It’s everywhere. From images, to videos, to Tiktoks, to adverts … I’m over saturated with opinions, replays, player ratings, hyperbole and the like.
There’s only so much you can take.
Example 1. The Newcastle goal vervus Arsenal. Never ending discussions on the decision. The hyperbolic nature of the punditry. The uneven opinions of the same people.
Example 2. Handball against Newcastle. Hundreds of videos all moaning, complaining over and over again. The same pundits complaining and restarting their opinion.
And now the new one - the ref not giving Man City an advantage in the Tottenham game. It starts all over again. The videos, the complaining, the shouting Tiktoks…
I just don’t care anymore.
Rational discussions are gone, replaced with hyperbole and drama.
It’s too much. I can’t watch any football related content anymore.
The only thing to do is to shut it all out but the commentary is just as bad.
All the media noise about football makes it seem like the most important thing in the world. The smug self importance of people like gary neville and simon jordan doesn’t help matters. In the grand scheme of things football is not important. When it comes down to it it is just a game
Why do you watch football related content?
What would happen if you just stopped watching after the game was done?
Stop watching it then you fucking pussy
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i’ve low key been getting into smaller leagues recently. Less drama and money, same sport. You’d be surprised too. The J-League is free on youtube, and it’s highly tactical and super entertaining. You’d never expect it from a league of that caliber but i enjoy it more than some CL/PL games
i thought players were also a lot more put together and organized than danish superliga/mls games (the other two smaller leagues i’m familiar with), even though those are generally considered better leagues and feature better players (though i still love watching both of those leagues too)
i still love the prem, and like others in this post, i ignore the punditry and hyperbole, and it’s still entertaining, but watching more local, grassroots football excites me more these days
Watch games on mute then, heck quit PL, start supporting Championship or National league, or switch to a different league. Above all, if u hate discussion, dont bring yourself to places where there will be discussion.
Solution: don’t consume football content on social media or newspapers. Only watch the games. You are in control of how you enjoy the game. You also are not forced into reading every headline or watching every video. Enjoy it precisely the way you can.
If you expected good punditry from Tiktok and Twitter then you are the problem mate. Quit social media and follow only few pundits that you respect, that’s it!
I’m not. However it’s not just that platform, it’s everything. Decent quality fair football analysis and discussion is gone. It’s gone from being a joy to a chore. Repeat, rinse, repeat, rinse.
I don’t need to hear for the next 6 days that Gealish could have/should have/would have been through one on one. What I want is a reasonable discussion. Not people freaking out.
See you next match day.
Im the same and i know it means i just have to give up on social media. Bit harder than it sounds.
This reads like op just discovered the word hyperbole
I’m with you bro. It’s very hard to shut out all the noise. I just watch games now and go about my life and don’t engage really beyond the 90 mins I watch but often times those 90 minutes are unbearable these days to add insult to injury.
Like others have said. Reduce the social media content, and just enjoy the football. I’ve started muting all the “banter” pages on my feeds and the hysterical Talksport posts. Much happier
Example 1 was ridiculous- I’ll grant you that, it’s still going on a month later
I have seen that much about the Newcastle handball - there was a lot of (justifiable) outrage the next day but after that I haven’t seen much. And I watch all the Newcastle channels - we’ve moved on
Haven’t seen anything much about the City “advantage”, again even though I understand why they would be seriously pissed off
Basically, I think you’re watching too much social media (shrug)
Like other people have said, you have to be more picky with what you consume content wise. Find out what you actually enjoy. Personally, I enjoy certain podcasts that give off friends vibes and I enjoy some of Sky’s MNF-type coverage. So I ignore almost everything else. This sub, twitter, a lot of it takes itself way too seriously. Look at how many people get downvoted on this subreddit when you try and give an opinion. Just literally remove all care from places like this and twitter and your enjoyment of the sport will be found again.
Dude just turn the TV off.