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Post by blackpoolred on May 26, 2022 22:01:20 GMT
Attended 1 SCFC men's game and was bored and 1 SCFC women's game and really enjoyed it.
Been a fan for over 50 years but I do wonder if I will ever see any decent/exciting football again with our current owners. Inertia seems to have set in and I can't see us ever making an inspirational managerial appointment or any appointment while they are still here - do appreciate the money they put in though, but we are a bit of a dinosaur club.
If it ain't Stoke I could not care less though - the modern-day game is both boring and predictable with the same teams buying all the trophies. My interest in Stoke has waned between losing the will and totally lost the will and uninterested - other than checking the result at some time on Saturday evening. I had an app on my phone that flashed up every time there was a goal and it just got on my nerves - so uninstalled it.
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Post by chad on May 27, 2022 7:05:24 GMT
Prem. 8/10 if it was Man City or Liverpool 3/10 for the rest CL. 5/10. Stoke. 6/10. Another crap year
Womens. Behave Not even worth scoring
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Post by 36dd on May 27, 2022 7:50:51 GMT
Stoke or the enthusiasm in going 7/10 down to 5/10, don’t expect entertaining week in week out, but the home games was flat as.
Premier league not really watched much until the last few matches. 6/10
Championship rarely watched other teams 5/10
Leagues 1 & 2 only took interest in the play offs
Same with Europe… overall average 5/10 interest nowadays, had more interest in watching Ice Hockey (Telford Tigers) 2 hours of goals & the occasional scrap 😆
That being said still renewed for next season with the hope of enjoyment 🙏
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Post by chell_rosey on May 27, 2022 7:54:35 GMT
Never been lower. As uninspiring as it's ever been, for me.
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Post by deeside2 on May 27, 2022 8:03:25 GMT
Prem 2/10 - and that was only towards the end when for a moment it seemed that Everton or Leeds might drop.
Championship 3/10 - I can't get any enthusiasm or interest in it as long as MON is here. There's seemingly no chance of us being in the playoffs or auto places with him in charge.
L1/L2 - 2/10 - hoped Vale and Crewe would both go down. No interest apart from that.
Europe - 0/10 - haven't got the tv package so don't watch the games or know what is happening.
The money teams and rules have spoiled football for me, together with our less than inspiring last few years. I'd say my interest and enthusiasm for football is definitely at an all time low, and I've supported Stoke for over 55 years.
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Post by GeneralFaye on May 27, 2022 8:17:17 GMT
My interest in football is still high, I watch a lot of Premier League games, Champions League and I'll be watching England in the coming weeks. My enthusiasm for Stoke is at an all time low though, I'm sure I'll be more positive come the first kick of next season but for now, I couldn't care less.
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on May 27, 2022 8:37:26 GMT
My interest in football is still high, I watch a lot of Premier League games, Champions League and I'll be watching England in the coming weeks. My enthusiasm for Stoke is at an all time low though, I'm sure I'll be more positive come the first kick of next season but for now, I couldn't care less. A Damning but fair indictment of our clubs current performance on and off the pitch
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Post by leesandfordstoupe on May 27, 2022 10:47:48 GMT
Glad I asked to be honest as been interesting reading the replies. Can relate to many where basically time is spent elsewhere having a nipper so football at the weekend is no longer so much of something to rotate a Saturday or Sunday around. Maybe it grows back when the kids have moved on and there's time to fill again. On the womens football that was more just a stream of conscious rather than expecting many to be into it. All I would say though is if anyone has a daughter that gets into playing I've seen/heard three types of dads at the u8's - those who embrace it, those who send mums with no interest instead and weirdly even a few happy to mock how shit they think it is. It’s not my experience that my level of interest has risen living in a child free house. I find it quite weird that Stoke being shit has decimated my interest in football generally whilst my interest in Stoke remains quite high. I sort of assume that if we were to attain top flight status again my interest in the wider game would improve. That’s my take on it anyhow.
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Post by Olgrligm on May 28, 2022 14:59:13 GMT
Stoke 7/10 - it's good to be back, but it's been hard going at times. It was higher when we were doing quite well at the start of the season.
Premier League 0/10 - my life has been so much better for not having to watch the diving, fawning or VAR since our relegation
Champions' League 0/10 - it just doesn't interest me, but I'll probably change my mind in three years time when O'Neill leads us to put six goals past Real Madrid in the final.
Second Division 4/10 - the rest of the league us just as rubbish as we are.
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Post by gawa on May 28, 2022 15:41:22 GMT
Stoke - Up until December 8/10. Second half of season was very much a 4 or 5/10 for most parts bar one decent run around March. Overall I’d say a 6/10.
Premiership - A bit meh on the whole. A few decent battles towards the end though which at least kept it interesting ( Spurs/Ars, Liv/City, Burnley/Leeds/Everton). Not a fan of how they got their wealth but sort of excited to see how Newcastle get on next season. They had a fantastic second half of the season; think they placed 3rd overall for the second half of the season. 6/10
Crusaders - Don’t follow them to the same extent as I used to but attended a good few games towards the end of the season which were brilliant. Capped off the season with an Irish cup through 2 late goals. One in regular stoppage time assisted by the keeper with a header from a corner. Then another when I’m extra time stoppage time to win the game. To come back into the game with a late goal and then to win it with another was just euphoric, the sort of cup final which only comes once a blue moon. Has to be a 9/10.
Northern Ireland - Literally can’t remember any of our games to be honest. 3/10
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2022 15:46:49 GMT
Premier League and CL have been quality this season. The CL has been as good a level of football you'll ever see these last 5 years or so. Some fantastic games. You'll always get the...when football was football brigade and I don't watch the big money clubs etc, can't be doing with this and that etc but the boring clichés aside, was great to get the football back and been a great season to watch.
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Post by robwahlmann on May 28, 2022 16:21:51 GMT
Prem league 6/10 Stoke 10/10 Champ lge 6/10 Womensfooty 0/10
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Post by burberrybassist on May 28, 2022 17:09:52 GMT
This past season I've proper fallen in love with non-league. I live a 5 minute walk from Nantwich Town and decided to go to as many home games as I could. £10 entry, pints allowed pitch side, decent atmosphere (average 1,000 attendances for some matches) and food that won't cost the earth.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2022 18:17:21 GMT
This past season I've proper fallen in love with non-league. I live a 5 minute walk from Nantwich Town and decided to go to as many home games as I could. £10 entry, pints allowed pitch side, decent atmosphere (average 1,000 attendances for some matches) and food that won't cost the earth. Is a nice ground and 2 min walk for me also.
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Post by dirtclod on May 29, 2022 18:27:16 GMT
Premier League and CL have been quality this season. The CL has been as good a level of football you'll ever see these last 5 years or so. Some fantastic games. You'll always get the...when football was football brigade and I don't watch the big money clubs etc, can't be doing with this and that etc but the boring clichés aside, was great to get the football back and been a great season to watch. The CL surprised me this year. Not with the play-quality, that always seems to be there. But the sheer competitiveness between the teams was something else! It was nervy to watch, even though I didn't have a specific team I was following. (It'd be an Italian side if I did - could care less about any of the Pig 6) I don't have a team in the MLS either, but I watched more of it this season than I ever have. I watch Ligue MX pretty often because it's on here a lot. The quality of play sucks at times, but the effort is there. Us? My interest is still high, but...God this year was very meh! Enough to test the willpower of the most steadfast fan. We need ...hell I don't even want to get started on that, we'd be here all day reading it and it'd cause 50 arguments. I'd like to see us grow an actual set of balls next year for our home matches, please.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2022 18:35:16 GMT
Premier League and CL have been quality this season. The CL has been as good a level of football you'll ever see these last 5 years or so. Some fantastic games. You'll always get the...when football was football brigade and I don't watch the big money clubs etc, can't be doing with this and that etc but the boring clichés aside, was great to get the football back and been a great season to watch. The CL surprised me this year. Not with the play-quality, that always seems to be there. But the sheer competitiveness between the teams was something else! It was nervy to watch, even though I didn't have a specific team I was following. (It'd be an Italian side if I did - could care less about any of the Pig 6) I don't have a team in the MLS either, but I watched more of it this season than I ever have. I watch Ligue MX pretty often because it's on here a lot. The quality of play sucks at times, but the effort is there. Us? My interest is still high, but...God this year was very meh! Enough to test the willpower of the most steadfast fan. We need ...hell I don't even want to get started on that, we'd be here all day reading it and it'd cause 50 arguments. I'd like to see us grow an actual set of balls next year for our home matches, please. MLS one of my fave leagues as a pretty level playing field , do have a soft spot for Nashville. The CL been excellent, I think RM's name on it , a bit like Chelsea previously.
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Post by iglugluk on May 29, 2022 20:15:10 GMT
The CL surprised me this year. Not with the play-quality, that always seems to be there. But the sheer competitiveness between the teams was something else! It was nervy to watch, even though I didn't have a specific team I was following. (It'd be an Italian side if I did - could care less about any of the Pig 6) I don't have a team in the MLS either, but I watched more of it this season than I ever have. I watch Ligue MX pretty often because it's on here a lot. The quality of play sucks at times, but the effort is there. Us? My interest is still high, but...God this year was very meh! Enough to test the willpower of the most steadfast fan. We need ...hell I don't even want to get started on that, we'd be here all day reading it and it'd cause 50 arguments. I'd like to see us grow an actual set of balls next year for our home matches, please. MLS one of my fave leagues as a pretty level playing field , do have a soft spot for Nashville. The CL been excellent, I think RM's name on it , a bit like Chelsea previously. Seems some decent games happen in that league, but no relegation or promotion gives the league an air of an exhibition game vibe, for me.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2022 20:20:21 GMT
MLS one of my fave leagues as a pretty level playing field , do have a soft spot for Nashville. The CL been excellent, I think RM's name on it , a bit like Chelsea previously. Seems some decent games happen in that league, but no relegation or promotion gives the league an air of an exhibition game vibe, for me. Yep be nice if a second tier. Can see it happening
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Post by iglugluk on May 29, 2022 20:27:31 GMT
Seems some decent games happen in that league, but no relegation or promotion gives the league an air of an exhibition game vibe, for me. Yep be nice if a second tier. Can see it happening It needs it, but the money based US franchise system is at odds with the creation of genuine competition, I'd say. It'll be interesting to see if the business first head honchos are willing to listen to what it would appear the majority of fans want?
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Post by turtlefox on May 29, 2022 21:13:04 GMT
This past season I've proper fallen in love with non-league. I live a 5 minute walk from Nantwich Town and decided to go to as many home games as I could. £10 entry, pints allowed pitch side, decent atmosphere (average 1,000 attendances for some matches) and food that won't cost the earth. Same here. I go and watch Rushall Olympic when I can and they have rekindled my love of football. Great priced tickets, a drink while watching the game and some good entertaining footy as well. A few hundred fans there and a few more when a local team turns up. It really has reminded me why I liked football in the first place.
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Post by The battheader chronicles on May 29, 2022 21:44:59 GMT
This past season I've proper fallen in love with non-league. I live a 5 minute walk from Nantwich Town and decided to go to as many home games as I could. £10 entry, pints allowed pitch side, decent atmosphere (average 1,000 attendances for some matches) and food that won't cost the earth. See you in the Northern Prem next season 😉 As I’ve said earlier in this thread I’ve kinda fallen out of love with Stoke (not so much but not as mad keen as I was) but certainly modern top level football.non league provides everything football ought to be. Far less tribalism fans really at the heart of everything and a real sense of community that you don’t seem to get from professional football. Stafford rangers is a 20-25 min walk from my flat and you can go with £20 get a ticket a pint and some decent food. For those have you who haven’t given non league football a go I urge you to you won’t regret it
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