Originally Posted by RichmondBlue:
“Wasn't it always the same though Don ? The arrival of the Internet and social media has made the difference, before that it was just down the pub discussing the games with your mates. Now everything is blown out of all proportion by the sheer number of people involved.
Plus of course, there's so much more coverage these days. Match of the day on Saturday nights, and Sunday's afternoon game was all we had for a long time. Even the Sunday game was an exciting addition when it arrived. I almost (but not quite) feel sorry for non-footie fans these days, my local is quite small but has four screens showing practically non-stop football or rugby at present.”
I don't think so.
Crowds was massive back in the day etc, Football was just as massive, Yet you did not have this continued nonsense over players or wages anything else. Ron Harris for example, He made Costa look like a BFG but you never saw the rubbish spouted about him. People would talk about him but the wording and language used today makes Costa's and other players actions sound like they are in league with Hitler etc.
I think there is way too much coverage and do see it as one of the major problems. If it was up to me, The broadcast would start 5 minutes before kick off and end 10 minutes after. I really don't see the draw of over discussing something like we have nowadays, For me it takes something away from the game, Yes have discussions with your mates down the pub and on social media etc but I think cutting down on the coverage would help to make the discussions better. The more time you give over to something as with most things the first thing to suffer is the quality
It's become to much like a TV show for me, I enjoy watching Game Of Thrones think its a fantastic show well written etc but people take it to extremes for example with the ending of the last season and if Jon Snow is dead or not you have people going to insane levels trying to prove he is alive because at 59:02 during the episode someone did this or did that. Instead of enjoying it they are taking to a obsession and that's never a good place to go.
The constant bombardment I think has taken some enjoyment out of the game.
For me Football is something I enjoy, I go to the games I enjoy meeting up with a bunch of mates before the game, I go to the ground and met up with another bunch of mates have a chat have a laugh with them Sing a few songs (for example at weekend Petr Petr let one in Petr Let one in) when the game is over might met up with another bunch of mates have a laugh might even meet up with mates who are fans of the team we just played hopefully take the mickey out of them if we won. If its an away game and I don't go and we on TV, Off to the pub I go with a few mates from different teams again have a laugh etc. If you look at some of the people just discussing the Costa incident do they sound like they are enjoying themselves? Do they sound like they are enjoying "football", Words like thug,ugly,nasty violent etc etc are not something I associate with having fun. Even when its talking like a mundane thing like wages of today's top players on the main people sound rather bitter about it.
Maybe its just me but I think today people take it way to seriously and have taken it unhealthy levels.
Maybe its because they watch so much of it, You can now just about watch a game every single night,