Martin, Martin Laursen.
Martin Laursen
If you accept that's ok, then by the same stretch, next time you come back from the match to find someone on here who hasn't been to the match telling you what it is like - because they live in Timbuktu, or wherever, for whatever reason- you should feel comfortable in telling them their opinions don't count either, because they weren't there any more than the bloke who lives round the corner and spent the afternoon watching back to back repeats of Come Dine With Me.
Quote from: pauliebentnuts on June 19, 2011, 11:26:26 PMIf you accept that's ok, then by the same stretch, next time you come back from the match to find someone on here who hasn't been to the match telling you what it is like - because they live in Timbuktu, or wherever, for whatever reason- you should feel comfortable in telling them their opinions don't count either, because they weren't there any more than the bloke who lives round the corner and spent the afternoon watching back to back repeats of Come Dine With Me.This is the bit I struggle with, I lend more weight to the opinions of those who get down the match more than I do those that dont, where am I going wrong?
i'm sorry toronto, i really have nowt against you at all. Until your unprovoked dig at me earlier i tended to agree with a lot you say on here. It seems you can give it out but can't take it back, but no hard feelings eh.
Quote from: gregnash on June 19, 2011, 11:37:05 PMi'm sorry toronto, i really have nowt against you at all. Until your unprovoked dig at me earlier i tended to agree with a lot you say on here. It seems you can give it out but can't take it back, but no hard feelings eh.no hard feelings at all gregI'll just get back to mail order MarmiteI'm K I D D I N G....Come on greg. Let's get behind the manager and team this year
For all the grandstanding that goes on here about "OMG, I couldn't possibly live without Villa!!!" or "if i lived in the UK, I'd be there every day of the week, not just matchdays", the reality is that it is surprisingly easy to stop bothering when you've got other stuff to think about.I wasted years of my life in the 80s and early 90s following Villa all over the place, then went and lived abroad for three years, so had little chance to watch us (pre web, pre satellite tv), then came back to the midlands and carried on not bothering at all for a few years longer. It was probably a hiatus of about 8 years or so when I got to about 3 matches at most.Did it bother me at the time? No. Because I had other things to worry about / fill my time. That's life, it doesn't revolve around football. Does it make me any less of a fan? No, i don't think it does.I don't like the "you're not allowed that opinion because you don't go very often" line because it is sneery and dismissive and there are probably lots of other people who could easily get to matches but don't bother, yet they don't seem to get the stick some posters do. If you accept that's ok, then by the same stretch, next time you come back from the match to find someone on here who hasn't been to the match telling you what it is like - because they live in Timbuktu, or wherever, for whatever reason- you should feel comfortable in telling them their opinions don't count either, because they weren't there any more than the bloke who lives round the corner and spent the afternoon watching back to back repeats of Come Dine With Me.By the same stretch, though, I also don't understand why anyone thinks anyone else should organise their whole life around Villa. The people who usually spend most time telling us how they organise their holidays around the league proramme, or they've called their firstborn Pongo McGregor McGrath or they're getting married and they're wearing claret and blue are the ones who seem to think they've got something to prove.It really is just a sport, and while we all get really wound up by it, organising your whole life around it is a bit mental to say the least.
Quote from: toronto villa on June 19, 2011, 04:54:17 PMno, you haven't touched a nerve. I'm just pointing out that you're talking utter bollocks.Nashollocks. Look it up in the Scrabble dictionary.
no, you haven't touched a nerve. I'm just pointing out that you're talking utter bollocks.