"Modern Football is Rubbish"

[Keeping The Dream Alive.]

Anyone read the book? It's by Nick Davidson I think. I've had a look on the web and all the reviews seem very promising. For £6 it seems a really good buy, certainly a lot better than Rio Ferdinand or Steven Gerrards latest autobiography...

And just for a bit of debate, do you agree with the title of the book?

Edit: If you disagree then please back up your opinion, I've yet to come across a good arguement on how football now is better than it was in the 60's/70's/80's.

 

[Il Duce]

No.

There are things I don't like about it but the speed and quality of top level football nowadays is superb. Plus, league football below the Premiership is drawing attendances and interest that were unheard of 10-15 years ago. I think it's ok.

 

[eastie]

to much diving , prima donnas, no loyalty give me non league every day

 

[coventrygull]

to much diving , prima donnas, no loyalty give me non league every day

Blue square Premiership. Real footie

 

[Twinkle Toes]

Bought MFIR for my bro in-law for Cringlemas, funnily enough. A great read I thought, & a really welcome trip down memory lane.

I miss many things about the old times: the characters (which seem to be lacking these days); the blood & thunder of the domestic game; cheats being less prevalent; & affordable tickets & terracing. But then we had the overt racism & massed violence etc didn't we? I guess things sometimes move on for very good reasons.

 

[Slough Seagull]

Football is so far removed from the game I love when I first started watching in the mid 80s. Will always support the Albion but the more I go/see/read/hear about football the more it just hits home at how the game has been ruined by overpriced seats in grounds that all look the same, overhyped average (foreign and British) players earning more in a week than I earn in year, live football on television every day so every glory hunter can claim to 'support' their team sitting at home, no terraces, no smoking, over priced shitty franchised food and drink, overpriced car parks, trains, beer etc etc. Non league on the whole is still ok though...

 

[SNOOBS]

I like football now. There are some good players, good teams and good matches. I'm not saying its better or worse than in the 60's 70's 80's. But I disagree that its rubbish.

 

[HseagullsH]

I like watching Premiership and also really like the Championship.

 

[algie]

I like watching Premiership and also really like the Championship.

how old are you?

 

[Paxton Dazo]

how old are you?

He's 17 i think.

Modern Football Is GREAT

 

[HseagullsH]

how old are you?

I am 17. Anything else?

 

[Paxton Dazo]

I am 17. Anything else?

What's your shoe size?

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Old football, like music, was so much better....when you remember the good stuff & forget the dross.

I loved the characters, the blood & guts, the mud, the terraces and kowing your team's players really were YOUR team and the opposition had players who were there year after year that you loved to hate.

But there was dross, grotty grounds, violence, crap players. Look at our time spent in the top div along with the likes of Notts County, Luton, Swansea, Coventry and even the likes of Middlesboro, Birmingham, Bolton. Most of these would struggle to average 15,000 for games against eachother and there's no comparison with today's prem quality.

The quality is there now but we have lost some of the excitement. having footy on TV everyday has lead to armchair fans and the money side has ruined the game in that, in the old days every manager in would be able to say "This year we will win the title". Now only 4 can say that.

 

[blue and white army]

Not rubbish just dictated by money.

 

[Giraffe]

The problem with this argument is it always reminds me of my dad and grandfather who used to have the same argument about the "modern" game against the old game. i.e when my grandad was 25 the game was so much better because of xy and z. And my dad would say thats rubbish. And then I had the same argument with my dad for a while until we woke up and realised what was happening. And now I fear I will be harping back to the eighties when my son is a little older and cheeky and claims that todays football is better.

So in short football is just great, but there is natural fondness to the form you fell in love with in the first place. Hence the recurring argument. Everyone is right!!!

 

[Paxton Dazo]

Old football, like music, was so much better....when you remember the good stuff & forget the dross.

I loved the characters, the blood & guts, the mud, the terraces and kowing your team's players really were YOUR team and the opposition had players who were there year after year that you loved to hate.

But there was dross, grotty grounds, violence, crap players. Look at our time spent in the top div along with the likes of Notts County, Luton, Swansea, Coventry and even the likes of Middlesboro, Birmingham, Bolton. Most of these would struggle to average 15,000 for games against eachother and there's no comparison with today's prem quality.

The quality is there now but we have lost some of the excitement. having footy on TV everyday has lead to armchair fans and the money side has ruined the game in that, in the old days every manager in would be able to say "This year we will win the title". Now only 4 can say that.

Good Post, all in all.But....""This year we will win the title". Now only 4 can say that" (Anyone think that VILLA have a serious chance of winning the league? - North Stand Chat) - Nah , only kidding yeah i agree.

 

[Paxton Dazo]

I agreed but saying that, i wouldn't swap the days out for the world.Good times.

 

[algie]

Money has certainly killed the game.Use to be a working mans game.All seater stadiums have also destroyed the atmosphere as well.On the pitch i reckon the game has certainly moved on.

 

[Titanic]

I love watching premier league football.. especially Arsenal, Villa and Liverpool. They have fantastically skillful and committed players, and provide great entertainment (and before anyone asks I am 45 and have been watching the Albion at home and occasionally away since 1971.)

 

[Keeping The Dream Alive.]

The problem with this argument is it always reminds me of my dad and grandfather who used to have the same argument about the "modern" game against the old game. i.e when my grandad was 25 the game was so much better because of xy and z. And my dad would say thats rubbish. And then I had the same argument with my dad for a while until we woke up and realised what was happening. And now I fear I will be harping back to the eighties when my son is a little older and cheeky and claims that todays football is better.

So in short football is just great, but there is natural fondness to the form you fell in love with in the first place. Hence the recurring argument. Everyone is right!!!

But now the realisation that the Premier League is a commercialised brand dictated by money is sinking in with more younger fans than in previous generations.

The only argument people can conjure up for the 'modern football is good' department is that there's a higher quality of football available to the public, but fans lived without it before with no troubles and got along supporting their local teams instead of staying at home watching their 'team' from the comfort of their chair. What we're getting now is people who can't properly enjoy football because of corporate soulless grounds, over paid players and extortionate ticket prices. Football is going one way, and it's not the right one.