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Article in Daily Mail today, headline “I don’t enjoy watching football anymore “ He seems to be at every home game of ours with a corporate lanyard around his neck. Is he taking the pi55? He’s out of Stanmore originally, is he a fan ? And does he pay like us?
Well, by & large, all things being equal, taking one consideration with another and not comparing apples to oranges, I liked it better when football was more direct.
I guess he could find a different interest then? Can only see the headline as it is paywalled and it already reads as some kind of greatest hits of 'modern football is woke'
Traveling and working in Europe pre premier league met many a football fan lamenting how English soccer was exciting to watch compared to their domestic leagues.
Remember van de Howe and Neville doing skills and juggling together in front of me at HQ. Game itself was played at hurricane intensive levels. Zero finesse.
Ch3/$ea and Arsenal introduced cultured players to English football in the 90,s
Coaches definitely sucking the joy out of the game as well inmo.
Traveling and working in Europe pre premier league met many a football fan lamenting how English soccer was exciting to watch compared to their domestic leagues.
Remember van de Howe and Neville doing skills and juggling together in front of me at HQ. Game itself was played at hurricane intensive levels. Zero finesse.
Ch3/$ea and Arsenal introduced cultured players to English football in the 90,s
Coaches definitely sucking the joy out of the game as well inmo.
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With the rise of foreign coaches it's no surprise that we're seeing mirroring tactics and so forth with European leagues. Throw in the vast numbers of foreign players bought in to achieve those tactics and then foreign owners wanting clubs to be run on different lines, it's resulted in this rather dull and often times, insipid product.
For my money: Bassett is merely stating what the overwhelming majority have said on here and elsewhere for years.
'Always In Motion' by John Honney available on amazon.co.uk
He did take Wimbledon from Division 4 to Division 1 and an FA Cup quarter final doing it.
Yeah he did, but ever watch them against us? They were the most vile, barbaric, disgusting football team ever to walk the planet. I remember going top of the league at Plough Lane and Parker had Fashanu in his pocket. All Fashanu could come up with was to literally throw Parker into the crowd. Most of which was QPR, anyway. Stupid tin pot club.
I loved their success story, but the football was God-awful.
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Half their team would get sent off every match played, if it was today Brian. Fashanu, Jones, etc would have to change their style quickly to adapt.
They were the architects of my worst ever gamble, when as a student with zero income, placed £100 on Liverpool to win the FA Cup Final in 1988. I never ever bet on football but hardly ever done since. Thought it was about as guaranteed a bet as you could possibly have imagined.
Yeah he did, but ever watch them against us? They were the most vile, barbaric, disgusting football team ever to walk the planet. I remember going top of the league at Plough Lane and Parker had Fashanu in his pocket. All Fashanu could come up with was to literally throw Parker into the crowd. Most of which was QPR, anyway. Stupid tin pot club.
Hate them, always did, always will. So there.
Well, they showed us that you didnt need to have all the money and resources to challenge at the top table. They were never going to achieve anything with a fraction of what the Liverpools and Man United's had by playing Brian Clough football. You had to use what you had to your advantage. It wasnt just about the Route One football either, it was player recruitment and team spirit that made them successful. Look at the players they sold off to bigger clubs over the years.
My first ever QPR game was at Plough Lane, and Wimbledon absolutely detroyed us 3-0. It was men against boys stuff.
Traveling and working in Europe pre premier league met many a football fan lamenting how English soccer was exciting to watch compared to their domestic leagues.
Remember van de Howe and Neville doing skills and juggling together in front of me at HQ. Game itself was played at hurricane intensive levels. Zero finesse.
Ch3/$ea and Arsenal introduced cultured players to English football in the 90,s
Coaches definitely sucking the joy out of the game as well inmo.
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As in Pat Van Den Hauwe? For a professional footballer and supposed hard-man I'd say he's the easiest footballer I've ever seen wound up by us. Remember him getting punchy punchy against us when playing for Everton until Stainrod put him back in his box.
I always quite liked Dave Bassett. When he was Sheffield utd manager, and they were towards the bottom of the league, he was asked on match of the day so you think you are safe in your job? He said something along the lines of, well I think the chairman is behind what we are trying to do here and anyway he's in India at the moment. And someone in the background shouted out: Dave there's a phone call for you. From madras!
find majority of football boring now aswell. Some games you can watch without a shot on target. Completely obsessed with possession.
You also don't see as many long range goals anymore. Players I notice 9 times out of 10 just pass it back or out to the wing when in a shooting position. People pay stupid money for tickets and/or TV subscriptions but I don't think the entertainment these days is good value for any of it
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