For the older fans here (5 Viewers)
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bigfatronssba
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I think its the fact that every game is available to watch now. Its not natural
olderskyblue
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You need to enjoy the good bits, and not get too down about the bad. Stress when you’re older is not good, especially if you have heart issues... easy to learn this if you have to….
shepardo01
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Define "older" I'm 46.
My stress levels have been through the roof really, from prior to WBA.
It has affected sleep, my toilet habits and I am a very calm and measured person generally, but when we conceded on Saturday, I found myself smashing my hand into the kitchen worktop repeatedly in frustration - can't remember ever doing that before...
I have played football.
I have worked for a football club
I have worked with ex professionals, coaches and managers that have worked at the highest levels.
I know what is on the line (not saying anyone else doesn't- just in context to stress), how rare it can be for a club like ours to be in positions such as this.
How important it is.
Despite all of this - I just still can't understand how and why Collins has been picked when he has. I just can't.....
For me, this is going to be a long week.
Everyone.saying, yeah we'll beat Middlesbrough -
But everyone was saying, yeah - we'll beat Plymouth/Luton.....
We have no devine right to do so and will have to be SO much better than we have been in the last two games.....
My stress levels have been through the roof really, from prior to WBA.
It has affected sleep, my toilet habits and I am a very calm and measured person generally, but when we conceded on Saturday, I found myself smashing my hand into the kitchen worktop repeatedly in frustration - can't remember ever doing that before...
I have played football.
I have worked for a football club
I have worked with ex professionals, coaches and managers that have worked at the highest levels.
I know what is on the line (not saying anyone else doesn't- just in context to stress), how rare it can be for a club like ours to be in positions such as this.
How important it is.
Despite all of this - I just still can't understand how and why Collins has been picked when he has. I just can't.....
For me, this is going to be a long week.
Everyone.saying, yeah we'll beat Middlesbrough -
But everyone was saying, yeah - we'll beat Plymouth/Luton.....
We have no devine right to do so and will have to be SO much better than we have been in the last two games.....
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shepardo01
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I do think some of my stress comes from wanting the best experience for my two little ones who I take to games ...and not having long to experience the likes of the Premier League with my Dad (who is 74 - and when we were there before, I was generally playing or went to games with mates when I could)
Sky Blue Harry H
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If we can't beat M'Boro, we don't deserve our place at the table, and would have had little chance of progressing through the play offs. I'm City daft, but I'm fairly relaxed about it all. It's a bit like having a raffle ticket, hoping I/we win, but not really expecting to (as regards promotion). If most City fans are honest they'd probably give us less than a 1 in 5 chance of making the final and winning it. Let's just hope we can somehow do something unexpected.
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skybluealan
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Very true what you are saying, maybe at my age, not sure how many year's to wait to see Cov back in the big time. Give you an idea of my age, watched my first game in 1958/59 season then a junior season ticket holder the next season. Never loss the faith and will never lose it.
eyesee
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i'm 58, and yes, i find periods like this quite stressful.
i was a season ticket holder when we were in the prem, and went to the majority of the away games as well.
i just want to see the club i love back in the premier league before i die.
i know that sounds dramatic, and we all hope that we have many years left, but you never know.
but getting there and staying there are 2 different things. so we may just be swapping this stress for the inevitable relegation battle/s that would follow.
enjoy the good days, and try not to let the bad days affect you too much. your health is far more important.
JoeCCFCPUSB
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Never look at Football like that mate, these are multimillionaires, they carry the stress, not you and you should have that mindset even tho it is hard.
Just remember also, we are a top 6 Championship team now. It's absolutely incredible, I never thought I would see us at this level 5 or 6 years back.
Always try and enjoy the nervous moments, enjoy the good and as for the bad, well blaming Brad Collins and Simms is generally the only plausible option, given the consistent piss poor performances by both players.
Whether we win or lose on Saturday mate we are 3 or 4 players away from being a team that challenges for the top automatics.
Stay positive pal.
Northeast sky blue
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64 myself and I remember standing on the spoin top and my dad lifting me over the turnstile,although I don't get to many games now, i still get nervous before a game and jump in the air when we score, once a sky blue always a sky blue
Speedies_Chips
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I’ve had to stop watching some games tbh cos I’ve felt my heart rate go a bit too high and I have to keep an eye on things.
I’m not too bad at matches I am at but the ones I watch on tv I do find difficult.
one example was Sheff Weds away. I couldn’t watch the second half so switched to another game instead.
I’m not too bad at matches I am at but the ones I watch on tv I do find difficult.
one example was Sheff Weds away. I couldn’t watch the second half so switched to another game instead.
Mcbean
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With reference to Collins there’s something we don’t know about Wilson’s injury - so it’s the zero option - don’t stress
Gynnsthetonic
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Found watching the games on tv or listening on the radio so much more stressful than actually being there. I nearly chucked my phone through the living room window on Saturday when luton scored, had to go and sit outside in the garden for an hour after to calm down.
Gynnsthetonic
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Brad, is that you?
Otis
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Yup.
Never used to find it as stressful a few years back. Now, I do find it causes a lot more stress.
I used to get down and feel upset when we lost, but I don't think I found any great stress overall.
Different story these days
shepardo01
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Thankfully not!
Captain Dart
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Me too. Don't stress over something you have absolutely no control over.
Sky Blue Harry H
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Same - although I spend too much of my spare time thinking about us and researching our opponents!!
I can't believe that after the play off final I went from despair to "it is what it is" by the time I had driven home
Seymour_East
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Relate completely at 62, turnstile lift and stool to stand on so I could look over the top, no turning back after that. I’ve had my heart attack and on medicines for the rest of my life, don’t need a second but blimey they do try! I have learnt now to let it go after the match, like yesterday, takes a hour or two but at the end of the day, proud of the club and will always watch whoever is on the pitch and in whatever division we are in. More than likely I’ll complain too, but that’s part of the course.
Legia Sky Blue
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I always find it less stressful physically being at the game. Also, while I find watching a stream slightly more stressful, its still no where near as bad as listening to a radio commentary where every time the opposition have possession it feels like they are about to score. Doing none of these and trying to do something completely different while a game is on is also a no no for me, as my mind will constantly be on what might be happening at the game.
Cally Fedora
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Just enjoy it. Let’s face it, we’ve had it a lot worse.
Sick Boy
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Me too. It used to ruin weekends for me when I was younger. These days I’m much calmer and try to put things into perspective.
shepardo01
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I'm the opposite.... Going the other way as I get older!!
Sick Boy
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I still go mad celebrating, including banging tables/surfaces, breaking a coffee table…which didn’t go down well!
MalcSB
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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I'm not that old but do notice my heart rate going up drastically if I'm watching or listening. Given how may medical incidents there seem to be these days I have started wondering whether there'll be a time when it's going to be best to not do it for my health and just check scores afterwards.
And this is despite me knowing it's just a game and it's not the end of the world. But I'm already feeling anxious and nervous about next weekend.
Bernie Rhodes Nose
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Not help by those immortal words ball into the box , there's danger here!!!!..."
Lamps
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Stress is a pressure you put yourself in but can be difficult to teach yourself not to suffer from. It took me a long time to learn this.
My wakeup call was a few years ago when everything was going wrong at the same time. Both my wife and youngest daughter were seriously ill at the same time and I was stuck 800 miles away. Thinking too much makes you go crazy. I've learnt that if you can't change things try and look on the bright side. Lose a game? There's another one next week. Lose the playoffs? We'll be stronger next season. It may be a big part of your life but it's only a game.
Life is too short to stress about everything.
My wakeup call was a few years ago when everything was going wrong at the same time. Both my wife and youngest daughter were seriously ill at the same time and I was stuck 800 miles away. Thinking too much makes you go crazy. I've learnt that if you can't change things try and look on the bright side. Lose a game? There's another one next week. Lose the playoffs? We'll be stronger next season. It may be a big part of your life but it's only a game.
Life is too short to stress about everything.
I think this has a lot to do with it. We are controlled by the media in ways we weren’t as kids. The adrenaline hit from games and release of neurochemicals is addictive and increasingly impossible to avoid.
stevefloyd
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My wife come back from town just as Calamity Collins had imploded again so it upset her with the torrent of fucks that came spitting out of me at that time and with a lot of venom too
TewkesburySkyBlue
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I’m much older having supported the City for 66 years and used to get worked up about bad results.
it has been much better lately but I really lost it after the Luton result . Very strange I know it’s only a game but …….. !,
Porkchophill
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All text book symptoms of being a Cov fan
Keep well hydrated and look on the bright side at least your not a Leicester fan
Keep well hydrated and look on the bright side at least your not a Leicester fan