Diogo Jota

[Jamo Martinez]

Sorry, Jamo, but he worded his takes in a very condescending manner which was as far removed from true empathy as it could be.
I don't think anyone here feels it's "normal" that there are a lot of people dying in the wars going on in Ukraine, Palestine, Yemen... just don't come into a thread such as this and suggest people being shocked by Jota's passing somehow are morally inferior and shouldn't even be bothered because Jota was just another "millionaire footballer".

I honestly didn't mean to imply that people on this forum feel that. Was talking about the world in general.

 

[Blueboy54]

When out of curiosity? 2 lives make headlines and outpouring of support while ignoring millions devastated in prime time

Wow - I’m new on here but didn’t expect that. What a truly disgusting unsympathetic, unemotional post. You have real problems.

 

[Gilbert..]

Not gona lie i find it a bit odd maybe bordering disrespectful that all the minutes silence games at the womens Euros are only showing on screen and mentioning diogo jota. Two brothers passed away in that accident. Both played football for a living.

 

[dachshund]

I honestly didn't mean to imply that people on this forum feel that. Was talking about the world in general.

No worries, was referring to the musings of the Barca fellow.

 

[trueblue84]

Spanish police say "all the evidence so far indicates" Diogo Jota was the driver of the car involved in the accident that killed the Liverpool forward and his brother, Andre Silva.

Police also believe "the vehicle significantly exceeded the speed limit for the highway" at the time of the accident.

 

[Pootsy]

Be interesting to see how long the media leave it before asking questions about the accident.

Portuguese police already reporting that the car must have been going too fast.

The thing thats grating on me is the amount of merch that has suddenly appeared. Making a profit on a young mans demise is shameful at the very least. I suspect most of these firms are not attached to the club and just trying to make a fast buck but it sickens me.

 

[davids]

Spanish police say "all the evidence so far indicates" Diogo Jota was the driver of the car involved in the accident that killed the Liverpool forward and his brother, Andre Silva.

Police also believe "the vehicle significantly exceeded the speed limit for the highway" at the time of the accident.

I've driven that road a couple of times,at night there's very little traffic about and given (unless the timetable has changed) his ferry wasn't until the next afternoon he was only about three hours from Santander. Possibly he was giving the car a work out. Really scary when you look at the number of young Prem players who have crashed super cars over the years.

 

[davek]

This underlines again that Liverpool FC should probably have organised that return journey back to Anfield.

They were the ones in charge of player safety when leaving the club and returning to it. Seems they though that their responsibility began and ended with advice on how to travel post-op. That's unreal when you consider the amount of cash they have tied up with the purchase of players like Jota, and that's besides the duty of care they should have exercised for a player who's had delicate surgery.

 

[Drico]

This underlines again that Liverpool FC should probably have organised that return journey back to Anfield.

They were the ones in charge of player safety when leaving the club and returning to it. Seems they though that their responsibility began and ended with advice on how to travel post-op. That's unreal when you consider the amount of cash they have tied up with the purchase of players like Jota, and that's besides the duty of care they should have exercised for a player who's had delicate surgery.

That's a fair point.

I mean, companies chauffeur around common-or-garden execs and they are hardly as valuable as a player like this poor lad.

Speeding, it seems.

One thing I will give credit to the Spanish authorities for is they do not shy away from revealing what they believe was the cause of this tragedy. In Ireland, young men die every weekend in car crashes and we are never ever told what most of us quiety suspect: speed and intoxication are a deadly combination.

"Shur, you'll only upset the family."

I hate to say it, but in Ireland not enough families are upset enough about speeding or drink-driving. Maybe we need to draw back the veil of secrecy...

 

[f.t.r.s]

I've driven that road a couple of times,at night there's very little traffic about and given (unless the timetable has changed) his ferry wasn't until the next afternoon he was only about three hours from Santander. Possibly he was giving the car a work out. Really scary when you look at the number of young Prem players who have crashed super cars over the years.

King Louis crashed his Ferrari didn't he? Told the copper hes fine and it'll be OK as hes got 3 more....

 

[davek]

That's a fair point.

I mean, companies chauffeur around common-or-garden execs and they are hardly as valuable as a player like this poor lad.

Speeding, it seems.

One thing I will give credit to the Spanish authorities for is they do not shy away from revealing what they believe was the cause of this tragedy. In Ireland, young men die every weekend in car crashes and we are never ever told what most of us quiety suspect: speed and intoxication are a deadly combination.

"Shur, you'll only upset the family."

I hate to say it, but in Ireland not enough families are upset enough about speeding or drink-driving. Maybe we need to draw back the veil of secrecy...

I mean, I hope Jota hasn't done that, but young men + fast cars can sometimes/often be + beak or ale.

Hopefully not.

The lad had a recovering lung, so you'd hope he wouldn't have been that daft...mind you, he shouldn't have been speeding at what looks like scarily high speed if he's on medication either.

 

[davids]

King Louis crashed his Ferrari didn't he? Told the copper hes fine and it'll be OK as hes got 3 more....

There's a long list online, Christiano Ronaldo did his Ferrari on a nice dry straight piece of road. Then we have Antonio who looks like he may have finished his career. Young men and fast cars, sadly sometimes is a tragic mixture.

 

[Drico]

I mean, I hope Jota hasn't done that, but young men + fast cars can sometimes/often be + beak or ale.

Hopefully not.

The lad had a recovering lung, so you'd hope he wouldn't have been that daft...mind you, he shouldn't have been speeding at what looks like scarily high speed if he's on medication either.

I see that in Ireland "drug-driving" is now a big thing too, these days.

Sometimes I think we are surrounded by morons.

 

[tommye]

I see that in Ireland "drug-driving" is now a big thing too, these days.

Sometimes I think we are surrounded by morons.

I now naturally assume everyone is a moron until they prove otherwise.

Works well

 

[Drico]

I now naturally assume everyone is a moron until they prove otherwise.

Works well

That sounds like wisdom to me.