http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...own/8211586.stm

Shane Supple, only 22, has walked away from the game! From what I've seen of the lad, he seemed to have a bright future.. Fair play to the lad.. obviously realised there was more to life than sitting on the bench every week picking up a wedge!

Understandable if he has other very sensible ambitions, but he's 22 for goodness sake with a good career ahead of him.

Saw this earlier and was very suprised. Heard good things about him and was meant to be a good talent. Quite hard to hard to understand as it's not like he hasn't been playing - been on loan a few times I think. I'm sure he was on a very good wage and won't be earning anywhere near it in his new career path so good luck to him.

What a tit! Giving up that amount of money, for a job he loves to maybe signing on as he is in the 18-24 age group where 1 in 10 are out of work.

maybe he just wasnt happy - you cant put a price on that - believe me

Seconded

It just shows that earning a lot of money does not guarantee happiness, id wish him the best of luck in whatever he does

True. Equally, when you're only 22 years old you can easily see things which aren't that important as huge problems and think how bad your lot in life is. It seems like a rash, immature decision but it's his life.

he must at least have a plan, because its a stupid ieda to give up a job like being a footballer unless you have something lined up

If he doesn't have succeess in his next career path he could easily go back to football, he won't lose his ability. He may not get a club like Ipswich, but could still play at a decent level and on a decent wage, so it's not the end of the world for him.

True, even after a couple of years out, there would still be a good number of League 1 or League 2 clubs prepared to pay him decent money to play for them, especially after what i had seen of him in the last year, looked like he had a bright future in the game.

I can understand his reason of "falling out of love with the game", but surely he should have "stuck it out" until he had a better idea of his next career move? It's like any job, walking away from it (especially in the current economic climate) without having something else lined up is crazy. I agree with General - rash, immature decision.

Still think he is a tit

Makes no sense at all. How many of us are doing our dream jobs, going to bed at 9pm on a Sunday just so Monday will come a bit quicker? Not saying his is a dream job, but playing football is as easy and as lucrative as it comes. True, it's not juat about money, but getting up at 9am, getting home at 4pm all for a couple of hours work on a Saturday? What does he expect to get from other areas of life?

Or maybe he's an alcoholic.

Wonder how long before he realises he has made the biggest mistake of his life?

dope,

what's he going to work on the checkout @ tesco 8-6 or behind a computer from 9-5, can see that being more exciting that being a goalkeeper for a professional football club ...

dope

See what working for Roy Keane does

What an idiot, hope he ends up homeless and on the dole

Harsh. It's likely a foolish move, but he's only being honest to himself... why do you want him to fail because of that?

Plenty of people would give their right arm to be a professional footballer and hes just tossing it away, for that i hope it backfires

It can't fail to backfire, he won't have been to Uni, so he isnt going to walk into anything higher than £20k a year job. He could be earning that a month as a footballer, nothing short of a pillock for me.

quoted for the fecker that rammed down everyones throat how much Martins etc "earned" every week

I very rarely mentioned Martins wages and i fail to see the significance in you quoting this.

as you are a racist dog wanking mackem


hope that helps

Can't believe the reaction to this by some, yes we can only dream of making that money yet he is turning his back on it, I believe he deserves a bit of credit for walking away and showing that it's not all about greed to everybody.

I know, i admire him mostly for taking a huge gamble with his future career by making this decision, yes he said he'd fallen out of love with the game, but you have to think, he would'nt be making this decision if he didnt have a clear mind in what he wanted to do.

I for one wish him all the best in whatever path he takes

Explain the racist bit? Is it because i think Martins was one of the most over rated players ever? Maybe i'm racist against white people such as Taylor who i've also slated in the past? Maybe i don't like the Irish because i didn't like Given.

Or maybe i just don't like fat people because i think your a kent?

i wouldnt work for roy keane for any amount of money

This.

What else is he going to do though? I wonder if he thinks sitting behind a PC for 8 hours a day is going to make him feel rewarded, I think we'll see him back in football in a year or so when he realises he has dropped a clanger.

a bite

ive lost weight im only 18 stone now

howay man whitley fuckin admit it you are racist

A decision like this will not come lightly, he has obviously thought about what the consquences, and is aware that he will not get another job as well paid, but he must of really been depressed with the situation he was in to make this call. You can't criticise someone for quitting a job he quite clearly hated, just because he was on a good wage.

I'm not a racist, i just hate every fecker be it blacks, whites or whatever. Doesn't matter where they are from really.

By the same token I cant see why people are falling over themselves to congratulate him on what I would call a stupid decision.

Like Whitley says will no doubt see him crawling back to football in a year or so or more than likely sponging off us on the dole when he has failed and wasted all his cash.

now that i can deal with

Wonder how much he has made prior to quitting, if he has enough to see himself through the rest of an education then maybe it isn't the worst decision but i guess we may never know.

Comfortably more than anyone he went to school with I bet, so he can probalbly sit comfortably for a bit whilst deciding his next move. I'd love to give up what I do but simply can't afford to unlike footballers.