Vidic reached a point that happens to us all

"I spotted a really decent gap," he told 'Behind The Lines'. "I ran at full pace, then in a second I was caught and hit. Boom, flat on my back. As I was tackled I was annoyed, I knew when I was younger I would have made that." Being good enough that people actually care...

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Published inIrish independent
Main Author Aidan O'Hara Twitter
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dublin Independent News & Media 01.02.2016
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Davis, Steve
Hendry, Stephen
Wilson, Roger
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Summary:"I spotted a really decent gap," he told 'Behind The Lines'. "I ran at full pace, then in a second I was caught and hit. Boom, flat on my back. As I was tackled I was annoyed, I knew when I was younger I would have made that." Being good enough that people actually care when you're announcing your retirement, also means not having to answer the question that faces amateur sportspeople, particularly from those who haven't seen them in a few years: "Are you still playing?" Perhaps, like [Vidic], the respondent might have a tale of woe about an injury which finished them off; maybe they'll talk about family or work commitments or, if they're really lucky, they'll simply say that they didn't want to do it any more. Either way, from swimming to squash to soccer, it's a question that's never answered with a smile. Denial ("I'm fitter than I ever was"); Anger (a red card or an out-ofcharacter outburst); Bargaining (Just one more year); Depression ("You can never replace the fun of the dressing room") and Acceptance ("I'm done").