Football matches bring
out the signs of bipolar in men more than other sports. Rapid cycling bipolar
disorder is seen in football fans, especially if your team are in the
relegation drop zone or just need 3 points to win the league. The emotional
pressure and stress keeps you on edge.
Football fans seem to
develop a type of bipolar. When your team wins its all happy smiles and
well done. When they lose or are on the end of a good thrashing then its tears
and excuses. This is bipolar sport.
If you have high
expectations of England FC then your dreams are about to be crushed. With every
major football tournament the media hype deludes us into thinking we can win
it.
England are a good side
that get humiliated by weaker teams, that makes it very frustrating to watch
England play. If you play spot the ball in a England match then our
goalkeeper is usually picking it out of the net because the defence went to
sleep. Assuming the match hasn’t ended in a dull draw.
In the 1980s and 1990s I
used to be able to predict the scores but these days I’m not sure what to
expect every with every match day. It’s not enjoyable watching them draw or
lose a match that they should have won and collected the 3 points.
The trouble and hard
truth is that England is a great side that under performs. Nothing is more
frustrating than seeing £200,000 a week talent under-achieve and not reach its
full potential.
It makes you feel
downbeat knowing we could do a lot better and bring back England's good times
and glory days. Best not go there before the disappointment gets too much and
we get knocked out in the first round.
Maybe we stop having
delusions of grandeur and admit that England have an "OK" team. If
you look at the FIFA world rankings at: http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/ and checkout England statistics it looks good on paper and we seem to perform
well at International Friendlies too. But when it really matters and the goals
actually count it all falls apart and the England team never "gels", can't
string five passes together or put the ball in the back of the net.
The frustrating thing is
these same English players and football heroes that perform well and bust a gut
in the Premier League don't seem to function at the same levels they do for
their clubs.
On the world stage of
football the England team become a bunch of overpaid and overrated players.
Putting on a England shirt make them lose their superpowers and confidence like
superman wearing a kryptonite vest.
England failing to
qualify or reach the final or at least the semi finals is disappointing.
Getting knocked out at the group stage is not good enough and the England fans
won’t settle for it.
It’s time for the club, the
FA, England's management and players to raise they game and give the fans what
they have been craving for so long. If football is a business then success comes
in the form of a trophy or at least a shot at the final.
Could it be that been an
England fan really means going to the pub to watch the team get hammered or
lose on penalties. I hope the grief and shared experience of defeat brings us
together as football fans.
