Match Day Thread General matchday thread.

[Archers Road]

I can sympathise a bit. As much as I’d love us to have a miraculous season and go up, it’s not much fun once you’re there with fewer games and so many not at 3pm.

No, it's great clinging on to half a chance every week, against sides whose wage bill equals the GDP of Sweden.

 

[Blueman]

No, it's great clinging on to half a chance every week, against sides whose wage bill equals the GDP of Sweden.

Would your mind change if you were taken over by someone who's rich mate?

 

[Skylarker]

Nah. Saints have always been a bit ****, but the Premier League is scaling new heights of annoying bullshit and mindless hype. Fire cannons anyone?

Might as well declare City the PL league winners now btw. Surprising really, how such an expensively assembled side can be so much better than all the other, not quite so expensively assembled sides.

I'm with Chief - **** football, it's August, the Ashes are still on (that opinion might change if Saints win today. And especially if they win next week. Which they won't).

Var can **** right off btw.

Tbf that's mainly because we're old ****ers now. My son and his age group want more fireworks and he'd love cannons and ****.

It's not football but the world we live in nowadays.

The dominance bit - you could argue that there's always been a totally dominant team. Over my lifetime it was Liverpool, then Utd... now City seem to be that team.

The next generation love the mindless hype and the crazy excess of the PL.

We're just all old miserable bastards...

 

[Archers Road]

Would your mind change if you were taken over by someone who's rich mate?

Absolutely not, no....

 

[PINKIE]

It's August.

What part of that you not getting?

It feels like last season ended a couple of weeks ago, I've not really missed it.

Is that opinion ok with you?

But yeah, you two crack on telling me what I'm thinking.

You ****ing grumpy old ****

 

[Archers Road]

Tbf that's mainly because we're old ****ers now. My son and his age group want more fireworks and he'd love cannons and ****.

It's not football but the world we live in nowadays.

The dominance bit - you could argue that there's always been a totally dominant team. Over my lifetime it was Liverpool, then Utd... now City seem to be that team.

The next generation love the mindless hype and the crazy excess of the PL.

We're just all old miserable bastards...

I just conducted an experiment, and asked my son what he thought of fire cannon. He shrugged and said, "bit American innit?" So not as cynical as me, but not exactly enthusiastic. Mind you, he's 28. Christ, I am old.

 

[Blueman]

Absolutely not, no....

Mate, I've said on here many times that if we went back to being bang average yoyo club, it really wouldn't bother me. Had some great times back then and I hate the win at all cost attitude our owner seems to have. Premier league isn't football anymore, it's theatre.

 

[Archers Road]

Mate, I've said on here many times that if we went back to being bang average yoyo club, it really wouldn't bother me. Had some great times back then and I hate the win at all cost attitude our owner seems to have. Premier league isn't football anymore, it's theatre.

All the hype definitely grates on me. And it's almost impossible to develop any real affinity for players who, whatever they might say, don't give the slightest **** about the club, the fans or the shirt.

I said at the time of our back to back promotions, that I expected the PL to be a let down after that, and it has been really. The two Koeman seasons were good, I enjoyed our European adventure, and I really like our current manager, but I am falling out of love with the game.

 

[PINKIE]

The football season starts and suddenly everybody hates football lol

 

[Blueman]

The football season starts and suddenly everybody hates football lol

Not football, but the Prem.

 

[PINKIE]

Not football, but the Prem.

So everybody's going to **** off from here and go and support Wycombe then ?

 

[Blueman]

So everybody's going to **** off from here and go and support Wycombe then ?

Erm no, why would we do that?

 

[Rorschach]

Whereas calling throw in every five seconds and the ref a cheat every ten, is.

We'll you've got to pad your 2 pages out somehow...

 

[PINKIE]

Erm no, why would we do that?

Because everybody seems to be whinging about the Premier League

 

[Blueman]

Because everybody seems to be whinging about the Premier League

Yeah but my club plays in the premier league. Why would I support another team?

 

[PINKIE]

Yeah but my club plays in the premier league. Why would I support another team?

So what is it about the prem that you hate so much ?

 

[Archers Road]

So everybody's going to **** off from here and go and support Wycombe then ?

No, but I might watch Notts County vs Barnet on BT Sport tonight, and at least I won't have to worry about VAR

 

[Blueman]

So what is it about the prem that you hate so much ?

I've already explained that.

 

[Chief]

You ****ing grumpy old ****

Absolutely correct!

 

[Skylarker]

I just conducted an experiment, and asked my son what he thought of fire cannon. He shrugged and said, "bit American innit?" So not as cynical as me, but not exactly enthusiastic. Mind you, he's 28. Christ, I am old.

At 28 I'd be slightly concerned if fire cannons got him going. I'm talking about 10 year olds!!! The next generation... your son is this generation

I'm young enough to be your son