robbo10 wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 9:07 pm
Arsenal Till I Die wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 9:02 pm
I’m done.
I’m done pretending.
I’m done pretending that the efforts, or lack there of, of these multi-millionaires mean something to me anymore.
I’m done pretending that these multimillionaires give anything close to as much shit as the average fan who invests so much emotional and financial investment into the team.
I’m done pretending that it’s actually important to finish anywhere in the table below first or above 18th, because who gives a shit overall? Quite frankly, if we are not in then running for a trophy then the season is pointless. Why should I, or any supporter of Arsenal Football Club, care if the team earns x amount of money for finishing in X position, when it’s not a trophy? The expectations of this football club is to win trophies. Celebrating anything else is farcical.
Having said that, I’d much rather we are a team where 6th meant something rather than the yo-yo “Sky a sports European place head-to-head” sort of team that we currently are. It’s pointless, it’s farcical; and quote from ally the whole club can go and fuck itself.
I didn’t watch the derby. The first one I haven’t watched in 14 years. Not for any other reason other than I just didn’t care anymore. I just can’t. I didn’t watch tonight but I did sneak a quick listen on the radio here and there. It’s just boring. This faux “European spot” shit is exhaustingly tedious. The whole “Sky Sports/BT Sports” thing is boring. It’s just boring.
The players that are paid thousands per weeks by this club don’t care as much as ANYONE on this forum. So why should I? Why should you?
It’s a joke. All of it.
I’ll stay on here and enjoy the laughter etc, but I just don’t have it in me to honestly care about the exploits of a team that doesn’t give a rats arse if they play well or not.
100% agree,I love the name Arsenal football club and the club of my youth,not this current sham who are cheating my clubs name most weeks,it makes me sick some of these players wear my clubs shirt and fake emotion when they have been fucking awful,unacceptable and undefendable by anyone
This is what it all comes down to, the 'working mans' game is gone, it is all about money now across the game but for me the EPL has become the embodiment of footballing WWE, it is entertainment not sport any more.
I watched an interesting podcast thing yesterday and it was talking about the middle class elites and money men taking away footballs original culture and it is so true, i often wonder how many lads who were born within a mile or two of Highbury actually attend the conglomerates these days, christ how many can afford to.
So much went wrong in football with the advent of the PL and the Sky deal and snowballed worldwide from there, the astronomical wages and player values, the huge dislocation of players from all over the world with next to no interest in playing for the badge but do so because of the money they earn, they in the main just dont understand what it means to local people. People whose families helped build these clubs by attending week in week out for over a century had the souls of the clubs ripped out of them for money.
Christ look at the top tiers of football FIFA and UEFA, they are registered charities but make more money than many international corporations, they are in my own opinion utterly corrupt and are without any oversight, christ on a bike Qatar gets the World Cup, a country renowned for their human rights violations and utter disregard for various minority groups......
We bemoan the results but in reality it is just a symptom of what football has become, 'who cares if we lost i still earned my £100k this week'.