Anyone else not care for football.???
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I don't like football on principle. Theres sooo much hype and bull it drives me mad.
And why would anyone like football when there are cars to play with/watch.
Some one today asked me if I was going to rush home to watch the match.
Their look was priceless when I casually asked, 'What match?'
And why would anyone like football when there are cars to play with/watch.
Some one today asked me if I was going to rush home to watch the match.
Their look was priceless when I casually asked, 'What match?'
I think the problem with football is that it is a national obssession, the tedious extents of which are for some reason tolerated. I mean, if you went into a pub trying to interest people by talking about Flavio Briatore's financial strategies, people would rightfully blank you. I don't see the difference with football, so why do we put up with it. I also hate the fact the premiership players are so overpaid and vain, and the fact that it overshadows every other sport in publicity terms. I prefer watching F1, rugby, cricket, rallying and tennis personally.
Having said that, if you want to see a really tense and exciting match, support a team from a lower division - you don't get primadonnas there. One of the reasons why I support Sheffield United.
Having said that, if you want to see a really tense and exciting match, support a team from a lower division - you don't get primadonnas there. One of the reasons why I support Sheffield United.
What others have said already.
The track day at Donington seemed very quiet today - both audibly and by numbers. Unless many had suffered early failures and accidents and an departed by the time I popped up there at about 2 pm.
Chap on the gate said it wasn't very busy in his opinion.
I had assumed it might be something to do with likely punters heading for Monaco but one of the early postings on this thread reminded me that there was a football match on. Maybe that kept people away?
The track day at Donington seemed very quiet today - both audibly and by numbers. Unless many had suffered early failures and accidents and an departed by the time I popped up there at about 2 pm.
Chap on the gate said it wasn't very busy in his opinion.
I had assumed it might be something to do with likely punters heading for Monaco but one of the early postings on this thread reminded me that there was a football match on. Maybe that kept people away?
Bores me rigid, but I manage to ignore its existence most of the time. The saturation coverage of major matches is a pisser though, in the same way that the saturation coverage of tennis is a pisser during Wimbledon; seems like every channel is talking about the same bloody thing. Cover it by all means, but limit it to one channel.
Sports are only worth watching when engines are involved.
Sports are only worth watching when engines are involved.
Bores me to tears. 90 mins of running about and at the end of it there can be no winner.Whats the point in that ?The whole point of the game is to score a goal and half the time it never happens. There's also something about the way football fans force themselves get over-excitable that puts me off.
A chap asked me yesterday who I thought would win. I replied that I thought Raikkonen and McLaren are starting to show form but Monaco is always a bit of a lottery.
I could tell from the strange expression on his face that I had given the wrong reply. I had to confess I did not even know which teams were in the final of the FA cup or indeed it was being played today.
Ho hum.
I could tell from the strange expression on his face that I had given the wrong reply. I had to confess I did not even know which teams were in the final of the FA cup or indeed it was being played today.
Ho hum.
bmgm3 said:
There's also something about the way football fans force themselves get over-excitable that puts me off.
Yeah, there's something a bit neanderthal about the way football's supported that lends itself to hooliganism. I mean, do we shout and swear at the telly hoping we can be heard in Monaco? Does F1 have ritualistic chants all centred on the collective hatred of Michael Schumacher? Do we smash up bars in Spain if Fernando Alonso beat Jenson Button to the podium? For some reason there seem to be very few 'sportspersons' involved in football. Sports should be civilised pursuits and people should win and lose gracefully, yet for some reason football seems to lend itself to a war attitude.
Also, have you heard the filth from the crowd at matches? I go to Bramhall Lane sometimes if my Dad's going for a match, and the abusive way people in the crowd chant at the players is offensive to just about everyone with manners. You hear racism on the terraces that wouldn't be out of place in a BNP meeting.
parrot of doom said:
The money the players get is just obscene. It cannot be justified in any way.
Yes it can. Quite easily in fact. If people are prepared to pay for the tickets, and sponsors are prepared to pay for advertising, then who else should get the money - the chairman?
I wouldn't say the distribution's wrong, it's the amount that's wrong. You could run a small country off most football club's budgets, and all they are is a company that lets 11 men play games throughout half the year.
) get on, but as for watching football games, there's much better things to do with my time. Knew the FA cup was on today, so off i went to see the new Star Wars film.parrot of doom said:
The money the players get is just obscene. It cannot be justified in any way.
Yes it can. Quite easily in fact. If people are prepared to pay for the tickets, and sponsors are prepared to pay for advertising, then who else should get the money - the chairman?
Going to have to agree with bruciebabe on this one, the money that professional athletes make is ridiculous. The ticket prices for events in the U.S have gotten so expensive that I can no longer justify going, not that I care any more.
Watching these "athletes" and there antics in the news has very much cured me of the desire to partake.
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