The good old days..... (3 Viewers)

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COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

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Cally Fedora said:
This “press” and “beat the press” nonsense is just Emperors new clothes. Although why teams are so desperate to give the ball away in their own penalty area is just insanity.
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The idea was to draw the teams out that's just sit back, but teams have cotton onto it, it doesn't work anymore.
 
Flying Fokker

Flying Fokker

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Alan Dugdales Moustache said:
But what's better footy wise ? This is peripheral bollocks. With respect 😃
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The game has moved on leaps and bounds. Some good/some not so good. The skills have developed over the years.. Due mainly to the likes of Ronaldo, Maradonna et al influencing players. We have a diverse group of players from all around the world, who are arguably better than many players of the 60’s and 70’s. The game is faster. We are in a league that matches the old first division.
 
Johhny Blue

Johhny Blue

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Flying Fokker said:
The game has moved on leaps and bounds. Some good/some not so good. The skills have developed over the years.. Due mainly to the likes of Ronaldo, Maradonna et al influencing players. We have a diverse group of players from all around the world, who are arguably better than many players of the 60’s and 70’s. The game is faster. We are in a league that matches the old first division.
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The game is technically better but not nearly as passionate or as exciting to watch
 
Alan Dugdales Moustache

Alan Dugdales Moustache

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Flying Fokker said:
The game has moved on leaps and bounds. Some good/some not so good. The skills have developed over the years.. Due mainly to the likes of Ronaldo, Maradonna et al influencing players. We have a diverse group of players from all around the world, who are arguably better than many players of the 60’s and 70’s. The game is faster. We are in a league that matches the old first division.
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It's faster. They're fitter. That's it. They're better at rolling around injured, cheating , whining at the slightest tackle, posing on social media. Man for man they're no better than players from the 60s, 70s , 80s, 90s and diversity is irrelevant. There are no players any better today than the likes of Jimmy Greaves, Maradonna, Alan Shearer, Pele, Gordon Banks, Tommy Hutchison, Bryan Robson, Paul McGrath, to name just a few.
Nottingham Forest have a striker, Wood, a throw back to the big, the old fashioned centre forwards of the 1970s. One of the premier leagues top scorers.
Perceptions have changed , hype has gone through the roof but actually it's all hot air.
 
Alan Dugdales Moustache

Alan Dugdales Moustache

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Cally Fedora said:
It was due to the shenanigans off the pitch really. The Milne era was good to watch. Then we entered the relegation battle years with the managerial revolving door with the likes of Don McKay. Still enjoyable in its own way.
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Best city teams I've ever seen were under Milne. I was too young to remember JH, but Milne's team, at it's best, would beat absolutely anyone. For anyone to suggest the top division at that time was only as good as today's championship is ludicrous.
It's like saying Alan Shearer would today be a championship striker at best.
 
Alan Dugdales Moustache

Alan Dugdales Moustache

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Williescar said:
The late 70s team was the best ever City team.There has never been or will be a better one
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Agreed. Even the fringe players , Alan Green, les Cartwright etc were top quality .
 
COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

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Alan Dugdales Moustache said:
The 80s generally was a dire time .
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Not all bad, some great songs back in the 80s.

music video vintage GIF
Human League Love GIF by Vivid People Disco
 
blunted

blunted

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The pitches used to be dreadful so very little football going on. There was common assault going on in every game. Players ending up as cripples when they retired. Homer refs. Heavy balls. A culture of drinking gambling, bad diets and some very strong rumours of match fixing. Visiting Liverpool and Man U where there was extra time until they won. Ah the good old days.
 
Gibbo

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peteCCFC said:
Slowly, but surely losing my love for this sport. Its nothing compared to how is was in the 80s-90s-00s.
It's purely business now, played by mercenaries, its soulless.
Such a shame. Looking forward to the 12.30 Saturday kick off! :(
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It has always been business. Since Alf Common became the first player to be sold for over 1,000 pounds in 1905. Maybe even earlier. It is just that the level of business acumen has improved from the amateurish past. Foreign owners have generally been a plus - more professional.

Since the game went professional in the late 19th C the richest clubs have usually come out on top. The game has more money and is producing far better quality football than before 2000 - just think of some of the dolts who got their way into the England team in the past. Great players like Maddison would have walked in during the 80's and 90's, but nowadays get not a sniff,

The old 1st Division was played at a level below that of the current Championship. The Prem is way way better than the old 1st Div in terms of quality

Enough dewy eyed nostalgia per-lease
 
peteCCFC

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Gibbo said:
It has always been business. Since Alf Common became the first player to be sold for over 1,000 pounds in 1905. Maybe even earlier. It is just that the level of business acumen has improved from the amateurish past. Foreign owners have generally been a plus - more professional.

Since the game went professional in the late 19th C the richest clubs have usually come out on top. The game has more money and is producing far better quality football than before 2000 - just think of some of the dolts who got their way into the England team in the past. Great players like Maddison would have walked in during the 80's and 90's, but nowadays get not a sniff,
The old 1st Division was played at a level below that of the current Championship. The Prem is way way better than the old 1st Div in terms of quality

Enough dewy eyed nostalgia per-lease
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I preferred football when it was a contact sport, perhaps its just as simple as that.
 
chiefdave

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Hiraeth said:
Thought they had live games in Canada back in the 80s.
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Lived in Canada in the lates 90s, early 00s. We were on TV all the time then as they would always have a Saturday 3pm kick off games and by that time all the 'big' games were being moved from that time for TV.

Was great, get up, game on first thing and then crack on with your day.

Around that time they started streaming CWR as well, in very low quality, but it was free and unrestricted.
 
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RobinsSkyBlues

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mmttww said:
Still is, same laws. Just pathetic referees and governance scared of showing any backbone and being assertive.
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Full bloodied tackles were allowed as was challenging the GK for the ball. And you would still rarely see a player go down as if they had been shot. GK's used to take a right battering. These days they get injured just watching the game.
 
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