Quote Originally Posted by UNDERHILL1927 View Post
What’s unmanly about it? Would you rather him ask bare chested whilst chewing on a steak?
Which would you prefer I use:

Weak.
Soft.
Timorous.
Feeble.
Fragile.
Frail.
Delicate.

Suck it up, Harry. He turned a tiny, barely perceptible infraction into a game-winning penalty kick by crying like a baby. Get on with it. Score an honest goal. Win fair and square. You know, the old virtues:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
⁠And never breathe a word about your loss:

I remember an incident from eons ago when a young up-and-comer —I think it was Trevor Francis — missed a shot at goal that hit the outside of the stanchion and rebounded back into play. The referee, thinking the ball had gone in and bounced back out, gave the goal. The player — again, I think it was Francis — told the referee the truth, and the goal was disallowed.

Lots of fans got mad at Francis(?) for that. That's the win-at-any-cost crowd for you.

You can suppose bare-chested chewing of a steak is "manly" if you wish, but I think Kipling had a better understanding.