Cherno Samba: ‘I love Championship Manager … but there was a time I wanted to sleep and never wake’

[johan]

 Samba was isolated and scared, gripped by burning sweats and haunted by the sense he had failed. The striker had wonderkid status at 15, when a move from Millwall to Liverpool fell apart in heartbreaking fashion, while his abnormal promise would see him become a cult hero in the virtual world. Mention his name to any fan of Championship Manager and they know. 

Samba was being treated badly by the real world. Aged 19 and after his release by Millwall in the summer of 2004, the Gambia-born Londoner found himself at Cadiz in the Spanish second division. He had felt dreadfully low at times during his final years at Millwall but the move to Spain quickly turned into a “living hell”.

Samba struggled to sleep, lying in bed with tears rolling down his cheeks and, when he did drop off, he would dream about the Liverpool deal and wake with a start. He says that the sport he loves was “burying me alive”, although he did not let on to anyone about the deterioration of his mental health. He bottled everything up and, pretty soon, he could see only one way out.

“I didn’t want to be here any more,” Samba says. “My thoughts were: ‘I just can’t take this any more. I want to sleep and forget about everything. And never wake up.’”

 

Ler mais: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/oct/25/cherno-samba-championship-manager-legend-interview

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Samba admits he had the wrong attitude. He had always been cocky. Take the time he met Sol Campbell. The England defender signed a ball and gave it to him, so what did Samba do? “I signed it myself and gave it him back,” he says.

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“I’ve heard that my US equivalent, Freddy Adu, hates it and feels that the game has messed him up. But it’s just a game. You’ve got to have your own mentality.”

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Editado 25 Outubro 2018 por kareca

[Ghelthon]

"the game has messed him up"

Lol ya, claro. Agora a culpa é das pessoas e das expectativas que colocam nos jogadores. Falem com o Paim e façam um grupo de apoio!

[Black Hawk]

E até é um factor. A malta esquece-se que são miúdos. Tens 15 anos, toda a gente te conhece, aparecem propostas milionárias por ti, facilmente perdes a cabeça. Nem todos têm maturidade para lidar com uma situação destas e nem todos têm o enquadramento familiar para os ajudarem.

 

Não se lembram de ter 15 anos? Como coisas insignificantes significavam o mundo, pequenas conquistas, que hoje sabemos que eram insignificantes, eram motivo para andarmos de peito cheio como se fossemos os maiores do Mundo? Agora imaginem isso, mas quando envolve carradas de dinheiro e fama. Quantos de nós não teríamos sido Pains?

[Rōnin]

Concordo, mas o Paím é um caso isolado. O gajo é troll professional. E caem todos na cantiga dele.

[UnReal]

Citação de Black Hawk, há 55 minutos:

Quantos de nós não teríamos sido Pains?

Penso que esta pergunta poderá destronar a: "Qual é o sentido da vida?"

Quantos de nós não teríamos sido Pains...

Editado 25 Outubro 2018 por UnReal

[IlidioMA]

Citação de UnReal, há 10 horas:

Penso que esta pergunta poderá destronar a: "Qual é o sentido da vida?"

Quantos de nós não teríamos sido Pains...

Ou mais deep ainda:

Quantos de nós somos de facto Paíns?

[kareca]