by Hampshire Royal »
07 Jun 2012 12:38
I actually agree with RL (not for the first time, but I'm not admitting to that). People's parents don't die all the time, your parent only dies once. How it affects you is personal to you. When my sons' mother died last October, they were both terribly upset, but as they were both at Uni, they had to just get on with life. They both had a lot of support from family and friends which helped. The elder one graduates this year, the younger one has just finished his first year.
As far as Defoe is concerned, he felt he had to pull out of EURO 2012, which is pretty much the highest thing he could do in his career. That shows that he has been affected badly by it. Whether he 'gets over it' quickly or not, nobody knows - least of all Defoe.