I like football as a sport, but I think it's horribly over-televised and over-hyped. I enjoyed playing it more than any other sporting activity I've partaken of, until my latest lower-limb fracture finally forced me to give up earlier this year. I used to enjoy watching it, but in the Sky era something happened, and I got bored. I still think it might be because with the sheer volume of football broadcast on Sky it was easy, in my early 20's, to get sucked into watching hours and hours of the stuff.



Then one day it dawned on me that I was wasting a lot of time on meaningless matches. As somebody said above, all bar about 6 teams in the Premier League are, despite all the hyperbole from Sky, very ordinary indeed. England friendlies are like watching dry paint remain dry. I find the Spanish game technically better, but less exciting than English football.



Nowadays I don't have Sky, all I watch is the occasional Champions League game on ITV, and consequently I usually quite enjoy them. I still actually prefer going to watch my old team on Newbold Comyn Park on a Sunday though. It's a bit more real, for want of a better word. I used to watch Guiseley for preference while I was still in Leeds. That felt more like what football should be.



Meh.

I like to watch match of the day (because its highlights) and Leeds games but thats about it.



The england qualifiers have been shockingly poor, I will no doubt get all giddy when the WC starts though.

I don't mind Qualifiers, and like you will no doubt get giddy when the World Cup starts. I don't mind if the game itself is a bit rubbish when the result matters.

I think its the result that catches my interest too. Very rarely does the football excite or entertain me. The nal team of a few years ago played beautiful football, and if they were on i'd watch if I had nothing better to do.

Maybe y'all need to sign this lad

Agree 100%.



Quite enjoy watching highlights like MOtD, but a full 90 minutes of it...no thanks.

That's actually a pretty sweeping and incorrect generalisation.



My husband is a season ticket holder at Hull (which is where he's from). He has been going since he was 4 - not missed a season. He/we now commute back a 3 hour round trip to watch them.



Just because we like sport in addition to rugby doesn't mean your a sheep nor indeed take any more notice of a commentator than one does of Eddie Hemmings.



People watching football expecting to be entertained in the same was you are when watching RL are going to be sadly disappointed. People who watch football and enjoy it as a sport in its own right are going to get the pleasure of watching another completely different sport

Does he wear his Hull City shirt when you're on holiday ?

Sometimes - but he also sometimes wears his Rhinos shirt or wears t-shirts. He sometimes wears his shirt to work but sometimes doesn't.



Does it make a difference that we don't do "90 degree weather" holidays? last time he wore it on holiday was on the coastal path in Northumberland under a jumper and a waterproof

If I might pick you up on a point there, it's been a long while since anyone made a football shirt out of nylon. Personally I don't currently own any football shirts for purposes other than sporting ones, but if the weather is very hot, and one might be sweating, they are vastly more comfortable than cotton.



When Rhinosgirl is on her Northumberland holiday in the rain, they were definitely a better bet than cotton, as they dry much more quickly. They're alot like a technical walking shirt, only often cheaper.

Well yes it does, a bit, given that my point was the 90 degree holiday bit

er, ye-esss, thats why people buy them is it ?



For their walking and drying abilities ?