The More I Watch This WC The More I Hate Football

[Jattdogg]

What i hate is the greed of ticket prices . Fifa should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this to happen it is absolutely disgraceful.

 

Other than that, been a good world cup but not the best!

 

Wish Canada had more stadiums (larger) so that we could have hosted more games.

[SystonFox]

Paraguay were a disgrace last night.

 

im all for France going out but that wasn’t even an attempt to play football or attack. 
 

mbappe should’ve got his cokc out and tapped them on the forehead

[Chelmofox]

I was in New York last week on business.  It shocked me that, other than a few people wearing football shirts, it feels very much like there is no tournament going on at all. The New Yorkers I spoke to were very clear about it - the summer of sport finished when the Nicks won, and they dont really get the game. Very little advertising about for the tournament as well.

 

Found a bar to watch England v Panama, and they switched it off in about the 70th minute because they thought noone was interested.  In the evening there were a few England fans about near our hotel, but not a huge amount. 

 

Watched Holland vs Morocco in our hotel bar and there were pockets of people interested, but nothing like watching a game at home.

 

I travel to New York once a quarter, and the prices for everything (including hotel) were exactly the same. No need to really exploit anyone as it felt nothing had changed.

 

One city in the US i know.

[Aus Fox]

@sylofox I hope you watched that game today and fell a little bit more back in love with the game.

Today, on the back of that news about Balogun, getting to play against Belgium - football was at a low point.

Then a game that gave us everything I love about the game, the game itself was immense, the crowd were unbelievable and sitting back now and watching all the videos of people watching around the world and enjoying that spectacle is everything.

For the first time in forever, I can’t stop talking about, reading about and rewatching that game. 

[Chelmofox]

As always, the tournament is all about the knockout stages.

[sylofox]

1 hour ago, Aus Fox said:

@sylofox I hope you watched that game today and fell a little bit more back in love with the game.

Today, on the back of that news about Balogun, getting to play against Belgium - football was at a low point.

Then a game that gave us everything I love about the game, the game itself was immense, the crowd were unbelievable and sitting back now and watching all the videos of people watching around the world and enjoying that spectacle is everything.

For the first time in forever, I can’t stop talking about, reading about and rewatching that game. 

Sadly no as I had to be in work at 6am and being a driver it was a no go for me sadly.

[Pliskin]

I used to love England as a kid, always got a real buzz for the world cups and euros, but after the World Cup in 2010 I really lost interest in the national side, it was squad of players I felt you couldn’t connect with, from the manager to the players for me personally it all felt a bit disjointed. Then I actively disliked them, I couldn’t bring myself to support or follow other teams players… however, watching this mornings match, I genuinely got a bit into it, as I said, it was hard not to, the performance, effort, endeavour and quality was there for all to see…. That performance will resonate with a lot of fans in this country, as it had the very basics we all expect and more… and that’s a trait England have lacked for many years. This could be a group of players that gets everyone onside. 

Edited 6 July by Pliskin

[sylofox]

Lol the most noise of the night. Hydration break and the fans singing living on a prayer

[Nalis]

The proportion of likeable vs dislikable players keeps swinging to the latter

[Ecdysiast]

i hate football at this point..Trump is a **** and that's the least he's done

[Trav Le Bleu]

19 hours ago, Pliskin said:

I used to love England as a kid, always got a real buzz for the world cups and euros, but after the World Cup in 2010 I really lost interest in the national side, it was squad of players I felt you couldn’t connect with, from the manager to the players for me personally it all felt a bit disjointed. Then I actively disliked them, I couldn’t bring myself to support or follow other teams players… however, watching this mornings match, I genuinely got a bit into it, as I said, it was hard not to, the performance, effort, endeavour and quality was there for all to see…. That performance will resonate with a lot of fans in this country, as it had the very basics we all expect and more… and that’s a trait England have lacked for many years. This could be a group of players that gets everyone onside. 

Until we lose to Norway

 

[Pliskin]

15 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Until we lose to Norway

 

There’s Norway that happens!

[CosbehFox]

Our game v Mexico feels like a complete mirror to modern football’s ills. Two teams went at each other, tension throughout but there’s no bad blood. Supporters saying the atmosphere was mad without over stepping a line 

[AKCJ]

1 hour ago, CosbehFox said:

Our game v Mexico feels like a complete mirror to modern football’s ills. Two teams went at each other, tension throughout but there’s no bad blood. Supporters saying the atmosphere was mad without over stepping a line 

Most English fans have said how gracious the Mexican fans have been in defeat. Lots of shirt, scarf and flag swapping outside the Azteca.

 

I thought there'd be a lot of trouble for anyone in an England kit but I think their fans realised the game was won fairly.

[grobyfox1990]

21 hours ago, Pliskin said:

I used to love England as a kid, always got a real buzz for the world cups and euros, but after the World Cup in 2010 I really lost interest in the national side, it was squad of players I felt you couldn’t connect with, from the manager to the players for me personally it all felt a bit disjointed. Then I actively disliked them, I couldn’t bring myself to support or follow other teams players… however, watching this mornings match, I genuinely got a bit into it, as I said, it was hard not to, the performance, effort, endeavour and quality was there for all to see…. That performance will resonate with a lot of fans in this country, as it had the very basics we all expect and more… and that’s a trait England have lacked for many years. This could be a group of players that gets everyone onside. 

I wrote a post pretty much exactly like this yesterday! I follow your trajectory almost exactly. After WC 2014, coinciding with city getting good and working/partying more I lost interest. Culminating in the semi final in 2021 when Kane scored the pen and I almost stood still at Wembley. Mexico game was brilliant, really up for Saturday now.

Maybe it is coinciding with city becoming useless again. Thankfully I have not become one of those happy clappers who translate the loss of hope, ambition and energy in their own lives to 'modern football being a shambles mate it's all a shambles lost love of the modern game shambles' 

[grobyfox1990]

1 hour ago, CosbehFox said:

Our game v Mexico feels like a complete mirror to modern football’s ills. Two teams went at each other, tension throughout but there’s no bad blood. Supporters saying the atmosphere was mad without over stepping a line 

Expertly written. One of my friend's was there, his increasingly rambling messages and videos into Monday morning made it clear he had a great time.

I went to the Azteca for a match in 2023, it is an incredible arena

[ALC Fox]

I think this World Cup has generally been great football-wise.

 

The interference of Trump regarding Balogun's red card, the consistent mistreatment of the Iranian team, the Somali ref not being allowed into the States, etc. is what I hate.

 

In domestic football, what I hate VAR, PSR, hedge fund vulture capitalist ownerships, multi-club ownerships, sportswashing, inflated sponsorships, crypto gambling, endless litigation, points deductions, stubborn owners running clubs into the ground, etc.

 

The football itself is fine. Without the vast torrents of effluent that we're forced to read and watch that isn't actually the game that's played on the pitch, I think most of us would also be more tolerant of poor or indifferent performances and be more patient as managers build and establish their teams.

 

It's the circus around the game that's the real problem, imo.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

21 hours ago, Pliskin said:

I used to love England as a kid, always got a real buzz for the world cups and euros, but after the World Cup in 2010 I really lost interest in the national side, it was squad of players I felt you couldn’t connect with, from the manager to the players for me personally it all felt a bit disjointed. Then I actively disliked them, I couldn’t bring myself to support or follow other teams players… however, watching this mornings match, I genuinely got a bit into it, as I said, it was hard not to, the performance, effort, endeavour and quality was there for all to see…. That performance will resonate with a lot of fans in this country, as it had the very basics we all expect and more… and that’s a trait England have lacked for many years. This could be a group of players that gets everyone onside. 

 

You were Irish and hated England the other Saturday

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

24 minutes ago, grobyfox1990 said:

Thankfully I have not become one of those happy clappers who translate the loss of hope, ambition and energy in their own lives to 'modern football being a shambles mate it's all a shambles lost love of the modern game shambles' 

 

Aren't happy clappers blissfully oblivious to problems, loss of hope etc? Isn't that why they're called happy clappers? I don't really associate them with with downtrodden rhetoric about the state of the modern game - the term would lose all meaning if that was the case.

[bovril]

9 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

You were Irish and hated England the other Saturday

There's nothing more English than pretending you're Irish

[Finnegan]

8 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

Aren't happy clappers blissfully oblivious to problems, loss of hope etc? Isn't that why they're called happy clappers? I don't really associate them with with downtrodden rhetoric about the state of the modern game - the term would lose all meaning if that was the case.

 

Mate it's a free country he can make up his own meanings for things what are you the English police 

 

Edited 7 July by Finnegan

[bovril]

Listen it's all very well the happy clappers happy clapping along to their happy clapper happy clap, but some of us don't want to happy clap to the endless happy clapper happy clap bullshit. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

59 minutes ago, bovril said:

Listen it's all very well the happy clappers happy clapping along to their happy clapper happy clap, but some of us don't want to happy clap to the endless happy clapper happy clap bullshit. 

Happy clapping happy clapper!

[Trav Le Bleu]

23 hours ago, Pliskin said:

I used to love England as a kid, always got a real buzz for the world cups and euros, but after the World Cup in 2010 I really lost interest in the national side, it was squad of players I felt you couldn’t connect with, from the manager to the players for me personally it all felt a bit disjointed. Then I actively disliked them, I couldn’t bring myself to support or follow other teams players… however, watching this mornings match, I genuinely got a bit into it, as I said, it was hard not to, the performance, effort, endeavour and quality was there for all to see…. That performance will resonate with a lot of fans in this country, as it had the very basics we all expect and more… and that’s a trait England have lacked for many years. This could be a group of players that gets everyone onside. 

 

1 hour ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

You were Irish and hated England the other Saturday

 

1 hour ago, bovril said:

There's nothing more English than pretending you're Irish

 

1 hour ago, Finnegan said:

 

Mate it's a free country he can make up his own meanings for things what are you the English police 

 

Calm down, calm down.

 

Can't we just come together united in the universal hatred of Wales?

[Finnegan]

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