- The venal nature of this mid season World Cup
- The infernal sponsors
- Ronaldo
- The false humility
- The hypocrisy of the pundits
- The relentless alliteration of the over practiced commentators
- The tinkering with the rules for the sake of trying to remain somehow relevant
- The mind-numbing interviews
- Referees with names on their shirts
- Simon Jordan
- Oil States buying up the top tier teams
- Hedge funds buying up 2nd tier teams
- Film stars buying up smaller teams
- PR agencies and player agents just f'in things up
- 24/7 coverage with nothing new to say
- WAGS
- The number of footballers currently on rape/sexual abuse charges
- Ticket prices
- Racist fans
- Clubs hi-jacked by the wealthy outfits...
When you are on the other side of the world, the things that you took for granted take on a different importance, the things you'd forgotten come crashing back and the things that you love amplify themselves to a fever pitch! However, not everything is beautiful, not everything is great and not everything can be forgiven. Such is the life of a Flâneur...
Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Falling out of love with professional football (1-20)
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