Mildly off topic but well worth a read...

[king canary 8,734]

Just a copy and paste from John Nic''s as usual excellent column on football365...Whatever Happened To....Talking About Football Without Talking About MoneyCome

to this site on any day of the week and you''ll find people stalking

about the money their club has or hasn''t spent; talking about the

difference between net and gross. The maths nerds have taken over. What

are we people, accountants? I never wanted football to become about

money rather than sport, competition and art. We used to sit over a

pint of Stones Best bitter and consider how players had played, not

their ratio of earnings to contribution. Incredible as it might now

seem, we never talked about money at all. It was all about the sport

itself. This all changed with sponsorship in the early 80s. Once your

club had taken the big bucks from Heritage Hampers, it altered

everything.The love of money might be the root of all evil but it''s also the root of a lot of boring football discussions......spot on in my opinion. Rest of the article is here

[Camuldonum 0]

Good points made but I''m afraid it is all too late now...........................

[Andy Larkin 15]

[quote user="Camuldonum"]Good points made but I''m afraid it is all too late now...........................[/quote]Surely you''re not that hackneyed Cam? It can never be too late… not ever! Not for football, not for life, not for love and not for laughter. The minute you accept it''s too late, you may as well curl up your toes and f**k off this mortal coil.Call yourself Irish…? Where''s your sense of romance?

[Camuldonum 0]

[quote user="Andy Larkin"][quote user="Camuldonum"]Good points made but I''m afraid it is all too late now...........................[/quote]

Surely you''re not that hackneyed Cam?

It can never be too late… not ever!

Not for football, not for life, not for love and not for laughter.

The minute you accept it''s too late, you may as well curl up your toes and f**k off this mortal coil.

Call yourself Irish…? Where''s your sense of romance?
[/quote]

 

The top boys will go off and do their own thing.  And, yes, I am that hackneyed and, yes, it is too late.