Playing Soccer on Mother's Day

[5cougarsthanx]

I am interested in your opinions. Should we or shouldn't we play a cup round on this particular day? Playing for a Saturday league side, it is a nightmare at the best of times to play on a sunday, but especially on Mother's Day sunday. It's supposed to be a day to spend with the family, keep the wife happy on her special day and have a bit of fun with the kids, not booting up to play a cup tie. We personally have five to six members in our side that are fathers for the first time... sure their wives are looking forward to them going to play at Parafield Gardens instead What do you think... I say "happy wife, happy life"

[Made in Australia]

I agree that there shouldn't be any games on the Sunday. It does make it hard to catch up with family. If you don't play, you let the team down. If you don't go to Mothers Day, you let the family down.

P.S. How you been? Haven't seen you for ages!

[MATTY6]

Most mothers days my mother in law, Mum and my wife (mother of my two kids) come to soccer and we get to spend time together.
Win Win really!

[Fresh Football]

I am interested in your opinions. Should we or shouldn't we play a cup round on this particular day? Playing for a Saturday league side, it is a nightmare at the best of times to play on a sunday, but especially on Mother's Day sunday. It's supposed to be a day to spend with the family, keep the wife happy on her special day and have a bit of fun with the kids, not booting up to play a cup tie. We personally have five to six members in our side that are fathers for the first time... sure their wives are looking forward to them going to play at Parafield Gardens instead What do you think... I say "happy wife, happy life"

Totally agree mate, can't be in 2 places at once and those 1st time mothers will never let the 1st time fathers forget it if they are not there for the 1st or 2nd one for that matter!

Petition to the league?

[You Too]

Just forfeit and buy yourselves a jar of Toughen the F... up.

[Bomber]

Are you guys serious? The world should stop for mother's day? C'mon, if you have a great relationship with your mother (partner) etc, it shouldnt matter - surely you can "compromise" - see her before/after game or have her at the game and shout her lunch or something.
Next we'll be having players ask for postponements due to it being their name day.

[swannsong]

Most mothers days my mother in law, Mum and my wife (mother of my two kids) come to soccer and we get to spend time together.
Win Win really!

At the Downs we (the players) often would hand out flowers on Mothers Day...except for the mothers we used to play against

[on the side]

Are you guys serious? The world should stop for mother's day? C'mon, if you have a great relationship with your mother (partner) etc, it shouldnt matter - surely you can "compromise" - see her before/after game or have her at the game and shout her lunch or something.
Next we'll be having players ask for postponements due to it being their name day.

Agree! cook or take her out for dinner that night! or breakfast that morning. Soccer doesn't have to take up the whole day...

[DUKE BLUE]

Just forfeit and buy yourselves a jar of Toughen the F... up.

fantastic !!

[tickets4cheese]

hahahahahaha - best forum topic ever!!!! can we also please not play the weekend after for the benefit of these guys, i think they're shaving their vagin@s that weekend.

[on the side]

hahahahahaha - best forum topic ever!!!! can we also please not play the weekend after for the benefit of these guys, i think they're shaving their vagin@s that weekend.

[Outlaw 2.0]

Most mothers days my mother in law, Mum and my wife (mother of my two kids) come to soccer and we get to spend time together.
Win Win really!

At the Downs we (the players) often would hand out flowers on Mothers Day...except for the mothers we used to play against

That would take a shit load of flowers... actually I was wondering who bloody tore up my garden this time last year

[Bomber]

Most mothers days my mother in law, Mum and my wife (mother of my two kids) come to soccer and we get to spend time together.
Win Win really!

At the Downs we (the players) often would hand out flowers on Mothers Day...except for the mothers we used to play against

That would take a shit load of flowers... actually I was wondering who bloody tore up my garden this time last year

Sorry, thought they were dope plants..........

[5cougarsthanx]

Are you guys serious? The world should stop for mother's day? C'mon, if you have a great relationship with your mother (partner) etc, it shouldnt matter - surely you can "compromise" - see her before/after game or have her at the game and shout her lunch or something.
Next we'll be having players ask for postponements due to it being their name day.

Understand what your saying Bomber, but I am not so much refering to seeing my mum on Mothers Day, but keeping my wife and the kids happy... I could quite easily just toughen the f**k up and play and not give two squats about what my family is doing on Mother's day, but I'll have a divorce to deal with when I get home...Fathers Day, Name day is different... Mothers Day, involves the other half.

[5cougarsthanx]

I agree that there shouldn't be any games on the Sunday. It does make it hard to catch up with family. If you don't play, you let the team down. If you don't go to Mothers Day, you let the family down.

P.S. How you been? Haven't seen you for ages!

Excellent Bud, and yourself?? Saw you the other day while I was on the road.... did you do pre- season training this year? Saw a bit of extra belly sticking out mate

[Bomber]

Are you guys serious? The world should stop for mother's day? C'mon, if you have a great relationship with your mother (partner) etc, it shouldnt matter - surely you can "compromise" - see her before/after game or have her at the game and shout her lunch or something.
Next we'll be having players ask for postponements due to it being their name day.

Understand what your saying Bomber, but I am not so much refering to seeing my mum on Mothers Day, but keeping my wife and the kids happy... I could quite easily just toughen the f**k up and play and not give two squats about what my family is doing on Mother's day, but I'll have a divorce to deal with when I get home...Fathers Day, Name day is different... Mothers Day, involves the other half.

Fair enough, I just wonder what reaction you'd get from your coach and team mates if you said "sorry, cant come, its Mothers day".

[5cougarsthanx]

Are you guys serious? The world should stop for mother's day? C'mon, if you have a great relationship with your mother (partner) etc, it shouldnt matter - surely you can "compromise" - see her before/after game or have her at the game and shout her lunch or something.
Next we'll be having players ask for postponements due to it being their name day.

Understand what your saying Bomber, but I am not so much refering to seeing my mum on Mothers Day, but keeping my wife and the kids happy... I could quite easily just toughen the f**k up and play and not give two squats about what my family is doing on Mother's day, but I'll have a divorce to deal with when I get home...Fathers Day, Name day is different... Mothers Day, involves the other half.

Fair enough, I just wonder what reaction you'd get from your coach and team mates if you said "sorry, cant come, its Mothers day".

Exactly why I am asking for opinions... we may have a few players in this situation... have all had little ones in the last year... First Mothers Day for some... expectations from wives are big.

PS- our coach is the Bomber from Adelaide Eagles... even worse.

[Gardensgoon]

I am interested in your opinions. Should we or shouldn't we play a cup round on this particular day? Playing for a Saturday league side, it is a nightmare at the best of times to play on a sunday, but especially on Mother's Day sunday. It's supposed to be a day to spend with the family, keep the wife happy on her special day and have a bit of fun with the kids, not booting up to play a cup tie. We personally have five to six members in our side that are fathers for the first time... sure their wives are looking forward to them going to play at Parafield Gardens instead What do you think... I say "happy wife, happy life"

i totally agree... u guys should forfiet for sure.

[5cougarsthanx]

I am interested in your opinions. Should we or shouldn't we play a cup round on this particular day? Playing for a Saturday league side, it is a nightmare at the best of times to play on a sunday, but especially on Mother's Day sunday. It's supposed to be a day to spend with the family, keep the wife happy on her special day and have a bit of fun with the kids, not booting up to play a cup tie. We personally have five to six members in our side that are fathers for the first time... sure their wives are looking forward to them going to play at Parafield Gardens instead What do you think... I say "happy wife, happy life"

i totally agree... u guys should forfiet for sure.

unless you want to first...

[Bomber]

PS- our coach is the Bomber from Adelaide Eagles... even worse.

Say g'day to him from me (he'd remember me as "Export"). He used to laugh when Charlie Kostic from Eagles days would have mother's day off - oh the irony!

[marooned]

"A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie."

[Old Gregg]

b!tch should have baked a bigger pie.

[BADA BING]

commercialised day, it shouldnt take this day for you to be special to your mum

(what the hell is a CHABLIS) I wrote MUMMY(minus the MY)???

[Mad_Max]

Some mothers need to get a grip on reality.

It's an invention of Hallmark greeting cards and the big department stores. Breakfast in bed, a bunch of flowers and a peck on the cheek should be quite sufficient

[Outlaw 2.0]

To be honest I have a couple of brothers and a sister one who is part of a Div 1 club aswell as myself one who works on the day and the other who is a teenager and my mam always enjoys mothers day as we all make an effort to see her, that should be all that matters.

I'm sure plenty of people out there who don't have a mother that would be keen on watching football on Mothers Day but what is 90 minutes in a 24 hour day?

[marooned]

old gregg suggested

b!tch should have baked a bigger pie.

she did but I scoffed three pieces earlier.

[Trimboli]

hahahahahaha - best forum topic ever!!!! can we also please not play the weekend after for the benefit of these guys, i think they're shaving their vagin@s that weekend.

That is the funniest thing I have read on the forum!

...and I agree too.

[Steve#4]

Everydays Mothers day for my wife Lucky wench

[Ernie Cooksey]

My first father's day landed on my birthday. My missus decided it was a better idea to go and watch her sister ride a horse all day.
Jets v Brahma, ha, she can take a fuckin run & jump.

[LUFC]

hahahahahaha - best forum topic ever!!!! can we also please not play the weekend after for the benefit of these guys, i think they're shaving their vagin@s that weekend.

Jesus...

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