Football Outcast
I have nothing against football and its (well behaved) supporters, but if you're not a fan, don't you hate it how football fans go on about matches etc, even when you have stated you don't follow the game. Yawn city time. I had to endure a 15 minutes conversation with a colleague at work today while he waffled on about Man United's victory last night. Just couldn't get away from him. Yawn. It's amazing how you can fake interest in these situations.
I'm sure it wouldn't work the other way if you waffled on to a non music fan about your favourite band etc and the great gig you saw the night before. Personally I can't see what all the fuss is about, chasing a ball around a field, I'm relieved England didn't qualify for Europe. Watching paint dry is surely more exciting.
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I used to feel like that
....then a mate challenged me to watch a few games of the World Cup with him, beer in hand etc, and I actually got quite into it. I don't support any particular team but I enjoy a good game and watching skillful players. I wouldn't say I'm passionate about it but to suit a mood I enjoy it. Last night's game was more absorbing than the entire last series of Later, for example.
Disagree
Sorry chaps, as a season ticket holder of a Championship side (thanks Roberto) I totally disagree. I find amongst my brethren amongst the East stand we're almost all music fans as well. I think it's the fanatical obsessive amongst us, if we're fanatical about music its easy for us to become fanatical about something else as well, whether it be cricket, rugby or diving for example. All the best non-football Word obsessives. :)
Prawn sandwich brigade
But, is that because you, like me, support a non-Premiership team that are (I assume) your hometown club? We have to put a lot of effort into supporting them, games on Sky are an event and we can only dream of being on Match of the Day. Wednesday's match was between two footballing brands with a very large amount of fairweather supporters or extremely recent fans who have a cousin who went to Old Trafford once.
Obviously if you support a big club because that's where you're from then fair play to you, but I'd wager you have to be a bit more obsessive to follow the smaller teams.
Oh, and well done Swans (guessing that's the 'Roberto' you refer to), see you in the Championship next season!
Swans
The Swans? Thats right, my hometown team feelingsinister. Who do you support?
Whisper it quietly...
..my home town's taken a bit of stick on these boards of late, so I'll just say we're in the Championship, we play in blue, and we're the only English league club whose name starts with an I
Starts with an I
Ta for replying, best of luck for next season.
As far as I'm concerned
Watching paint dry is the only thing that's really like watching paint dry.
Come on you Cobblers.
I might have to revise my opinion
Having watched Valerenga play out a dreadful nil-nil draw with Bodo Glimt in the Norwegian league on Sunday, I might give this paint-watching malarkey a second chance.
Will conduct a Football v Paint Drying Experiment
As it's a bank holiday weekend and the mighty Leeds are in play off final action at Wembley, I'll be able to report in on Tuesday with my findings.
Much, of course will depend on the result, but I have a new roller so I am confident it will turn out nice.
words you never thought you'd say...
come on Rovers !
are you claiming to be both a leeds fan and
a football fan?
Arent these two mutually incompatible?
On footy in general
I thought idea round here was that we weren't too bothered what other people think, apart from importnat issues eg the merits of obscure early 70's slide guitar players and the fact richard thomson is rubbish ;)
You'll get the backlash
that both your posts deserve.
I understand...
... WHY people are obsessive about football, or any sport. I completely get the following a team, all-in-it-together attitude. Unfortunately, I seem to have been born without a sport-watching gene. I find it deeply uninvolving, but then I'm one of those people who secretly likes it when my enthusiasms are mine and mine alone. This probably explains a lot.
Plus, you don't get to do the wave NEARLY so often during arthouse films. Which is a shame.