Quote from: NeilH on December 21, 2011, 06:45:57 AMQuote from: Chris Smith on December 20, 2011, 10:13:42 PMHas anyone noticed how the people who are losing their enthusiasm for football have boundless enthusiasm when it comes to telling everyone else about it. They're like born again Christians or recently stopped smokers.Sorry Chris, but I think you'll find that most people that post these comments have lost the enthusiasm for Premiership football and not football in general. I still love football and try to go as often as possible to see my local club and take my two lads to their beloved Ajax and Feyenoord respectively.I encourage anyone who is bored of the Premiership product to get back to their roots and visit a non-league club or lower division team. Its like getting back to football as most of us remember it and if after that you still aren't enthused then I'm afraid that you really have lost the desire.I agree to an extent Neil. I watched Arsenal Man City on Sunday, and Real Barcelona last week, and both games showed me that I still love football, what I don't love is the feeling that Villa as a package are surrendering to becoming a bottom half team with no real direction. Football is still great to watch when played well by people giving their all at any level.
Quote from: Chris Smith on December 20, 2011, 10:13:42 PMHas anyone noticed how the people who are losing their enthusiasm for football have boundless enthusiasm when it comes to telling everyone else about it. They're like born again Christians or recently stopped smokers.Sorry Chris, but I think you'll find that most people that post these comments have lost the enthusiasm for Premiership football and not football in general. I still love football and try to go as often as possible to see my local club and take my two lads to their beloved Ajax and Feyenoord respectively.I encourage anyone who is bored of the Premiership product to get back to their roots and visit a non-league club or lower division team. Its like getting back to football as most of us remember it and if after that you still aren't enthused then I'm afraid that you really have lost the desire.
Has anyone noticed how the people who are losing their enthusiasm for football have boundless enthusiasm when it comes to telling everyone else about it. They're like born again Christians or recently stopped smokers.
...I think you'll find that most people that post these comments have lost the enthusiasm for Premiership football and not football in general.
I don't like Premier League football anymore, but I like Villa no matter how bad they are doing. I seriously do not care for the "top games" and have no interest in how other premier league teams are doing. Just not interested. I didn't even know Yakubu played for Blackburn until yesterday.
I am still laughing at the football was essentially pure 40 years ago comment. It's as though Leeds under Revie never happened? That Chopper Harris and Tommy Smith weren't kicking shit out if anything that moved with refs turning a blind eye. As though teams spending a lot of money weren't winning most of the trophies.
Quote from: Chris Smith on December 21, 2011, 11:10:11 AMI am still laughing at the football was essentially pure 40 years ago comment. It's as though Leeds under Revie never happened? That Chopper Harris and Tommy Smith weren't kicking shit out if anything that moved with refs turning a blind eye. As though teams spending a lot of money weren't winning most of the trophies. I agree Chris, watching fottball from the 70's / 80's on TV - it looks awful, although I don't remember it being that way. Yes, teams with money won trophies, but money has gone from being 1 factor to being the only factor for success. It used to be more on the coaching, managers, players from the area/youth. Look at Citeh, average manager but has every chance to suceed with a seemingly bottomless pit of cash - even Dolly would win something at Citeh nowadays, well maybe....
Before anybody tells me to f*** off because I'm not a proper Villa supporter, I can tell you that I definately will not be renewing my season ticket for next season for the first time since 1974, that is how out of synch I feel with Villa, and football.
Quote from: Chris Smith on December 21, 2011, 11:10:11 AMI am still laughing at the football was essentially pure 40 years ago comment. It's as though Leeds under Revie never happened? That Chopper Harris and Tommy Smith weren't kicking shit out if anything that moved with refs turning a blind eye. As though teams spending a lot of money weren't winning most of the trophies. That made me laugh too, thinking of the Wednesday players done for match fixing in the 60's, suspicious transfers and brown paper bags, and black players who don't like the cold.....etc.The good old days, eh?
Quote from: Lee N'B on December 21, 2011, 11:21:48 AMQuote from: Chris Smith on December 21, 2011, 11:10:11 AMI am still laughing at the football was essentially pure 40 years ago comment. It's as though Leeds under Revie never happened? That Chopper Harris and Tommy Smith weren't kicking shit out if anything that moved with refs turning a blind eye. As though teams spending a lot of money weren't winning most of the trophies. That made me laugh too, thinking of the Wednesday players done for match fixing in the 60's, suspicious transfers and brown paper bags, and black players who don't like the cold.....etc.The good old days, eh?Most seem to be pointing out the huge finances, SKY and media in general. You just have to look at what jobs Villa's European Cup winning side have done since then to show the difference in earnings.