Wednesday, July 26, 2006

GFC....and football.

Okay okay. I am not panicing - yet. After all better to have mid season slump now..

However we lost on Saturday 1-nil to QPR.
And last night Bromley beat us 1-nil. Am I concerned?!

erm yes.

But they have been wearing their new home kit! Which isn't too hideous! I think I may invest in one this season.. my current one is TOO large and I need to have one to wear around Melbourne again!

As for other footballing issues - I am appalled by the current Chelsea scam. Blatant. Selling players for far less than they bought them - and to clubs they perceive as less of a long term threat. The rot has truly set in.
Aston Villa are up for a take over. So Man U mark II then?
The Italian clubs have all had their punishment decreased.

I find it hard to stomach the way in which the Premiership is just completely changing the landscape - and what for? Predictable winners and over inflated ticket prices.
Has anyone else noticed or is it just me - all those England flags have disappeared pronto... no matter the cricket team are in action, no matter then the supposed England 'football' team fans have slunk back into the shadows. Why not fly the flag until the season re starts?! Which by the way - Aug 5th Huddersfield at home!! true fans will be there making the most of a warm seat for a change!!

I am contemplating creating a separate blog for KF GFC related news and getting involved in the GFC blog community....

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well said! The Premiership is ruining football as we knew and loved it. Five Live's coverage doesn't help either, with its obsession not just with the Premiership but with a certain four clubs within it. What about some coverage of the 'lower leagues'?! Don't we count for anything?

Karoona said...

Wotcha Zig!
I think it has ruined it. Its all gone too far. I think the England Squad's performance in Germany helped clarify that maybe we aren't as good as we think we are. Our pool of players less full than once it was. All the time big clubs buy in there is no natural means for lower division players to move up through the divisions. I am sick of most media coverage of football. You're right - where are th elower league programmes? Surely the numbers of fans who go watch week in and week out deserve a better coverage.
I think we should boycott the Premiership. Most of the fans only sit and watch it in pubs/at home. TV rights and big money men are ripping the heart out of the game. And it breaks mine - cos I still enjoy the simple pleasures! (a win!!)

Anonymous said...

what a very English notion - let's not watch the best of a thing, let's go and watch people being not very good at it because somehow it is more authentic.

That's like saying I would rather hear a school orchestra scrape their way through Beethoven's Fifth than the Berlin Philharmonic.

You're so mired in mediocrity, you've come to think that somehow it is morally better than excellence.

Karoona said...

Justify your notion that the best is the Premiership. If you judge it purely on trophies and exposure then again you can keep it. If the Premiership is sucjh a master force why don't those teams dominate the European Competitions?

Question for you - do you actually ever go to games?