Well, "wee Dougie" has spoken, everyone. Guess we should all just log out and come back when next season kicks off.
Back to the "computer football" it is.
Again, people are free to post the opinion they wish. As long as they do so without belittling others and making out that their opinion is all that matters.
And likewise, others are free to debate those opinions. That's what it's all about, after all.
In a few weeks, we'll have nothing to discuss except rumours and innuendo, so we may as well get used to it!
We all like to see Kevin De Bruyne, or Harry Kane, Kyle walker etc sign for us but back in reality the market we operate in is scouring the world for the next " Bair pitch project" or some other player we can develop.
It was 🙂 Good spot !
A mate of mine recently tried to get me a program from the year I was born, but he couldn't cause I don't think programmes had been invented yet 🙂 He managed to find me 2 from 1965 in a charity shop which he got for like 50p each or something.
The Carlisle one was for my son's birthday (his D.O.B). He's moved back to the mainland for Uni and now can go to games without relying on me for money and lifts. I've given him a bunch of my progs (which I collected from 1972 to 2005) and thought that would be a nice wee addition.
If this is us when we win 4-1 against the bottom of the table side, can you imagine the sheer anger and frustration if we ever won a cup or something again? This place would be unbearable.
I am not 100% sure exactly what side of the fence the original pie and Bovril poster is landing on but certainly the notion that it is not possible to realise emotions of anger and frustration out with 90 mins of a football match suggests a laziness of thought and a lack of willingness to take responsibility for our own lives.
There are other ways to tackle these emotions that do not involve abusing other human beings at a football match.
I don't doubt that many of us live our lives under significant stress. The figures for male suicide in particular is staggering and ofcourse football is a fantastic way to escape from the stresses and strains of our daily life. However football cannot be used as an excuse for intimidating and aggressive behaviour.
I have watched Motherwell fans over the years hiding behind the claret and amber flag to excuse behaviours that would not be accepted in any other walk of life.
What about the players suffering with mental illness? What about the steward that has dragged him/ herself to work after a family bereavement? What about the policeman/ policewoman gripped by anxiety? What about the football manager who's life is falling apart because he/ she is spending all their time trying to keep a job that is always only potentially a few weeks from ending?
Do these people stop being human beings from 3pm till 445pm on a Saturday so that the rest of us can vent our frustration? Are we really that selfish?