The Destruction of Football.

I have had the privelage of watching Tottenham v Sunderland in 1977 on the Big Match. You can record it the Big Match. Just seeing the old White Hart Lane was magic in itself.

Every player on that pitch had talent, and it showed, it had a young Glenn Hoddle, there was aggression, creativity and the ability to use initiative.

Not like today.

Players like Hoddle dont get professional contracts today, the coaches filter through robotic drones who can run and are strong, but cant play.

The game today is a carbon copy of the last one, nothing happens in the first half, you might get some attacking play, and a shot on, if your behind, in the second half.

Initiative, creative play beyond the game plan is verboten, there are no players that can anyway.

There are players like Hoddle, Cruyff etc, to many to mention, but they are not getting through. I love art, and going to the Fitzwilliam is a joy, but those paintings would be replaced by taudry daubings by a drunk, drugged up transgender socialist who would command us to admire droppings. If it was football.

Proper football has gone for a long time. I suspect it wont be coming back. The days of teams having talented players is over.

Just look at Liam O neil, or any Cambridge player.

Piotre of Wisbech Road Littleport.

p,s, and because players had talent in the past , anything could happen, it used to be a spectacle.

Just been talking about this very thing Frank.

There's three skilful players worth watching in the Prem - De Bruyne, Mahrez and Grealish. The rest are just super fit runners who play to a strict format. These three will probably be the last of the breed. I used to love watching Hazard play for Chelsea, but even he got dropped occasionally for 'breaking the rules'.

At least I got to see the imperious Danny Mayor play for Bury last season before football truly died :blue:

#fitbachat

United got beat 3-0 some years ago, and there was a bloke on your team who tore the defence apart, he could do whayever he wanted, i suspect it was Mayor.

When United got promoted to the football league in 69 we had a winger called Peter Leggett, the non league George Best. he could rip up a defence effortlessly. Unfortunately he had low self esteem and he never thought he was any good, and played like it. There are countless othors.

We signed Bobby Ross the second season in the league from Brentford, old knackered, no pace, but had the skills of a world beater. Even in the southern league back then you had players that would make you stand up.

Today there is nothing. Every game is a tippy tappy five a side with nothing happening, ten thousand passes per game, all but one or two meaningless.

Im not paying for this manure.

This is all just a repeat of what I said on the ‘fitba’ thread the other day. This isn’t what I pay my licence fee for.

“ I’ve already sussed out that 95% of the players in the Prem are mediocre, to say the least, with only the other 5% being worth a few quid more. Watching without a crowd emphasises the flaws in the football and highlights the fannying around. Beyond those few players, quite how anyone in that league gets more that a couple of grand a week is beyond me. I’ve found the Championship a bit more entertaining and some of the playoff games were OK, even though Andover’s lads didn’t really turn up. For me, it’s really underlined the inequality in football, with the top few Clubs romping away with all the money - mainly because they has a bit to start with - while those at the bottom struggle and will never catch up. Of course this was already reasonably well known but it’s now patently obvious. Many are calling for a root and branch examination of how football operates in this country but it’s already too late because of all the vested interests.”

Yes you did. What triggered this was watching a game from 1977, and by those standards back then, it was a poor game. But comparing that to what we get today, a poor game back then is significantly better than the best today.

Then compare that to the dross we get in div 4. You have to ask whats going on. The laws are now so strict any physical contact is forbidden. Is it a contact sport or not.? Every team plays tippy tappy defensive football, a set piece world war one game, you win a yard or lose a yard.

There is no place for genius, creativity or attacking football. It turns my stomach how the genius John Beck was vilified at united. Under his management we scored as many away as at home, ripped up leagues , made countless successful careers for the players made millions etc, not good enough for Cambridge fans, they prefer this living death.

The penny has just dropped. The club deserves the manure of today as there is such a thing as karma. It more than deserves the board as there is no talent off the pitch, as well as on it.

What am i complaining about? It is true modern football is dressed up garbage, but as far as the fate of Cambridge United is concerned, you make your bed of twigs, set light to it, then have to lie on it.

There acute satisfaction over that, as not only are United a failure on the pitch, but off it, as only fools are parted with their money and ground.

If i owned United, i would wind it up. The police shut down pubs that cant observe the law, or are a meeting place for bad uns. Same thing.

Guisseppe of Landbeach.