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For the past few weeks in this space I have been wondering why there is such a lack of human decency and lack of care for the human condition within our damaged sport.
I have largely been mocked and jeered about it and told to go and do something else. I am still weighing up my options on that.
This past week no matter where I looked I have seen things that have made me ask where the decency in soccer went. Think I am making this up? Look at the first three stories on Sky Sports between last Wednesday and Friday. Where is the care for and of our game, our human condition and where is our care of life?
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