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sizzly
whats wrong with me ?
maybe there is just tooooo much football?
sooo many games on from all the leagues. its in your face the whole time. everyone wants to talk about it. all the radio shows, pundits talking bollox. maybe its just an overkill.
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Yea I don't watch much football anymore tbh
sounds like youvre got the blues chronic,all an anitclimax is it
theres more to life than football
Just further evidence that football needs a strong Man Utd or it will die. Subconsciously you are only really interested if United are doing well. Who is going to watch football next season when Leicester and West Ham are in the CL? Maybe about 14 people? Then we will lose the TV deals which United fans got for the PL. MOTD viewing figures are around half when united lose compared to when we win. Your club is only where it is today because of United fans like me paying our sky prescriptions. A little gratitude wouldn’t go a miss instead of complaining. Get behind United and the excitement will come back.
My passion for football is still as strong as it was 5, 10 and 20 years ago. I'll happily watch any interesting-looking game whether it's the premier league, la liga, champions league (not so much now it's on BT shiiite) and even the championship. As long as there's the potential for good football on show I'll be watching.
I'll still plan the basis of my weekend around it, such as going to the gym early so I can watch a good Super Sunday double-header or even ensuring I'm available from 12 to watch Soccer Saturday most weeks.
I feel exactly the same Chronic.
I used to obsessively love it. These days I still love playing it, but my interest in professional football is so much lower. Spurs are brilliant this season and so much more likeable than they have been for years, but I now watch it when I have time rather than as a priority. It will always be an interest to me but nothing like it used to be. I've decided it is a combination of:
1) Getting older and having other priorities in life
2) Your mates getting older as well so whereas you used to go to the pub to watch it, they're all married off and don't have time
3) Professional football players being mostly unlikeable, most of which is brought on by...
4) The staggering money in the game. It's killing it, it's less and less a game for the masses. It's less a sport now than an entertainment business.
5) Stupid fans having access to twitter and the internet. It makes you realise that 90% of football fans are genuine morons, and makes you want to distance yourself from them.
6) There is too much of it. To the point that if it isn't the league or Europa, I'm not interested. FA cup? Couldn't give a fack...
7) The fact that anything less than top four is a disappointment, because the CL is these days pretty much the be all and end all.
Just to cheer myself up - I still love footy because of:
- JA
- Guardian football
- International tournaments
- The current spurs team
- Radio 5 live
Maybe you miss the angst and annoyance of Spurs being hopeless and the siege mentality and bloody mindedness that you need to get through it. Perhaps supporting a decent team dosn't come easily to you?
Getting older and having other priorities in life
2) Your mates getting older as well so whereas you used to go to the pub to watch it, they're all married off and don't have time
3) Professional football players being mostly unlikeable, most of which is brought on by...
4) The staggering money in the game. It's killing it, it's less and less a game for the masses. It's less a sport now than an entertainment business.
5) Stupid fans having access to twitter and the internet. It makes you realise that 90% of football fans are genuine morons, and makes you want to distance yourself from them.
6) There is too much of it. To the point that if it isn't the league or Europa, I'm not interested. FA cup? Couldn't give a fack...
7) The fact that anything less than top four is a disappointment, because the CL is these days pretty much the be all and end all.
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1) Yes I have other priorities in life nowadays, but they're in addition to football not in place of it.
2) That's very true. Really miss just going to the pub and chatting football for 20 mins. Last time we went to watch the football from what I can recall was United vs Chelsea at the end of 2015!
Not at all fussed by 3-5
6) There's not too much of it IMO.
7) It beats finishing 10th all the time!
I used to go through stages like this, but I find that in pre-season I start missing it badly and when the season starts again I'm as interested as I've ever been.
If you can't enjoy Spurs this season then it's time to pack it in
I went through a similar phase with England when the football was dull, the players were stale and the Spurs contingent was non-existent.
It's not glory hunting to admit you enjoy football more when Spurs are doing well, and for that reason this is the most I've loved football for many, many years.
Don't understand the pessimism at all.
Getting older
Getting wiser
Getting poorer
They all add up!
comment by NotSoMagicJuande (U1913)
posted 22 minutes ago
I feel exactly the same Chronic.
I used to obsessively love it. These days I still love playing it, but my interest in professional football is so much lower. Spurs are brilliant this season and so much more likeable than they have been for years, but I now watch it when I have time rather than as a priority. It will always be an interest to me but nothing like it used to be. I've decided it is a combination of:
1) Getting older and having other priorities in life
3) Professional football players being mostly unlikeable, most of which is brought on by...
4) The staggering money in the game. It's killing it, it's less and less a game for the masses. It's less a sport now than an entertainment business.
5) Stupid fans having access to twitter and the internet. It makes you realise that 90% of football fans are genuine morons, and makes you want to distance yourself from them.
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These are the big ones for me
If you take a step back, you realise that football is a hollow, superficial farce where the honour and competitive spirit of sport has been completely shoved aside in favour of gamesmanship and rampant money-grubbing.
Also, the tribalism of football fans just makes me feel genuinely sad for them. People ranting and swearing and generally being complete twunts purely because 11 random blokes on a patch of grass have kicked a ball... it just doesn't matter, and there's no place for all the absurdity that is somehow defined as "passion" when it's football-related.
Life's too short. I much prefer rugby and cricket since for the most part - you can always find exceptions, clearly - those two sports are still played in a professional manner with a spirit of fairness and honest competition. Shame really, since I still like football as a sport. I just hate everything that goes with it.
My appetite for the game is undiminished - particularly this season. But my viewing habits have changed
I haven't watched MOTD fully for a couple of years now. I do record it and fast forward through all the "analysis" which I find boring but I don't bother to watch games that I am not interested in. This is largely due to the fact that I see all the goals on Sky Sports News.
When there's an international break I miss PL football badly! Also in the summer if there are no international tournaments.
comment by Chris HaaKsworth - Domestic King (U11574)
Also, the tribalism of football fans just makes me feel genuinely sad for them. People ranting and swearing and generally being complete twunts purely because 11 random blokes on a patch of grass have kicked a ball... it just doesn't matter, and there's no place for all the absurdity that is somehow defined as "passion" when it's football-related.
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Massively, massively agree and couldn't put it any better!
comment by Stéphane Pounewatchy (U1734)
posted 37 minutes ago
Just further evidence that football needs a strong Man Utd or it will die. Subconsciously you are only really interested if United are doing well. Who is going to watch football next season when Leicester and West Ham are in the CL? Maybe about 14 people? Then we will lose the TV deals which United fans got for the PL. MOTD viewing figures are around half when united lose compared to when we win. Your club is only where it is today because of United fans like me paying our sky prescriptions. A little gratitude wouldn’t go a miss instead of complaining. Get behind United and the excitement will come back.
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What a total load of bull. Would you say the same about Liverpool? They went through a period of being dominant throughout most of the 70's and 80's, Utd had that ever since they won first Premier League title in 1993 and finished in top 3 every season until 2013. No team will overtake their record of most Premier League titles in any of our lifetimes, but neither Liverpool or Utd are the best teams in the country and that may continue for at least another 10 years.
comment by Gezza-Spurs (U18952)
posted 2 minutes ago
My appetite for the game is undiminished - particularly this season. But my viewing habits have changed
I haven't watched MOTD fully for a couple of years now. I do record it and fast forward through all the "analysis" which I find boring but I don't bother to watch games that I am not interested in. This is largely due to the fact that I see all the goals on Sky Sports News.
When there's an international break I miss PL football badly! Also in the summer if there are no international tournaments.
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Yeah the part about MOTD rings true. I'm not on Twitter but I know lineker tweets the match order in advance which allows me to plan when I'll go to bed! Will only watch the highlights of games of interest.
post menstrual depression
I watch Spurs every time we play - I prioritise it and plan my day around it. I'll pretty much only watch other football if I have nothing else to do though and I stop watching half through a game some times when it bores me. I think one of the reasons this happens is because Spurs matches just seem To go quicker then every other match I watch.
I watch England as a chore though.
comment by NotSoMagicJuande (U1913)
posted 49 minutes ago
I feel exactly the same Chronic.
I used to obsessively love it. These days I still love playing it, but my interest in professional football is so much lower. Spurs are brilliant this season and so much more likeable than they have been for years, but I now watch it when I have time rather than as a priority. It will always be an interest to me but nothing like it used to be. I've decided it is a combination of:
1) Getting older and having other priorities in life
2) Your mates getting older as well so whereas you used to go to the pub to watch it, they're all married off and don't have time
3) Professional football players being mostly unlikeable, most of which is brought on by...
4) The staggering money in the game. It's killing it, it's less and less a game for the masses. It's less a sport now than an entertainment business.
5) Stupid fans having access to twitter and the internet. It makes you realise that 90% of football fans are genuine morons, and makes you want to distance yourself from them.
6) There is too much of it. To the point that if it isn't the league or Europa, I'm not interested. FA cup? Couldn't give a fack...
7) The fact that anything less than top four is a disappointment, because the CL is these days pretty much the be all and end all.
Just to cheer myself up - I still love footy because of:
- JA
- Guardian football
- International tournaments
- The current spurs team
- Radio 5 live
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Good summary.
Still love watching a good game of football, and feel that when I do I actually enjoy it more because I'm much more removed from the tribalism of it all and appreciate the game itself a lot more, but at the same time I don't really have the patience nowadays to sit through a borefest.
I do think I'd watch a lot more of it if my life was simpler, but at the end of the day football has to fit in around my real priorities. I rarely if ever plan the rest of my day around a kickoff time.
Mind you, it's been like that for years. Interest does wax and wane, but I'm 47 now so the days of fervently watching each and every game available and getting passionately elated or upset over my team's results are loooooooooooooong gone.
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posted on 12/4/16
Our amazing title triumph will reinvigorate your love for the game
posted on 12/4/16
sizzly
whats wrong with me ?
posted on 12/4/16
maybe there is just tooooo much football?
sooo many games on from all the leagues. its in your face the whole time. everyone wants to talk about it. all the radio shows, pundits talking bollox. maybe its just an overkill.
posted on 12/4/16
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posted on 12/4/16
Yea I don't watch much football anymore tbh
posted on 12/4/16
sounds like youvre got the blues chronic,all an anitclimax is it
theres more to life than football
posted on 12/4/16
Just further evidence that football needs a strong Man Utd or it will die. Subconsciously you are only really interested if United are doing well. Who is going to watch football next season when Leicester and West Ham are in the CL? Maybe about 14 people? Then we will lose the TV deals which United fans got for the PL. MOTD viewing figures are around half when united lose compared to when we win. Your club is only where it is today because of United fans like me paying our sky prescriptions. A little gratitude wouldn’t go a miss instead of complaining. Get behind United and the excitement will come back.
posted on 12/4/16
"sky prescriptions"
posted on 12/4/16
My passion for football is still as strong as it was 5, 10 and 20 years ago. I'll happily watch any interesting-looking game whether it's the premier league, la liga, champions league (not so much now it's on BT shiiite) and even the championship. As long as there's the potential for good football on show I'll be watching.
I'll still plan the basis of my weekend around it, such as going to the gym early so I can watch a good Super Sunday double-header or even ensuring I'm available from 12 to watch Soccer Saturday most weeks.
posted on 12/4/16
I feel exactly the same Chronic.
I used to obsessively love it. These days I still love playing it, but my interest in professional football is so much lower. Spurs are brilliant this season and so much more likeable than they have been for years, but I now watch it when I have time rather than as a priority. It will always be an interest to me but nothing like it used to be. I've decided it is a combination of:
1) Getting older and having other priorities in life
2) Your mates getting older as well so whereas you used to go to the pub to watch it, they're all married off and don't have time
3) Professional football players being mostly unlikeable, most of which is brought on by...
4) The staggering money in the game. It's killing it, it's less and less a game for the masses. It's less a sport now than an entertainment business.
5) Stupid fans having access to twitter and the internet. It makes you realise that 90% of football fans are genuine morons, and makes you want to distance yourself from them.
6) There is too much of it. To the point that if it isn't the league or Europa, I'm not interested. FA cup? Couldn't give a fack...
7) The fact that anything less than top four is a disappointment, because the CL is these days pretty much the be all and end all.
Just to cheer myself up - I still love footy because of:
- JA
- Guardian football
- International tournaments
- The current spurs team
- Radio 5 live
posted on 12/4/16
Maybe you miss the angst and annoyance of Spurs being hopeless and the siege mentality and bloody mindedness that you need to get through it. Perhaps supporting a decent team dosn't come easily to you?
posted on 12/4/16
Getting older and having other priorities in life
2) Your mates getting older as well so whereas you used to go to the pub to watch it, they're all married off and don't have time
3) Professional football players being mostly unlikeable, most of which is brought on by...
4) The staggering money in the game. It's killing it, it's less and less a game for the masses. It's less a sport now than an entertainment business.
5) Stupid fans having access to twitter and the internet. It makes you realise that 90% of football fans are genuine morons, and makes you want to distance yourself from them.
6) There is too much of it. To the point that if it isn't the league or Europa, I'm not interested. FA cup? Couldn't give a fack...
7) The fact that anything less than top four is a disappointment, because the CL is these days pretty much the be all and end all.
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1) Yes I have other priorities in life nowadays, but they're in addition to football not in place of it.
2) That's very true. Really miss just going to the pub and chatting football for 20 mins. Last time we went to watch the football from what I can recall was United vs Chelsea at the end of 2015!
Not at all fussed by 3-5
6) There's not too much of it IMO.
7) It beats finishing 10th all the time!
posted on 12/4/16
I used to go through stages like this, but I find that in pre-season I start missing it badly and when the season starts again I'm as interested as I've ever been.
posted on 12/4/16
If you can't enjoy Spurs this season then it's time to pack it in
I went through a similar phase with England when the football was dull, the players were stale and the Spurs contingent was non-existent.
It's not glory hunting to admit you enjoy football more when Spurs are doing well, and for that reason this is the most I've loved football for many, many years.
Don't understand the pessimism at all.
posted on 12/4/16
Getting older
Getting wiser
Getting poorer
They all add up!
posted on 12/4/16
comment by NotSoMagicJuande (U1913)
posted 22 minutes ago
I feel exactly the same Chronic.
I used to obsessively love it. These days I still love playing it, but my interest in professional football is so much lower. Spurs are brilliant this season and so much more likeable than they have been for years, but I now watch it when I have time rather than as a priority. It will always be an interest to me but nothing like it used to be. I've decided it is a combination of:
1) Getting older and having other priorities in life
3) Professional football players being mostly unlikeable, most of which is brought on by...
4) The staggering money in the game. It's killing it, it's less and less a game for the masses. It's less a sport now than an entertainment business.
5) Stupid fans having access to twitter and the internet. It makes you realise that 90% of football fans are genuine morons, and makes you want to distance yourself from them.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
These are the big ones for me
If you take a step back, you realise that football is a hollow, superficial farce where the honour and competitive spirit of sport has been completely shoved aside in favour of gamesmanship and rampant money-grubbing.
Also, the tribalism of football fans just makes me feel genuinely sad for them. People ranting and swearing and generally being complete twunts purely because 11 random blokes on a patch of grass have kicked a ball... it just doesn't matter, and there's no place for all the absurdity that is somehow defined as "passion" when it's football-related.
Life's too short. I much prefer rugby and cricket since for the most part - you can always find exceptions, clearly - those two sports are still played in a professional manner with a spirit of fairness and honest competition. Shame really, since I still like football as a sport. I just hate everything that goes with it.
posted on 12/4/16
My appetite for the game is undiminished - particularly this season. But my viewing habits have changed
I haven't watched MOTD fully for a couple of years now. I do record it and fast forward through all the "analysis" which I find boring but I don't bother to watch games that I am not interested in. This is largely due to the fact that I see all the goals on Sky Sports News.
When there's an international break I miss PL football badly! Also in the summer if there are no international tournaments.
posted on 12/4/16
comment by Chris HaaKsworth - Domestic King (U11574)
Also, the tribalism of football fans just makes me feel genuinely sad for them. People ranting and swearing and generally being complete twunts purely because 11 random blokes on a patch of grass have kicked a ball... it just doesn't matter, and there's no place for all the absurdity that is somehow defined as "passion" when it's football-related.
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Massively, massively agree and couldn't put it any better!
posted on 12/4/16
comment by Stéphane Pounewatchy (U1734)
posted 37 minutes ago
Just further evidence that football needs a strong Man Utd or it will die. Subconsciously you are only really interested if United are doing well. Who is going to watch football next season when Leicester and West Ham are in the CL? Maybe about 14 people? Then we will lose the TV deals which United fans got for the PL. MOTD viewing figures are around half when united lose compared to when we win. Your club is only where it is today because of United fans like me paying our sky prescriptions. A little gratitude wouldn’t go a miss instead of complaining. Get behind United and the excitement will come back.
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What a total load of bull. Would you say the same about Liverpool? They went through a period of being dominant throughout most of the 70's and 80's, Utd had that ever since they won first Premier League title in 1993 and finished in top 3 every season until 2013. No team will overtake their record of most Premier League titles in any of our lifetimes, but neither Liverpool or Utd are the best teams in the country and that may continue for at least another 10 years.
posted on 12/4/16
comment by Gezza-Spurs (U18952)
posted 2 minutes ago
My appetite for the game is undiminished - particularly this season. But my viewing habits have changed
I haven't watched MOTD fully for a couple of years now. I do record it and fast forward through all the "analysis" which I find boring but I don't bother to watch games that I am not interested in. This is largely due to the fact that I see all the goals on Sky Sports News.
When there's an international break I miss PL football badly! Also in the summer if there are no international tournaments.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Yeah the part about MOTD rings true. I'm not on Twitter but I know lineker tweets the match order in advance which allows me to plan when I'll go to bed! Will only watch the highlights of games of interest.
posted on 12/4/16
post menstrual depression
posted on 12/4/16
I watch Spurs every time we play - I prioritise it and plan my day around it. I'll pretty much only watch other football if I have nothing else to do though and I stop watching half through a game some times when it bores me. I think one of the reasons this happens is because Spurs matches just seem To go quicker then every other match I watch.
I watch England as a chore though.
posted on 12/4/16
comment by NotSoMagicJuande (U1913)
posted 49 minutes ago
I feel exactly the same Chronic.
I used to obsessively love it. These days I still love playing it, but my interest in professional football is so much lower. Spurs are brilliant this season and so much more likeable than they have been for years, but I now watch it when I have time rather than as a priority. It will always be an interest to me but nothing like it used to be. I've decided it is a combination of:
1) Getting older and having other priorities in life
2) Your mates getting older as well so whereas you used to go to the pub to watch it, they're all married off and don't have time
3) Professional football players being mostly unlikeable, most of which is brought on by...
4) The staggering money in the game. It's killing it, it's less and less a game for the masses. It's less a sport now than an entertainment business.
5) Stupid fans having access to twitter and the internet. It makes you realise that 90% of football fans are genuine morons, and makes you want to distance yourself from them.
6) There is too much of it. To the point that if it isn't the league or Europa, I'm not interested. FA cup? Couldn't give a fack...
7) The fact that anything less than top four is a disappointment, because the CL is these days pretty much the be all and end all.
Just to cheer myself up - I still love footy because of:
- JA
- Guardian football
- International tournaments
- The current spurs team
- Radio 5 live
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Good summary.
Still love watching a good game of football, and feel that when I do I actually enjoy it more because I'm much more removed from the tribalism of it all and appreciate the game itself a lot more, but at the same time I don't really have the patience nowadays to sit through a borefest.
I do think I'd watch a lot more of it if my life was simpler, but at the end of the day football has to fit in around my real priorities. I rarely if ever plan the rest of my day around a kickoff time.
posted on 12/4/16
Mind you, it's been like that for years. Interest does wax and wane, but I'm 47 now so the days of fervently watching each and every game available and getting passionately elated or upset over my team's results are loooooooooooooong gone.
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