When the end comes...

[Deno1986]

christ on a bike, im 25 and constantly knackered. i stopped being able to stay out till 3am aged 22 or so, is this normal?

Used to be able to stay out all night and into the early hours. 23 now and losing that abiltiy to just go mental, it dawned on me the night of the Marquez-Mayweather fight, went out all night on the beer and then decided to head home a bit early with a curry to catch the fight and a bit of the undercard which i had been excited about all week. Long story short, I woke up at 8am on the couch and my girlfriend was cleaning Chicken Dhansak, pilau rice and a broken plate off the floor and all I remember seeing is the 1st round of Juarez-John.

[Counter-puncher]

I know what you mean mate. But there's no shame in being 'retired' from the footy and taking your health (intact) with you - even if someone else has effectively packed it in for you.

Im 27yrs old and finished with the footy after two real nasty cruciate injuries. I havent played footy in 3 years - took some getting used to i can tell ya. The gutting thing was I couldnt even play even if i really wanted too... least youve got your health. Ive got knees like an old war veteran

Cruciate injury did for me at 19 i've had surgery but didn't work out. Still cant watch my mates on a saturday afternoon playing and i'm 33 now. Heartbreaking

:(

my back did for my footballing 'career' (semipro) when i was 19