles my mind, after all these years of making 'em.

It will be taken down later tonight. I've pushed my luck with the copyright police long enough.

If you missed it last night or fancy a rewatch, then move sharpish.

[Dave Collins @DavePipCollins]

😂❤️😂❤️

[MC @UtdMicah]

@SkySportsPL If only we had a massive graphic beside us we could theorize as to why

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@_onlyscott Millwall

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@SkySports We pay a lot of money for your services and expect expert @SkySportsPL analysis. When Paul Merson suggests Luke Shaw should play in centre midfield, it’s probably time to re-evaluate my subscription.

[Dave Collins @DavePipCollins]

@CraigHope_DM Your agenda and witch hunt of Bellingham is embarrassing.

Look at other home nations media, getting behind their country, team and players, yet time after time, you, your paper and this country, try to be the demise of the team.

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Big batty Bryan 😍😍

[Alternative MUFC. @AlternativeMUFC]

https://t.co/UNlkL2Z9nE

[Dave Collins @DavePipCollins]

Also Elite.

[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.

[Dave Collins @DavePipCollins]

Top tier

[The Overlap @WeAreTheOverlap]

"I can't believe i'm hearing this!" 🤣

Roy and Wrighty promised not to argue... we all knew how that would end! 😅

[Dave Collins @DavePipCollins]

World class mate. Welcome back.

[Dave Collins @DavePipCollins]

@AlternativeMUFC please please please do a commentary from tonight mate.

[Dave Collins @DavePipCollins]

Hahahaha 1:30 - 2:52 top tier meltdown

[The United Stand @UnitedStandMUFC]

"Dig up my dead dog and put him in goal because he moves quicker." 🤬

2-0 Grimsby.. Goldbridge is FUMING!

[Dave Collins @DavePipCollins]

Amorim will walk after Burnley. If he’s not sacked before.

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😂😂accurate

[Away Days Tips @AwayDaysTips]

André Onana https://t.co/XCc2CbALDH

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@markgoldbridge Gary Neville ??

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8 out of 12 pens missed here #Lionesses