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  • Do you ever wonder why you watch football?

    every season seems to be a mix of 'we can win it this year' 'we might actually win it' 'ah we've mssed it up' 'bottled it' etc

    I know what it's all about, but mostly seems a relief when the games are over with and you can carry on with your life.

    And when draw that feels like a loss feels like the invincibles days.

  • #2
    Originally posted by Pat Vegas View Post
    every season seems to be a mix of 'we can win it this year' 'we might actually win it' 'ah we've mssed it up' 'bottled it' etc

    I know what it's all about, but mostly seems a relief when the games are over with and you can carry on with your life.

    And when draw that feels like a loss feels like the invincibles days.
    What else are you going to do? Ice skating? Collecting stamps? Civil war reenactment?

    Have to find something to waste your life on. Football seems as good a thing as any other.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Peter View Post
      What else are you going to do? Ice skating? Collecting stamps? Civil war reenactment?

      Have to find something to waste your life on. Football seems as good a thing as any other.
      other interests I have, I like looking at my car, and other cars I can't afford, I like watches but don't really need them, used to play guitar a lot but not so much these days. I am quite boring.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Pat Vegas View Post
        every season seems to be a mix of 'we can win it this year' 'we might actually win it' 'ah we've mssed it up' 'bottled it' etc

        I know what it's all about, but mostly seems a relief when the games are over with and you can carry on with your life.

        And when draw that feels like a loss feels like the invincibles days.
        What must it be like to support a team less successful than us or perennial under-achievers? Maybe it's less stressful!!

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        • #5
          Originally posted by pjlincs View Post
          What must it be like to support a team less successful than us or perennial under-achievers? Maybe it's less stressful!!
          I think being just below the top is frustrating in recent years. Especially when you know a few additions would make the difference (hopefully we have those this year.

          when you are crap you know you are crap.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Pat Vegas View Post
            other interests I have, I like looking at my car, and other cars I can't afford, I like watches but don't really need them, used to play guitar a lot but not so much these days. I am quite boring.
            Have you had kids yet, F. ? They can be a game changer .

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Peter View Post
              What else are you going to do? Ice skating? Collecting stamps? Civil war reenactment?

              Have to find something to waste your life on. Football seems as good a thing as any other.
              Would you have been a Roundhead or a Cavalier, P? Genuinely interested?

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult View Post
                Would you have been a Roundhead or a Cavalier, P? Genuinely interested?
                A mod or a rocker? I genuinely don't know

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult View Post
                  Would you have been a Roundhead or a Cavalier, P? Genuinely interested?
                  Cavaliers had the better uniforms from an aesthetic point but Roundheads were more 'fit for purpose'

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Peter View Post
                    A mod or a rocker? I genuinely don't know
                    Oh, I'm deffo a mod vs rockers. Love the Who and can ride a scooter but not a motorbike. Easy choice, before we even mention the clobber.

                    Thing about the civil war is I despise Divine Right and the Glorious Rev proved that we need permanent parliaments. But I can't stand the Puritan belief that God doesn't want us to have fun. In some ways, that's even worse.

                    Hindus smoke charras and have temples with carvings glorifying the karma sutra and {far, far} more. I reckon had I'd been alive in the 1640s, I'd have joined the EIC, b?ggered off to Bengal and got w?nkered on opium while reading the Vedas until the Restoration.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by PSRB View Post
                      Cavaliers had the better uniforms from an aesthetic point but Roundheads were more 'fit for purpose'
                      But anyone who believes the Divine, who created us and of which we are but a small part, doesn't want us {and therefore HIM} to have fun and enjoy ourselves is a wrong'un.

                      It's them that should have been torched at the stake, not innocent totty. Thank God most of them ****ed off to Murka.

                      And as you say, the clobbers' better and they're into wine, women and song. Indeed, if we look at the last 15 years, or in fact pretty much my entire life, Parliament's over-rated. Look at the shysters it dregs up.

                      Cavalier it is.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by 7sisters View Post
                        Have you had kids yet, F. ? They can be a game changer .
                        Not on the cards. though I have a dog now.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult View Post
                          Oh, I'm deffo a mod vs rockers. Love the Who and can ride a scooter but not a motorbike. Easy choice, before we even mention the clobber.

                          Thing about the civil war is I despise Divine Right and the Glorious Rev proved that we need permanent parliaments. But I can't stand the Puritan belief that God doesn't want us to have fun. In some ways, that's even worse.

                          Hindus smoke charras and have temples with carvings glorifying the karma sutra and {far, far} more. I reckon had I'd been alive in the 1640s, I'd have joined the EIC, b?ggered off to Bengal and got w?nkered on opium while reading the Vedas until the Restoration.
                          The Who were mods who became rockers. And were a much better band when they did.

                          I'd have been a rocker, if forced to choose. I'm not wearing a ****ing suit.

                          Agree with you on the other thing. Absolute monarchy is appalling but I couldn't possibly side with Cromwell on anything. The fact that there is a statue of him outside parliament still messes with my head.

                          I'd have sat that one out.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Pat Vegas View Post
                            every season seems to be a mix of 'we can win it this year' 'we might actually win it' 'ah we've mssed it up' 'bottled it' etc

                            I know what it's all about, but mostly seems a relief when the games are over with and you can carry on with your life.

                            And when draw that feels like a loss feels like the invincibles days.
                            Been listening to the audiobook of Paul Davis's autobiography. Brought back some great memories - 87 Littlewwods Cup alone makes it all worthwhile. Everything else is a bonus

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Luis Anaconda View Post
                              Been listening to the audiobook of Paul Davis's autobiography. Brought back some great memories - 87 Littlewwods Cup alone makes it all worthwhile. Everything else is a bonus
                              My first ever cup final. What a day that was

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