Originally posted by Seagoon
Anyone else get disillusioned?
- SEAGOON
Yes I have got disillusioned, but it's not entirely a bad thing. I used to go and watch Man Utd every week, home and away, overseas etc., but that was way back in the early 90s when they were crap (from when I started supporting them in the 70s they were only winning FA Cups and were never a successul side in terms of league position). I still enjoyed it though because getting any form of result was indeed a triumph. I mean you weren't expected to win many matches so when you did it really was great. And if you did lose it didn't hit you as much because you often lost anyway; you got used to it. I stopped going to matches because it got too expensive; I simply couldn't afford to go.
Nowadays I'm more tolerant of other clubs. I like to follow other clubs that are even in the same Premiership, such as West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham as previously mentioned. I've always kept an eye out on other clubs that I used to like back in the 80s such as Port Vale and Huddersfield.
So, by being disillusioned with 'my club' has actually helped me appreciate other clubs.
I do agree to a certain degree that foreign players are damaging English football in terms of English players making break throughs (not as high as it once was). I think the FA should reintroduce limit on foreign players again like they did back in the early 90s. This only affected European matches back then. I did hear that they're considering it again.
It's sad when you look back at which clubs were in the top flight when I used to watch football and look where they are now. e.g. QPR, Luton Town, Nottingham Forest, Notts County, Derby County, Leeds United, Coventry, Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield United, West Ham United, Oldham Athletic etc. It's hard to imagine that these were the 'top clubs' back in the early 90s!
