[Albion] Anyone else feeling FLAT ?

Baldseagull said:

Me too, but it was a Monday in January and a dull game. Sure I will feel better as the hours of daylight get longer. Smashing Palace would be good lift.

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Kosh said:

I'm feeling flat, I was flat before the match, flat during it, flat after it...

I think this will be the first year I fail to see us 'live'

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Kosh said:

I'm feeling flat, I was flat before the match, flat during it, flat after it... I am a little worried I'm giving way less of a toss these days... I rarely get excited when we win, draw or on the other side of the coin get too bothered when we lose... Maybe I've mellowed...? or maybe I'm finding top level football, VAR, the vast amounts of sickening money/corruption ruining the game all too much.

I've most definitely lost my footballing highs and lows.

In truth I suspect my heart isn't really in it anymore, and I never thought I'd feel like this - especially now, with the club financially secure, the football the best in my lifetime etc. I guess, for whatever reason, I'm jaded. I really only bother for my son who is at the stage of football dominating all his waking thoughts...

Last nights game sums up my emotions really, meh, meh and meh... beyond that, I no longer get excited by new signings expecting them to leave if they prove successful and the subject of supporter vitriol if they don't set the world alight... which all seems counter intuitive in the extreme... I'm less engaged than ever, and (as I say) I can't place why ?

I think this will be the first year I fail to see us 'live' as the Newcastle experience really is SHIT, although technically I saw us in preseason... But I've no desire to see us play, which given our potential to actually win something is (again) at odds with my usual disposition.

I keep wondering if it's more to do with the 'invisible' ceiling we've reached and the sneaking suspicion that 6-10th is the best it will ever be, with a sobering revolving door of talent coming and going as the money clubs circle... Maybe, maybe not...

Then again - perhaps I'm being over analytical and this lack of fire is more about me, and my jaded 40 something view of the world, and far less about the Albion per say... hmmmmm.

Anyone else feel like they're staring into the dying embers of a once roaring fire ?

Kosh

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Mustafa II said:

What's the opposite of flat?

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Kosh said:

I'm feeling flat, I was flat before the match, flat during it, flat after it... I am a little worried I'm giving way less of a toss these days... I rarely get excited when we win, draw or on the other side of the coin get too bothered when we lose... Maybe I've mellowed...? or maybe I'm finding top level football, VAR, the vast amounts of sickening money/corruption ruining the game all too much.

I've most definitely lost my footballing highs and lows.

In truth I suspect my heart isn't really in it anymore, and I never thought I'd feel like this - especially now, with the club financially secure, the football the best in my lifetime etc. I guess, for whatever reason, I'm jaded. I really only bother for my son who is at the stage of football dominating all his waking thoughts...

Last nights game sums up my emotions really, meh, meh and meh... beyond that, I no longer get excited by new signings expecting them to leave if they prove successful and the subject of supporter vitriol if they don't set the world alight... which all seems counter intuitive in the extreme... I'm less engaged than ever, and (as I say) I can't place why ?

I think this will be the first year I fail to see us 'live' as the Newcastle experience really is SHIT, although technically I saw us in preseason... But I've no desire to see us play, which given our potential to actually win something is (again) at odds with my usual disposition.

I keep wondering if it's more to do with the 'invisible' ceiling we've reached and the sneaking suspicion that 6-10th is the best it will ever be, with a sobering revolving door of talent coming and going as the money clubs circle... Maybe, maybe not...

Then again - perhaps I'm being over analytical and this lack of fire is more about me, and my jaded 40 something view of the world, and far less about the Albion per say... hmmmmm.

Anyone else feel like they're staring into the dying embers of a once roaring fire ?

Kosh

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Kosh said:

I'm feeling flat, I was flat before the match, flat during it, flat after it... I am a little worried I'm giving way less of a toss these days... I rarely get excited when we win, draw or on the other side of the coin get too bothered when we lose... Maybe I've mellowed...? or maybe I'm finding top level football, VAR, the vast amounts of sickening money/corruption ruining the game all too much.

I've most definitely lost my footballing highs and lows.

In truth I suspect my heart isn't really in it anymore, and I never thought I'd feel like this - especially now, with the club financially secure, the football the best in my lifetime etc. I guess, for whatever reason, I'm jaded. I really only bother for my son who is at the stage of football dominating all his waking thoughts...

Last nights game sums up my emotions really, meh, meh and meh... beyond that, I no longer get excited by new signings expecting them to leave if they prove successful and the subject of supporter vitriol if they don't set the world alight... which all seems counter intuitive in the extreme... I'm less engaged than ever, and (as I say) I can't place why ?

I think this will be the first year I fail to see us 'live' as the Newcastle experience really is SHIT, although technically I saw us in preseason... But I've no desire to see us play, which given our potential to actually win something is (again) at odds with my usual disposition.

I keep wondering if it's more to do with the 'invisible' ceiling we've reached and the sneaking suspicion that 6-10th is the best it will ever be, with a sobering revolving door of talent coming and going as the money clubs circle... Maybe, maybe not...

Then again - perhaps I'm being over analytical and this lack of fire is more about me, and my jaded 40 something view of the world, and far less about the Albion per say... hmmmmm.

Anyone else feel like they're staring into the dying embers of a once roaring fire ?

Kosh

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Fignon's Ponytail said:

Got to your stage about 5yrs ago tbh, after years of getting way too emotional about football. Just couldn't be bothered with it anymore. Great to see Albion doing well, and I will watch them on TV occasionally, but spend my Saturdays and evenings doing far more enjoyable things these days.
Went to the B'mouth game earlier in the year and was bored stiff - even though Albion won 4-1 (? I think)

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Kosh said:

I'm feeling flat, I was flat before the match, flat during it, flat after it... I am a little worried I'm giving way less of a toss these days... I rarely get excited when we win, draw or on the other side of the coin get too bothered when we lose... Maybe I've mellowed...? or maybe I'm finding top level football, VAR, the vast amounts of sickening money/corruption ruining the game all too much.

I've most definitely lost my footballing highs and lows.

In truth I suspect my heart isn't really in it anymore, and I never thought I'd feel like this - especially now, with the club financially secure, the football the best in my lifetime etc. I guess, for whatever reason, I'm jaded. I really only bother for my son who is at the stage of football dominating all his waking thoughts...

Last nights game sums up my emotions really, meh, meh and meh... beyond that, I no longer get excited by new signings expecting them to leave if they prove successful and the subject of supporter vitriol if they don't set the world alight... which all seems counter intuitive in the extreme... I'm less engaged than ever, and (as I say) I can't place why ?

I think this will be the first year I fail to see us 'live' as the Newcastle experience really is SHIT, although technically I saw us in preseason... But I've no desire to see us play, which given our potential to actually win something is (again) at odds with my usual disposition.

I keep wondering if it's more to do with the 'invisible' ceiling we've reached and the sneaking suspicion that 6-10th is the best it will ever be, with a sobering revolving door of talent coming and going as the money clubs circle... Maybe, maybe not...

Then again - perhaps I'm being over analytical and this lack of fire is more about me, and my jaded 40 something view of the world, and far less about the Albion per say... hmmmmm.

Anyone else feel like they're staring into the dying embers of a once roaring fire ?

Kosh

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raymondo said:

Just imagine what it's like being a City fan than?!! "Always Champions, treble winners...yawn, where do we go from here? There's nowhere to go!"
That's why I grudgingly admire Pep...fancy winding yourself and your team up for that each year - incredible really.

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Pavilionaire said:

City normally achieve a nice balance between getting good money for players who maybe want a fresh challenge with players who are about to reach world class and hungry. Selling Jesus to Arsenal for £45mill and bringing in Haaland for £52mill on 1st July 2022 is an example of this.

However, in the summer I think for the first time they over-egged it. Selling Gundogan, Mahrez, Laporte and Cole Palmer for Kovacic, Gvardiol, Doku and Nunes with a net outgoing spend of £115 mill isn't brilliant, and that coming off a season when they were top for only 5 out of 38 rounds of matches.

I think FFP is coming for them and Pep will be off, so enjoy it while you can.

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Kosh said:

I'm feeling flat, I was flat before the match, flat during it, flat after it... I am a little worried I'm giving way less of a toss these days... I rarely get excited when we win, draw or on the other side of the coin get too bothered when we lose... Maybe I've mellowed...? or maybe I'm finding top level football, VAR, the vast amounts of sickening money/corruption ruining the game all too much.

I've most definitely lost my footballing highs and lows.

In truth I suspect my heart isn't really in it anymore, and I never thought I'd feel like this - especially now, with the club financially secure, the football the best in my lifetime etc. I guess, for whatever reason, I'm jaded. I really only bother for my son who is at the stage of football dominating all his waking thoughts...

Last nights game sums up my emotions really, meh, meh and meh... beyond that, I no longer get excited by new signings expecting them to leave if they prove successful and the subject of supporter vitriol if they don't set the world alight... which all seems counter intuitive in the extreme... I'm less engaged than ever, and (as I say) I can't place why ?

I think this will be the first year I fail to see us 'live' as the Newcastle experience really is SHIT, although technically I saw us in preseason... But I've no desire to see us play, which given our potential to actually win something is (again) at odds with my usual disposition.

I keep wondering if it's more to do with the 'invisible' ceiling we've reached and the sneaking suspicion that 6-10th is the best it will ever be, with a sobering revolving door of talent coming and going as the money clubs circle... Maybe, maybe not...

Then again - perhaps I'm being over analytical and this lack of fire is more about me, and my jaded 40 something view of the world, and far less about the Albion per say... hmmmmm.

Anyone else feel like they're staring into the dying embers of a once roaring fire ?

Kosh

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Kosh said:

I'm feeling flat, I was flat before the match, flat during it, flat after it... I am a little worried I'm giving way less of a toss these days... I rarely get excited when we win, draw or on the other side of the coin get too bothered when we lose... Maybe I've mellowed...? or maybe I'm finding top level football, VAR, the vast amounts of sickening money/corruption ruining the game all too much.

I've most definitely lost my footballing highs and lows.

In truth I suspect my heart isn't really in it anymore, and I never thought I'd feel like this - especially now, with the club financially secure, the football the best in my lifetime etc. I guess, for whatever reason, I'm jaded. I really only bother for my son who is at the stage of football dominating all his waking thoughts...

Last nights game sums up my emotions really, meh, meh and meh... beyond that, I no longer get excited by new signings expecting them to leave if they prove successful and the subject of supporter vitriol if they don't set the world alight... which all seems counter intuitive in the extreme... I'm less engaged than ever, and (as I say) I can't place why ?

I think this will be the first year I fail to see us 'live' as the Newcastle experience really is SHIT, although technically I saw us in preseason... But I've no desire to see us play, which given our potential to actually win something is (again) at odds with my usual disposition.

I keep wondering if it's more to do with the 'invisible' ceiling we've reached and the sneaking suspicion that 6-10th is the best it will ever be, with a sobering revolving door of talent coming and going as the money clubs circle... Maybe, maybe not...

Then again - perhaps I'm being over analytical and this lack of fire is more about me, and my jaded 40 something view of the world, and far less about the Albion per say... hmmmmm.

Anyone else feel like they're staring into the dying embers of a once roaring fire ?

Kosh

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