General Chat

Yerr ... just noticed Mau :-D :-D :-D

............so good you said it twice Shane :-D ;-)

The England team have been asked to play a friendly game of football against Iceland.










If they win they get to play Tescos and Sainsburys.

Sadly football today IS all about money and about how much revenue is brought into the club (this is Premiership not teams struggling to 'keep up'.)

In the past all football grounds were miserable for fans supporting their teams, eg. bad pitches, no seats= standing room only, and huge queues for abysmal toilets. So along came the billionaire buyers who offered fans a dream... of fantastic all- seater & 'weather proof' stadiums, halleliliah! but at a cost! I know I'm probably stating the obvious here, but,
mega-billionaires now own & run the biggest clubs.....for big profits.

Four of England's top teams are in the top ten highest revenue making clubs in the world. They can afford the very best players but unfortunately can also pick the best foreign players.

My home team Newcastle is owned by Mike Ashley (ahem )Sports Direct and estimates £6,5000m. Small fry compared to some clubs.
I support N/Castle, and England, and even though we've had great players, I know only too well what it feels like to suffer defeat and disappointment:-( :-(

Where there's big money there has to be big wages and I think personally it's killed the game in many ways, but, if you've ever sat in a huge modern football stadium willing your team to win! it's thrilling. :-D

It's a good job I don't watch football :-P

Apparently it was quite the normal thing to do back then Jax , I was a little naive then, and didn't think to say I didn't want to be squashed, I just did it :-D

Sounds like a good way to make up your days money :-D

Not a Norf Londener myself Walthamstow born, lived in Essex

Yes Jax Charlie George still does do tours, well as of last year he was, anyone I know who has had a tour with him says how good he is.

I used to go to The Arsenal in the late 60's quite a lot, always remember the bloke at the ticket office, telling us to go through the turnstile two at a time, never realised until much later in life, that it was so he could pocket one of the ticket prices :-D

Norf Londoners eh :-D :-D :-D

I used to be goalie for this lad and his mates when I was 10/11 during play time :-D

Yeah Bob Wilson was in goal when I used to go and of course Charlie George was one of the players.....doesn't he do the tours around the ground now?.....never got to see big matches as dad didn't think it would be safe :-(

Jax, my husbands PE teacher was Bob Wilson, and he never tires of telling me that he put a goal past him once:-D He also went to school with Charlie George, who still works at The Arsenal :-D

I used to go to Highbury as a kid in the 60s and 70s and it wasn't a planned outing, dad and I would just go as something to do on a Saturday afternoon. It didn't cost a lot to get in half a crown springs to mind at one stage....and yes we did have to stand (North bank)

I did sit next to an ex Arsenal/England player at primary school (not through choice just to stop me talking :-D) he retired probably 20 years ago, I expect he earnt a decent wage whilst there but not enough to retire on....I see through googling his name, he and his wife have small a business.....but I bet they don't have a fleet of cars in their garage and live in a sprawling mansion

Its about time they let some younger talented players into the England side, the ones we have now are getting past their sell by date lol

Too many foreign players in the Premier League.

They should be limited like the cricket clubs were in the 70's.

Like most jobs if you don't perform you're out !!

I'm now wondering how many people if offered a wage, for any job, would say "no thanks, sorry that's far to much to pay me"

I'll be honest I wouldn't, I'd say ta very much :-D

Football brings in millions of pounds from around the world, so I'd expect them to be paid loads, after it's them that the fans go to watch. I don't worry about what they earn, if I did, I wouldn't ever go to see a game again, then I'd feel I wouldn't be paying them. If you don't go, you don't pay them.

Is football over priced and expensive to watch? yes extremely, maybe if people stopped going prices would tumble, but they won't will they, it's far to popular.

:-D

Overpaid, underworked, and still unable to come up with the goods.

The term 'Fat Cat' springs to mind.

Sorry but they were rubbish. A team paid over £300k a week per man can't defend and can't hit a ball in a net wants to be slung out on their bums. What do they do every time they train. Actually how often do they train? They are all mega rich..

£300k a week. We are having a laugh here surely. What planet are you on? Young children and their parents, grandparents pay out hard earned money to see their local teams and national team and what do they get in return. A load of whatever. you want to call it. I'll be polite...... garbage.

Such a shame as so many wonderful footballers for the future will either be corrupted or walk away.

I wonder how many WAGS would suddenly find someone else to live with if that happened Sue :-D

They should be on minimum wage and only get paid for results :-D

I can remember, in the late 60's, when a Southampton footballer (can't remember his name) worked in his dad's greengrocery in Shirley High Street in Southampton, to subsidise his footballing pay!!
Can't get much more 'local' than that :-D

As team the England squad does not work, it is full of Prima Donnas, who as individual players may be great, but they do not work well as a team, someone needs to tell them there is no 'I' in team.

They are just not hungry enough to want to win.

Maybe if they were all dropped and a team picked from non-championship teams may make a difference. They would be proud to play for their country.

Our team is a team full of overpaid, overpraised players, who sadly believe their own press!

They are not gods, they are certainly not men who I would want any of my children to look up to. They are a complete waste of space.

Oh and I hate footie, never got it, never will. But even I can see the writing on the wall......

Now watching the cricket on the telly over the last few days has been a joy.... Especially yesterday with the fans all dressed up. They do make me laugh. And I love the commentary, especially Bumble... :-D