Perspective

[Raino85]

I'd argue that going the game you probably get more frustrated about not being 'entertained' than you would from watching at home!

When the game is terrible you can think of things such as the cost (around £30 per ticket for season ticket, £50 for a one off game, travel, parking, refreshments if required etc) it can add up to about £60-£100 per game......more if you are taking a youngster with you etc! There is also the time it takes out of you life schedule..................whether its booking time off work, missing out of other activities, gym, football etc or just liking to chill on the couch at home or put your kids to bed!!
You are sacrificing all that to go and watch some turgid football!!

Watching from further afield in terms of TV (not in terms of our American fans who get up at silly o'clock to watch us etc) you are more accepting of the way 'have to; play! Your not stuck in a car park at half 10 at night waiting to get past all the traffic to get home! You are at at home or in the pub or at the gym straight after! You haven't lost anything by not going! If you have gone and it hasn't gone well..........there is a feel of regret!

 

[chicoazul]

No idea are they linked? I don't see how you can be classed as a fan if you just watch on tv. Maybe if its a one off. Fanatic suggests just that.

These are the type of hard hitting debates I hoped to unearth on this thread. Thank you.

 

[Bedfordblue]

I go the game and watch the replays on the TV.
Proper glutton for punishment me.

 

[Raino85]

Bit concerned about Ste there. Why does he have to use up his time and money going to watch Everton! Is someone being held hostage, possibly Ste's soul or the like!

FOMO!

Its the only reason we all still go!

 

[cronullasharks]

Fans that only watch on the telly should hang on to every word that a proper match going fan has to say. They're the real fans, they really understand

Basically if you don't go the game you shouldn't even be able to give an opinion

Boooooooooooo

I may have found a solution to the original question. So if it's about time and money spent on going to watch Everton then non match going fans from around the world need to simulate this formula by either driving around aimlessly in their car or catching public transport around their towns and cities for a minimum of 1 hour before and after a game. And over the course of a season spend the equivalent of a season ticket in the club shop.

You're welcome.

 

[chicoazul]

I'd argue that going the game you probably get more frustrated about not being 'entertained' than you would from watching at home!

When the game is terrible you can think of things such as the cost (around £30 per ticket for season ticket, £50 for a one off game, travel, parking, refreshments if required etc) it can add up to about £60-£100 per game......more if you are taking a youngster with you etc! There is also the time it takes out of you life schedule..................whether its booking time off work, missing out of other activities, gym, football etc or just liking to chill on the couch at home or put your kids to bed!!
You are sacrificing all that to go and watch some turgid football!!

Watching from further afield in terms of TV (not in terms of our American fans who get up at silly o'clock to watch us etc) you are more accepting of the way 'have to; play! Your not stuck in a car park at half 10 at night waiting to get past all the traffic to get home! You are at at home or in the pub or at the gym straight after! You haven't lost anything by not going! If you have gone and it hasn't gone well..........there is a feel of regret!

Thank you for this. So you suggest that the anger of match going fans is tainted by their entitlement? An interesting suggestion and the polls seem to agree with you thus far.

 

[Raino85]

I may have found a solution to the original question. So if it's about time and money spent on going to watch Everton then non match going fans from around the world need to simulate this formula by either driving around aimlessly in their car or catching public transport around their towns and cities for a minimum of 1 hour before and after a game. And over the course of a season spend the equivalent of a season ticket in the club shop.

You're welcome.

This is the correct solution!

May i also add that during the season when they plan to do this every fortnight, we can change the times and dates of when they do at the drop of a hat to mess with there calender?

 

[NathDogg]

It’s the same affliction/mental illness, just different symptoms.

We’re all sick.

 

[chicoazul]

@Exeter_Gently you may enjoy this thread.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

@chicoazul you've left off Radio clappers.

 

[Raino85]

Thank you for this. So you suggest that the anger of match going fans is tainted by their entitlement? An interesting suggestion and the polls seem to agree with you thus far.

You can call it entitlement! I'd call it frustration!

Others would call it stupidity! What other hobby would you continue to do that costs you up to £100 per fortnight plus however many hours and travel minutes but get absolutely no joy out of!

 

[Moonlight dribbler]

I'd argue that going the game you probably get more frustrated about not being 'entertained' than you would from watching at home!

When the game is terrible you can think of things such as the cost (around £30 per ticket for season ticket, £50 for a one off game, travel, parking, refreshments if required etc) it can add up to about £60-£100 per game......more if you are taking a youngster with you etc! There is also the time it takes out of you life schedule..................whether its booking time off work, missing out of other activities, gym, football etc or just liking to chill on the couch at home or put your kids to bed!!
You are sacrificing all that to go and watch some turgid football!!

Watching from further afield in terms of TV (not in terms of our American fans who get up at silly o'clock to watch us etc) you are more accepting of the way 'have to; play! Your not stuck in a car park at half 10 at night waiting to get past all the traffic to get home! You are at at home or in the pub or at the gym straight after! You haven't lost anything by not going! If you have gone and it hasn't gone well..........there is a feel of regret!

Thank you, watching on tv is the antithesis of being a football fan.

 

[Encoder]

I feel like a lot of fellas just use it as an excuse to fume and F and blind at something to vent their frustrations.

 

[MisterJ]

Would you say that with all the various camera angles and replays that you have a better appraisal of what happens in the game than someone sat in the middle of a stand with limited views and a hostile biased crowd around them?

That is one benefit of watching on TV, but then you also have to deal with the opinion the commentators, summarisers, pundits etc. are trying to push on you

They always go into games with agenda's and want to get that over all through the ganes

 

[cronullasharks]

This is the correct solution!

May i also add that during the season when they plan to do this every fortnight, we can change the times and dates of when they do at the drop of a hat to mess with there calender?

Absolutely, they also need to be punched in the face at least once a year to get the authentic feel of a hostile away game. God help us if Millwall come up as that number increases threefold.

Edit: or we go down