The Beautiful Shame?

Remember when Football was good? Remember how simple it all was? I don't think there was anything more exciting in the sporting world than being in Primary School and being gathered together to watch Ireland play in the World Cup. Or watching your favorite team playing in the Final of what ever competition they were in.

Too bad it's all gone to shit! Before I continue, I would just like to say that I still like the sport. I still watch it on occasion and have been even known to play it the odd time. The thing is a lot of you will no-doubt hate what I'm going to say here. As such, you should either stop reading now and go back to yelling at a referee that can't actually hear you, or continue reading while keeping in mind the fact that I'm not a 'hater'; just trying to drop some factual knoweldge about this sport that everyone is trying to avoid like the fucking plague!

So back in the day, the sport was a proper sport. A MANLY sport. This is back when the the football itself was basically equivalent to a 20KG dumbbell wrapped in leather and the Goalkeepers didn't even wear fucking gloves! This was Bad-Ass-ry at it's finest. I'm pretty sure most players sustained a broken something-or-other but played on anyway because hey, it's just a bit of craic!

Nowadays, you'll get world class players - with all this new training, technological and nutritional advancements – that go down like a sack of shit every time there is a moderate to heavy breeze. It's fucking disgraceful. How about manning the fuck up and not cheating yourself into an advantage? It just seems that all-in-all it has turned into a sport for pussies. That's not to say there aren't some true, honorable footballers. Lionel Messi would be a perfect example. The dude is fucking incredible and is considered my most; the best footballer in the world, and he doesn't jump to the ground and cry when he gets tackled by an apposing player.

Onto another big issue with this sport. - Hooliganism. What the fuck!? 'Yeah bro, are team is better 'cos our gang of fans can kick the shit out of your gang of fans'. Hmm, no. How about: 'Your all morons and should go jump into the Tiger pit of the Zoo on feeding day'. It's sad and retarded.

There appears to be anger and childish issues with fans too. I see a lot of fans bitch about the other team like a group of girls bitch about that one girl they hate because she has better hair than them and tends not to be a slut but gets guys anyway. For the purpose of keeping social balance, the names of the following teams will be changed and/or altered slightly so as not to offend anyone.

So you have one team which we will call – Ham-chester United and the other which we will call LiverStool. Hamchester fans will rag on about how they are superior in every way and how they win everything. When LiverStool and Hamchester end up fixed against each other, all hell ensues. If the less superior LiverStool beat Hamchester, the Hamchester fans will pile in the excuses as to why the win was a fluke, lucky etc. Listen, they WON. Deal with it!

Similarly if fans of one team watch the other team playing (god knows why) they will criticize every play and every piece of football that happens even if the team wins. Really? Well heavens to Betsy, here's me thinking they were just playing well but obviously a team that wins is still shit... somehow.

Lets move on to the money. What the shite is going on there? Even without Advertisement and Sponsorship, these guys are raking in the money! That is bollox! Pure and simple. They get paid to do the thing they love. Fuck that, I love sleeping but I don't get fifteen grand a week to do it! They make more than Doctors (most doctors anyway). That's fucking injustice!

Overall I don't think there is much hope for the sport. I still like watching it and I still like playing it but lets face it, the future of Association Football is fucked for all eternity. It's been sucked into the black hole of corporate sponsorship, bitchy men, and ridiculous hair-dos.

The Beautiful Game is losing its beauty...