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Post by 2Loftus on Nov 12, 2022 12:02:14 GMT
Have to say, I miss a lot of old, 'proper' football.
When contact was allowed, players didn't roll around faking injury - you got crocked, exchanged a few 'pleasantries' and just got on with it.
And a lack of under soil heating and synthetic weave turf meant winter football was very entertaining!
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Post by Rangers77 on Nov 12, 2022 14:19:05 GMT
This. Plain shirts without any shit company name/ leftist political cause scrawled all over them.
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Nov 12, 2022 14:42:30 GMT
You only got to go way down the pyramid and it be like 1973
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Post by shepherdsmush on Nov 12, 2022 18:35:09 GMT
Would love to see a quagmire pitch one more time !
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Post by alanwycombe on Nov 13, 2022 8:40:53 GMT
I’d have loved to see some of the players I’ve had privilege to watch play on modern pitches.
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Nov 13, 2022 9:10:00 GMT
W G Grace?
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Post by lymehoop on Nov 13, 2022 18:27:48 GMT
the cheating has reached epidemic levels
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Post by 1qprdk on Nov 13, 2022 20:33:06 GMT
the cheating has reached epidemic levels Only good use of VAR would be to punish diving and cheating players with a red card. |
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Post by Stanley75 on Nov 13, 2022 22:07:18 GMT
the cheating has reached epidemic levels Only good use of VAR would be to punish diving and cheating players with a red card. Fully agree with you both. |
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Post by 2Loftus on May 12, 2023 17:08:27 GMT
Might have spotted a potential yellow card offence in that lot...
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Post by 2Loftus on May 15, 2023 14:37:13 GMT
Rotherham v Cardiff rained off a few weeks ago. Beach weather compared to Grimsby v QPR back in the day (nice QPR equaliser late on...)
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Post by Rangers77 on May 15, 2023 15:34:03 GMT
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Post by Hitman34 on May 15, 2023 15:55:00 GMT
i have found Rscot.
here he is, in the middle of nowhere explaining the technical aspects of what constitutes the perfect pitch.
#swampball
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Post by 2Loftus on Jul 22, 2023 16:20:41 GMT
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Post by 2Loftus on May 10, 2024 8:10:46 GMT
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Post by jfrabbit on May 10, 2024 8:30:27 GMT
Mad when you look back at old photos. Players like Bobby Charlton who looked like school headmasters. Just don't see the likes of it now, ever.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2024 8:45:34 GMT
Have amassed a ridiculously huge sized collection of old matches on DVD/MP4 and only watch football from this collection now.
What they call football now is a completely different sport and one I find myself with no interest in.
Haven't watched a live match on TV for 2 seasons and won't do again.
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Post by Stanley75 on May 10, 2024 9:49:53 GMT
In 40/50 years time will the young fans of today be making the identical lament, saying today's game is unrecognisable from when I were a lad/lass?
Everything in life changes, nothing stays the same, and football is no exception. It's the law of nature.
Now, are things progressing or regressing is a different question....
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2024 9:53:26 GMT
In 40/50 years time will the young fans of today be making the identical lament, saying today's game is unrecognisable from when I were a lad/lass? Everything in life changes, nothing stays the same, and football is no exception. It's the law of nature. Now, are things progressing or regressing is a different question.... Definitely an old git's statement, no doubt about that 👍 |
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Post by 2Loftus on May 11, 2024 17:21:29 GMT
If Psycho had just got the slightest nick on the ball, probably wouldn't even have been a foul in them days...
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Post by Bill on May 12, 2024 12:08:08 GMT
So what and when did the change first surface ?
Event ?
Rule change ?
Referees ?
What you guys and girls think.
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Post by stainrodisalegend on May 12, 2024 14:14:53 GMT
You only got to go way down the pyramid and it be like 1973 Or Loftus Rd and it’s like about 1985 |
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Post by 2Loftus on May 12, 2024 14:33:34 GMT
So what and when did the change first surface ? Event ? Rule change ? Referees ? What you guys and girls think. Back in the day, if a player made contact with the ball before following through and clattering seven shades of shit out of their opponent, it was deemed 'fair play'. More recently (not sure when the rule changed), other criteria are involved. Fouls will be given for careless, reckless or use of excessive force, regardless of whether the ball is played first before contact with an opposing player.: Careless - if a player shows a lack of attention or consideration when making a challenge or acts without precaution. Verbal warning. Reckless - if a player acts with disregard to the danger to, or consequences for, an opponent and must be cautioned by use of a yellow card. Excessive force - if a player exceeds the necessary use of force and endangers the safety of an opponent he must be sent off. |
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Post by Corbray on May 12, 2024 14:54:06 GMT
So what and when did the change first surface ? Event ? Rule change ? Referees ? What you guys and girls think. lots of things tbh. FIFA made a lot of changes as football had a reputation for being a tough man's almost thuggish sort of sport especially in the era of hooliganism. they wanted the game to be faster paced and so lots of tweakings of the rules were made, a famous one as dk would know of very well is the pass back rule. tbh i think there needs to be a fairer middle ground, football is a contact sport with hundreds of different types of playstyles. |
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2024 14:58:27 GMT
So what and when did the change first surface ? Event ? Rule change ? Referees ? What you guys and girls think. A number of reasons. Sky taking the game over, middle class twats 'discovering' the sport and the cultural genocide that followed... Corrupt organisations. It is a non contact sport now VAR Teams with squads from anywhere rather than somewhere: The fact that we could in recent seasons have fielded a complete non-English and/or non-white side is something we should be ashamed of, not proud. Modern 'fans' cosplaying football fans The fact that every match has to be hyped to be a big occasion Podcasts and blogs by middle class twats for middle class twats The loan market The way people now see the football club they support/'support' as an extension of their personality and give it far too great an importance The forced/choreography of modern fan groups INCLUDING the Loft Boys or whatever they're called Ticket prices Saturation of tv coverage I could honestly go on... |
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Post by stainrodisalegend on May 12, 2024 15:00:49 GMT
A lot more athleticism in football now and skill throughout a team (even a goalie meant to be comfortable on the ball now). I can get as nostalgic as the next fan - particularly as the 1970s was our glory era - but on the whole football way better now in most respects. Money and the arrogance/ unfairness it produces would be the main negative for me.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2024 15:03:21 GMT
So what and when did the change first surface ? Event ? Rule change ? Referees ? What you guys and girls think. lots of things tbh. FIFA made a lot of changes as football had a reputation for being a tough man's almost thuggish sort of sport especially in the era of hooliganism. they wanted the game to be faster paced and so lots of tweakings of the rules were made, a famous one as dk would know of very well is the pass back rule. tbh i think there needs to be a fairer middle ground, football is a contact sport with hundreds of different types of playstyles. I watch, as I have said, a lot of historic matches and have recently watched a lot of Italia 90. One of the most striking things is that although there are some comments about teams who back pass often - Egypt especially- not a single commentator argues that it should be outlawed and neither did the World Soccer post tournament review.... This version of history that expresses that there was outright demand to ban it is revisionism at worse and pure myth at best. |
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Post by West Acton on May 12, 2024 18:51:01 GMT
Stopping back law pass one of the best changes ever introduced
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Post by alanwycombe on May 12, 2024 20:43:23 GMT
Stopping back law pass one of the best changes ever introduced This. Liverpool could easily waste 10 mins of a game - Lawrenson to Hansen to Lawrenson to Grobelaar……and repeat. |
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Post by stainrodisalegend on May 12, 2024 21:23:48 GMT
So what and when did the change first surface ? Event ? Rule change ? Referees ? What you guys and girls think. A number of reasons. Sky taking the game over, middle class twats 'discovering' the sport and the cultural genocide that followed... Corrupt organisations. It is a non contact sport now VAR Teams with squads from anywhere rather than somewhere: The fact that we could in recent seasons have fielded a complete non-English and/or non-white side is something we should be ashamed of, not proud. Modern 'fans' cosplaying football fans The fact that every match has to be hyped to be a big occasion Podcasts and blogs by middle class twats for middle class twats The loan market The way people now see the football club they support/'support' as an extension of their personality and give it far too great an importance The forced/choreography of modern fan groups INCLUDING the Loft Boys or whatever they're called Ticket prices Saturation of tv coverage I could honestly go on... “The fact that we could in recent seasons have fielded an entirely non-white side is something we should be ashamed of.” You are the one who should be ashamed for that statement. |
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