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[l'angelo mysterioso]

from the sublime of the olympics
to the nauseating ridiculousness of the new soccer season.
FFS

[gingerjon]

The Extra Preliminary Round of the FA Cup has indeed been and gone.

EDIT
And the big game for Chalfont Wasps against Maidenhead United Reserves is up on Saturday.

Sick-making these money grabbers.

Edited by gingerjon, 15 August 2012 - 09:29 AM.

[hindle xiii]

I daren't say X Factor is back as well. Which is what I thought he originally meant.

Poor old l'ang.

[Wolford6]

Bluebirds out of the League Cup already.
They got to the final last season.

[Severus]

I'm prepared to give soccer a fair crack of the whip. After some of the stories from last season the soccer players may have looked at how the Olympians behaved and took a long look at themselves.

One of my colleagues took his young family to watch an Olympic soccer match at Old Trafford. He and his family really enjoyed it but said he would never go a league/international match because of soccer fans. I thought that was a little harsh on soccer fans but it does seem to have gotten to the stage when sportmanship goes out the window and it replaced by behaviour that most of them wouldn't partake in outside of a match.

[l'angelo mysterioso]

I'm prepared to give soccer a fair crack of the whip. After some of the stories from last season the soccer players may have looked at how the Olympians behaved and took a long look at themselves.

One of my colleagues took his young family to watch an Olympic soccer match at Old Trafford. He and his family really enjoyed it but said he would never go a league/international match because of soccer fans. I thought that was a little harsh on soccer fans but it does seem to have gotten to the stage when sportmanship goes out the window and it replaced by behaviour that most of them wouldn't partake in outside of a match.

mate the whole thing is rotten

you haven't a hope of these people gong through any kind of self appraisal.

[gingerjon]

these people

A sweeping, nasty generalisation.

[l'angelo mysterioso]

A sweeping, nasty generalisation.

wrong
I was referring to the people Sevvy mentioned.

[gingerjon]

wrong
I was referring to the people Sevvy mentioned.

Soccer fans and soccer players.

Like I say, a nasty, sweeping generalisation.

[l'angelo mysterioso]

Soccer fans and soccer players

Like I say, a nasty, sweeping generalisation.

then sevvy and I are both guilty.
meanwhile in the 'community shield'

http://sports.nation...eld-since-1972/

[gingerjon]

then sevvy and I are both guilty.
meanwhile in the 'community shield'

http://sports.nation...eld-since-1972/

Fewer red cards than in the Rochdale v South Wales match.

[Padge]

Sick of it already, An appaling excuse for sporting entertainment operated as a money making scam designed to fleece the gullible and sheep like of the nation. Bloated by its own self importance it fails to realise that it has issues that need addressing.

[Padge]

Soccer fans and soccer players.

Like I say, a nasty, sweeping generalisation.

I had a very low level amateur soccer referee the other day telling me how he thought our game was "a sh!%%y little sport played be a bunch of inbreds", they hardly endear themselves from top to bottom.

[gingerjon]

played be a bunch of inbreds

Ref in Wigan, was he?

[gingerjon]

fails to realise that it has issues that need addressing

Plenty of people in soccerball know the issues.

But power doesn't vote to lose power. The blazers dig their claws in to stay in control.

As anybody reading the Community Rugby League forum on here will already know.

[Stevo]

Sick of it already, An appaling excuse for sporting entertainment operated as a money making scam designed to fleece the gullible and sheep like of the nation. Bloated by its own self importance it fails to realise that it has issues that need addressing.

Sounds not unlike the current Super League playoffs to me.

[hindle xiii]

I might watch a few games.

Edited by hindle xiii, 15 August 2012 - 12:11 PM.

[Exiled Townie]

Sick of it already, An appaling excuse for sporting entertainment operated as a money making scam designed to fleece the gullible and sheep like of the nation. Bloated by its own self importance it fails to realise that it has issues that need addressing.

Spot on.

[gingerjon]

I might watch a few games.

You'll note that Bradford City are softening up the supporters of both clubs by wearing claret and amber hoops this season.

[Padge]

Are you going on Monday against Salford?!

Depends, I don't blindly got to all games nor only go to games featuring a particular team.

Edited by Padge, 15 August 2012 - 12:14 PM.