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Sickening isn't it ?Jack Rodwell & Jack Colback are taking home about 150 grand a week between them. I don't love the game anymore.
58 is not getting on you are still a young sprog.I am 58 yrs old. I saw my first match 50 years ago. Have been an exile for 30 years. Coming back to UK this year. Footballing wise, the worst time to come back I know. We have won one real trophy in that 50 years. But loads and loads of great memories, and the club has enriched my life to a monumental degree. No need to dwell on the individual moments, you all know what they are. Not trophy-laden then, but there was always hope - whether in old Div1/Premier, or the lower tiers - that it would not take that much to make us successful. But it appears that without a huge injection of cash, that seems far away now. It could take many years to get back to a position where we can challenge again, if it happens at all.
I check these pages every day, a lot of gallows humour, and a lot of anger. Rightly so. I am not pointing the finger in this post, too many others for that. I just wanted to explore the great sadness that so many people will feel at the moment. Those that have followed the club for decades, those a lot younger. It is the lowest ebb. Far worse than Lawrie Mac days.
For someone like me, who is getting on now, it is bitter-sweet. We have experienced the highs and the lows. We have also experienced what life has to throw at us, and know that time runs fast. Football as the years go by becomes less important. It's just the way it is. Other things to worry about. And for sanity's sake, it would be suicidal to keep worrying about the club, when you have yourself, family and friends to think/worry about. But there is no denying the sickness in the stomach when the mind currently turns to SAFC. One of the most important things in my life is going down the drain, and there seems no way out of it.
Sorry for the depressive nature of this post, I am normally a positive guy when it comes to SAFC. Coleman gives us some hope, but he is not a miracle worker. I just hope someone buys out Short sooner rather than later. With the cash to save us.
Good luck at Boro lads. Fans and team.
SAFC are the reason I have such a defeatist, pessimistic outlook in life.
Too long, did not read.I am 58 yrs old. I saw my first match 50 years ago. Have been an exile for 30 years. Coming back to UK this year. Footballing wise, the worst time to come back I know. We have won one real trophy in that 50 years. But loads and loads of great memories, and the club has enriched my life to a monumental degree. No need to dwell on the individual moments, you all know what they are. Not trophy-laden then, but there was always hope - whether in old Div1/Premier, or the lower tiers - that it would not take that much to make us successful. But it appears that without a huge injection of cash, that seems far away now. It could take many years to get back to a position where we can challenge again, if it happens at all.
I check these pages every day, a lot of gallows humour, and a lot of anger. Rightly so. I am not pointing the finger in this post, too many others for that. I just wanted to explore the great sadness that so many people will feel at the moment. Those that have followed the club for decades, those a lot younger. It is the lowest ebb. Far worse than Lawrie Mac days.
For someone like me, who is getting on now, it is bitter-sweet. We have experienced the highs and the lows. We have also experienced what life has to throw at us, and know that time runs fast. Football as the years go by becomes less important. It's just the way it is. Other things to worry about. And for sanity's sake, it would be suicidal to keep worrying about the club, when you have yourself, family and friends to think/worry about. But there is no denying the sickness in the stomach when the mind currently turns to SAFC. One of the most important things in my life is going down the drain, and there seems no way out of it.
Sorry for the depressive nature of this post, I am normally a positive guy when it comes to SAFC. Coleman gives us some hope, but he is not a miracle worker. I just hope someone buys out Short sooner rather than later. With the cash to save us.
Good luck at Boro lads. Fans and team.
Great post. Spot on.It's a bit of a ball ache at the moment but things, as they say, will only get better (he hopes!) The mantra should be don't let things you have little or no control over get you down, it isn't worth it, all part of life's great tapestry and I couldn't support anyone else anyway.......![]()
As is yours marra. In fact, they all are on this thread & even though many hold contrary views I find myself relating to most of them (as a previous poster, @Idle Mackem said)Too long, did not read.
Seriously though, it’s not just SAFC I feel apathy towards, it’s the state of the game in general. I started going when we were in the old third division and have seen plenty of shit times since then. However, the game is unrecognisable now. It has been ruined by money to the point where we are so far away from having a level playing field that it’s pointless. Granted, you might get the odd Leicester winning the league and Wigan winning the cup but it’s mostly about survival and turnover with the odd win against the big boys or a local rival.
I let my season ticket lapse three years ago because I didn’t enjoy it anymore. It felt sad but it’s one of the best things I ever did. I spend my time much more productively and am happier for it. Still go to the odd game, get on here and watch on the telly (or listen on the radio). Although I’m upset and angry at the current state of the club, getting some perspective has been great. There are much more important things in life to focus on than football/SAFC. If you spend a lot of time on it and base your level of happiness around it then you’re signing up for a rough ride.
Great post. Spot on.
We're going to Wemb-er-ley, que sera sera! Haway!Not one jot. Still go to matches. If we go down this season and even next season too, I'll still go to the matches.
The reason it doesn't bother me. It is sport and there is the square root of fuck all i can do to change it so what will be will be.
we are the only team i have any interest in. i couldn't care less about any other team apart from whoever the mags are playing. the game is shite nowadays.Ive lost interest in football cos of us. I cant watch it at all.