[Rob]

Dean Windass can piss through my letter box, break into my house, shit in my bed, set the curtains on fire, spunk in my oven and I'd still be chanting "Deano, Deano" at him.

 

[il_principe]

with south american football it's only through internet, as no one i know is into it and it's not broadcasted or popular in my country.
and many friends have liverpool as their fav.club besides rapid vienna so i'm quite used to hang around reds aswell... even watch the derbies and occasional CL-games with 'em.

all in good spirit.

 

[PMC]

Rapid 4 life roud:

 

[Jibril]

Dean Windass can piss through my letter box, break into my house, shit in my bed, set the curtains on fire, spunk in my oven and I'd still be chanting "Deano, Deano" at him.

What if sleeps with your missus?

As for me, I'm forever optimistic, but we are shit. We know it, Holloway knows it, and the Pope knows it.

When we lose, which we do on weekly basis, I just take to the chin and look down the at Forest and realize there are always people worse than us.

 

[Rob]

I'm single at the moment so I don't have to worry about that. If he slept with my mam I might be a little annoyed though. Sure I'd get over it.

 

[il_principe]

Rapid 4 life roud:

i'm not following the league at all, but happend to catch that 7-0 against "everything that is wrong with football" by coincidence on tv.
unforgettable!
the look on their "fans" faces.
how one can follow red bull is beyond me...

the austrian forum is dead aswell around here.

 

[Chris!]

I was once like that, but -with the risk of sounding like a crap fan- don't you think you sort of grow out of that somehow? I did anyway. Let's say that I was down for days when my team lost back when I was a young teenager. Then my psychological problems hit me really hard during my mid-teens and I realised that "it was only football, only a game". I was happy just to attend games and be distracted from my real issues for a few hours, to have a break from daily issues. But shortly after the game those real problems are there again, and then you sort of realise that a defeat or a relegation in football is just a bad result but nothing more. It is a game. In the end the real issues in life are your job, guaranteeing an income, support your family (if you have one), ... Football is a pleasant hobby but I have difficulties in taking it too serious. I wouldn't want to anyway, not even the worst defeat comes anywhere near the seriousness of real problems: finances, health, unemployment, you get what I mean. I am happy I have football and groundhopping on weekly basis to offer me amusement and a break from those serious issues, but just being at the stadium and enjoying myself is fulfilling my needs really, the result of the game is nowhere near the priority.

Maybe I am no "die hard" then but I can easily smile again 5 minutes after losing 9-0, or sleap well after my team has just been relegated. Some really difficult times during my youth have put football in perspective to me, and having a game without worries to me is actually my own victory even if my team is losing heavily. I still need Xanax with me as a panic attack can occur at any time even during a football game, to spend an entire day out (leaving for an away game in the morning, seeing the game without any hassle, and returning home in a good mood) without those issues is my own victory even if my team just lost quite badly.

Deep stuff and your right, of course, there are more serious issues in life than football. I guess cos im still a student serious things like unemployment and supporting a family have'nt come into my life yet.

 

[Est1975]

If one of our players constantly plays bad, it will take about 3 seasons for me to truelly forgive them

No but seriously, i can be very harsh (as most of the leeds fans can - Coining their own players), but im pretty relaxed if they play well in a few games.

 

[Crackedpleasures]

Deep stuff and your right, of course, there are more serious issues in life than football. I guess cos im still a student serious things like unemployment and supporting a family have'nt come into my life yet.

Well, I think one of the blisses of being young is that you can still have the feeling the world stands still when the football team loses... because you are not exposed yet to those real problems in life. That is why so many people have melancholy about their teenage years: life is full of promises but with little real problems. The good old days That is one of my frustrations. I sort of skipped my youth because at age 16 I was suddenly struck by heavy depressions and anxiety disorders, it was a matter of surviving rather than really living. While all guys in school spent their days chasing girls, watching sports and going out, I was worrying about things like depression, visiting psychologists and more. I sort of skipped the days that for most people are the best days of their lives.

Personally my outlook on football changed when I was stroke by depressions and anxiety disorders. That was 10 years ago now. Football is still very important to me, but to go to a football game and have distraction from the real problems of life is in fact a victory on its own regardless if the team wins or loses. If I can spend a day away (bus drive to the away game, game, drive back) without any hassle from my psychological issues, that to me means victory. :thmbup: I still love the game a lot, but I cannot get carried away anymore by a loss or so, I have problems a bit bigger than that so I just cannot get that same feeling like before. Which doesn't mean I don't enjoy the games or love football any less.

 

[Tim]

a defeat or a relegation in football is just a bad result but nothing more. It is a game. In the end the real issues in life are your job, guaranteeing an income, support your family (if you have one), ... Football is a pleasant hobby but I have difficulties in taking it too serious. I wouldn't want to anyway, not even the worst defeat comes anywhere near the seriousness of real problems: finances, health, unemployment, you get what I mean.

Spot on. Football is just a game. A wonderful game that interests me a great deal, but just a game, nevertheless. A win is nice, a defeat is not so nice, but there are so many things in life that deserve and require more attention that I can't care about results and other events and situations in football for too much for too long.

 

[Crackedpleasures]

To have a nice day out and some distraction from those real life troubles is maybe the main purpose of football and more important than the result. In the end, no result (no matter how bad) can bring you down like real issues such as health or financial problems can. I don't want to sound like someone preaching, but I think the older one gets the more he can see football in a different spotlight, realising it is and remains just a game.

 

[mutu1875]

I was once like that, but -with the risk of sounding like a crap fan- don't you think you sort of grow out of that somehow? I did anyway. Let's say that I was down for days when my team lost back when I was a young teenager. Then my psychological problems hit me really hard during my mid-teens and I realised that "it was only football, only a game". I was happy just to attend games and be distracted from my real issues for a few hours, to have a break from daily issues.

To me though, that it is something more than "just a game" is an essential part of the escapism of it. The beauty of it to me is that all that matters for those 2 hours is your team getting the ball in the opposition net. If becomes a situation whereby the result doesn't really matter, then it must surely be more difficult fully immserse yourself in it and escape from your day to day life.

 

[Crackedpleasures]

During the game maybe, but if one cannot sleep because his team lost, that is something more curious to me. After a few hours, somehow that chapter of the game is closed to me, and then the real issues of life are on the front again. During the game you obviously go through it in an emotional way, but once the game is over somehow you got to realise it was just a game and nothing bad happened (regardless of the result)

 

[pun]

I swear to god if anyone comes near me when I'm watching a big game I'll throw coffee on them.

Honestly, I think I'm the reason why Portugal lost to France at the World Cup. Every match I don't think there was anyone in the house (big house, very quiet) when every match was on and Portugal won. Then because I'm a hero I went to the casino with mates to watch the match against France and we lost.

So yeah, I'm an easy going person. Ladies my hotmail is in my profile.

 

[Cruyff14]

Ah, pun, you're a funny man

 

[nahtino]

Im a realist and also a hoper ..

In that I tend to go for teams that are good , but just one once off from being the best ..Im attracted to that ..in that I have a chance of being a part of something that can be great for years to come ..

Admittedly, Im not a dyed in ink, immovable team supporters as sometimes my intrest wains after a while ..

but till now I have been supporting/backing Arsenal somewhat consistenly over the past 10 or so years now ..

but Im a realist and when I see my team isnt all that and has defects , I tend to want to exspose them ..and not put my money on HOPE and blind faith ...

Im like that in all sports I follow

eg> Arsenal

 

[Rihana]

Well, I think one of the blisses of being young is that you can still have the feeling the world stands still when the football team loses.

CP, I'm not a teenager but the love for football has definitely not diminished with age. I loved football when I was still in primary school and the love has grown throughout the years.

Whenever their is a vital football match on, then I get the usual 'butterflies in the stomach' feelings before the match. The same feelings that you experience when you're gonna meet your sexy lover.

If my team lose, then I feel the pain for days, I normally cry into my pillow for a couple of hours. If my beloved team win, then I'm ecstatic.

Football is in my soul. I love it to bits

 

[Rihana]

Thats why for all the downs of supporting a team like Bolton, my 'other' team is the classy, exciting Barcelona.

 

[TomRSCA]

CP, I'm not a teenager but the love for football has definitely not diminished with age. I loved football when I was still in primary school and the love has grown throughout the years.

Whenever their is a vital football match on, then I get the usual 'butterflies in the stomach' feelings before the match. The same feelings that you experience when you're gonna meet your sexy lover.

If my team lose, then I feel the pain for days, I normally cry into my pillow for a couple of hours. If my beloved team win, then I'm ecstatic.

Football is in my soul. I love it to bits

Don't lose the 'because you are not exposed yet to those real problems in life.' in your quote Rihanna

Since about a year and a half football isn't anything more then a hobby for me, where I was exactly like you before that time. These days I still follow my team very closely, but I won't be sad for hours or even days after a defeat

 

[VBI]

Don't lose the 'because you are not exposed yet to those real problems in life.' in your quote Rihanna

That's an assumption. Some people still choose to emotionally involve themselves in football even after what you call "real" life problems appear.