Modern Football Bol**cks

[OneBardGooner]

.i would go back to the old Highbury days in a flash if i had the choice

Wouldn't we all !

".i would go back to the old Highbury days in a flash if i had the choice"

in a fucking Heartbeat.

[Gunner Rob]

ok cheers OBG

guess its so popular now they can do without the old working class lads......

I think that’s Pernod the reason I’m rapidly falling out of love with football, to be honest. I didn’t invest my time as a lad in the ‘global’ game; that’s all it is now. Watching the game on TV seems like some faux-American sportsball shyte. Paying to watch games (the ones they choose to put on Sky/BT) is robbery, I cannot justify the price of a season ticket for a few games of football; I go to the odd game, but the bowl is a soulless heap. The new generation of players don’t care who they play for anymore.

There’s no pride in the shirt - in the PL at least. We buy so many players from all over that the whole meaning if “what it means” to play for a club loses value. All that matters now is the money and the fame the money buys (City et al).

VAR, as evidenced many times, has sucked the last remaining joy of the game away. Yesterday was the absolute pinnacle of how shite VAR is - it relies on corruptible and fallible people who, through bias or incompetence, show they’re likely to make mistakes - or just completely sabotage things.

All in all, I’m just bored of it all.

totally agree with all that mate, sounds strange but all the new stadiums and sitting in your seat with your £5 burger or whatever with some fucker listening to what you are saying has made it welcome to new clients ....i would go back to the old Highbury days in a flash if i had the choice

£5 burger?

Try doubling that price at least

[OneBardGooner]

ok cheers OBG

guess its so popular now they can do without the old working class lads......

I think that’s Pernod the reason I’m rapidly falling out of love with football, to be honest. I didn’t invest my time as a lad in the ‘global’ game; that’s all it is now. Watching the game on TV seems like some faux-American sportsball shyte. Paying to watch games (the ones they choose to put on Sky/BT) is robbery, I cannot justify the price of a season ticket for a few games of football; I go to the odd game, but the bowl is a soulless heap. The new generation of players don’t care who they play for anymore.

There’s no pride in the shirt - in the PL at least. We buy so many players from all over that the whole meaning if “what it means” to play for a club loses value. All that matters now is the money and the fame the money buys (City et al).

VAR, as evidenced many times, has sucked the last remaining joy of the game away. Yesterday was the absolute pinnacle of how shite VAR is - it relies on corruptible and fallible people who, through bias or incompetence, show they’re likely to make mistakes - or just completely sabotage things.

All in all, I’m just bored of it all.

totally agree with all that mate, sounds strange but all the new stadiums and sitting in your seat with your £5 burger or whatever with some fucker listening to what you are saying has made it welcome to new clients ....i would go back to the old Highbury days in a flash if i had the choice

£5 burger?

Try doubling that price at least

Trebling! More like, if you want it cooked that is....Mind you they come in a nice cardboard (re-cyclable Oooooooh! tray) with a little bit of paper (suspiciously looking like it's come off a Loo Roll) and if you want Chips Oooops! Sorry "fries" with it You'll need to take out a 2nd mortgage! and of course if you want a fizzy drink... That means selling your firstborn.

[Redarmy]

.i would go back to the old Highbury days in a flash if i had the choice

Wouldn't we all !

basically...... No many welcome the change....they are now customers not fans....mostly tourists and woke fuckers...

yes you can say we had bad days...exposed to the elements...and the hooliganism which is still around today if you are down the lane on Sunday

it was raw...but exciting and the fans were more connected....the old ground was our History...i loved Highbury

[Perryashburtongroves]

Just read this article about UEFA calling for better VAR and players not being cúnts and cheats. Can't really argue with any of it and to be perfectly honest, the way VAR is used in other leagues and in European competitions, is, on the whole, much, much better than in the Premier League. Good to see them starting to think about ways to tackle this lying on the floor holding your head bollox to get the game stopped too.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... 13lrwpxpgo

[A11M11]

Klinsmann cracking down on diving ?
Well he should know .

[Perryashburtongroves]

Klinsmann cracking down on diving ?
Well he should know .

Yes, I did raise an eyebrow at that. Presumably, with wobbly lip super injunction shagging other birds behind his dying wife's back Ferdinand on there, they had a good chat about scrapping drugs tests too.

[Gunner Rob]

The only good thing about an all Manchester FA Cup final again is that it has been confirmed to be a 3pm kick off.

It is also the last match of the domestic season.
A nice way for the competition to bow out before the final gets lost in the league season from next year onwards.

[wibble]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... rgr2175x7o

FIFA looking into playing domestic games abroad

[Nick Nack]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... rgr2175x7o

FIFA looking into playing domestic games abroad

Saw this on a different site.

Fifa should keep their fucking rotten, corrupt, stinking noses out of the domestic leagues. There is no reason for them to be involved

But of course if there is even a hint of $$$ they are like pigs in a trough. Absolute c.unts

No doubt the old French fucker will come out stating how good it is for football

[DB10GOONER]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... rgr2175x7o

FIFA looking into playing domestic games abroad

Pack of money hungry corrupt FIFA cùnts.

All this shit about the global game aimed at wánky soccer fanboys that have two or three "favourite teams" and these arseholes will buy into it when all that FIFA really give a shit about is money money money. FIFA are evil personified.

[Nick Nack]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... rgr2175x7o

FIFA looking into playing domestic games abroad

Pack of money hungry corrupt FIFA cùnts.

All this shit about the global game aimed at wánky soccer fanboys that have two or three "favourite teams" and these arseholes will buy into it when all that FIFA really give a shit about is money money money. FIFA are evil personified.

And let's be honest, Fifa will want games like El Classico, the big derbies eg NLD, or Mancs v Victims.

Somehow I don't see Bournemouth v Ipswich high on Fifa's agenda

[DB10GOONER]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... rgr2175x7o

FIFA looking into playing domestic games abroad

Pack of money hungry corrupt FIFA cùnts.

All this shit about the global game aimed at wánky soccer fanboys that have two or three "favourite teams" and these arseholes will buy into it when all that FIFA really give a shit about is money money money. FIFA are evil personified.

And let's be honest, Fifa will want games like El Classico, the big derbies eg NLD, or Mancs v Victims.

Somehow I don't see Bournemouth v Ipswich high on Fifa's agenda

Imagine a bunch of locals in Dubai or Singapore trying to decide whether to wear their liverpool* or their manure jersey for the game being played there. Or any locals in Qatar giving much of a shit about the NLD being played out there beyond what selfies they can take for their "instas". Fucking twats.

[Gunner Rob]

I just don’t get playing matches around the world at all.

If you go down that route you are appealing only to people looking for a night out - rather than supporting a club.

You might as well have an 18 team closed off franchise league, with matches taking place in a different country each week.
Mix the teams up a bit, new colours on new shirts - that sort of thing.

North London Shooting Cocks v Merseyside Toffee Victims for example

[Arsenal Till I Die]

I just don’t get playing matches around the world at all.

If you go down that route you are appealing only to people looking for a night out - rather than supporting a club.

You might as well have an 18 team closed off franchise league, with matches taking place in a different country each week.
Mix the teams up a bit, new colours on new shirts - that sort of thing.

North London Shooting Cocks v Merseyside Toffee Victims for example

It wouldn’t surprise me if they pitched the idea of city based teams in the future.