Alfie Haaland and Dom Poleon

[vikingleeds]

Alfie Haaland made a decent joke on Facebook recently: "Just tried the new Man Utd sledge. Damn, it goes downwards fast!"

on another note dominic poleon just made my day a the other day when he tweeted a picture of a homeless bloke whom he gave some nice warm cloths to whear in the cold weather

[SMorientes]

Nice to see that, helping someone out off his own back, not just because it's a club initiative.

[Wilfred Martin]

Alfie Haaland made a decent joke on Facebook recently: "Just tried the new Man Utd sledge. Damn, it goes downwards fast!"

My wife has just bought a Manchester United flower arrangement. It looks great in the middle of the table!

[Deleted User 2]

Nice gesture. However, I long for the day that I find out about a charitable deed of a footballer from someone who's shared it against the footballer's will. Not sure how many of us stop for a photo taking opportunity half way through a charitable act, and then go to twitter or instagram to make it public. Reminds me of the celebrities who say they'll donate X amount of pennies for every time their post is RTd or shared. Do it for yourself, not for an audience.

[Deleted User 130]

I think the expression on D P's face says more than enough, he seems genuinely glad to have given to a good cause (I hope) and sometimes people do give because it's a pleasant thing to do.

Anyway, hearing/seeing this makes a pleasant change to the Twitter gossip often posted, like for instance the reports of Leeds players being pished up on a flight to Dublin last weekend. I agree that sometimes 'celebrities' like to get the good publicity, but sometimes like in this case with DP, I think it's harmless and not a cheap attempt at getting good press.

[BigLeedsFan72]

Nice gesture. However, I long for the day that I find out about a charitable deed of a footballer from someone who's shared it against the footballer's will. Not sure how many of us stop for a photo taking opportunity half way through a charitable act, and then go to twitter or instagram to make it public. Reminds me of the celebrities who say they'll donate X amount of pennies for every time their post is RTd or shared. Do it for yourself, not for an audience.

If they don't make it public then only 1 person in need , help or support will will benifit from the deed. This kind of good will may well be followed by 100 or 1,000 other people and that will make a difference to a lot of peoples lives.

[Deleted User 2]

Perhaps that is so, although personally I'm not convinced that many of the people who choose to post their charitable acts have this in mind when publicising it. For a little-known cause, I could understand it, but don't think one needs a public figure drawing their attention to people like this who could be helped. But yes, I accept that it might spur on the odd person to ponder it and do something about it.

[Sheepy]

I hope the poor bugger doesn't get mugged.

[SMorientes]

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