reggiepaul
Well-Known Member
Kind of encompasses some areas of football that I experience meeting many different fans. It became a very long post so it's a bit of an article I guess : Enjoy!
The beta male football fan,Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Cygan
The fact remains that journalism is born upon sensationalising and
exaggerating events.
=Why Cygan?=
I've seen most of (if not all) of Cygan's, Wiltord's and Gilberto's
performances and I don't know what the fuss is about. All brilliant and
great players and all players make mistakes. If he has a problem with the
players in front of him, great. Last season he was covering for their
mistakes only for fans to get on HIS back rather than Pires', Parlour's,
Gio's
back for being out of position. It's the old "oh don't say anything to our
older players" because they have a stronger bond with the club and THUS a
stronger bond with the fans and in the end (and the crux of this) more fans
to upset if you said they made mistakes. So don't say our older players make
mistakes because that would mean more fans would disagree with you since so
many of them have been around longer to create a bond with fans. Right?
Yeah. The fact is - they all make mistakes but it's comfortable and
convenient to blame the new guy. Isn't it.
Cygan has not only saved us in situations but is also a "winner" (for a lot
of reasons. France? last season? core man) and his career is quite
successful, for a defender. Big fish in a small pond but that small pond
appears bigger when it is the strongest footballing nation in the world,
probably Brazil on the odd day. They have got Gilberto after all but then
again, France do have Wiltord. Decisions, decisions.
It's the first thing they teach you in journalism (at a decent school of
course ) ). Papers sell on readers wanting a dramatisation of life's
events. Sad but true but also true not everyone can get to a game these days
(those well documented by our mass media that is) and also ultimately true,
not everyone has the courage to speak their mind and have a unique view on
events. It is boring following people and sucking up to a group dynamic.
Your just not your own person. Sad fact is, people need people but in truth
it's better to seek out people who will always be there for you, no matter
what. Rather than people who are only there for you if you agree with them.
=Journalists (making money the more fans they upset)=
Most people watch things and become involved in that activity for the
entertainment value and at times (or most of the time) in the media, what is
deemed informative is also entertaining, even if you are an arsenal fan and
they are feeding you information that negates an arsenal player. You want
that information so you have tit bits to pass on later - rather than (god
forbid) do the holy and speak your mind. Fans will grasp hold of a notion
they feel only other fans possess. A factor that exists in group dynamics so
they feel they belong to the group. Along with other superficial factors of
football support to express your allegiance and enforce and convince people
you are true fan. It's really problems in communication for people when they
can't express themselves as they feel.
The truth is we all have unique views on the game. It'd be bizarre if we
didn't because we are all different and would carry a different view. That's
the realism of events not the fact we all carry the same opinion. No one
carries the same opinion on events. We may agree upon a generalised ideal
but realistically speaking we either arrive to that ideal by differing means
OR we are just agreeing in a oral expression and hope we belong and want to
belong. The latter is a more common dynamic.
=Point being - say what you see not what they feed you=
Last season many other players were involved in our losses when Cygan was
involved. Also he isn't that bad a player as it is handed out. It's easier
and convenient for people to get someone to blame for mistakes in a game
rather than weigh up the problems in strategy and tactics between teams and
outline exactly where the team failed when they were caught out.
When managers send out players they don't expect them to be in a quiz show
expecting each player to play for their own prizes. A manager sends out a
team and in that he also sends out one specifically chosen player for a
specific team dynamic. Everyone playing together. Why? because you are
playing a team. You don't expect to stand around waiting to play on your
own, you watch what the team are doing based upon what your manager briefed
you with before the game. The point in this is a team can become exploited
because of their strategy and tactic played and there can never be a
situation where a player is singularly involved in the loss of a game.
=The modern game=
So you might say why does one player move up in the pecking order based upon
a "game"?
The answer is simple. The manager weighs up different possibilities based
upon the options available in his squad and upon how he sees the player and
based upon this (and this only) what he feels the player is capable of
within the team. These days it isn't a player who is weak but a players
position and game that is exploited based upon what the manager expects of
him. A player can only work and adapt around the team a manager plays and
how much the manager knows of the team. The manager will play a player based
upon his experience and understanding of the player. This is why we see some
players play differently and in a different capacity and expertise between
international and domestic games or transitional phases between clubs. All
down to different managers seeing different things in a player. When we see
a player not playing it's because based upon a deficit in our game which has
been continuously exploited - the manager has presented a better option and
new style of play.
Our problem in Europe. We played in England as we did in Europe. We needed
to defend and work better defensively meaning strengthening the defensive
factors to our game since we were so counter attacking for the past few
seasons. Teams in the champions league are strong offensively as opposed to
a core a "English" play in England which we had battled and overcome. So
when Lehmann, Cygan, Sol (the kernel of our back) tell our players to get
their act together it's because (as Wenger has stated) we have begun to
present our offence as a defensive option alongside our supplementation to
defensive play as well. If the offence aren't working effectively on our
best offence being our best defence it's up to those players (our defence)
to get behind our offence to push further up field and also to drop back so
they can begin a counter attack effectively.
It is really just natural for some to find someone to blame. It makes a
complex situation appear conclusive and sensical for someone because "you've
got someone to blame". The truth is there is a difference and reason for
league positions and professionalism and the game is far more complicated
the higher and higher you go. The champions league is so much more different
to lesser leagues in domestic competition and we can't automatically say "he
was crap". A lot of the time, if not all the time it's the way the manager
plays a team and what he asks for them. If a player had a free role it would
appear a little silly. Every team you play is different and different
scenarios will present themselves as threat. That is why you need a good
football manager who watches a lot of videos of football manager, namely the
Wengerfied manager and for this reason if you can get Wenger - nice one.
=The beta male football fans world=
The blame a player scenario is just normal of any group dynamic. It puts
people at ease. It is also very much like calling football players
egotistical and arrogant. It's the "beta male" football fan seeing the
"alpha male" professional football player and quite "surprisingly" (sarcasm
dears) stating the footballer is egotistical BECAUSE he has a fast car or he
has a big house or he is VERY GOOD at football. It's not a coincidence that
this is something the beta male football fan is not it is in fact the beta
male football fan just highlighting "he is crap and a pathetic excuse for a
human being because he has things I don't". The beta male football fan adds,
usually to females "don't fancy or adore the footballer because he is a
pathetic excuse for a human since he has all those possessions and is a
great footballer too but is egotistical so choose me instead because I'm a
nice guy because I see lot's of faults in others". Obviously the mating
ritual of the beta male football fan.
The alpha male football fan is on the other hand appreciative and respectful
of his team because they are just that damn good.
My point is a lot of football support and conclusion for people revolves
around social ideals rather than the purity of football as it is. Many
people like to bring real life in to football. The fact football players are
bad, evil and corrupt is just a reflection of how they see the world and how
it appears all the more comfortable for them to see things like this because
the reality (the simplicity of the "beautiful" game being beautiful because
it is so unifying and an expression of the better things around you) be too
hard to take for the beta male football fan.
All our players are amazing. A lesson in lesser football would be to watch a
lesser game like, Wolves Vs Leicester and a more intense game, like Arsenal
Vs Inter and see exactly what our player - especially the most slated, hated
and corrupt do during the game.
So don't be a beta male football fan. Your just missing out on so much! )
The beta male football fan,Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Cygan
The fact remains that journalism is born upon sensationalising and
exaggerating events.
=Why Cygan?=
I've seen most of (if not all) of Cygan's, Wiltord's and Gilberto's
performances and I don't know what the fuss is about. All brilliant and
great players and all players make mistakes. If he has a problem with the
players in front of him, great. Last season he was covering for their
mistakes only for fans to get on HIS back rather than Pires', Parlour's,
Gio's
back for being out of position. It's the old "oh don't say anything to our
older players" because they have a stronger bond with the club and THUS a
stronger bond with the fans and in the end (and the crux of this) more fans
to upset if you said they made mistakes. So don't say our older players make
mistakes because that would mean more fans would disagree with you since so
many of them have been around longer to create a bond with fans. Right?
Yeah. The fact is - they all make mistakes but it's comfortable and
convenient to blame the new guy. Isn't it.
Cygan has not only saved us in situations but is also a "winner" (for a lot
of reasons. France? last season? core man) and his career is quite
successful, for a defender. Big fish in a small pond but that small pond
appears bigger when it is the strongest footballing nation in the world,
probably Brazil on the odd day. They have got Gilberto after all but then
again, France do have Wiltord. Decisions, decisions.
It's the first thing they teach you in journalism (at a decent school of
course ) ). Papers sell on readers wanting a dramatisation of life's
events. Sad but true but also true not everyone can get to a game these days
(those well documented by our mass media that is) and also ultimately true,
not everyone has the courage to speak their mind and have a unique view on
events. It is boring following people and sucking up to a group dynamic.
Your just not your own person. Sad fact is, people need people but in truth
it's better to seek out people who will always be there for you, no matter
what. Rather than people who are only there for you if you agree with them.
=Journalists (making money the more fans they upset)=
Most people watch things and become involved in that activity for the
entertainment value and at times (or most of the time) in the media, what is
deemed informative is also entertaining, even if you are an arsenal fan and
they are feeding you information that negates an arsenal player. You want
that information so you have tit bits to pass on later - rather than (god
forbid) do the holy and speak your mind. Fans will grasp hold of a notion
they feel only other fans possess. A factor that exists in group dynamics so
they feel they belong to the group. Along with other superficial factors of
football support to express your allegiance and enforce and convince people
you are true fan. It's really problems in communication for people when they
can't express themselves as they feel.
The truth is we all have unique views on the game. It'd be bizarre if we
didn't because we are all different and would carry a different view. That's
the realism of events not the fact we all carry the same opinion. No one
carries the same opinion on events. We may agree upon a generalised ideal
but realistically speaking we either arrive to that ideal by differing means
OR we are just agreeing in a oral expression and hope we belong and want to
belong. The latter is a more common dynamic.
=Point being - say what you see not what they feed you=
Last season many other players were involved in our losses when Cygan was
involved. Also he isn't that bad a player as it is handed out. It's easier
and convenient for people to get someone to blame for mistakes in a game
rather than weigh up the problems in strategy and tactics between teams and
outline exactly where the team failed when they were caught out.
When managers send out players they don't expect them to be in a quiz show
expecting each player to play for their own prizes. A manager sends out a
team and in that he also sends out one specifically chosen player for a
specific team dynamic. Everyone playing together. Why? because you are
playing a team. You don't expect to stand around waiting to play on your
own, you watch what the team are doing based upon what your manager briefed
you with before the game. The point in this is a team can become exploited
because of their strategy and tactic played and there can never be a
situation where a player is singularly involved in the loss of a game.
=The modern game=
So you might say why does one player move up in the pecking order based upon
a "game"?
The answer is simple. The manager weighs up different possibilities based
upon the options available in his squad and upon how he sees the player and
based upon this (and this only) what he feels the player is capable of
within the team. These days it isn't a player who is weak but a players
position and game that is exploited based upon what the manager expects of
him. A player can only work and adapt around the team a manager plays and
how much the manager knows of the team. The manager will play a player based
upon his experience and understanding of the player. This is why we see some
players play differently and in a different capacity and expertise between
international and domestic games or transitional phases between clubs. All
down to different managers seeing different things in a player. When we see
a player not playing it's because based upon a deficit in our game which has
been continuously exploited - the manager has presented a better option and
new style of play.
Our problem in Europe. We played in England as we did in Europe. We needed
to defend and work better defensively meaning strengthening the defensive
factors to our game since we were so counter attacking for the past few
seasons. Teams in the champions league are strong offensively as opposed to
a core a "English" play in England which we had battled and overcome. So
when Lehmann, Cygan, Sol (the kernel of our back) tell our players to get
their act together it's because (as Wenger has stated) we have begun to
present our offence as a defensive option alongside our supplementation to
defensive play as well. If the offence aren't working effectively on our
best offence being our best defence it's up to those players (our defence)
to get behind our offence to push further up field and also to drop back so
they can begin a counter attack effectively.
It is really just natural for some to find someone to blame. It makes a
complex situation appear conclusive and sensical for someone because "you've
got someone to blame". The truth is there is a difference and reason for
league positions and professionalism and the game is far more complicated
the higher and higher you go. The champions league is so much more different
to lesser leagues in domestic competition and we can't automatically say "he
was crap". A lot of the time, if not all the time it's the way the manager
plays a team and what he asks for them. If a player had a free role it would
appear a little silly. Every team you play is different and different
scenarios will present themselves as threat. That is why you need a good
football manager who watches a lot of videos of football manager, namely the
Wengerfied manager and for this reason if you can get Wenger - nice one.
=The beta male football fans world=
The blame a player scenario is just normal of any group dynamic. It puts
people at ease. It is also very much like calling football players
egotistical and arrogant. It's the "beta male" football fan seeing the
"alpha male" professional football player and quite "surprisingly" (sarcasm
dears) stating the footballer is egotistical BECAUSE he has a fast car or he
has a big house or he is VERY GOOD at football. It's not a coincidence that
this is something the beta male football fan is not it is in fact the beta
male football fan just highlighting "he is crap and a pathetic excuse for a
human being because he has things I don't". The beta male football fan adds,
usually to females "don't fancy or adore the footballer because he is a
pathetic excuse for a human since he has all those possessions and is a
great footballer too but is egotistical so choose me instead because I'm a
nice guy because I see lot's of faults in others". Obviously the mating
ritual of the beta male football fan.
The alpha male football fan is on the other hand appreciative and respectful
of his team because they are just that damn good.
My point is a lot of football support and conclusion for people revolves
around social ideals rather than the purity of football as it is. Many
people like to bring real life in to football. The fact football players are
bad, evil and corrupt is just a reflection of how they see the world and how
it appears all the more comfortable for them to see things like this because
the reality (the simplicity of the "beautiful" game being beautiful because
it is so unifying and an expression of the better things around you) be too
hard to take for the beta male football fan.
All our players are amazing. A lesson in lesser football would be to watch a
lesser game like, Wolves Vs Leicester and a more intense game, like Arsenal
Vs Inter and see exactly what our player - especially the most slated, hated
and corrupt do during the game.
So don't be a beta male football fan. Your just missing out on so much! )