Spitting

Has anybody got any idea why professional footballers feel the need and indeed some managers to do it? Is it just a habit they get into because theirs no need for it and it's disgusting.

 

I've seen worse tbf

 

Worst is rashford comes out of his gob like fountain.

 

Exercise makes you secrete more of a protein that makes your saliva more sticky and viscous. It’s a reaction to a genuine physical change within their bodies. Managers have no such excuse mind, as far as I’m aware.

 

It ruined Titanic for me.

 

I play football on a Thursday night n I’m always doing it………better on floor than a gob full

 

Way things are going with the rules and var you might have to leave the field of play to spit in a enclosed area

 

Aye, not like we didn’t go through a world wide pandemic a few years ago is it.... even then, some players struggled to refrain from spitting in the first games back.

 

Is it an involuntary action then? Why not swallow it?...... Can't say as iv seen the floors of gyms covered in spit

 

Fair enough not all of it but if you had played regularly you’d know there is,particularly when it’s cold not sure why but my body always used to produce excess of it. Mindst I always tried to get shut over the touch lines .

 

It's a natural by product of physical exercise unfortunately and in the heat of a football match, your opponents are hardly likely to stop playing while you toddle off to gob in the toilet are they?
I find the same happens to me cycling and playing badminton. While cycling I usually stop and deposit it where nobody is likely to be walking, when playing badders I normally nip to the toilets

 

Disgusting habit. No need for it. Should be an instant booking.

 

This thread is crying out for @Stephen Dawson input

 

He'd prefer them to swallow as spitting is rude.

 

I find myself having to goz into bushes when I'm out running

 

If its a physical reaction then tennis players, badminton players, table tennis players, squash players need to get spitting then

 

Would slip on it. That's why. But seriously. the environment they are playing in contributes. (General spit we all swallow all the time. It's phlegm that is a major issue) . Not something I like myself. I generally carry or ask for a tissue rather than swallow the bugger. I think it's more team field sports in general, rather than just just Football.
Glad it's a sending off offence if aimed at an opponent.

Interesting fact yuk.
Did You Know...? The average human produces 25,000 quarts of saliva or spit in a lifetime. That's enough saliva to fill 2 swimming pools!
0.5 to 1.5 ltrs per day.