Emotional investment

[Gbspurs]

that and redknapp cheering on Frank from a box.

Let's face it though he is the truly enlightened one. Putting your family above your work is what we should all strive towards really.

 

[Gbspurs]

The interesting thing is that when you stop giving so much time and effort and emotion to it all, you quickly realise two things:

1) No-one else gives a fuck. You could come into the office in a stinking mood on a Monday after losing on the weekend but no-one else could care less. And why would they? It's absolutely trivial.

2) The media and also social media is utterly geared up to create drama and obsession - football writers, pundits, commentators and players write and talk about this stuff like it really matters. And of course it absolutely doesn't. But the language they use, the importance placed on football related media, and the absolute hysterics people get themselves into on social media, can easily create the false impression that any of this actually matters at all.

It's only once you've stepped back from all this and looked at it objectively that you realise how mental it is that so many people make so much fuss over a sport. Not just a sport - but a sport which is repeated on an effectively infinite basis forevermore, meaning every year it's the same regurgitation of artificially created dramas and this really does matter this time honest media reporting.

This clip sums up your bolded statement well

 

[Bobbins]

This clip sums up your bolded statement well

I could hear it in my mind as I was typing

 

[stevenurse]

I've made a concerted effort to attempt to care less than I usually do but still found myself nervously pacing the front room in injury time, texting my friends saying things like 'just fucking hold on' Only to have the inevitable and crushing equaliser ruin my day again. Eriksen playing 100+ minutes is tragic, morbidly hilarious, baffling and infuriating all rolled into one.

We just find new ways of shooting ourselves in the foot.

 

[bubble07]

It's a horrible time right now. I'm just hating everything about this season. When dele scored I didn't even show any emotion like I subconsciously knew we wouldnt win

 

[Shadydan]

It's a horrible time right now. I'm just hating everything about this season. When dele scored I didn't even show any emotion like I subconsciously knew we wouldnt win

This is the worst part, not reacting when wr scored and not even surprised when Everton equalised.

 

[Danny1]

Agree with you all about yesterday. There was a little “yes” when we scored followed by “now let’s hold on” which is ridiculous! The whole place feels poisonous at the minute and I think a fresh manager is exactly what is needed, however that will not happen unless we drop into the relegation zone in my opinion.

 

[Kspur]

The interesting thing is that when you stop giving so much time and effort and emotion to it all, you quickly realise two things:

1) No-one else gives a fuck. You could come into the office in a stinking mood on a Monday after losing on the weekend but no-one else could care less. And why would they? It's absolutely trivial.

2) The media and also social media is utterly geared up to create drama and obsession - football writers, pundits, commentators and players write and talk about this stuff like it really matters. And of course it absolutely doesn't. But the language they use, the importance placed on football related media, and the absolute hysterics people get themselves into on social media, can easily create the false impression that any of this actually matters at all.

It's only once you've stepped back from all this and looked at it objectively that you realise how mental it is that so many people make so much fuss over a sport. Not just a sport - but a sport which is repeated on an effectively infinite basis forevermore, meaning every year it's the same regurgitation of artificially created dramas and this really does matter this time honest media reporting.

agree with the man with a million posts on a football forum ??