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To start an IDGAF thread about football restarting?

242 replies

TakemedowntoPotatoCity · 17/06/2020 17:31

If, like me, you see the lack of education provision for months and the devastating effect on the UK economy and people's livelihoods as marginally more important than a bunch of millionaires kicking a ball about you can come here to lament the lack of fucks around these parts. Football widows welcome.

OP posts:
HonneyBea · 18/06/2020 18:37

Watched both matches one after other and can't wait for the next 2 weeks of nearly non stop footy. A welcome relief for the shit we've been through in the last few months

IamaBluebird · 18/06/2020 18:46

Justjessie, looking forward to the game Sunday. A little sad that I won't get to see my football family though.
DaffodilFootball

ilovesooty · 18/06/2020 18:57

@Anniegetyourgun

I didn't say I don't like football. I just said I'm no longer interested in it. It's fine, I have no problem with it, I just don't watch it.

Believe me, the way I say it, it is crushing. I've got the right voice for it.

I don't care about your voice or how you say it. I'd find it patronising and very rude if you said it to me. I wouldn't be at all impressed by it or by you.
justjessie · 18/06/2020 18:59

Believe me, the way I say it, it is crushing. I've got the right voice for it

GrinGrinGrinGrinGrin
Okay then.

Mayorquimby2 · 18/06/2020 19:02

It's up there with one of the worst zingers I've heard.

Crushing ffs 😂😂😂😂

DestinationFkd · 18/06/2020 19:25

Crushing 😂
Yup, of course 😂

ViciousJackdaw · 18/06/2020 19:26

Nice way to turn this thread around Annie, I started reading and thought 'You snobby cow' and ended up laughing my socks off at you. I needed that giggle so thanks Flowers

clary · 18/06/2020 20:56

I thought about this thread today when I read this story on the BBC news page Northampton town game - read that and tell me football is rubbish and meaningless. It made me cry

LetsGoFlyAKiteee · 18/06/2020 21:03

Each to their own..happy its back.. just annoying the main thing from the restart is that VAR and goal tech still having issues!

AskingforaBaskin · 18/06/2020 21:52

I wouldn't be surprised if there was a court case over that goal. Absolutely shocking.

Hopingtobeamum · 18/06/2020 23:47

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Ginfordinner · 18/06/2020 23:51

I'm not a football fan, but I have been able to binge watch loads of cookery shows recently, which isn't everyone's cup of tea, so I don't see why football fans shouldn't be able to watch some football.

To repeat a much used, very irritating phrase - Each to their own.

Sin8e · 19/06/2020 00:03

Moto gp is where it's at, much more exciting watching people fly around a track at 200+ miles an hour with the chance of the bike deciding to send them 20ft into the air at almost any moment

Sin8e · 19/06/2020 00:07

@Anniegetyourgun

I didn't say I don't like football. I just said I'm no longer interested in it. It's fine, I have no problem with it, I just don't watch it.

Believe me, the way I say it, it is crushing. I've got the right voice for it.

Yeah anyone who says thier insults are "crushing" is the kind of person who only delivers thier comebacks in their mind, 20 minutes after the other people have left.
ShinyFootball · 19/06/2020 00:11

Laurie 'I’ve no idea. I’ve never tried.

However the labour market can usually be relied upon to reward skills that are a) important to generating income b) in low supply.'

So you're an out and out capitalist then.

I thought that Corona would have opened people's eyes a bit to the fact that Pryor people who are VERY important are often undervalued and underpaid.

I work in an industry gushing with money, I'm based in the city. I am reasonably well paid by the standards of that industry. (Not bad for a mere cashier in a bookies, eh?). And I can tell you that there is nothing special about a lot of the people I work with. What I know, having worked in public sector, private sector, and third sector is that reward is not linked to ability to deliver, city is still full of a certain 'type', and as for ability to generate money, well those lovely banks with all their high 6 figure salaries Fucked most of the world with the crash.

I know you won't change your mind because you clearly have that mindset that high paid = good intelligent hard working moral person and low paid = literally worth less.

You are wrong. But, I'm sure you would disagree :)

< waves to hopingtobeamum! I loved working in the bookies! Very fond memories :) >

ShinyFootball · 19/06/2020 00:14

Also for anyone interested, especially Laurie, here is a bit of info about how to settle bets by hand:

h2g2.com/edited_entry/A1148096

www.bettingmad.com/settling.asp

ShinyFootball · 19/06/2020 00:15

Waves again to hopingtobeamum in case she TLDR my previous post Grin

BiggerBoat1 · 20/06/2020 13:42

Believe me, the way I say it, it is crushing. I've got the right voice for it.

Oh dear. Who boasts about being crushing just because someone has a different interest to you? Pathetic.

yogafailure · 20/06/2020 13:44

I'm with you OP. Amongst all the issues just now and all the things to prioritise, I also don't give a flying fuck about football of all things. Neither DH or any of my 3 dc care either.

BlusteryLake · 20/06/2020 13:49

I am not personally interested in football, but lots of people are. I think anything that helps revive some semblance of normality is to be encouraged, though, and it has given some people something to look forward to. I also think the value it has at grass roots level is higher than in the elite game.

SueEllenMishke · 20/06/2020 13:53

Why would an adult take pride in belittling a person and their hobby 'crushingly'?
That's one of the most pathetic things I've read on here.

I'm not a football fan but my DH is. I would never belittle him for it. I hate the snobbery that surrounds being a football fan. It's like people think they're intellectually superior for saying they don't like football.

PhilSwagielka · 20/06/2020 18:50

I have mixed feelings. I'm not looking forward to the inevitable thumping by Liverpool tomorrow and I don't want any of the squad getting ill, but I'm not upset about the football coming back. I'll be honest, I've not missed it much. I think getting off Twitter has made things better as it is so toxic and I've had some really nasty experiences with rival fans on there. That said, I'm glad the playoffs are still happening for the lower leagues. The League 1 and 2 clubs are going to struggle because they can't afford to test their players, same with the WSL (and I'm one of the few people on here who follows women's football, though not as much as men's), and a lot of businesses near grounds will miss out due to being closed and there being no fans.

I'm a bit more apathetic about football than I used to be because I hate what's happened to the game in general. The gulf between the PL and the lower leagues won't get any smaller and there's far too much money in the game (which is not the players' fault and I agree that they get singled out way too much).

HonneyBea · 20/06/2020 20:20

Derby days are always strange though @PhilSwagielka ........ you never know what's going to happen!

I love we have your name -sake back (sheff u fan here !), he's a top bloke Smile

AskingforaBaskin · 20/06/2020 20:37

you never know what's going to happen!

I do.

We're gonna win the league. We're gonna win the league 😆

PhilSwagielka · 20/06/2020 20:42

As long as Everton stay up. I'm not arsed about us getting into Europe. I've got a mate who's a Watford fan so hopefully they and Villa will stay up too.

@HonneyBea I'm sad Jags left but if he had to go anywhere, at least it's somewhere where he is loved. (Awkwardly my second team are Sheffield Wednesday. Long story. I nearly called myself KevinPressman.)

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