Well, quite. And the same goes for top managers going to big games "to WATCH Player A." Load o' bannicks.Originally Posted by Peter
If you spend all that time putting information into the machine, eventually you are going to start taking information out of it
They're just spending an evening at the match and catching up with some mates; having a kebab and a few strong lagers, just like folk do in any industry. They have the money to be almost anywhere, of course, but having made their names in football, The Football is the only environment in which they enjoy real status. Up West at the opera or the theatre, a Pep , for example, or a Wenger, would be just another mug punter or know-nothing **** with cash. Everyone would snigger at them behind their hands. What's he doing here, they'd whisper. A footballer, my dear! Probably thinks Puccini is a promising young Serie B full-back and "The Tales of Hoffman" is the memoirs of a junior member of West Germany's 1974 World Cup-winning squad lol.
However, at Swindon Town Seconds v Supermarine Reserves, or even at El Clasico, He is royalty. He is of The Elite, The Elect, The Worthy. The red carpet will be rolled out for them.
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