I don't usually allow public access to my various ponderings, well ... not since that indecency charge anyway, but I'm willing to share some mind mulling with you this fine Thursday, or rather the conclusion I have gathered from such an activity, which is this: "Footballers must be thick skinned".

Imagine you and I are working at Finlay's Fish Emporium, spending our long days gutting fish and stuff. Yet with every passing crate of salmon we're told that there are better fishmongers than us, and we're shown the door. We get a job at Harry's Haddock down the road, and within a few weeks he's saying tartar to us as well. And so on.

Yesterday I read about the toils of a non-league nomad who has just erected his tent at Grays Athletic. This guy has played for Norwich, Brentford, Hornchurch, Redbridge, Long Melford, Chelmsford, Margate, Crawley, Mildenhall Town, Haverhill, AFC Hornchurch, Ashford Town, Great Wakering Rovers and Arlesey Town, plus Slough Town and Chalfont St Peter on loan. *draws breath*
Name: Jake Whincup Height: 6'02" Age: 22 Skin-type: Rhino

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