It’s not about the money, money, money….

Does money make football go round?

Football isn’t the same anymore.  Football fans are fickle.  Armchair fans who don’t attend games and know very little.  Footballers aren’t the same anymore.  There is no loyalty.  There is no allegiance and they are just money grabbing mercenary happy to sit on the bench.

We’ve all heard these eloquent quotes from footballing connoisseurs.  Now, we are seeing what they mean by the argument regarding lack of player loyalty.  In the good old days, when a player kissed a badge he meant it.  When he signed a contract, it meant something, it meant more than finances because it was something they truly wanted.

Appreciating players from the opposition.

So, we welcome another footballing season. And undoubtedly a lot of the same points, arguments and cases will be made across the land and on the interwebs, not least via various social media networks and blogs/forums.

As football fans, we are sometimes unwittingly and subconciously told who we can and cannot like.  Players often become the flavoured ‘Villain of the Week’, and anyone who dares to disagree with the general consensus is seen as somewhat as an outcast.

The same it seems applies to those fans who appreciate a player from the opposition.  Why is this seen as such a bad thing?  Surely, we are first and foremost football fans and we can put aside our allegiance in appreciation for a wonderful footballer who has peformed outstandingly in what may have been difficult circumstances for his team otherwise.