I'm falling out of love with football....

[Frankie Burrows Cap]

On the OP, for me it’s not football generally but the Swans have been drab for years now. After 40 years I binned off my season ticket a few years ago. Covid was partly responsible for getting me out of the habit but I stopped enjoying it. It was mostly the fact that we’d done everything I grew up wishing we’d do but always seemed out of reach. Win promotion to the Prem. Thrive in the prem. Win a cup. Have a run in Europe. It was amazing but then it ended. Even if we do all that again it’ll never be the same. We’re now just one of those clubs. We used to be different.

But I still love football. The Wales game last night objectively awful but I enjoyed every minute. Yesterday morning I watched an u15s game in Trallwn. Great game, kids giving their all. Ended in a 2-2 draw and went to penalties. Today I’ll probably watch an under 21s game in Swansea Bay Sports Park. They’re always entertaining. Football isn’t the issue, it’s mostly the Swans.

And apart from all that, the Ashes start on Friday. Sport rules.

Agree with this (although haven’t reached the stage of giving up the season ticket, it’s been close).

I still love sport as much as ever but with ‘old age’ and life priorities it impacts my mood far less than it used to. Still get frustrated in the moment and for 24hours after but the days of still being pissed off with decisions/games weeks and months later are long gone for me.

Although as I’m saying that I don’t think I’ll get over Northampton and John bloody Frain

 

[Frankie Burrows Cap]

Money has unfortunately done what money always does and created a beast that will never be the same again to long time football fans. However it will continue to flourish as those that have the money (sponsors) continue to want to be associated with it but the old phrase of "be nice to those you meet on the way up as you will need them on the way down" is true - to an extent Swansea City forgot that in the latter years of the Premier League and now struggle to get the people they alienated back.

There is little joy in watching players (and we have quite a few of them) rolling around in agony at the slightest touch or slamming their hands on the pitch when a decision goes their way (and we have some of these too) - the game at times can be a laughing stock and it will become more distant for us as we are just a matter of a season or two away from games being played abroad - make no mistake it will happen

The best thing for me that could happen is all the self entitled clubs fuck off and form their European super league and the game becomes more about football than money elsewhere. It's a dream though...

I struggle to get the motivation to get to the stadium these days. As others have said Covid forced myself to do other things on a Saturday but also if there is something else on a matchday then I do that now instead as it's just not important enough to go to every game. And there are always alternative ways to watch it

I’ve thought that for a while - that they should have let the Super League happen. Have it as a franchise league and play round the world. Let it succeed or fail but let everyone else getting back to be community based ‘sustainable’ clubs.

Won’t happen as you say but if nothing else I’d be interested to see how it played out.