Is it worth being brainwashed

[Toffeeforme]

A few years back I realized how football and in particular The Premier League has us all brainwashed. The younger generation wont understand but the game has now been taken away from the working class. I could go on all night about corporate greed and how I believe its tool to keep the peasants in check. We may all believe we love our clubs but I think we are all brainwashed. We put that much emotion into Everton that has us all losing sleep and suffering depression at the end of every relegation campaign. I think it is a major issue that is not to be taken lightly. God forbid when the day comes we go down. For this reason I have been trying to gradually desenzitize myself from football and Everton in particular. I now very rarely watch any other games and only watched 2 world cup games. I would love nothing more than the whole bubble to burst and go back to how the game was 40 years ago. A lot here will say how we have the best players in the world but that's how I feel atm.

 

[Connor]

@emir

 

[blue to the bone]

Another scorcher of a thread.
What a start to the new year

 

[Drico]

Stream of consciousness that opening post might be, but it touches on something alright. I'm old enough to have seen us be the best side in Europe. And then watched our slow, agonising demise. One thing I will say to illustrate how the club game has indeed lost meaning is you never really see players cry tears of sadness and pain in competitions other than the World Cup or European Championship finals these days. You might see the odd emotional wreck in the latter stages of the Champions League, but the tears freely flow only in international football where the glory and national pride mean more than simply money.

Club football used to mean something similar when at least a core of most sides represented their locales. Local lads flew the flag for towns, cities, and regions. Now? The Premier League is a multicultural franchise league. It is a superb product, but I am not sure what it means anymore. Other than money and ambition. Every two or four years we get a glimpse of something less materialistic - and it seems strangely attractive, even if the overall standard is vastly inferior.

 

[windymiller]

A few years back I realized how football and in particular The Premier League has us all brainwashed. The younger generation wont understand but the game has now been taken away from the working class. I could go on all night about corporate greed and how I believe its tool to keep the peasants in check. We may all believe we love our clubs but I think we are all brainwashed. We put that much emotion into Everton that has us all losing sleep and suffering depression at the end of every relegation campaign. I think it is a major issue that is not to be taken lightly. God forbid when the day comes we go down. For this reason I have been trying to gradually desenzitize myself from football and Everton in particular. I now very rarely watch any other games and only watched 2 world cup games. I would love nothing more than the whole bubble to burst and go back to how the game was 40 years ago. A lot here will say how we have the best players in the world but that's how I feel atm.

I've been going to see my local non-league team for a couple of years now. It's loads better. Barely go to Goodison now. A day out for me and my lad at my non-league side costs me about £25, and almost all of that is ale (for me, not the child!). It'd cost me five or six times that for a day out at Goodison, to be served up a giant turd sandwich. I don't mind the losing so much, it's the fact that they're NEA. And you can drink in the stands at non-league level.

 

[Toffeeforme]

In all truth I never really encouraged my 2 lads when they were young. I wanted them to get involved in other things but the machine that is sky got hold of them.

 

[tommye]

@emir

He said brain washed not brain dead.

 

[Runub]

 

[tommye]

A few years back I realized how football and in particular The Premier League has us all brainwashed. The younger generation wont understand but the game has now been taken away from the working class. I could go on all night about corporate greed and how I believe its tool to keep the peasants in check. We may all believe we love our clubs but I think we are all brainwashed. We put that much emotion into Everton that has us all losing sleep and suffering depression at the end of every relegation campaign. I think it is a major issue that is not to be taken lightly. God forbid when the day comes we go down. For this reason I have been trying to gradually desenzitize myself from football and Everton in particular. I now very rarely watch any other games and only watched 2 world cup games. I would love nothing more than the whole bubble to burst and go back to how the game was 40 years ago. A lot here will say how we have the best players in the world but that's how I feel atm.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Stream of consciousness that opening post might be, but it touches on something alright. I'm old enough to have seen us be the best side in Europe. And then watched our slow, agonising demise. One thing I will say to illustrate how the club game has indeed lost meaning is you never really see players cry tears of sadness and pain in competitions other than the World Cup or European Championship finals these days. You might see the odd emotional wreck in the latter stages of the Champions League, but the tears freely flow only in international football where the glory and national pride mean more than simply money.

Club football used to mean something similar when at least a core of most sides represented their locales. Local lads flew the flag for towns, cities, and regions. Now? The Premier League is a multicultural franchise league. It is a superb product, but I am not sure what it means anymore. Other than money and ambition. Every two or four years we get a glimpse of something less materialistic - and it seems strangely attractive, even if the overall standard is vastly inferior.

I can't tell if they're in danger of making this untrue or if they just need City to be a little worse and Newcastle a little better to unleash yearly chaos at the top and bottom.

 

[Zeitgeist]

A few years back I realized how football and in particular The Premier League has us all brainwashed. The younger generation wont understand but the game has now been taken away from the working class. I could go on all night about corporate greed and how I believe its tool to keep the peasants in check. We may all believe we love our clubs but I think we are all brainwashed. We put that much emotion into Everton that has us all losing sleep and suffering depression at the end of every relegation campaign. I think it is a major issue that is not to be taken lightly. God forbid when the day comes we go down. For this reason I have been trying to gradually desenzitize myself from football and Everton in particular. I now very rarely watch any other games and only watched 2 world cup games. I would love nothing more than the whole bubble to burst and go back to how the game was 40 years ago. A lot here will say how we have the best players in the world but that's how I feel atm.

I have a degree and I can't read this

 

[chicoazul]

A few years back I realized how football and in particular The Premier League has us all brainwashed. The younger generation wont understand but the game has now been taken away from the working class. I could go on all night about corporate greed and how I believe its tool to keep the peasants in check. We may all believe we love our clubs but I think we are all brainwashed. We put that much emotion into Everton that has us all losing sleep and suffering depression at the end of every relegation campaign. I think it is a major issue that is not to be taken lightly. God forbid when the day comes we go down. For this reason I have been trying to gradually desenzitize myself from football and Everton in particular. I now very rarely watch any other games and only watched 2 world cup games. I would love nothing more than the whole bubble to burst and go back to how the game was 40 years ago. A lot here will say how we have the best players in the world but that's how I feel atm.

I agree massively and you’re doing the right thing. It’s a sham.

 

[jimbo77]

Roman emperors made sure to give the poor food and entertainment to keep them busy and happy. "Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt."

 

[hktoffee]

Just like younger generation believes in Tesla and Bitcoin lol.

 

[jazzy]

A few years back I realized how football and in particular The Premier League has us all brainwashed. The younger generation wont understand but the game has now been taken away from the working class. I could go on all night about corporate greed and how I believe its tool to keep the peasants in check. We may all believe we love our clubs but I think we are all brainwashed. We put that much emotion into Everton that has us all losing sleep and suffering depression at the end of every relegation campaign. I think it is a major issue that is not to be taken lightly. God forbid when the day comes we go down. For this reason I have been trying to gradually desenzitize myself from football and Everton in particular. I now very rarely watch any other games and only watched 2 world cup games. I would love nothing more than the whole bubble to burst and go back to how the game was 40 years ago. A lot here will say how we have the best players in the world but that's how I feel atm.

I kind of agree but wonder if you might have a different perspective if ( I know suspend belief) Everton were in the top 4 having spent a fortune on players?