The shitness of modern football

[ratcatcher]

Talking about shiteness of modern football, I can remember when steve mcmahon played for us. In his pomp, he was a great player. But when his powers waned, we hoyed him off to city sharpish.

 

Now, it seems we may sign milner from city in the summer on a free. How times have changed.

[Iceman]

That's the nature of time though isn't it?

[Iceman]

It would be weirder if things stayed the same. Mcmahon somehow stuck in a 'Hoyed off to City' space time vortex, with the music from minder playing on a constant loop in the background, while we beat them 5-0 at Maine road every game. 

[ratcatcher]

No. Its the shiteness of modern football.

[Iceman]

No, it's a McVortex. With cheese. To go.

[General Dryness]

Its the footness of modern shitball.

[Trumo]

The Europa League is such a burden these days because it fucks up the domestic campaign so much by being played on Thursdays. Having to play your league games on a Sunday usually means trying to claw back points on the teams around you who have usually played the day before, and it's a different mentality needing when you know you need a result from your game. You're always playing catch-up. It creates a mentality where fans are often glad that their team is no longer in the Europa League, and that is sad because it should be that you want your team to be successful in any competition they are in.

[Redder Lurtz]

The Europa League is such a burden these days because it fucks up the domestic campaign so much by being played on Thursdays. Having to play your league games on a Sunday usually means trying to claw back points on the teams around you who have usually played the day before, and it's a different mentality needing when you know you need a result from your game. You're always playing catch-up. It creates a mentality where fans are often glad that their team is no longer in the Europa League, and that is sad because it should be that you want your team to be successful in any competition they are in.

 

This.

 

Despite the fucktardfest of Rodgers' lack of doing anything proactive last night, in the cold light of day I'm actually quite pleased we've gone out especially as Spurs have also gone out, which would likely have meant us trying to play catchup with that shower every other weekend. In reality I should actually be really pissed off that we're out of European competition and on one level I am but on another I'm quite pleased. That should NEVER be the case, especially for this club.

 

The ballness of modern footshit.

[deiseach]

I want to take the Europa League seriously, I really do, and I certainly think it would be worth winning. God, the memories of Dortmund are as vivid today as they were all those years ago. But when you see the contempt with which Uefa treat the competition, locking it away on Thursday night like a disabled member of an inbred royal family (is there any other kind?). then I manage to shrug my shoulders and tell myself that it's just fine to go out now rather than plough our way through to the semi-final and get knocked out there.

[Grinch]

Fourth in the league being more important than winning trophies.

 

Utter shite. So many laughed at Arsenal celebrating clinching 4th place but most people would take 4th over trophies. (For valid reasons)

[FanchesterCity]

It would be weirder if things stayed the same. Mcmahon somehow stuck in a 'Hoyed off to City' space time vortex, with the music from minder playing on a constant loop in the background, while we beat them 5-0 at Maine road every game. 

 

In those days, ex Liverpool players were a real coup for us. And for the large part, they were fondly remembered too. McMahon still had something to offer to City back then.

 

McManaman, Fowler, Beardsley, Clough, Anelka, Hamman, Walsh - there seemed to be loads. 

I always liked Walsh, seemed a decent lad until Alan Ball fucked him over.

 

I think we beat Liverpool once... 3-1 (it's a long time ago)... it was a minor miracle. Must have been early 80s. Other than that, yes, it was 'the dreaded Liverpool' - we'd be lucky to get a goal.

[bouncebrigade]

The Premiership really has got a hold on football fans, must be down to the marketing.

 

I was down in the local last night and my two mates fucked off a bit early as they were smashed.  I went over to talk to the barman and finish my pint and there were two lads propped up at the bar talking about how Man City and Arsenal were both definitely going to qualify from their ties and that City could go on and win it.  This despite all the evidence pointing to the Premiership as overhyped and overrated.  One of them was a Liverpool fan as well.

[boomer39]

In those days, ex Liverpool players were a real coup for us. And for the large part, they were fondly remembered too. McMahon still had something to offer to City back then.

 

McManaman, Fowler, Beardsley, Clough, Anelka, Hamman, Walsh - there seemed to be loads. 

I always liked Walsh, seemed a decent lad until Alan Ball fucked him over.

 

I think we beat Liverpool once... 3-1 (it's a long time ago)... it was a minor miracle. Must have been early 80s. Other than that, yes, it was 'the dreaded Liverpool' - we'd be lucky to get a goal.

remember playing you 1995/6 in the league cup on wednesday and the league on the saturday... joke going round after.. whats the time in manchester???  10 past immel...6-0 and 4-0.. i think.. happy days... 

[deiseach]

remember playing you 1995/6 in the league cup on wednesday and the league on the saturday... joke going round after.. whats the time in manchester???  10 past immel...6-0 and 4-0.. i think.. happy days... 

 

I remember reading a preview of the league game. You'd think after the cup game the guy writing it would insert some caveat about a backlash or wounded animal or complacency or something. The verdict? "Home avalanche."

[ratcatcher]

In those days, ex Liverpool players were a real coup for us. And for the large part, they were fondly remembered too. McMahon still had something to offer to City back then.

 

McManaman, Fowler, Beardsley, Clough, Anelka, Hamman, Walsh - there seemed to be loads. 

I always liked Walsh, seemed a decent lad until Alan Ball fucked him over.

 

I think we beat Liverpool once... 3-1 (it's a long time ago)... it was a minor miracle. Must have been early 80s. Other than that, yes, it was 'the dreaded Liverpool' - we'd be lucky to get a goal.

 

That was my point. McMahon was a major coup for you. Now it seems milner will be a major coup for us.

[Trumo]

That was my point. McMahon was a major coup for you. Now it seems milner will be a major coup for us.

 

Only for the people who are bigging up the signing of Milner as a major coup.

[ratcatcher]

Only for the people who are bigging up the signing of Milner as a major coup.

 

The fact anyone who sees him as a major coup says it all. And as far as I know, the club is actively working for this.

[Dr Nowt]

Paul Merson or Garth Crooks.

 

Why hast thou forsaken me?

[Lario]

Build up for the League Cup Final starting at 6am tomorrow morning!

 

What the actual fuck??

[Dr Nowt]

Build up for the League Cup Final starting at 6am tomorrow morning!

 

What the actual fuck??

 

They need to give Mourinho enough time to address the nation with a 5-hour lecture before joining his team.

[an tha]

Stupid plastic flags at Wembley for finals, just fuck them off and whilst at it fuck off with the stupid loud music before game and let the fans create some atmosphere. The music actually ruins any atmosphere and the flags look really, really shite.

[razor]

Stupid plastic flags at Wembley for finals, just fuck them off and whilst at it fuck off with the stupid loud music before game and let the fans create some atmosphere. The music actually ruins any atmosphere and the flags look really, really shite.

 

*cough* Chelsea.... *cough*

[Redder Lurtz]

Not sure that this is exclusive to modern football but anyway...

 

Sat by the pool on holiday, a couple of loud families of cockney gooner gobshites come and sit within earshot. One bloke says to the other, as he bounces his young lad on his knee, 'are you teaching him arsenal songs?' Bloke says 'yeah mate' and starts singing an anti Spurs song to his lad. Fucking bellend. Comprehensively sums up what's wrong with most london teams' fans these days.

[ratcatcher]

Fucking tv commentators going on about 'a pen' whenever the ball hits a players hand. Its not a fucking pen unless its hand to ball, in other words, deliberate.

 

No wonder fucking morons at the pit and places like stoke scream for a pen when the ball's nowhere near the hand or arm.

[Bruce Spanner]

Far too much money, racism, the payers having no clue what the real world is like, boxer short betting adds being more offensive than 'You fackin' black cant' Warrior kits, fucking Warrior, 'industrial' players wearing pink boots,  £62 a ticket to watch dross, Robbie 'Sav' Savage doing his best everycunt impression and now sexism from the kit makers!

 

 

Someone hit the lights on the way out, I think we're done...