NFL starts in 2 weeks.
Real Football.
Real Football.
nsno_traditionally
Player Valuation: Ā£8m
I used to watch all the games, match of the day etc, loved all the build up and interviews but now I only turn the TV on for kick off and mute it at half time until the second half then straight off after. I can't listen to the supposed experts spouting utter drivel and the TV stations trying to tap in to fan culture you find on YouTube, totally mind numbing.
Drico
Player Valuation: Ā£70m
The Big Match Revisited is your friend.Now I would describe myself as a football fan, but if honest I would struggle to say one positive thing about modern football.
Generally speaking I canāt stand Sky Sports. And this is not just football. Why must test cricket be all Bazball and how long since Zak Crawley has hit a 6 rather than just letting, as the recent series against India showed, things develop over 25 days. Itās a 5 day game and played in series for a reason. Youth and attention span?
Anyway moving to football.
I decided to give the start of the season a real go watching. Other teams. Not just the endless joyless torture that has been supporting Everton.
Iām not going down the PSR rabbit hole but the need to have a economics & business degree does take a lot of the fun out of talking football, plus the seemingly arbitrary way the rules are applied to different clubs.
This is about watching and enjoying football
Game 1- FNF @ Mordor-home of the Champions- simple decision. Literally no amount of money would get me to sit through that fawning biased drivel so binned off straight away.
Game 2-Wolves v Citeh- Iām really not a fan of Pepball. I find the whole pass,pass,pass so tedious. Thinking of all the flair players over the years who have genuinely entertained. My attention wandered and I was doing other stuff by half way through the first half.
Game 3- Chelsea v Palace- possibly a mistake this one. Could have watched Forest Brentford. To start we had Micah Richards talking about how exciting this season could be as possibly Citeh, Chelsea and Arsenal could challenge the RS for the title. No mention of any other team. No mention could Forest build on last season. The promoted teams?. Nothing. Onto the game. All seen through the Chelsea lens. I thought Palace looked the better team. Anyway, whoever was on comms with the muppets Sutton, again talked about the 4 teams for the title and of course how we need to see what Man Utd &Tottenham do. Literally the Sky 6. No mention of any other team.
To cap it all, Palace score and VAR seem to invent a rule, in my 40 odd years of playing, watching and being involved with football, I have never seen or heard of the 1 metre rule. After that the ref then starts drawing an additional line at free kicks.
My wife comes in, listening to my chunnering on & says are you still wanting to watch this. No I replied put what you want on I will make a brew.
I sat and watched 2 episodes of The Guilded Age, which was so bad but still better than Sky football. Didnāt even bother with Man Utd v Arsenal as I could see Roy Keane lurking.
To cap it off I saw the team sheet for the Leeds game and took the dogs for a walk as I knew it would be grim.
Didnāt survive week one
Let the nostalgia flow through you.
Dario Terracotta
Player Valuation: Ā£70m
Iām just glad I saw us when we were truly an excellent side,challenging for the prizes for four years,I was so very proud to follow them,I donāt know if others feel the same way,we knew we were good but to our credit we had as fans none of the arrogance these new age fans have with their clubs these days,different times though I guess and tellingly,no SLY Sports
Dafuq???
I watch Everton and non league football. I find most PL games either incredibly boring or unwatchable because of the media spin.Now I would describe myself as a football fan, but if honest I would struggle to say one positive thing about modern football.
Generally speaking I canāt stand Sky Sports. And this is not just football. Why must test cricket be all Bazball and how long since Zak Crawley has hit a 6 rather than just letting, as the recent series against India showed, things develop over 25 days. Itās a 5 day game and played in series for a reason. Youth and attention span?
Anyway moving to football.
I decided to give the start of the season a real go watching. Other teams. Not just the endless joyless torture that has been supporting Everton.
Iām not going down the PSR rabbit hole but the need to have a economics & business degree does take a lot of the fun out of talking football, plus the seemingly arbitrary way the rules are applied to different clubs.
This is about watching and enjoying football
Game 1- FNF @ Mordor-home of the Champions- simple decision. Literally no amount of money would get me to sit through that fawning biased drivel so binned off straight away.
Game 2-Wolves v Citeh- Iām really not a fan of Pepball. I find the whole pass,pass,pass so tedious. Thinking of all the flair players over the years who have genuinely entertained. My attention wandered and I was doing other stuff by half way through the first half.
Game 3- Chelsea v Palace- possibly a mistake this one. Could have watched Forest Brentford. To start we had Micah Richards talking about how exciting this season could be as possibly Citeh, Chelsea and Arsenal could challenge the RS for the title. No mention of any other team. No mention could Forest build on last season. The promoted teams?. Nothing. Onto the game. All seen through the Chelsea lens. I thought Palace looked the better team. Anyway, whoever was on comms with the muppets Sutton, again talked about the 4 teams for the title and of course how we need to see what Man Utd &Tottenham do. Literally the Sky 6. No mention of any other team.
To cap it all, Palace score and VAR seem to invent a rule, in my 40 odd years of playing, watching and being involved with football, I have never seen or heard of the 1 metre rule. After that the ref then starts drawing an additional line at free kicks.
My wife comes in, listening to my chunnering on & says are you still wanting to watch this. No I replied put what you want on I will make a brew.
I sat and watched 2 episodes of The Guilded Age, which was so bad but still better than Sky football. Didnāt even bother with Man Utd v Arsenal as I could see Roy Keane lurking.
To cap it off I saw the team sheet for the Leeds game and took the dogs for a walk as I knew it would be grim.
Didnāt survive week one
I watch way more NFL than football now. Interestingly they try to make it a lot more competitive with draft picks and salary caps. Still have certain big market teams, but donāt pick up anywhere near the media bias the broadcasters have hear. Drafts & Caps wouldnāt work here but I do wonder as more clubs get bought by Yanks if they stop the 6 and get more competitive. We shall see.
If I was a Yank would probably loathe the Cowboys as Americaās Team.
Tony Hibbert's Wife
Player Valuation: Ā£750k
Everything is for the global audience to increase revenue. Simply Manchester United are a bigger global draw than, say, Aston Villa. It's in the Premier League's interest for Man United to do well and be on telly a lot. It's in Sky's interest too. That will inevitably lead to, or has led to, corruption.
Same with the Champion's League. What was a cup competition that was in the past won by Bucharest and Belgrade is now a competition the format of which is designed to prevent teams like that even reaching the second stage. Barcelona are a massive global brand. It is in UEFA's interest for Barcelona to do as well as possible in that competition. This will inevitably lead to, or has already led to, corruption including changing the entire format of the competition to guarantee the most valuable assets succeed.
Your average fan instinctively knows something is wrong with the way in which these competitions are set up, organised and manage. We all feel it. And that's what turns us off the Premier League product. But they don't care because the price of the TV rights isn't impacted by Evertonians - it's impacted by the appeal of global brands like Man United to people in Korea.
Think the game has gone? You're right.
Same with the Champion's League. What was a cup competition that was in the past won by Bucharest and Belgrade is now a competition the format of which is designed to prevent teams like that even reaching the second stage. Barcelona are a massive global brand. It is in UEFA's interest for Barcelona to do as well as possible in that competition. This will inevitably lead to, or has already led to, corruption including changing the entire format of the competition to guarantee the most valuable assets succeed.
Your average fan instinctively knows something is wrong with the way in which these competitions are set up, organised and manage. We all feel it. And that's what turns us off the Premier League product. But they don't care because the price of the TV rights isn't impacted by Evertonians - it's impacted by the appeal of global brands like Man United to people in Korea.
Think the game has gone? You're right.
I thought this thread was going to be about premature ejaculation when I saw the title.
I went into coaching, working with an u-19 team, loving every minute of it.
Professional football today has so little in common with the game I feel in love with as a kid that I barely bother pretending to follow it now.
Hated everything about Monday night, hate that it's turning me into the fan I used to mock.
Professional football today has so little in common with the game I feel in love with as a kid that I barely bother pretending to follow it now.
Hated everything about Monday night, hate that it's turning me into the fan I used to mock.
It still could be...
Super Kevin sheedy
Player Valuation: Ā£10m
Ye, great days the 80ās, I was there with youIām just glad I saw us when we were truly an excellent side,challenging for the prizes for four years,I was so very proud to follow them,I donāt know if others feel the same way,we knew we were good but to our credit we had as fans none of the arrogance these new age fans have with their clubs these days,different times though I guess and tellingly,no SLY Sports
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Don't think I could bear watching Crawley bat for 25 days.Now I would describe myself as a football fan, but if honest I would struggle to say one positive thing about modern football.
Generally speaking I canāt stand Sky Sports. And this is not just football. Why must test cricket be all Bazball and how long since Zak Crawley has hit a 6 rather than just letting, as the recent series against India showed, things develop over 25 days. Itās a 5 day game and played in series for a reason. Youth and attention span?
Anyway moving to football.
I decided to give the start of the season a real go watching. Other teams. Not just the endless joyless torture that has been supporting Everton.
Iām not going down the PSR rabbit hole but the need to have a economics & business degree does take a lot of the fun out of talking football, plus the seemingly arbitrary way the rules are applied to different clubs.
This is about watching and enjoying football
Game 1- FNF @ Mordor-home of the Champions- simple decision. Literally no amount of money would get me to sit through that fawning biased drivel so binned off straight away.
Game 2-Wolves v Citeh- Iām really not a fan of Pepball. I find the whole pass,pass,pass so tedious. Thinking of all the flair players over the years who have genuinely entertained. My attention wandered and I was doing other stuff by half way through the first half.
Game 3- Chelsea v Palace- possibly a mistake this one. Could have watched Forest Brentford. To start we had Micah Richards talking about how exciting this season could be as possibly Citeh, Chelsea and Arsenal could challenge the RS for the title. No mention of any other team. No mention could Forest build on last season. The promoted teams?. Nothing. Onto the game. All seen through the Chelsea lens. I thought Palace looked the better team. Anyway, whoever was on comms with the muppets Sutton, again talked about the 4 teams for the title and of course how we need to see what Man Utd &Tottenham do. Literally the Sky 6. No mention of any other team.
To cap it all, Palace score and VAR seem to invent a rule, in my 40 odd years of playing, watching and being involved with football, I have never seen or heard of the 1 metre rule. After that the ref then starts drawing an additional line at free kicks.
My wife comes in, listening to my chunnering on & says are you still wanting to watch this. No I replied put what you want on I will make a brew.
I sat and watched 2 episodes of The Guilded Age, which was so bad but still better than Sky football. Didnāt even bother with Man Utd v Arsenal as I could see Roy Keane lurking.
To cap it off I saw the team sheet for the Leeds game and took the dogs for a walk as I knew it would be grim.
Didnāt survive week one
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