2 years ago
After a course reading - and amusing - jump by Charlie Adam turned into a web sensation, the unwavering disparagement he confronted came to the extent that the grade school homeroom.
Dundee skipper Adam tumbled to the ground in a humorous endeavor to win a free-kick in last end of the week's Scottish Premiership transfer scrap with St Johnstone.
The 36-year-old was properly reserved, however that was a long way from its finish.
"I've had heaps of stick," Adam told BBC Radio 5 Live.
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"Any place I go, everyone gets some information about it. My little girl was in school a few days ago and, surprisingly, small children in the class are getting out, 'Whatever happened to your father falling over?'
"Certain individuals see the interesting side yet there's something wrong with thinking back on it, and I must hold my hands up. It was off-base."
While tolerating full culpability, Adam says the jump was provoked by him expecting a test from St Johnstone full-back Tom Sang that won't ever show up.
The sides drew 1-1, leaving Dundee five focuses uncontrolled of second-base St Johnstone with only four games left as they bid to try not to fall straight back to the subsequent level.
The Dens Park side - still winless 10 games into supervisor Mark McGhee's residency - will attempt to ignite a recovery away to Aberdeen on Saturday.
"I could see the full-back coming towards me and I believe he will foul me," Adam added. "I'm attempting to 'purchase the foul'. He never connected and afterward I've clearly gone down.
"It's not incredible. Ideally we can continue on and obtain a decent outcome at the end of the week."
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