Generic small time football blather thread FOREVER

[Dazzler 11716]

2 hours ago, Optimistic Nut said:

Gutted for Gateshead again. Rob Elliot had them playing some mint stuff. 

Cracking step up for him though, he’s step up even higher than Iron Mike.

[Optimistic Nut 468]

Aye, hopefully they just promote Ben Clark from within. They play a style of football that's at least 1-2 leagues above them, an outsider would likely just revert them back to non-league style football and they'll drop.

[wykikitoon 22767]

Was chatting with a few lads tonight.  A couple of them were saying how modern football is boring.  I am not sure tbh.  I think some of the games that are billed as the top games can be, but haven't they always?

[strawb 4639]

1 hour ago, wykikitoon said:

Was chatting with a few lads tonight.  A couple of them were saying how modern football is boring.  I am not sure tbh.  I think some of the games that are billed as the top games can be, but haven't they always?

My involvement in football has fallen off a cliff tbh, not sure if it’s my age or just lack of enjoyment. 
 

Tbf everything seems to matter more when you’re younger. I remember being a teenager, I was playing football everyday. Watching whatever football was on the tv, just loved it. 
 

Just turned 40, I maybe watch 2 full games a month now. Just other things I would rather spend my time on.

 

I despise the modernisation of football, i.e idiots on YouTube who are factually know nowts, just making coin off other idiots who love the game. Sky sports news 24 hour rolling coverage that has nothing of value, the internet statisticians who can’t kick a ball straight but know the percentages of a cunt hair. Talksport lowest common denominator shite that appeals to morons, baiting calls and clicks. Presenters on the live match doing all of the above. That stuff is boring. 
 

What never changes is the feeling when your team beat a bigger team or smash a rival. It’s the reason lads in the crowd cheer a thumping tackle more than a world class pass. It’s what you feel rather than what you know. 

[Dr Gloom 23591]

Speaking of the cocaine epidemic…

 

 

 

[Andrew 5136]

3 hours ago, wykikitoon said:

Was chatting with a few lads tonight.  A couple of them were saying how modern football is boring.  I am not sure tbh.  I think some of the games that are billed as the top games can be, but haven't they always?

 

Nothing will top the top four era of Benitez, Mourinho, Wenger and Ferguson for being absolutely boring as fuck for the "big" games. They stank out the league and the CL regularly.

[wykikitoon 22767]

8 hours ago, strawb said:

My involvement in football has fallen off a cliff tbh, not sure if it’s my age or just lack of enjoyment. 
 

Tbf everything seems to matter more when you’re younger. I remember being a teenager, I was playing football everyday. Watching whatever football was on the tv, just loved it. 
 

Just turned 40, I maybe watch 2 full games a month now. Just other things I would rather spend my time on.

 

I despise the modernisation of football, i.e idiots on YouTube who are factually know nowts, just making coin off other idiots who love the game. Sky sports news 24 hour rolling coverage that has nothing of value, the internet statisticians who can’t kick a ball straight but know the percentages of a cunt hair. Talksport lowest common denominator shite that appeals to morons, baiting calls and clicks. Presenters on the live match doing all of the above. That stuff is boring. 
 

What never changes is the feeling when your team beat a bigger team or smash a rival. It’s the reason lads in the crowd cheer a thumping tackle more than a world class pass. It’s what you feel rather than what you know. 

Couldn't agree more.  Absolutely nailed it.  I wish I could have put this as eloquently tonight when trying to put my point across.  Rather than, nah, that's because you're a Man Utd cunt.

[Dr Gloom 23591]

I’m haven’t been this interested in football since the KK/SBR days tbh.

 

Yes, there are myriad things wrong with the modern game and the way it is run, which we have discussed to death on here. But it’s nice to watch the club have a go again after more than a decade of Mike Ashley, which almost turned me off football for good.
 

I say almost, Ashley led to apathy and defeats bothered me less but I never stopped watching our games, even though I felt like a masochist at times watching one of McClaren or Bruce’s teams serve up more shite on a dodgy buffering stream. 

[Alex 36691]

I must admit I’m the opposite. I rarely even watch us if we’re live on tv now. Just not interested really. Watch the highlights, although even then not always. Not sure what it is but just feel disconnected from it all. I still like to see us do well and follow the results but that’s about it. It’s more than just the Mike Ashley effect. I’ve got very little interest in popular culture of the last couple of decades or so too. Oddly it doesn’t even bother me much on the whole 

[wykikitoon 22767]

12 minutes ago, Alex said:

I must admit I’m the opposite. I rarely even watch us if we’re live on tv now. Just not interested really. Watch the highlights, although even then not always. Not sure what it is but just feel disconnected from it all. I still like to see us do well and follow the results but that’s about it. It’s more than just the Mike Ashley effect. I’ve got very little interest in popular culture of the last couple of decades or so too. Oddly it doesn’t even bother me much on the whole 

My brother in law doesn't miss a game if they're on TV. Where's me, if there's a choice of being out on the bike or meal or whatever I can easily miss the football. It's not my be all and end all. A bit like strawb said really. When you're younger you love it. Live and breathe it. Maybe it is just part of aging and seeing there is other stuff 

[ewerk 33139]

“Oh look at me! I have a life.”

 

Pathetic.

[Dr Gloom 23591]

54 minutes ago, Alex said:

I must admit I’m the opposite. I rarely even watch us if we’re live on tv now. Just not interested really. Watch the highlights, although even then not always. Not sure what it is but just feel disconnected from it all. I still like to see us do well and follow the results but that’s about it. It’s more than just the Mike Ashley effect. I’ve got very little interest in popular culture of the last couple of decades or so too. Oddly it doesn’t even bother me much on the whole 

 

i'm the same on that point. i pretty much still dress like i did in my 20s, listen to the same music, have the same interests etc so in that sense i'm stuck in the past - i haven't adopted any age-appropriate hobbies either. a lot of people my age seem to be into gardening, golf and cycling, but i'm not interested in any of that. 

 

football has been a constant since i was a kid. i don't care as much as i did in the 80s/90s but i care more than at any point since then. the ashley era combined with the sky obsession with the "big six" etc almost turned me off but i still kind of enjoy our status as underdogs, despite having the richest owners going. 

[Dr Gloom 23591]

44 minutes ago, wykikitoon said:

My brother in law doesn't miss a game if they're on TV. Where's me, if there's a choice of being out on the bike or meal or whatever I can easily miss the football. It's not my be all and end all. A bit like strawb said really. When you're younger you love it. Live and breathe it. Maybe it is just part of aging and seeing there is other stuff 

 

yeah, you definitely don't post on every match thread going 

 

[Gemmill 49830]

He said that if anyone ever presented him with an alternative to the football, he'd be happy to do it. It's just never happened yet. 

[Alex 36691]

15 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:

 

i'm the same on that point. i pretty much still dress like i did in my 20s, listen to the same music, have the same interests etc so in that sense i'm stuck in the past - i haven't adopted any age-appropriate hobbies either. a lot of people my age seem to be into gardening, golf and cycling, but i'm not interested in any of that. 

 

football has been a constant since i was a kid. i don't care as much as i did in the 80s/90s but i care more than at any point since then. the ashley era combined with the sky obsession with the "big six" etc almost turned me off but i still kind of enjoy our status as underdogs, despite having the richest owners going. 

Haven’t completely checked out of football but gone back to grassroots stuff. Plus inevitably, misty-eyed nostalgia  With popular culture I dig into loads of stuff from the past. Just not a lot that recent. With you on the hobbies. Fuck that shit. Except hiking. I pretty much always liked that though 

Edited October 4, 2024 by Alex

[aimaad22 4661]

Here's your daily reminder of just how OLD the people on this board are. Sheeeeeeeeeeesh

 

 

 

There's a game tomorrow against a team we hate and therefore will likely lose. So you all had better be prepared to watch, whinge on the match thread and then have the rest of your weekend ruined afterwards. That's how it's done. Freaking boomers. 

[Alex 36691]

I’m fucking generation x, y’all

[Howmanheyman 36502]

1 hour ago, ewerk said:

“Oh look at me! I have a life.”

 

Pathetic.

 

 

Modern football and everything surrounding it pisses me off but I also don't have a life so watch it but mostly us religiously. 

[Christmas Tree 5103]

I watch every game, press conference, various NUFC journalists videos and YouTubers and still know fuck all   

 

 

[Alex 36691]

19 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said:

I watch every game, press conference, various NUFC journalists videos and YouTubers and still know fuck all   

 

 

There’s a lesson in there somewhere  

[Toonpack 11342]

Uh Oh, Bosman did for out of contract players, seems Diara has done for contracted players !!!
 

 

 

Edited October 4, 2024 by Toonpack

[ewerk 33139]

I think that may be a bit sensationalised.

[RobinRobin 12469]

10 hours ago, Dr Gloom said:

 

i'm the same on that point. i pretty much still dress like i did in my 20s, listen to the same music, have the same interests etc so in that sense i'm stuck in the past - i haven't adopted any age-appropriate hobbies either. a lot of people my age seem to be into gardening, golf and cycling, but i'm not interested in any of that. 

 

football has been a constant since i was a kid. i don't care as much as i did in the 80s/90s but i care more than at any point since then. the ashley era combined with the sky obsession with the "big six" etc almost turned me off but i still kind of enjoy our status as underdogs, despite having the richest owners going. 

[LondonBlue 1021]

On 04/10/2024 at 18:56, Toonpack said:

Uh Oh, Bosman did for out of contract players, seems Diara has done for contracted players !!!
 

 

 

 

less detail from Stefan Borson but nicely summarized  EXPLAINED: How the Diarra case could end Chelsea's and other team's "Bomb Squads"

 

 

[Dazzler 11716]

1 minute ago, Craig said:

Interesting to note who sided with Manchester City, and who sided with the Premier League on this one. From the BBC:
 

In this arbitration process, Chelsea, Newcastle, Nottingham Forest and Everton all acted as witnesses for City.

Witnesses for the Premier League were Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham, Brighton and West Ham.

Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal and Spurs are about to get the shits.