The collapse of English Football Culture

[Dinny Breen]

Very interesting article. Not just reflective of football or sport but life in general. Just look at the on-line reaction to the Making A Murderer and how a 400K signature petition was raised...

http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/premier-league/2015-2016/fergie-wouldn-t-have-survived-digital-age-where-managers-are-treated-as-criminals_sto5064849/story.shtml

[magpie seanie]

It is an interesting article and I think I've been making some of those points on the Man Utd thread. The time just pre Cantona (BC as we call it) seems to have been forgotten by a lot of United fans. The team just could not score. It's often been said and is both a truism and cliché - Cantona was the catalyst.

Managers are easier to sack that replacing players who don't try properly. Because if you replace players who are prone to giving up, chances are you've bought more players who are prone to giving up. The whole culture is a joke. Even Wenger has been wanted out by Arsenal supporters at times.

[seafoid]

The short termism has to be related to the money in the game. 10 M per match from the latest TV deal. Funnily enough Spurs who have had 400 managers since Wenger started now have more stability than Man Utd.

[rrhf]

Professional and business values begin the start of a slow death in any sport.

[foxcommander]

Professional and business values begin the start of a slow death in any sport.

Kills the character of the sport you mean. Would Jocky Wilson be allowed to compete these days in his usual state?

[Windmill abu]

Kills the character of the sport you mean. Would Jocky Wilson be allowed to compete these days in his usual state?

Even in his usual state Jocky wouldn't have behaved like Louis Suarez. For a start he wouldn't have had the teeth for it.