Better than the good old days

I think English league football has progressively improved in my time following City (40 years).

The standard of football has improved immeasurably in that time. One only has to watch a game from 30 years ago to realise that. The amount of time players got on the ball in the old First Division back then is akin to what you'd get in League 1 today.

From time to time I miss the edginess of away games that you had in the 80's, but then I never got a kicking, so it's easier for me to be misty eyed about that than others I suspect!

It's too expensive to watch a game these days, but until supporters start voting with their feet, nothing is going to change in that regard, I'm afraid.

I think the Premier League this season is fucking brilliant. Most exciting league on the planet. Pure drama.

As to the OAP's father-in-law's attitude to modern football: long may he continue to be unhappy :-)
 
BillyShears said:
Glad I'm not the only one who's enjoying it!
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How can anyone say this is a 'shit' league? This season has been amazing. The skill levels might not be as high as Spain, but for pure entertainment it's been great, with teams taking points off each other all over the shop. Pre-Mansour, the Premier League had become dull, predictable and turgid - (a bit like united this season :-)) but now it's a fucking brilliant spectacle.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
How can anyone say this is a 'shit' league? This season has been amazing. The skill levels might not be as high as Spain, but for pure entertainment it's been great, with teams taking points off each other all over the shop. Pre-Mansour, the Premier League had become dull, predictable and turgid - a bit like united this season :-)
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Quite. I also think that the 'skill' level in Spain is overrated. Are mid table Spanish sides able to field players of the quality of Bojan, Arnautovich, and Shaqiri? What really sets the league apart this season is that so many sides have got pure match winners in their XI's. Means no matter how good you are, you can concede. Amazing league to witness.
 
taleofbluehalves said:
Not standing up for a pee in the Kippax 'loos' in the dark.
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The toilets at the North Stand of Maine Road. Little different from an open sewer! I lived and breathed the 'good old days' and let me tell yer they were shite compared to what we have now. Pissed wet through every other home game on the North Stand at MR. And the electronic 'everything' now - we had some FOC sticking HT scores into slots on a large scoreboard with letters of the alphabet. Yer had to have the grid or yer wouldn't know who was match B or C or D for that matter! Yer could work out that The Arse or Villa were A but yer couldn't be sure! There are those who live in the past and there are those who fondly remember the past and live in the present.
 
The premeir league was, though of high standards in danger of becomimg stale maybe 10 years ago, rags win arse win rags win arse win, same top four. the last 5-6 years though it has returned to the competiveness that (even though liverpool were dominant years of) the football league had, also 10 years ago any team below 7th played god awful football in an atempt to survive, but even that eems to be changing.

also luton are no where near the prem, cunts
 
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