Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. The fans' expectations and formulaic support really annoys me. I bet I've seen more than 1000 games and I must just be full to the brim and only go now because of habit. Me and my son discussed a few weeks ago whether we should renew our season tickets and we agreed to give it 'one last go' but several of our mates who we see before matches and at aways have dropped out so there'll be fewer laughs now. And the cost! They're taking the urine now and have been for quite some time.
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snorri
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I feel/felt exactly the same as you having being in the same situation with you. Over 1000 games myself, home and away, european home and aways. Last season was the first in over 15 years without a season ticket (before then you didn't need a season ticket). I ended up only going to 3 games last season. And that was 3 games too many. I realised that I had fallen out of love with the game, the people who run the club and the type of 'so called' fans that now frequent football. I miss all the gang (of 12) who all sat together over the many years. But we have been having more fun going to a boozer to watch games on a big screen whilst having some food and booze.
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I'll still follow it, but I must admit I'm surprised to see I'm not the only one who's interest is waning. Perhaps the success of British cyclists has had a lot to do with that, league football at the moment seems just like a tired old formula with nothing new to get excited about. Before the Premiership you always went into a new season thinking this could be our year, it never was but the gap in class between mid and top table teams was bridgeable if you could put a good run together. Any club without serious money to spend is now ruled out of the race without a hope in hell of catching up because if they do develop a few quality players one of the sharks at the top can simply double their wages and they'll be off.
Please, PLEASE tell me you didn't miss out your big one last season? You see, it is this that keeps us going. In my son's case, he's never actually seen us win the title. When I say 'seen', I mean actually be there in the stadium, not watch it on TV. He's seen us win a few FA cups, league cups, the UEFA cup and Big Ears but never the one he covets; the domestic one. Now I have witnessed that 6 times (although some were in black and white) as well as all the other gubbins so we know it CAN be done, we've witnessed it with our own eyes and our deepest fear is to give up the very season, or the season before, we come good again! It's the hope that over-rides our natural scepticism, really. If we were to give up our tickets and we were to come good and were in vast demand, we'd be at the back of a very long queue for future tickets so it's this perhaps forlorn hope that keeps us going!
PoliceMadAd
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I put a fiver on that as an accumulator the other day, but swap City for United. I'm buzzing for this season if its anything like the end of last season, and as a Derby County lad, i'm sure we're in for a rollercoaster of a season, if our latest cup match is anything to go by. COYR. *EDIT Accumulator return - £8,190 :P
Well, that turned out to be a good call....strange day for Mr. Rogers with Swansea thumping QPR and Liverpool coming so dreadfully unstuck.
As for the rest - I've only seen the highlights, but it's going to be a long season for Norwich, and, possibly, QPR.
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I think it might be time to drop Steven Gerrard from the team, he can't keep up with the pace of the game anymore. It seems like they rely on him too much, drop him to the subs bench and make him earn his place like anyone else instead of being the first name on the team sheet.
mangaman
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Sadly, I fear a long season time-wise, but a short one interest-wise.
We'll be pretty much relegated by Xmas looking at our fixture list and the attitude of our players and worst of all our manager who went to Fulham hoping to scrape a draw as they were so much more technically superior than us according to his post match interview.
Great motivational speaking Chris!
QPR vs Norwich next weekend - the battle of the bottom 2 : should be a humdinger
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Southampton looked alright though, didn't they?
And Newcastle did what they needed to do against one of the teams who will probably be our closest rivals for that last Champion's League spot (which is the best we can hope for this season); particularly good to see Ba scoring again. I suspect too that Pardew's off-season purchases will once again turn out to be amongst the most effective of any manager.
And Newcastle did what they needed to do against one of the teams who will probably be our closest rivals for that last Champion's League spot (which is the best we can hope for this season); particularly good to see Ba scoring again. I suspect too that Pardew's off-season purchases will once again turn out to be amongst the most effective of any manager.
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