I need to start enjoying football again for what it is

[Scaring Europe to Death]

I don't know about anyone else, but even when City have won, I find it very hard to watch Match of the Day.
The whole programme's too long, the pundits are too predictable, and my enjoyment just gets diluted.

 

[bugsyblue]

I know I take football way way too seriously. And it's definitely a consequence of becoming successful. I know exactly what the OP means but then I feel powerless to control it.

 

[Bill]

I personally haven't fallen out of love for City. It's not as important because I have a child now and that really changed everything. City still is a huge part of my life.
What I have fallen out of love with is football. I rarely watch live games, watch MOTD on fast forward and have long since given up on the likes of Soccer am, football focus etc. I never listen to the likes of Talkshite and haven't picked up a paper in years.
The motonic crap on social media, including, sadly, some on here depresses me and the amount of so called experts who know less than fuck all is astonishing. The thing with football is people always have an opinion, they always have. The problem is nowadays they voice it public and it is hard to ignore.
I crave for the old days but sadly it's gone now.

great post.

 

[IanBishopsHaircut]

Was thinking about this the other day and I love the ups and downs of football...Last week...when we let that last minute goal in against Boro...gutting for us...but imagine being a boro fan and getting battered all game by a title contender...you're away from home and up against it...then you equalize in the last minute...That is what footie is all about...the highs and the lows

If we were winning everything all the time it wouldn't be the same

 

[heavymetalboy]

I went through shit in the 90's, surrounded by United fans whilst we were absolute dogshit. It makes the current success even sweeter. My brothers waivered, Newcastle, Scousers, Arsenal, rags. Me, never. City til I die. That's all I've got to say about that.

 

[Corky]

I don't know about anyone else, but even when City have won, I find it very hard to watch Match of the Day.
The whole programme's too long, the pundits are too predictable, and my enjoyment just gets diluted.

I normally catch the end on iplayer and rewind and watch the 40 mins of footy skipping the cretins and replay stuff with moronic 'analysis'.

 

[CitizenTID]

It's about identity and duty for me as someone raised a blue from my earliest memories. A kind of duty that you don't question though, you just do. Of course love for being part of that collective identity. So glad I was raised into this community club that has always represented the city rather than that "brand" they've been for so long.

I understand your point about pressure from social media etc., I only signed up to here after reading reactions to bad games that culminated after the Southampton loss away, 2013 where i couldn't believe I was reading posts from fellow City fans. Presumed everyone was like me and just enjoying the ride, how naive I was. With two trophies from this reign under our belt it started to get less about enjoying the ride and more about not embarrassing ourselves by buckling under the huge expectation from other football fans because of all the money - as we were climbing the success ladder I always felt the balance early on of that whilst still retaining our one big family feel. I think it's gone well though, them laughing at us potentially cocking something up with money jibes is a distant memory and they've resorted to having to create myths and photoshopping empty seats in our stadium.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

If "social media" affects your enjoyment of football, something is badly out of kilter in your life.

The last 5 years have been a hundred times better than the 30 years before that, for me, overall. Going to Wembley, away in Europe, title-deciding games, everyone talking about us, humiliating Man United, the best players on the planet, full houses...

I dreamed about this all my life and never thought it would ever happen. I'm drinking it in.

 

[Pell]

I am loving it at the moment, for me its never been better being a City fan. What gets said on social media, Talksport, Sunday Supplement is no bother to me whatsoever. I enjoy seeing us battle for titles, in with a realistic chance of winning cups, and our progression in Europe. These were things I would never have dreamed about 10 years ago. Who cares if some self appointed "expert" on Talksport thinks Guardiola is a fraud if he doesn't win the Premier League by a 20 point margin? I don't feel any pressure on us to succeed, it will come, I am 100% certain. Enjoy the ride, and the on field success will look after itself.

 

[almir]

As someone said -I have fallen out of love with football. I used to watch everything football the tv would throw on me. Now I watch only City and El Clasico (miss clasicos too sometimes). I barely watched EURO this summer, few games only. Just couldn't give a crap about football game I'm not emotionally involved with.