CAPSLOCKCOLIN Posted July 23, 2013 Posted July 23, 2013 My brother bought me that "Football Manager Stole My Life" book at Christmas, it has interviews with people like Svindal Larsen and Sigporrson etc but they seem more bemused by their online fame than owt else. That said, Cherno Samba was supposedly a proper wanker. That's a bit harsh. He's not a bad lad when compared to Justin Georcelin. TIL NEXT TIME CAPSLOCK COLIN Quote
MAXiMUS Posted July 23, 2013 Posted July 23, 2013 TIL NEXT TIME CAPSLOCK COLIN Stop saying that you winnet. Quote
magic legs Posted July 23, 2013 Posted July 23, 2013 I remember signing Taribo West and getting promoted thanks to him but then he wanted more than I could pay him. Good player in real life but a bit odd. Didn't he start his own religion or something? Quote
COYW Posted July 23, 2013 Posted July 23, 2013 I think the amount of footy on telly has taken away a lot of the excitement. I reckon that's why I look forward to World Cups and the like a lot less now, not simply because I'm older. In World Cups you'd see players who you'd heard were brilliant but you tended to see very little of them on the telly. There simply wasn't the coverage. If, say, Neymar, was playing 20 years ago he'd have rocked up at a World Cup and we'd have hardly heard a thing about him .. and the suddenly he'd have turned into an overnight global sensation. All the kids would suddenly want to be Neymar on the playground the day after. It's no longer like that. Maybe nostalgia is getting the better of me though. The saturation coverage has definately reduced the novelty factor. The first World Cup i can remember was Argentina '78. Ticker tape. Squad numbers. Crackly commentary. That mad Peruvian goalie who fancied himself as an attacking midfield player. It's just not the same watching players who you see on MOTD every week. Quote
Kane57 Posted July 24, 2013 Posted July 24, 2013 It's a great point. Nowadays everyone knows about Neymar, everyone knows about everyone. When it was announced that we'd signed that new keeper last week it took five seconds on Youtube and you could watch his career highlights, then look on Wikipedia and know exactly who he had played for. In the past you'd just have to wait until he actually played for us to know who the hell he was. Quote
Members DazBob Posted July 24, 2013 Members Posted July 24, 2013 It's a great point. Nowadays everyone knows about Neymar, everyone knows about everyone. When it was announced that we'd signed that new keeper last week it took five seconds on Youtube and you could watch his career highlights, then look on Wikipedia and know exactly who he had played for. In the past you'd just have to wait until he actually played for us to know who the hell he was. On the plus side though, at least now we can bitch and moan and write them off before they've even kicked a ball for us. Quote
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