5 days after a stroke. And two cracked ribs.
Just found out I can leave the hospital today and be an outpatient for physiotherapy rehab moving forward for my left arm/hand.
2 days ago it wouldn't move.
Very happy to flip you all off with it now.
I'm a lucky boy.
Oh for fucks sake.
No it is absolutely not.
Ben Johson pumped his body full of anabolic steroids to out sprint people.
Getting a video tape on tactics isn't even close.
With
#TFC
supporters twitter meltdown in full swing after missing out on the MLS playoffs on Saturday, I thought I would share a little story with you regarding my son and I that shows a different side of this club, and it's fans. Bear with me, this might turn into a thread...
Pretty sure last night at BMO I witnessed my son get to that moment where football really grabs you and imbeds in your DNA, like it has for most of us obsessed folks on here. He was kicking every ball of the 5-3 win. Hasn't stopped talking about it since. It was something special
Most importantly, the biggest thank you possible to
@davidpcarnes3
for the tickets.
You reached out to a stranger on twitter because of a photo, and in turn gave my son an experience that he will never forget.
I cannot thank you enough for that. ❤️ TFC fans are the best.
Minute from dying today
Big stroke and risky surgery to remove lots of blood clots.
If it wasn't for my neighbour and the hospital staff surgeons saving. My life.
Ŵ
Scary
10 months of my life.
29 seasons.
2 promotions.
17 league titles.
77 cup wins.
Semi professional Limavady United from Northern Ireland.
Champions League Winners 2051.
#FM23
On a rare positive Canadian soccer note (granted a personal one) I dragged myself back to a footy game tonight.
First match since having the crap happen a month ago. And finally getting out doing something.
Was really overwhelming but glad I did ⚒️
Thanks for all the well wishes.
Seriously means a lot
Looks will be in hospital for several days more.
Out of emergency and 24hr observation and moved to the stroke recovery ward
Waiting to find out on potential brain damage, and the severity of loss of left hand/arm function
'Don't change a thing, absolute perfection. All three of them. 5 years running.'
Intern at the back of the room: 'this might sound stupid, but what about orange sleeves?'
Counter point;
Maybe Canada Soccer should stop shooting itself in the foot.
Baffling how so many are angrier at the guy going 'look at this dumb shit' instead of at the people doing the actual dumb shit.
Not to re open an old wound, but, anyone else find it hilarious that Rick Westhead went radio silent on anything Canadian Soccer related the second the Women were knocked out of the Olympics? Weird coincidence eh
#CanWNT
#CanMNT
Get to know: the Canadian Premier League 🔎
Supported by FIFA Forward 3.0 funding, a record-breaking fifth season of the
@CPLsoccer
concluded last weekend, as
@ForgeFCHamilton
became champions for the fourth time.
English FA: 'we have suspended him for 8 months from any footballing activity for 200 plus acts of gambling.'
Also: 'Welcome to the Bet365 stadium, presented by dafabet, hollywood bets, stake dot com, w88, SBOTOP, fun88, sportsbet and betway.'
Anyone giving Cavalry shit after the game needs to give their head a shake.
Credit to them, they played fantastic all year and had a great game tonight.
I love our rivalry, and that team makes ours better.
John Herdman is now expected to be named Toronto FC head coach.
The former Canada men's national team coach informed Canada Soccer today he is heading to MLS:
#CanMNT
#TFCLive
Walking out of here after finishing 8 weeks of rehab therapy.
Having to relearn how to hold, to move, to write. Tore a muscle in my shoulder doing it.
It was brutal, and more lows than I thought I could ever take.
I've got 99% of that arm back to it's best. Today is a good day
THE TOP 3 MOST DISLIKED TEAMS BY EACH CLUBS’ FANS! 👎
We ran a CPL fan poll survey where each person chose their club and the team they dislike the most…
Any surprises? 👀
#CanPL
Was genuinely convinced the Forge curse at IG Field had to be over now it's called Princess Auto Stadium.
Result sucked, but it was awesome.
Very very last minute decision to get away.
Really needed it.
There is zero reason a goalkeeperer can't win
#CanPL
player of the year award, but it isn't fashionable.
Triston Henry has stood on his head (and bashed it off the post) for Forge this year.
Absolutely amazing today as well.
He is a big, big reason we are hosting a final.
I know it's trendy now to entice foreign ownership, multi-club networks and Ryan Reynolds TV shows, but having a League 1 club move up to
#CanPL
would be so incredibly huge long term.
Breaks the ground for hopefully far more to follow.
Fingers crossed this comes to fruition.
NEW:
@Csstlaurent_pro
is in preliminary expansion talks with
@CPLsoccer
to join as Québec's first
#CanPL
club. Sources confirmed several investors have expressed interest, potentially giving CS Saint-Laurent the capital to make the jump.
#CanPL
Weird being at BMO in the away end after hundreds of TFC and Canada games over the years.
The back row of 204 has quite the view.
You can even see clear penalties all the way up from there as well 😘
The difference between the last home league game against Valour vs today.
It really was fantastic seeing the stadium buzzing for footy. Forge did a great job today.
And what an absolutely brilliant game it was as well.
Rivalries aside, putting out a starting XI that isn't in numerical order or even a list is brilliant.
More teams should do this graphic of the lineup in a formation, especially in
#CanPL
.
So many fans are still learning the game and the teams, little things help everything grow
This is actually pretty great.
I get the piss taking by the diehards, but
#CanPL
is only gonna thrive once the casuals become regulars.
Knowing you won't lose money on the weather is going to appeal to a lot of people when money is tight.
Gets more bums in seats.
Win win.
Here’s our promise to any fan that spends their hard-earned money with us 🤝
If you buy a ticket and at that match the weather ruins your experience, we will offer you a ticket to a future match. That’s the Atleti Weather Guarantee 🌧🔁💺✅
🔗 More:
So,
#CanPL
is really real. I have my season tickets.
Those couple of years sounding crazy, talking to anyone who would listen about a potential league are long gone!
So, In Jamie's words “the greatest day of my life”
TFC fans made it happen.
@dpint01
thank you for helping us out with more than just tickets, on 2 hours notice. (
@KingsInTheNorth
luck to have him)
@j_real
thanks for the photo I love. You are awesome, for more than just the pic.
At some point there needs to be a study on Canada Soccer as a whole. Forget the FIFA investigation.
One thing going well in one programme directly leads to a scandal or calamity in another area.
The curse is almost predictable now.
Beitashour might be the most undervalued TFC player in history.
What he brought to the defence is sorely lacking of late. Rarely out of position, organised well, economic on the ball, worked his socks off.
Can't fault for a second the recruitment Bobby Smyrniotis has done so far with Forge FC.
Young, exciting, talented, hungry players who have represented Canada at different levels.
4 players in and cannot wait to see how the squad continues to take shape for the
#CanPL
season.
We can all agree that CONCACAF took far too strong a stance, at an incredibly awful point in time.
In my eyes Ottawa Fury should have taken the chance to jump to
#CanPL
but for reasons, they didn't. Forcing their hand doesnt help shape the image of a new league in any way.
It's becoming an annual tradition:
@JimmyBrennan11
and I 'From the Booth' on Tristan Borges' incredible match-winner.
Yes, I leapt. No, I don't remember it.
Keep an eye out for more behind the scenes at
@onesoccer
and
@CPLsoccer
To be fair, we are all reacting badly to the concept of Lampard taking the
#CanMNT
job, completely forgetting the last permanent manager travelled with a fekkin medieval sword.
This is crap and happening far too often in Canadian soccer.
Is it actually about growing the game or growing the profits?
The League 1 umbrella was meant to solve problems.
Dear volunteers, fans, community-sponsors and players
After serious deliberation and with much regret, Victoria Highlanders has decided it will not operate a Women’s and Men’s team in League1BC. Further details in link:
Off you fuck back to Ottawa. And take that slimy, time-wasting, Simeone wank-fest brand of football with you. The audacity to play that shite at the Grounds. Jesus wept.
League1 Canada and
@SoccerQuebec
today announced that the Première ligue de soccer du Québec (PLSQ) will now be known as Ligue1 Québec, effective immediately.
Read more: .
#L1QC
#RiseAsOne
This is pretty special.
A fantastic project in unison by all the supporters groups in
#CanPL
to raise money for
@RainbowRailroad
.
(And designed by
@kitnerdmark
himself)
$60 each. Pre orders end July 17th.
Link to all the kits below. Get on it!
We were told there would be a (singular) player coming in to sign autographs in the BMO club, so we lined up, guessing names.
In walked Irwin and Mavinga, and my son was on cloud 9. His shirt signed and “never washing my hands again”
(apparently Chris smells amazing)