Why is football boring to watch now?

[Don Juan Laporta Estruch]

Football used to be a working class game for men to go to to get their aggression out after doing a hard week's work. Nowadays, you switch the TV on and are met with female pundits telling you about the game whilst realising that you yourself are actually a better footballer than the female pundit you are listening to.

The game starts and the atmospheres are terrible at all the big clubs because the grounds are full of tourists. When a goal is scored there are a few stadiums in Europe where a big proportion of the fans dont even celebrate because they are too busy trying to catch the moment on their mobile phone.

Gone are intimidating stadiums and hostile atmospheres bursting with testosterone. Now you will even hear mild chants like, Madridistas hijos de puta, being drowned out by whistles from the woke, permanently offended mob.

It's why the games I enjoy the most are the Glasgow derbies and Feyenoord Vs Ajax because they have managed to maintain some of that old school atmosphere.

The quality is the worst it's ever been, with no superstars, but that's only a small part of why it is boring. The whole footballing 'experience' now is just a tedious, woke, farce.

 

[Messigician]

Football used to be a working class game for men to go to to get their aggression out after doing a hard week's work. Nowadays, you switch the TV on and are met with female pundits telling you about the game whilst realising that you yourself are actually a better footballer than the female pundit you are listening to.

The game starts and the atmospheres are terrible at all the big clubs because the grounds are full of tourists. When a goal is scored there are a few stadiums in Europe where a big proportion of the fans dont even celebrate because they are too busy trying to catch the moment on their mobile phone.

Gone are intimidating stadiums and hostile atmospheres bursting with testosterone. Now you will even hear mild chants like, Madridistas hijos de puta, being drowned out by whistles from the woke, permanently offended mob.

It's why the games I enjoy the most are the Glasgow derbies and Feyenoord Vs Ajax because they have managed to maintain some of that old school atmosphere.

The quality is the worst it's ever been, with no superstars, but that's only a small part of why it is boring. The whole footballing 'experience' now is just a tedious, woke, farce.

this also plays a big part for sure

 

[BJJ]

Football used to be a working class game for men to go to to get their aggression out after doing a hard week's work. Nowadays, you switch the TV on and are met with female pundits telling you about the game whilst realising that you yourself are actually a better footballer than the female pundit you are listening to.

The game starts and the atmospheres are terrible at all the big clubs because the grounds are full of tourists. When a goal is scored there are a few stadiums in Europe where a big proportion of the fans dont even celebrate because they are too busy trying to catch the moment on their mobile phone.

Gone are intimidating stadiums and hostile atmospheres bursting with testosterone. Now you will even hear mild chants like, Madridistas hijos de puta, being drowned out by whistles from the woke, permanently offended mob.

It's why the games I enjoy the most are the Glasgow derbies and Feyenoord Vs Ajax because they have managed to maintain some of that old school atmosphere.

The quality is the worst it's ever been, with no superstars, but that's only a small part of why it is boring. The whole footballing 'experience' now is just a tedious, woke, farce.

I've been pondering this for sometime now. I agree with all the replies.
The quality of individual players has gone down drastically. Can you really compare players like Haaland and Mbappe to guys like R9, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Romario, Ibra etc????
The latter had magic in their boots. They could always produce a moment where your jaw would just drop. I still remember that time when Ronnie scored that goal against Chelsea in CL when he made time stand still and suddenly the ball was in the back of the net. Nowadays players may be better athletes and tactics may be better too but it's stifling the special players. Look at Brazil. Last magical player to come from there was Neymar.
I believe Pep and Klopp are to blame in a way too. Both are control freaks who want constant pressing and positional discipline and that leaves the classic number ten redundant essentially. Before if you had a great player he had license to roam . Nowadays everyone is expected to run and press. Before a Maradona and Romario type could be invisible for eighty nine minutes and than produce a minute of magic to win the game. Nowadays that won't stand with the coach and fans.
As someone mentioned kids nowadays don't go out and play like before. The skills are lacking.

 

[Messi983]

Football used to be a working class game for men to go to to get their aggression out after doing a hard week's work. Nowadays, you switch the TV on and are met with female pundits telling you about the game whilst realising that you yourself are actually a better footballer than the female pundit you are listening to.

Female pundits have nothing to do with quality of football. Most of them are also actually better doing their jobs than idiots like Gary Neville.

 

[Porque]

There’s billions of Indians and Chinese but none of them can kick a football apparently

Great point. With China's genetically modified soldiers program you would expect them to have breeded some superballers by now.

Maybe in 20 years time?

 

[Rassvet]

The oil clubs deserve their blame.

A lot of their top players over the years would have otherwise gone to Madrid/Barca (some going to other top PL teams as well) which has made El Clasico and La Liga second rate stuff the past few years relative to past editions.

Also ruined what EPL could have been post Fergie with 4-5 more evenly matched proper clubs dueling it out rather than City cheating their way to a hollow title almost every year.

 

[Temptation]

The oil clubs deserve their blame.

A lot of their top players over the years would have otherwise gone to Madrid/Barca (some going to other top PL teams as well) which has made El Clasico and La Liga second rate stuff the past few years relative to past editions.

Also ruined what EPL could have been post Fergie with 4-5 more evenly matches proper clubs dueling it out rather than City cheating their way to a hollow title almost every year.

If these sportwashing cunts weren't allowed to win titles despite having 150+ FFP breaches, we'd have like 3 PL titles more.


Disgusting financially doped scumbags.

 

[KingLeo10]

If these sportwashing cunts weren't allowed to win titles despite having 150+ FFP breaches, we'd have like 3 PL titles more.


Disgusting financially doped scumbags.

Yeah, but then we wouldn't get to troll you as much

 

[frog-fcb]

I kind of blame prime barca for it. The football we witnessed with MSN iniesta etc kind of spoiled us and really now a days there isn't the same sort of enjoyment in it

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

I've been pondering this for sometime now. I agree with all the replies.
The quality of individual players has gone down drastically. Can you really compare players like Haaland and Mbappe to guys like R9, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Romario, Ibra etc????
The latter had magic in their boots. They could always produce a moment where your jaw would just drop. I still remember that time when Ronnie scored that goal against Chelsea in CL when he made time stand still and suddenly the ball was in the back of the net. Nowadays players may be better athletes and tactics may be better too but it's stifling the special players. Look at Brazil. Last magical player to come from there was Neymar.
I believe Pep and Klopp are to blame in a way too. Both are control freaks who want constant pressing and positional discipline and that leaves the classic number ten redundant essentially. Before if you had a great player he had license to roam . Nowadays everyone is expected to run and press. Before a Maradona and Romario type could be invisible for eighty nine minutes and than produce a minute of magic to win the game. Nowadays that won't stand with the coach and fans.
As someone mentioned kids nowadays don't go out and play like before. The skills are lacking.

Imo Mbappe is a special player but yeah otherwise i dont see the magic which had the late 90 and early 2000 players

 

[BJJ]

Imo Mbappe is a special player but yeah otherwise i dont see the magic which had the late 90 and early 2000 players

He's a terrific player but relies heavily on his athletic gifts. His acceleration for example is not going to be there when he's 30 plus.

 

[jamrock]

Was just thinking, it we were to put the very best version of every team playing today or over the last 2/3 seasons vs the best version of those same teams in the early to mid 00's.

Who wins?

So Barcelona, city, Bayern, Liverpool, arsenal, Sevilla, you name it.

I think the only team that would win, is man city for obvious reasons and maybe Liverpool.

But that Liverpool game would be one hell of a game, probably the one I would most want to see, CL winning Liverpool vs prem winning team, would be a game for the ages.

Let's contact Disney/marvel and make that happen.

Barcelona, Bayern, arsenal, Sevilla, man utd, real Madrid, the very best version of those teams over the last couple of seasons are all getting cooked rather easily.

 

[JamDav1982]

Modern teams are better overall if had time machine.

Tactically far ahead and players taking on far more disciplined roles that coaches desire to win.

Even Man Utd led by Fergie that Barca beat were less tactcal than the worst teams in EPL and La Liga today. It is night and day.

But teams can only be rated on all time lists by what they faces and Peps Barca the best of lot.

Go watch Barca hammering Real in 2009.. it is like a different game.

 

[jamrock]

I'd go so far as to say the very best version of today's team vs the 3rd best version of those teams it's still a close contest.

Except city and Liverpool.

 

[JamDav1982]

Not even making sense but football is always progressing.

Some folk can see it and think better in past when less tactical and more individuality but it is.

Simple.

Higher standard of game now than ever before.