A4Jack said:
I'm certainly not a "modern football fan" and have been a season ticket holder for near enough 20 years. But I'm bored of the same week in week out. The football has largely destroyed my enjoyment of going to watch us like many others have said. This isn't the newcomers saying this type of thing.
It's not particularly about the league position. It's about the enjoyment and I don't think anyone enjoys 70 percent possession in the last seven games and no wins.
This post pretty much encapsulates my dissatisfaction at our management attitude and playing style currently. A couple of you older Jacks may know me and, the fact I've been an ever-present at both the Vetch and the Liberty...until a strange, boredom set in.
I suppose the start of my disillusionment began at the pathetic Wembley Play-Off Final v Brentford. Cooper leaving being replaced by Martin and his possession based, insanely boring stubbornness has done nothing to excite me, to ignite the desire to return to watch matches at the 'dot com.'
This I perhaps should add, is my 60th season of devoted, unconditional support for the Swans. I love the club. It's the only thing that's been an obsessional, intrinsic part of my life, all through my life. But at the moment ('bloooturds' match apart), I can't be arsed to go and watch the mind-numbingly boring football style being enforced upon our team.
I probably sound like some 'grumpy old git,' "It was much better in my day sonny!" But while most of my Swans supporting years have seen us in the bottom two tiers of the Football League, it was better in many ways in my opinion. Not always obviously, but there never seemed to be this 'anti-football' attitude, until this recent supposedly innovative possession style was foisted upon us.
I can hear younger supporters asking, why aren't I happy to be within striking distance of the Play-Offs at Christmas? Doesn't that prove how 'Martinball' is successful? No sorry, but it doesn't to me, or many die-hard fans of my era, that I'm in regular communication with on WhatsApp groups etc.
I want to be excited again! Watching us nowadays is akin to a jockey pulling back on the reigns of a racehorse. The way we begin matches is bloody criminal! I read the stat this morning saying how in 23 matches this season, we've been behind at half-time in 11 of them! Why the hell haven't management identified and corrected this for god's sake!???
To return to the racehorse analogy, it's like Martin seems focused on wanting to handicap the team for some weird, illogical reason? Why is it we only appear to show any real attacking intent in the second half? Don't tell me it's because of the nonsense spouted as tiredness. Players in my day, trained, then spent their afternoons in the pub, while smoking 20 fags daily, then gave their heart and soul in matches. With sports science being a vital component of todays game, why the hell can't we play for the full 90 plus minutes!?
I'm destined to continue to watch/listen to Anthony O'Connell, Wyndham, Trunds and Robbo on my mate's stream until all this changes. But based on Martin's comments about how chuffed the Yanks are with the 'progress' being made, I could well continue to be a season ticket holder, but an armchair supporter for quite a while longer yet.
