Scottish Football

I think everyone and their monkey has commented on the state of Scottish Football after last thursday, but I won't let that stop me. If you're unaware, 3 teams playing in Europe from Scotland that night, 3 teams lost. Why are we so shit? Money talks now in football, it's taken the game away from the fans. It was a working class sport, now you have to support a team, it's "trendy" to do so, and it's killing the game, especially in England. They may win in Europe, and co uld this year, but long term? How far apart can you take the players and keep the game running. I'm getting distant from the game, I support Aberdeen and will watch when they're on guaranteed, but seeing an English premiership game on a Sunday does not interest me that much anymore.

But getting back to the original point, Scottish teams in Europe. The song should go "We're shit, and we know we are". Celtic claim to be a big team still, so do Rangers. Only in past reputations, which are being destroyed. No Scottish team seems to know how to play against a half decent team, who can keep the ball down and actually play, Italian 3rd division level. Football is about Money now, and we don't pay English League 2 levels, but that isn't the main reason. The main reason in my view is that no-one plays the game anymore, not like they used to. Hell, even when I was a wean 20 something years ago we played in the street, doesn't happen now. Tell me the last time you saw a group of kids playing in your local park, just for fun. I can't remember. Players get rich off the game, and the kids want to get that money, but don't want to put in the effort. Too many people now think that they should be able to be famous, just for being famous - see Big Brother, or Kate Price/Jordan. The attitude is I'm owed by the world, I'm brilliant and you can't see it. Talent may out eventually, but it's getting hidden by the idiots going on X-Factor with no talent but being "wacky" and becoming known.

I've gone well off where I started here, but will leave it in. One last point, why do people buy into these things, that Jordan (person not country) is actually worth watching or listening to. Is that what you want from the world. I don't.

It's been a while

just coming back to this, will be blogging more soon, to anyone who falls over this by accident, but just been storing stuff up last few months with everything that's been going on in my life. Redundancy is becoming ever more real, and jobs are getting harder to come by, never been easy in the Hebrides at the best of times. Don't want to leave the way things are, parents getting older and I'd like to be around with them while I can. Morbid thought I know but if you can't face things you'll never be comfortable as yourself.