Alex Wylie

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

Theo Walcott asked how Manchester United's 2008 team would compete against the current Arsenal team..

Wayne Rooney's response is class. 😂😂😂😂

[𝕁𝕠𝕙𝕟𝕟𝕪 ❎ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @johnnyXscotland]

Have a listen 💩

[Men in Blazers @MenInBlazers]

Never has a moment called for a Proclaimers soundtrack more than this one 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

When that chorus kicks in 🥹

[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.

[Ryder Cup Europe @RyderCupEurope]

HE’S IN YOUR HEAD, RORY, RORY, RORY!

[Ryder Cup Europe @RyderCupEurope]

OUR TIME. OUR PLACE.

[🥷🏼™ @UTDNosa1]

Severely disrespected, criminally under appreciated.

[Alex Wylie @chezzz97]

@Wallace10Iain Anything for tomorrow night ?

[TheIrishWatchdog @WatchdogTh96012]

Nick Timothy MP introduces a bill to protect freedom of speech and tells Muslims who cry ‘Islamophobia’ to shove it. British people are not bound by Islam or its Sharia laws. #NickTimothy #UK #ProtectFreeSpeech

[The Rock Revival @TheRockRevival_]

Throwback to this Courteeners crowd at Old Trafford 🤯

[Patriotic 🇬🇧 Nation @HoodedClaw1974]

The NHS is backing cousin sex. You couldn't make it up. Watch and share, as they make a ludicrous comparison.👇👇

[The 44 ⚽️ @The_Forty_Four]

Someone put Carragher’s commentary from today over Gerard’s slip😭😭😭

[Alex Wylie @chezzz97]

🥲

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

You've done us proud, Scott.

🎞️❤️

#MUFC

[Daniel O’Reilly @dapperlaughs]

Amount of people saying “Stay & fight”, like this is some war movie. You cant fight. You cant even protest without being called racist.

& Fight who? How? The whole country is fucked, the water companies robbed us & dumped shit in the water, you can’t swim anywhere you’ll get ill & die. The country is literally a shit hole.

The councils are bankrupt & cant even fix a pot hole & charge you council tax for the privilege of doing fuck all while robbing you.

Moneys taxed, cars taxed, petrols taxed, booze, food EVERYTHING is taxed, then if you manage to save enough money after its been taxed to buy a house you get taxed on that, then if you die and pass it to your kids that gets taxed. They literally want everything from the working man while they hide their money. Its a con, we are being conned.

& We are about to get taxed even more.

NHS is fucked. Cost of living fucked. Interest rates are fucked, & we got years of it getting worse before it gets better.

Londons a hell hole & unsafe after dark. I hate it.

The men think they are women, kids are encouraged to think about their sexuality & gender.

Our soldiers are getting stabbed.

Our police are pussies & the ones that aint get fired.

& that aint even getting started on illegal immigration, thats getting worse.

If my country ever needed me to actually fight id be there, 100%, but i ain’t gambling the lifes of my three daughters in the mean time, & even if they did survive growing up here for what? To live in a shit hole full of fucking wierdo’s. No thanks.

Where would i go? Somewhere with a backbone, a bit of sun & with less risk of your kids getting murderd, like Australia, Russia or fucking North Korea.

I whole heartedly encourage anyone with young kids that have the ability to leave to do so. Todays events in Southport have rocked me to the core, im sat here looking at my daughters feeling sad.

You can still work on trying to get your voice heard while your kids are safe.

I want my kids to live not survive.

[AndyWez @andy_wez]

Morning! 🇾🇪

[Morgan @utdscope]

PHOTO OF THE SEASON!!!!!!

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨 Erik ten Hag to @VI_nl: “The pundits in England want to score, they want to show they are worth the money, and for that Manchester United is an easy pray”.

“It’s the biggest club in England and possibly in the world. The club is either loved or hated, there is no in-between”.

“So when things go bad, they all start talking and talking with very big words. All this negativism from these so called experts who don’t have the capability to analyze something with facts, but who prefer to attack people to make themselves look better”.

❗️ “And these same people were the ones who gave me a pat on the back last year...”.

“Last year I was able to walk on water, this year I am the worst manager in the Premier League!”.

[Alex Wylie @chezzz97]

❤️

[Manchester United Die Hard Fans @DieHardUtdFans]

Sir Alex Ferguson singing ‘Glory Glory, Man United’