They're talking about us

[H T B]

To me, the big difference in this latest relegation season was we knew we had the players that could have got us out of trouble.
They failed miserably, and we feel let down.

All other relegations , that I can remember , had that air of inevitability about them from very early on in a season and it was [not readily] accepted .

Last season, really was a case of "the hope that kills"

 

[SilverFox]

That’s kind of you, it’s not so much the forum as being online in general. Everywhere you go now; news apps, Twitter, football coverage, it’s like there’s a black cloud hanging over everything. I know that if I stop doom scrolling and inviting negativity in every single time I take my phone out of my pocket I’ll be better for it. Football has always been one of my main distraction but I just can’t stand what it is now. Persisting with a football forum feels counter productive.

The more I drink, the worse I feel. The more time I spend online, the worse I feel about the world. I know I need to make some changes to my life and cutting out negative influences has worked for me in the past.

I didn’t want to skulk out without saying thanks and goodbye though. I’ve spent 15 years posting on here and I love it but I think I need to find a different outlet and ways to use my time.

Aww Ted! I know it’s a bit gloomy sometimes but I promise you it doesn’t rain every day. Re-set your demons and come back after a break. We’ll miss you.

 

[Lako42]

It is indeed.

I’ve got to say the forum as a whole has become oppressively negative, although not without good reason a lot of the time.

Think I’m going to call it a day, I’ve loved posting on it and it used to be laugh but I think I need to get offline, it’s bad for your head.

Ta ra everyone, all the best!

Please don't leave Ted, I'm very sorry.

 

[Miles Away]

Big Fanny.

 

[taupe]

Big Fanny.

Now you've got me interested.

 

[give_us_a_wave]

That’s kind of you, it’s not so much the forum as being online in general. Everywhere you go now; news apps, Twitter, football coverage, it’s like there’s a black cloud hanging over everything. I know that if I stop doom scrolling and inviting negativity in every single time I take my phone out of my pocket I’ll be better for it. Football has always been one of my main distraction but I just can’t stand what it is now. Persisting with a football forum feels counter productive.

The more I drink, the worse I feel. The more time I spend online, the worse I feel about the world. I know I need to make some changes to my life and cutting out negative influences has worked for me in the past.

I didn’t want to skulk out without saying thanks and goodbye though. I’ve spent 15 years posting on here and I love it but I think I need to find a different outlet and ways to use my time.

Do what you need to do but think about this :

Like all of the other old wankers on here I had the advantage of living the first half of my life without the existence of the internet. One of the main effects of that is that I absolutely cannot take it seriously. Not even a little bit.
Oh I know it has some horrific real world effects, not the least of which is giving platforms & relevance to the sort of pointless no marks that would have gone unnoticed 25 years ago.
But as an actual entity, well, the nearest analogy I have for it is that the internet in general & social media in particular is pretty much just a global toilet wall. I've never paid any attention to anything written about me on a bog wall so I'm not likely to give a shit about the internet either.

It worries me that people in their teens & twenties absorb it into the fabric of their lives so much. Genuinely worries me.

I've actually heard them talk about stuff that patently isn't even real. I have friends who are teachers telling me they have kids in their classes who pay no attention to anything & when called on it are happy to announce that said teacher is a " ****ing loser " & they'll be happy to share that with the world at large when they're a multi millionaire content creator on youtube or tiktok 2 years from now.

At your age I guess you're in between these 2 extremes. Try to veer toward the old **** rather than the young wanker & things will probably be better.

As for news feeds & such...well, news has always been shit. I grew up expecting a nuclear strike to end my world & watched all the progress of the post war years get frittered away. Life is struggle & challenge, online or off, always, for every generation, for the last 6000 years. just learn to laugh at the more ridiculous parts. It keeps you sane.

There was a time when baiting racists at the mail online under various usernames got me through a rough patch. I could taste their fury & impotent rage & it was great. Cheered me up no end. The trick was, it was real to them. To me it was just ****ing with morons & it didn't really matter.

Just a big toilet wall mate.

 

[taupe]

I think that's the most genuinely heart felt thing I've read on here.

 

[Miles Away]

I think that's the most genuinely heart felt thing I've read on here.

Big Fanny.

Thanks.

 

[Thefoxinoz]

That’s kind of you, it’s not so much the forum as being online in general. Everywhere you go now; news apps, Twitter, football coverage, it’s like there’s a black cloud hanging over everything. I know that if I stop doom scrolling and inviting negativity in every single time I take my phone out of my pocket I’ll be better for it. Football has always been one of my main distraction but I just can’t stand what it is now. Persisting with a football forum feels counter productive.

The more I drink, the worse I feel. The more time I spend online, the worse I feel about the world. I know I need to make some changes to my life and cutting out negative influences has worked for me in the past.

I didn’t want to skulk out without saying thanks and goodbye though. I’ve spent 15 years posting on here and I love it but I think I need to find a different outlet and ways to use my time.

Not been here long, but do find the negativity too much sometimes and want to shout at some and so can understand where your coming from a bit.
My 30 year old daughter & husband have a unique way of not being depressed by the world! They don't buy into it .... they don't watch Tv! They have Netflix, Stan and Disney (kids) and that's about it.
Maybe take yourself away from all of it for a while, hopefully you are back here after a rest, all the best.

 

[FOX Franks]

Not been here long, but do find the negativity too much sometimes and want to shout at some and so can understand where your coming from a bit.
My 30 year old daughter & husband have a unique way of not being depressed by the world! They don't buy into it .... they don't watch Tv! They have Netflix, Stan and Disney (kids) and that's about it.
Maybe take yourself away from all of it for a while, hopefully you are back here after a rest, all the best.

I also watch virtually no TV but I've got a pretty bad twitter habit that does me no favours.
Social media will melt the world down. Maybe not soon but shortly.

Maybe I should just delete twitter.
edit: done

 

[pork pie fox]

I'm not on any social media and never have been (I don't count this site as social media, is that wrong?). Probably why I don't see a lot of the toxicity that people speak about. Certainly feels like it makes life a bit easier.

 

[Lako42]

I also watch virtually no TV but I've got a pretty bad twitter habit that does me no favours.
Social media will melt the world down. Maybe not soon but shortly.

Maybe I should just delete twitter.
edit: done

Twitter is the absolute pits

Just a view reinforcement loop.

 

[Jenks]

Tbh, my interest has been rekindled by this new chapter. I'm not sure I would have lasted another year of Rodgersball. I think the club needed this reset.

It’s ****ball.

 

[Jenks]

There has been a bit of a cloud over this forum recently but as many have pointed out, not only is it the football but the world around us at the moment. Unfortunately Ted leaving has made that cloud a little darker. For over a decade you’ve made me snigger and sometimes spit my tea out. For that Ted, cheers. I do hope we haven’t heard the last of you. Look after yourself mate.

 

[Volpone]

It’s ****ball.

It's bonus hole ball

 

[Elon Bust]

Do what you need to do but think about this :

Like all of the other old wankers on here I had the advantage of living the first half of my life without the existence of the internet.

I wonder to what extent the Gen-Zs even have a conception of 'the internet'. My childhood was spent in an internet-free world, so I still remember a country operating on newspapers, radio and television with four channels: a country where everyone would go quiet to hear the football results on Radio 5.

We say 'the internet' because we view it as an entity that can be separated from other areas of life. I wonder if the presence of the internet is such a default in the Gen-Z world that they even have a use for the term.

Up until some point in my twenties, people used to speak of 'going on the internet' but you don't hear that now. We're never not on the internet so it's redundant.

 

[taupe]

My childhood was spent in an internet-free world, so I still remember a country operating on newspapers, radio and television with four channels: a country where everyone would go quiet to hear the football results on Radio 5.

I think there's a lot of us here with the same experience - it wasn't that long ago! Cripes, I'm about to start reminiscing about the sound of dial-up modems, and when 28k baud was consider a real game changer, when you could craft your own website without needing a computer science degree (which probably didn't exist anyway) when newsgroups ruled the porn waves... and there was a forum with Bob on it. Ah. Yes it was a long time ago wannit?

 

[Joe_Fox]

I'm not on any social media and never have been (I don't count this site as social media, is that wrong?). Probably why I don't see a lot of the toxicity that people speak about. Certainly feels like it makes life a bit easier.

Technically this forum is social media, as is any online forum but it's way less polluted by big media.

 

[bocadillo]

...there was a forum with Bob on it.

There still is.

 

[Brown Nose]