Speculation

[Jose Fonte baby]

I lost a fair bit of interest in football between around 2006-09. I got back into it when my dad asked if I wanted to go to Wembley for the JPT final. I didn't lose interest because we were a bit crap, I just became more interested in WWE. When I stopped watching that, I became more interested in football.

 

[Clem Fandango]

It was an anology, not sarcasm. I could have chosen to ignore the signs that it was going to rain.

I'm regretting saying anything now. I meant I was being sarcastic, ie I knew you were making an analogy (it was a good one btw).

This is going to be a long summer, thank god there's a football match on tonight, also a World Cup... something to talk about.

Also I'm taking a break from the forum next week as I'm off to sunny Spain!

 

[fatletiss]

I'm regretting saying anything now. I meant I was being sarcastic, ie I knew you were making an analogy (it was a good one btw).

This is going to be a long summer, thank god there's a football match on tonight, also a World Cup... something to talk about.

Also I'm taking a break from the forum next week as I'm off to sunny Spain!

Oops, sorry!

have a good trip to Spain.

 

[Puck]

Puck, fair enough and thanks for explaining; I think you can understand my original post as it did sound like you were ditching your club.

However, I love watching football and in particular Saints so no matter what happens, I get great enjoyment from the sport. I can't change what happens in the big picture and I am certainly not going to cut my nose off to attempt to change the whole game. It's a sport I enjoy and will continue to; it's just such a huge part of who I am, that I couldn't just up and go from it.

The most disillusioned I ever became was when Saints nearly went under for good, but even then I was making provisions for where I'd get my football fix next.

Some people like the game more than others; nothing wrong with that.

I thought I'd made it pretty clear by saying "Saints and football generally" but obviously not.

I agree that there's no right or wrong here. If you're happy watching football as it is then fair enough. For me, and it seems for many others, a lot of the appeal goes once the game becomes almost solely about who has the most money.

I lost a fair bit of interest in football between around 2006-09. I got back into it when my dad asked if I wanted to go to Wembley for the JPT final. I didn't lose interest because we were a bit crap, I just became more interested in WWE. When I stopped watching that, I became more interested in football.

Actually WWE is an interesting comparison. I used to watch regularly as a kid in the early 90s and then again in the glory years of 1999-2002 and I still keep half an eye on what's going on. The number of people who complain online about how it's not as good as it used to be but still watch every week and buy all the PPVs astounds me. The same principle applies there. The only way things will change is if people stop watching - why would Vince McMahon change his plans when he's making huge sums of money? Stop watching, stop giving him your money and maybe he'll think again!