Football isn't fun anymore

[stan100]

All the joy has gone
Players diving with no one being penalised for simulation
Goals scored then taken away
Penalties given then taken away
obvious offsides not given until much later , or in some cases not given because the play has moved on
(Chelsea's goal by Mount was started by a pass to a player who came back from an obvious offside position to pick the ball up and pass to the player on the wing)
no physical contact allowed ( particularly if the player falls down & grabs the ball )
VAR not able to interpret slow motion replays

I yearn to go back 20 years when football was actually exciting, and you could understand the rules

Agree 100-percent

 

[Whiston Blade]

The fun left the game for me when the prices went up to a point where I have to decide if I can justify a day out at the Lane. Unfortunately the game for the working class is slowly drifting away for many people.

 

[Houston_Blade]

I bet the joy would soon come back if we won a few games. This “it’s all shit” is just another excuse in my view. You only have to look at Man City fans to see how quickly a bit of success changes the outlook of the fan base. I bet if you’d have asked a Niall Quinn era fan what they’d prefer they’d have said the muck and nettles, but now they all think they’re the bollocks and can’t seem to remember where they were before. Wolves to a lesser extent will end up the same.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

Shhhhhhhh: got to be careful it depresses me we're still bending a knee to Marxists

Taking the knee is for the “no room for racism” initiative as has been mentioned all season. Promoted by the Premier League and Kick it out and mentioned before every game. Look it up and there’s no link to Marxism or any newly created political organisation trying to use the BLM movement support for its own ends.
Stop trying to find daft outlandish excuses for basically wanting to be a bit of a dick.
If you don’t believe there should be no room for racism and don’t want to support kick it out just say that.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

I agree and this needs discussing with the club and fans.
Either football is a sport or it's another way for Marxists to destroy something they don't have anything to with.
If the clubs employees are using their position to make a statement on their political views then the fans have a right to voice their views.
Typically the Marxists, as you correctly call them didn't like fans being mean and booing. No violence against the players but the fans were physically removed from the ground. Are they going to be banned for booing?
Why are the players showing support for a violent extremist group that were in DC, protesting against the American government and shouting that if they don't get what they want they will burn it down.
Didn't one of our youth players who moved to Chelsea set fire to the training ground?
Wasn't he getting what he wanted?
I suppose we should be grateful that Lundstram hasn't set the pitch alight this season or maybe he's waiting until the end of season before he gets the matches out and starts lobbing bricks through the club windows and setting fire to the ground.

How does No room for racism link to any of the shit you’ve just posted?
To answer you question, I’d hope anyone booing the “no room for racism” initiative is removed and banned by the club no matter how many there are.

 

[MalvernBlade]

How does No room for racism link to any of the shit you’ve just posted?
To answer you question, I’d hope anyone booing the “no room for racism” initiative is removed and banned by the club no matter how many there are.

Since when has booing a supporter of a violent bunch of extremists been racist?
Freedom of speech is exactly that, if someone chooses to voice their opinion while being a paid employee or not then the customer has the same rights to voice their opinion.
Anyone who is supporting a movement that has burned down peoples homes and businesses, murdered people should expect that other people don't think it's a good thing and might just say so.
In football terms I think a bit of booing is rather tame.
And you can stick the term racist up your bum bum back where it came from.
Everyone is supposed to be equal under the law. Regardless. Movements like this are deliberately created to cause division. We're all slaves and traded on the bond market's. Even UB40 knew that one

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

Since when has booing a supporter of a violent bunch of extremists been racist?

When has No Room for Racism or Kick it Out ever been violent?
You’re looking for excuses and trying to make tenuous ties to an American political organisation who had nothing to do anything.
Let’s keep it simple. Whats your problem with the No room for racism initiative?

 

[BanderSerge]

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but the government virologist from Cambridge university this morning said at least another year before we get back to anything like normality!

 

[GodricBlade]

All the joy has gone
Players diving with no one being penalised for simulation
Goals scored then taken away
Penalties given then taken away
obvious offsides not given until much later , or in some cases not given because the play has moved on
(Chelsea's goal by Mount was started by a pass to a player who came back from an obvious offside position to pick the ball up and pass to the player on the wing)
no physical contact allowed ( particularly if the player falls down & grabs the ball )
VAR not able to interpret slow motion replays

I yearn to go back 20 years when football was actually exciting, and you could understand the rules

Spot on that pal.
It’s just not the same passionate, enjoyable, full-throttle experience it used to be.
No characters, rarely a decent tackle, excitement robbed by VAR & half-a-dozen shit laws.
I enjoy watching the ‘old’ games on Sky (from 15+ years ago) and wince at some of the tackles - yet both players just get up & play on.
Proper contact sport stuff.

 

[Bartleby]

Hands up those who thought "all the joy has gone" this time last year?

Thought not.

This time last year, closing in on 4th place ...

 

[metalblade]

Hands up those who thought "all the joy has gone" this time last year?

Thought not.

At least United were playing the game and winning without resorting to cheating. If your team is winning cheating and diving from the other side is largely forgotten about other than the serial offenders like Grealish etc When the cheaters are winning the game takes on a whole different perspective and not in a nice way. I definitely understand where those who say they would rather watch Championship football are coming from. Some of the most enjoyable football I have watched this season has been the early rounds of the FA cup where non league teams play the game with all the endeavour but without the theatrics.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

And you can stick the term racist up your bum bum back where it came from.

Ironically, I didn’t post the word racist in any of my comments on this thread.
I did say those theres no link between the shit you posted and the “No Room for Racism” initiative, which is true, but I suspect you know that and just try to create a link for reasons I could speculate on but you know for yourself.
Oh and the “where it comes from” wasn’t as clever as you think it is. It’s fucking unoriginal, dull and didn’t get a rise out of me apart from removing the doubt that you're a bit of a twat.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but the government virologist from Cambridge university this morning said at least another year before we get back to anything like normality!

That would be wank. Was she talking in general?
Getting back in the grounds, home and away is one of the few things making relegation palatable.

 

[metalblade]

Taking the knee is for the “no room for racism” initiative as has been mentioned all season. Promoted by the Premier League and Kick it out and mentioned before every game. Look it up and there’s no link to Marxism or any newly created political organisation trying to use the BLM movement support for its own ends.
Stop trying to find daft outlandish excuses for basically wanting to be a bit of a dick.
If you don’t believe there should be no room for racism and don’t want to support kick it out just say that.

Ahhh the typical lefty response if you don't agree to taking the knee you are a racist and part of the problem.

 

[essexblade73]

Ironically, I didn’t post the word racist in any of my comments on this thread.
I did say those theres no link between the shit you posted and the “No Room for Racism” initiative, which is true, but I suspect you know that and just try to create a link for reasons I could speculate on but you know for yourself.
Oh and the “where it comes from” wasn’t as clever as you think it is. It’s fucking unoriginal, dull and didn’t get a rise out of me apart from removing the doubt that you're a bit of a twat.

Apparently it's 'marxist' (ask any of these bellends what marxism is and they'd have no fckin clue) to be anti-racist. Just ignore them pal, lost causes.

 

[Bladesince59]

Hands up those who thought "all the joy has gone" this time last year?

Thought not.

The joy went for a while at Spurs with big toeitis.

 

[essexblade73]

Ahhh the typical lefty response if you don't agree to taking the knee you are a racist and part of the problem.

Hardly 'lefty' (whatever that fckin means) to be anti racist. Any decent person would take the knee to keep shoving the message down the throat of thick cunts and neanderthals.

 

[Alf Tuppers Shorts]

All the joy has gone
Players diving with no one being penalised for simulation
Goals scored then taken away
Penalties given then taken away
obvious offsides not given until much later , or in some cases not given because the play has moved on
(Chelsea's goal by Mount was started by a pass to a player who came back from an obvious offside position to pick the ball up and pass to the player on the wing)
no physical contact allowed ( particularly if the player falls down & grabs the ball )
VAR not able to interpret slow motion replays

I yearn to go back 20 years when football was actually exciting, and you could understand the rules

Dont forget the players screaming in fake agony trying to get a someone sent off when they are tackled . They then get up and walk away a few seconds later. Should be an Instant booking and a slap for being a twat.
Mitrovic should be banned for his antics the other night.

I know it’s been mentioned on another thread but in my opinion Weiner went looking for the penalty as soon as he put the ball wide of Ramsdale and no other thought on his mind,that’s how they train these days, look for contact and dive. Harping back to the old days no way would Jimmy Greaves have lowered himself to that form of cheating, it would have been buried in the net.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

Ahhh the typical lefty response if you don't agree to taking the knee you are a racist and part of the problem.

No you need to explain what the problem with the “no room for racism” initiative is. To boo it presumably you disagree with it. I think it’s fair to ask why you have an issue with it because I don’t think you have the courage to be honest, because you know most people believe racism needs stamping out. The abuse Rashford and others get based on the colour of their skin is wrong on any level.
Go on be honest, don’t make up nonsense links that only idiots believe, just tell the truth. What’s wrong with saying there’s no room for racism? Tell us, you might find it liberating.

 

[ShockingBadBuy]

This time last year, closing in on 4th place ...

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We were talking about this last night, as the camera lingered on the stands at the Lane.

This time last year, if we’d had a flash preview of yesterday’s game being played on TV in an empty ground, how many explanations might we have guessed at, before arriving at a “global bloody pandemic”?

History, eh? There will be a generation of kids (and some adults) whose main life lesson from all of this will be, “Never plan confidently for anything”.

 

[Rodders]

Dont agree on this. The joy has been being pushed out of football in general for a few years. Last season, whilst we did well, the play acting, screaming and cheating put a dampener on the season and previous seasons. It is getting worse. Then managers complaining that their players are tired. 25 players in the squad plus kids and they are bloody tired!!!

Tackling has gone out of the game. You cant go in too hard as it might hurt the other player. Some Chelsea fans were moaning last night that Bogle should have been sent off for that great tackle as at endangered a player . It wouldnt surprise me of 'going to ground' to tackle will be deemed a foul soon

I watched the documentary yesterday on that excellent Everton team of the 80's. . Very good footballers , often playing on crap pitches who rarely tried to cheat to win a game. Good players were still good players ( Currie,Bowles,Worthington erc...) and players could tackle. How often. Do you see a crunching tackle now ( Lundstam on Grealish for example.....would he now get sent off for that?)

Football is becoming a non contact sport dictated to by VAR to appease armchair fans who want every decision to be perfect just like it is on their computers and wantplayers doing fancy flicks and moves all the time without anyone trying to stop them. The governing bodies need to clamp down on the cheats ,divers and screamers but they havent got the bottle to do it.

And then there is the extortionate prices to enter the ground when they have enough money coming in from TV and sponsorship at the top level to keep prices down.

So yes. The joy is going out of the game

Tackling going out of the games means that we (football fans) can now watch players that can actually pass the ball with being clattered every 5 seconds.
We can have defenders that can actually be used to help start attacks and not just hoof it into row Z because all they could do is kick players.

The game is more technical, more skilful and all the better for it. If you want to watch talentless cloggers, go see the Dog and Duck.

 

[metalblade]

No you need to explain what the problem with the “no room for racism” initiative is. To boo it presumably you disagree with it. I think it’s fair to ask why you have an issue with it because I don’t think you have the courage to be honest, because you know most people believe racism need stamping out.
Go on be honest, don’t make up nonsense links that only idiots believe, just tell the truth. What’s wrong with saying there’s no room for racism? Tell us, you might find it liberating.

No need pal we all know what you were implying anyway and I have reported you for your little bit of personal abuse to MalvernBlade and will be happy no delighted to do so again. I have the courage to say that keyboard warrior.

 

[BanderSerge]

That would be wank. Was she talking in general?
Getting back in the grounds, home and away is one of the few things making relegation palatable.

Was an he! Serious as a heart attack.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

No need pal we all know what you were implying anyway and I have reported you for you little bit of personal abuse to MalvernBlade and will be happy no delighted to do so again. I have the courage to say that keyboard warrior.

So you’ll take issue with an anti-racist initiative and not give a reason. That raises obvious questions without me saying anything, I just wondered if you were brave enough to say why, but you weren’t.
I do rather like the snowflake “I’m telling yer mam”, response while calling someone else a keyboard warrior.
At least I dare say why I disagree.

 

[JohnDenver]

I bet the joy would soon come back if we won a few games. This “it’s all shit” is just another excuse in my view. You only have to look at Man City fans to see how quickly a bit of success changes the outlook of the fan base. I bet if you’d have asked a Niall Quinn era fan what they’d prefer they’d have said the muck and nettles, but now they all think they’re the bollocks and can’t seem to remember where they were before. Wolves to a lesser extent will end up the same.

Agree with some of that. Back in the League 1 days people would post long, self indulgent “I’m done with United” messages. And I‘d think, well cheerio, off you pop. It can easily get pitiful.

That said, I do feel for those who genuinely can’t afford it. And VAR is a seriously damaging invention to my concept of football. But lockdown footy is better than no footy, and we will be back in the near future, in stadia, in pubs, and with a good chance of winning an awful lot of matches.

 

[Rodders]

So you’ll take issue with an anti-racist initiative and not give a reason. That raises obvious questions without me saying anything, I just wondered if you were brave enough to say why, but you weren’t.
I do rather like the snowflake “I’m telling yer mam”, response while calling someone else a keyboard warrior.
At least I dare say why I disagree.

Marxism. It’s always Marxism.

 

[Bladesman]

Playing devil's advocate here - if we were about 8th in the table I doubt we'd be saying 'football isn't fun anymore'.

True but how often were we moaning about VAR last season though? It was and still is taking the joy out of winning matches too especially when you have to wait 5 minutes before you can celebrate a bloody goal.

Then you get bullshit like the Lunny toe offside nonsense against Spurs.

 

[CarlMcBlade]

All the joy has gone
Players diving with no one being penalised for simulation
Goals scored then taken away
Penalties given then taken away
obvious offsides not given until much later , or in some cases not given because the play has moved on
(Chelsea's goal by Mount was started by a pass to a player who came back from an obvious offside position to pick the ball up and pass to the player on the wing)
no physical contact allowed ( particularly if the player falls down & grabs the ball )
VAR not able to interpret slow motion replays

I yearn to go back 20 years when football was actually exciting, and you could understand the rules

But it doesn’t help matters, that football is now merely a television programme. With all the Premier games staggered for TV, I really can’t see it reverting back to being a traditional weekend game after COVID-19. That genie is well and truly out of the bottle.
One positive of relegation is that we might get to see our team on a Saturday at 3pm a few more times.

 

[raul]

Marxism. It’s always Marxism.

Bet he likes the BBC too

 

[Blade.com]

Was an he! Serious as a heart attack.

Heard one from Reading University yesterday saying " we need a full year lockdown and looking around 2 years before anything like normal and possibly 4 to 5 years before we get back to having live events . . That was depressing .