Did anyone on here ever frequent BigWatfordLove? Now that was a zoo. There was more use of the word c**t on there than that aforementioned German brothel (probably). You had to be a bit thick-skinned to take all the abuse that flew around. To be honest I very much enjoyed it. Hennyways - what about Sports Interactive - our 'little sponsor'? I wonder if we could wring a bit more dosh out of them?
I am ashamed that I let you goad me into abuse. Your clever change of stance, defending the poor instead of your usual posture took me by surprise. I knew you for a WUM and yet I let you make remarks and personal insults until you overstepped a mark that even you had not previously attained. When you brought my wife into last night's nastiness I should have come away instead of letting you know what I really think of you - but you were correct - living with me can not be a bundle of fun. I suspect most of us have close friends and family with problems - even terminal illness (excepting my wife I have had others) but I can assure you that nothing comes close to living the life I have for the last 5 years. Even my children do not inhabit one tenth of the hell I experience. Now that I am being treated for hypertension and depression the fear that I could not be around for my wonderful wife is overwhelming. I come on these boards only as a way to hide from reality. A good clean argument hurts nobody and I can withstand insults as well as anybody - I was brought up in an era when the motto was "sticks and stones can break my bones by names can never hurt me" What I do not need is a WUM mentioning my family with disrespect. Convince yourself all you like that you meant no harm but you will not convince me. You are expert at driving thorns under fingernails until you find how much it hurts. Well congratulations - you have no doubt that yesterday you scored the point you wanted. Again I am sorry I failed to rise above it but I will never engage in conversation with you again. To me you represent evil and appear to have no conscience about it.
Leo , I fully understand your challenging situation . I'm also someone who has experienced episodes of depression , you have to go through it to know how debilitating it can be .. We can only take so much before the stress gets to us . You don't have to feel bad about your reaction yesterday . I wish you all the best mate .
Superhorns ... you will have noticed I came to your defence yesterday ...but your last comment is totally out of order . Don't you have any empathy ?
¡¡moral grounds!! You´d both get a booking, but I´m not the ref! ahahahahahah Bury the hatchet and get on with the game! ¿Nato might be a good sponsor?
Once you start talking about morality then we start running into problems of definition. In the end we just do not want our club associated with certain types of business - but for most of us this will be different. Gambling, smoking and alcohol can all be highly addictive so is every wine grower immoral ? The same could be said about nearly all firms - would I feel happy about our club being sponsored by a weapons manufacturer - no ! By an airline - no ! because of their influence on the environment. I could find a moral reason for pulling away from more or less every firm. I do not really like the fact that our team flies to all away matches north of Birmingham (can this be defended in times of Co2 reduction ?). I would much rather be a club owned by its fans (like Exeter or Portsmouth) or a club run as a cooperative (like Athletic Bilbao) or go back 40 years to when there was no sponsorship - but I can't do any of those things and so I carry on supporting my home town club whatever.
Is anyone sad enough to have boycotted products from companies that sponsored clubs? I have never bought a Hitachi appliance, drank a pint of Carlsberg or used Crown Paints and I have no intention of doing any business with Standard Chartered. That's principles for you!
To be honest I can't understand anyone buying or not buying products as a result of football sponsorship but I suppose it must be successfull for firms otherwise they wouldn't do it.
It all started as a joke when I bought my first stereo system back in the 80s. Carried on doing it as a piss take with Liverpool supporting mates and it stuck. And it is childish in the extreme!
When it all comes down to it Watford have always been my club. They always will be and I would still support the team if they were sponsored by Methane Producing Cluster Bombs (with added Vodka) 'R Us Ltd. Which is pretty much what Cologne alluded to above.
Just how much are we influenced by any advertising? I like to think that in my case it is not much, but then I do not change my car, TV, mobile or washing machine every year.
Company ownership is so complex that you could be sponsored by The Cute Fluffy Kitten Family which is in fact owned by BAE, through a dozen various shell companies and other financial shenanigans. Our only role in the whole situation is to continue to cough up ever increasing amounts of cash and make the stadiums look pretty when they're on TV, if we get to enjoy any footy it's a bonus. I'm really not looking forward to stagnating in this league, I'd rather we had a high-flying (top 10) couple of seasons then went back down to the Championship, not become a Villa or a Sunderland (bit harsh on Villa, they're weren't THAT bad a few years ago)
I think it's become more subliminal than that...People tend to trust brands more if they see them as established (ie: lots of adverts and exposure in the media), so when Gilette are repeatedly showing you fancy new razor adverts, you might not tend to want that specific one but your brain will think 'Oh, Gilette, they have loads of adverts on TV so they must be a real/good brand'. That's how I see it anyway. (unless it's for food, that's meant to be instant. Channel 4 used to put a Domino's advert just before the Simpsons in my student days and my flatmate worked there...Bad combo...)
You are probably right, but I rarely watch TV channels with adverts simply because I get fed up with programs being interrupted. By the way razor blades and me only meet when Mme has a moan!
