Taking football player photos is not why you go to the game
How to avoid being labelled as a "playstation generation" football fan, one of the new generation of football fans who seem to feel that the action on the pitch should match what they get on the gaming screen at home.
First of all listen out and identify who they are and what they sound like! You know the type - you hear them on the football phone ins every week. Sack the manager (after 2 games), buy someone (insert player names regardless of finances), our midfield was rubbish; our defence is full of holes; the ball was not round, I could go on.
Frequently, you will find that when asked they have not even been to the game. Avoid this - make sure you go to the game and have a realistic view of events before phoning a radio station - or posting on message boards.
There are many opinionated message board posters who revel in getting a post count higher than they can actually count - knowledge about what they are writing (or more usually "text speak" ) about appears optional - and so to avoid being labelled as such when you post to a forum, keep it civilised, polite and build a credible reputation for your balanced view - not your prejudices.
Do these people ever go to a football match, see the speed at which it is played and the skills on display - least of all if they do can they recognise them? Just because the animated character on the Playstation can score with a swivelling overhead kick from his own half does not mean that happens in real life.
You can also identify these people when they occasionally turn up at the match, mobiles to the ear most of the game taking snaps of themselves in idiotic jester hats and taking football players photos [http://www.fantasticphotos.tv] when they come over to take a throw in or corner, missing the subsequent action as they gawp at the screen wondering why it is a blur!
After a few obligatory shouts of "who are ya" (highly original) at the small, safely distanced, group of opposing fans it is back home to get on the keyboard and pronounce on a game they have probably not played beyond junior school.
To avoid joining them - and speaking to them - ensure that you go to the football to enjoy the football and not to put your personality upon an extended display. wear team colours, sing, shout and become part of the experience - rather than an interference.
First of all listen out and identify who they are and what they sound like! You know the type - you hear them on the football phone ins every week. Sack the manager (after 2 games), buy someone (insert player names regardless of finances), our midfield was rubbish; our defence is full of holes; the ball was not round, I could go on.
Frequently, you will find that when asked they have not even been to the game. Avoid this - make sure you go to the game and have a realistic view of events before phoning a radio station - or posting on message boards.
There are many opinionated message board posters who revel in getting a post count higher than they can actually count - knowledge about what they are writing (or more usually "text speak" ) about appears optional - and so to avoid being labelled as such when you post to a forum, keep it civilised, polite and build a credible reputation for your balanced view - not your prejudices.
Do these people ever go to a football match, see the speed at which it is played and the skills on display - least of all if they do can they recognise them? Just because the animated character on the Playstation can score with a swivelling overhead kick from his own half does not mean that happens in real life.
You can also identify these people when they occasionally turn up at the match, mobiles to the ear most of the game taking snaps of themselves in idiotic jester hats and taking football players photos [http://www.fantasticphotos.tv] when they come over to take a throw in or corner, missing the subsequent action as they gawp at the screen wondering why it is a blur!
After a few obligatory shouts of "who are ya" (highly original) at the small, safely distanced, group of opposing fans it is back home to get on the keyboard and pronounce on a game they have probably not played beyond junior school.
To avoid joining them - and speaking to them - ensure that you go to the football to enjoy the football and not to put your personality upon an extended display. wear team colours, sing, shout and become part of the experience - rather than an interference.
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