Now anyone who reads my posts will know that I'm Mr Happy, glass half full, happy clapper, the eternal optimist. Well I still am in general but finding it harder with my football, maybe its just this international break, has it really only been 2 weeks. I sat down to watch both the England games and did not get through either, repeats of Have I Got News For You on Dave were far more appealing, and I had seen them more than once. Its now Thursday and that tingle should be starting, football on Saturday, but still nothing there. I scan the gossip columns but again nothing and TBH when I do see a rumour I don't believe it. I know we will be after Messi and that's what we will get, a deadline day messy loan signing. Now it would be all to easy to put this down to our disappointing season so far but I don't think it is. Many will tell me how its because of months of Bruce, his tactics and his style, I know its not because I still like Bruce, maybe he is a small part but I honestly know it is a small part. I put it down to a combination of a few things, starting with everyday life. Mine I admit is fine, I have had little for some time and when you have little after years of having lots, well in my case, it was a relief, I have more than enough and am content. That said I hear it every day, every news bulletin is full of it, crisis, unemployment, cuts, rising prices, austerity, another soldier killed, another uprising with thousands killed, ****ing X Factor. Football being full of players I no longer recolonise, over paid young men who only hit the news when they are drunk, moaning or in bother. Then we have our lot, the big one, a magic carpet that has stalled, big signings coming in is now big signings wanting out. We had 3 big positives, well I remember when they were positives. Short, a good man and a very rich man, said little but backed the club 100%, we just knew he was with us and would take us forward. Now chairman and now even more quiet than he was, and that was never rowdy. Bruce, an honest man and a good man, said it like it was, attracted good players who wanted to be here, starting with Bent. Now constantly fighting for his job and under pressure, losing those good players and unsure what to do with the ones he has left. Quinn, Mr Sunderland and when all around was falling apart big Niall would come out, calm us down and preach success, we would feel better. Can anyone remember the last time you heard him speak. I will be there on Saturday, same routine, same seat but not the same enthusiasm. I feel myself slowly falling out of love with the beautiful game, maybe its just the winter.
I'm sure there's people in Coxhoe can get some pills for this Syd. Pull yourself together man, this is football. As a great man once said "Footballs not a matter of life or death, its much more important than that".
typical childish reply from a one year old, I can see your age, impressive PC skills mind, for your age, or did you lie...
You're not alone though syd. The SOL capacity is over 12,000 down this season. Fans are voting with their feet. The football on offer is simply awful. I too will be going on Saturday more out of duty than enjoyment. I can't remember the last time I actually enjoyed a season. It would have been under Reid some 10 or 12 years ago. The fact I also see nothing in Bruce to inspire any confidence it will get better fills me with nothing but dread. As I have said previously, when it gets to this point, making the decision to give up totally is a very easy one to contemplate. I never thought I could ever live without going to games. After 36 years unbroken support and decades of disappointments shrugged off constantly, that time is as close today as it ever has been before. Bruces abject failure over the last 12 month, has sickened me completely. I so wanted him to be the one but he so obviously isn't and never will be. If we can't turn the corner over the last 2 or 3 years then we never will. I go to the Fulham game on Saturday wishing it was over before I get there.
I find myself Cest thinking of options and at my age, retired a very big and attractive option stands out, winter sun. I find the cold and snow gets me further down each year, I am in a position were I could escape for a month or two in the sun. I have Osca but I know he would be well looked after and my mother no longer knows me or time so it would not affect her, only one thing stops me going, my season ticket. Now without a season ticket I could be watching the game, in shorts, at some bar in Cyprus, Malta, Spain, Lanzaroti. Rarly do you see a bad game out there because with dink they all look good.
Syd I've been going since I was 10 years old. I'm 47 in a couple of weeks time. I've been at this point once before and that was after the 15 point season. I was really on the verge of quitting my season ticket and becoming an armchair fan. The only reason I didn't was Niall Quinn and my absolute faith in him and his magic carpet story. I thought if we can't turn the corner under this legend of a man We never will. Well, we are 6 seasons into the magic carpet ride and it's simply not happening at all for me. Maybe I should have just quit back then and not invested my last ounce of faith in Quinny. That we have still been fed a diet of lies and false promises under Niall (not all his fault BTW) and have hardly set the world on fire since if came back is the final nail. The thought of watching a Bruce team for the next few years is a depressing one for me, as we will never amount le anything under his watch. Short seems content to accept his failure when I thought he would be the dynamic presence we all needed so much and drive us on. I guess I'm just tired of watching my club play at being a player in this league, without the wherewithal to actually achieve that success. If I were you and could before it, I'd be off to Cyprus at the drop of a hat. Plenty of others have decided likewise mate.
Just been talking to my lady who is in Cyprus now, she said its cold today, asked what she was doing, just outside a bar at the harbour having a coffee she said. I know its cold because she is in jeans and t-shirt r ather than shorts, freezing.
The Beautiful Game having read the title i was hoping it was sex tips according to Syd, the Coxwhore cock, i was quite looking forward to a decent read, YOU LET ME DOWN AGAIN SYD,
WTF are you doing with nudie pics of my lass you philandering swine? I'll have this out with her when she comes in!
