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.
I’ve been following football for over 20 years. I’ve been an Arsenal fan since I Titi was in Juventus. Hell, there’s a pitch on a 2 minute walk from where I live (albeit a Macedonian regional league team plays there).
Maybe it’s me, but I don’t recall folks ever being too big on rational discussions when it came to football. There’s always going to be drama when there’s passion involved. There’s always going to be smack talking, and pundits talking out of their ass or hilariously narrate like they’re fucking Shakespeare.