Modern football is rubbish

[robbiez666]

We have teams that cost billions to assemble, with multi-millionaire stars, and yet has football ever been quite this boring?

Teams stuffed full of millionaires too scared to make a mistake so they just pass it sideways and backwards for the entire game, And when they do get near the opposition's box they attempt to create the perfect goal. And even when there are goals, half the time they come from mistakes, not exciting play.

Oh, and get your chequebook out because you're going to need it to buy a ticket to be bored to death for 95* minutes (*110 if you're beating one of the big teams away).

I can't see a way this gets any better though. More money, more cowards. More robots playing in pre-programmed systems. No individualism. No flair. Games likely played on other continents.

The sport of contrition.

 

[DifferentClass]

Didzy was reyt.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

People were saying stuff like this 30 years ago.

It's just another version of the, 'Things were better in my day!' cliche.

 

[Grey Blade]

We have teams that cost billions to assemble, with multi-millionaire stars, and yet has football ever been quite this boring?

Teams stuffed full of millionaires too scared to make a mistake so they just pass it sideways and backwards for the entire game, And when they do get near the opposition's box they attempt to create the perfect goal. And even when there are goals, half the time they come from mistakes, not exciting play.

Oh, and get your chequebook out because you're going to need it to buy a ticket to be bored to death for 95* minutes (*110 if you're beating one of the big teams away).

I can't see a way this gets any better though. More money, more cowards. More robots playing in pre-programmed systems. No individualism. No flair. Games likely played on other continents.

The sport of contrition.

I don't usually fall asleep watching football but I missed 10 minutes of the Manchester Derby - just at the point it was livening up in the last 20 mins

 

[AnstonBlade1]

Remember in the 90’s when you had the Newcastle Liverpool 4-3 games, attacking and entertaining football
None of that now it’s all about passing out from the back and trying to walk it in.

 

[JackSUFC]

We have teams that cost billions to assemble, with multi-millionaire stars, and yet has football ever been quite this boring?

Teams stuffed full of millionaires too scared to make a mistake so they just pass it sideways and backwards for the entire game, And when they do get near the opposition's box they attempt to create the perfect goal. And even when there are goals, half the time they come from mistakes, not exciting play.

Oh, and get your chequebook out because you're going to need it to buy a ticket to be bored to death for 95* minutes (*110 if you're beating one of the big teams away).

I can't see a way this gets any better though. More money, more cowards. More robots playing in pre-programmed systems. No individualism. No flair. Games likely played on other continents.

The sport of contrition.

Premier League football is on its arse as a spectacle. That Manchester derby summed up the current state of affairs.

I saw Phil Foden pick Fernandes up off the floor and give him a high five after a challenge. Cliche but the game has well and truly gone.

People were saying stuff like this 30 years ago.

It's just another version of the, 'Things were better in my day!' cliche.

Do you think football is as entertaining to watch now than it was say 10-15+ years ago?

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Do you think football is as entertaining to watch now than it was say 10-15+ years ago?

Yes.

 

[AWetFlannel]

We have teams that cost billions to assemble, with multi-millionaire stars, and yet has football ever been quite this boring?

Teams stuffed full of millionaires too scared to make a mistake so they just pass it sideways and backwards for the entire game, And when they do get near the opposition's box they attempt to create the perfect goal. And even when there are goals, half the time they come from mistakes, not exciting play.

Oh, and get your chequebook out because you're going to need it to buy a ticket to be bored to death for 95* minutes (*110 if you're beating one of the big teams away).

I can't see a way this gets any better though. More money, more cowards. More robots playing in pre-programmed systems. No individualism. No flair. Games likely played on other continents.

The sport of contrition.

People don't pass it sideways and backwards due to fear, they do it because it makes them win titles and trophies.

Whether certain styles of football are boring or not is subjective, so fair enough if you think that, but let's not pretend that possession based football has taken over for any other reason than that it gets results.

I've never had as much fun with football than watching our regimented, heavily coached patterns of play under Wilder the first time.

 

[robbiez666]

Remember in the 90’s when you had the Newcastle Liverpool 4-3 games, attacking and entertaining football
None of that now it’s all about passing out from the back and trying to walk it in.

When the top flight started to fully open up to foreign players in the '90s it was great. Lots of mad bastards who made things happen. There were obviously boring games and teams too but it was about the talented players. You had random unknown players turning up from leagues you never got to watch and it was exciting. And you had proper old school British players as well. The blood and thunder. The pissheads. The nutcases. I guess, like everything else in life, the internet means every player is known to a degree. And now players have flair coached out of them, replaced by tracking back or passing sideways.

 

[Bladesman]

Premier League football is on its arse as a spectacle. That Manchester derby summed up the current state of affairs.

I saw Phil Foden pick Fernandes up off the floor and give him a high five after a challenge. Cliche but the game has well and truly gone.



Do you think football is as entertaining to watch now than it was say 10-15+ years ago?

 

[Houston_Blade]

Remember in the 90’s when you had the Newcastle Liverpool 4-3 games, attacking and entertaining football
None of that now it’s all about passing out from the back and trying to walk it in.

This was in December!

 

[1889]

I reckon Fergies Man Utd, Wengers Arsenal and Mourinios Chelsea teams, would all wipe the floor with the current Premiership top six and be far more entertaining whilst doing it.
Late 90’s early 2000’s football, was way more exciting to watch than the current tactical, robotic, borefests

 

[1973Blade]

Remember in the 90’s when you had the Newcastle Liverpool 4-3 games, attacking and entertaining football
None of that now it’s all about passing out from the back and trying to walk it in.

In the 96 97 season (where one of the 4-3s happened) Liverpool and Newcastle both drew three games nil nil. This season they have had one goalless draw between them. It natural to remember the most exciting games, but there were plenty of forgettable games in the 90s as well.

 

[AnstonBlade1]

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This was in December!

Just picked a couple of games that stood out

 

[JackSUFC]

Yes.

Not a prayer.

Football peaked as a sport from the early 2000s to the mid 2010s for me.

Man City, as an example, were great to watch in the late 2010s before Pep became overly obsessed with control and possession but everyone wants to copy that now and it’s become painfully sterile.

You get the odd end-to-end game, wonder goal, big tackle etc now and again but it seems few and far between.

How many ‘World Class’ players of today do you genuinely get excited to watch?

There’s a reason atmospheres are dying up and down the country. The sport is in decline in terms of entertainment.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Remember in the 90’s when you had the Newcastle Liverpool 4-3 games, attacking and entertaining football
None of that now it’s all about passing out from the back and trying to walk it in.

You've mentioned one game of football from an entire decade.

What use is that?

It's like saying football in the 90s was shit because Wimbledon drew 0-0 with Southampton in 1996.

 

[AnstonBlade1]

Newcastle literally put Keith Gillespie down one wing Ginola on the other and just crossed for Shearer and Ferdinand who headed and scored whatever came in.
Newcastle we’re a good watch for the neutral back then.

 

[jt64]

Imagine watching a game involving Man City and not being bored

 

[AnstonBlade1]

You've mentioned one game of football from an entire decade.

What use is that?

It's like saying football in the 90s was shit because Wimbledon drew 0-0 with Southampton in 1996.

Literally picked a couple of games because they stood out, just saying I remember top flight football being more entertains than it is now.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

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This was in December!

This was even better.

 

[SwissBlade]

Football is really dull now. Sure there are some exceptions but the product is poorer now. Too many games, too much money, it’s meant that games are more sterile, generally.

Stats which are mostly irrelevant, key passes, most corners, xG get peddled out as well as things like pivots, high press and referring to strikers as 10’s or 9’s. It’s bollocks and boring

As I’ve got older and football has become less of a priority in life, I’m less enthusiastic anyway. There was a peak several years ago, certainly pre Covid.

However, the premier league has been getting worse for years, VAR, so many subs, time added on, bookings for hand bags and soft tackles.

I’d be interested to know the thoughts of Forest and Villa fans since they’re having good seasons, possibly Newcastle fans for their success.

The biggest turn off for me though is the desire to televise games at all times except 3pm Saturday. Yet more games of ours getting moved. It’s shit when you have to move your entire weekend to suit the tv schedules and the 3 pm blackout

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Not a prayer.

Football peaked as a sport from the early 2000s to the mid 2010s for me.

Man City, as an example, were great to watch in the late 2010s before Pep became overly obsessed with control and possession but everyone wants to copy that now and it’s become painfully sterile.

You get the odd end-to-end game, wonder goal, big tackle etc now and again but it seems few and far between.

How many ‘World Class’ players of today do you genuinely get excited to watch?

There’s a reason atmospheres are dying up and down the country. The sport is in decline in terms of entertainment.

I think you're misremembering a lot of it.

It's easy to cherry pick the good things from the past but a lot of people seem to forget all the dross.

Fulham 3-2 Liverpool was a good game of football to watch earlier today but it won't get mentioned now because the Manchester clubs churned out a dull draw.

 

[Grey Blade]

It wasn't always the football that was more entertaining back in the 70. If the game was poor there was always the possibility of a good fight:

 

[loyalblade95]

Early 2000's was when I first started watching football (02 world cup), players you had back then if you priced them compared to some of the players today, would be worth more and were far better players in general.

If the likes of Rice and Caicedo are worth £100+ million each, how much would you pay for the likes of Pirlo, Zidane, Kaka, 00's Rooney and Ronaldo?

 

[AnstonBlade1]

I’ve seen two games this week and they were awful a Merseyside detby and a Manchester derby

 

[The Fox]

The very top teams have players who can produce a bit if magic and sometimes do .
In the main though throughout the PL games are decided on who makes the fewest mistakes , lose concentration for a couple if seconds or make a poor decision .
Its very risk averse , probably why Liverpool have romped it this year ( today aside) .
Klippety Klopp had the same players with a marauding style , and got them beat enough times to prevent them winning the league on many occasions. Slot is more regimented and just gives away fewer chances.
No right or wrong way , just how it's developed, perhaps in future they'll be bonus points for goals scored

 

[Grey Blade]

Stats which are mostly irrelevant, key passes, most corners, xG get peddled out as well as things like pivots, high press and referring to strikers as 10’s or 9’s. It’s bollocks and boring

I really can't be bothered to try and understand what an xG actually is

 

[AnstonBlade1]

In the 90’s “flair players” were allowed to play
Juninho’s, Zola’s, Ginola’s, Asprillia’s
Now it’s all coached out of them

 

[The Fox]

I really can't be bothered to try and understand what an xG actually is

If you think XG is mad then " expected assists" is actually a real stat

Games gone !

 

[Birdwell Blade]

Remember in the 90’s when you had the Newcastle Liverpool 4-3 games, attacking and entertaining football
None of that now it’s all about passing out from the back and trying to walk it in.

I’ll always remember these games from being a kid. I thought it was just me.