I honestly thought Platini was a statesman, early on, and would cleanse the game. I seem to remember he was an early advocate for good financial governance, but once PSG had their noses in the trough, he lost his taste for it.
I got the impression that he was a man on a mission early on, in football administration, but then somewhere along the way it got its claws into him, and the money, corruption and power got the better of him.
Agree ROTW also though same initially about Platini. From memory, his son was involved somehow and nepotism seems to have diverted him; haven’t really kept abreast as football has just become too cynical, corrupt and dispiriting even for me.
never should have got there. 0:08 that foul should have been blown and let both sides cool off.
Tell me he hadn’t bet on a certain player being sent off.
he hadn’t bet on a certain player being sent off
But he had obviously.
That or he had some mind blank.
got caught watching instead of blowing the whistle.
Might do this after today
I tried it for three months. Can do without the whole lot… except for Liverpool.
To be honest I’m not that obsessive anymore. Don’t bother with it on Twitter anymore. As you say I could probably dump it all bar Liverpool that would keep dragging me back in.
Though I’m no longer massively interested in watching us.
I seriously might have a pause until next season. It’s just too depressing right now.
Going watch home matches but I don’t think I’m going bother with away. See how Díaz comes back is probably my major thing to look out for now.
If we somehow find a patch of form again I might follow it but I had zero expectations today. Probably why I didn’t bother with an alarm.
Last time I had a break we went on a winning run and scraped top 4 (Ali header etc).
Might be the only hope now.
On that break, no temptations back. Don’t to be tempted when Darwin Nunez scores a hattrick on Tuesday.
This bloke actually looks like Karius 
I’m sure Karius wishes he could erase football from his life. Then he could concentrate on modelling.
We should have used him more for our range to be fair. Lost marketing opportunity.
The year after we won the title did it for me. Partly a feeling that I had ‘completed’ football now that I’d seen us win every competition available. Partly playing the season infront of our substitutes and a few ground staff. Partly going through a hard time personally when I got stuck on a different continent to my wife and son for 6 months. Football just didn’t seem to matter anymore.
I’m not as uninterested as I once was, still love watching youth football, but increasingly of the opinion that none of it matters even in a football sense. Yeah we are a bit shit now, but we are a rich club with a global fanbase so its just a matter of time until we are good again. Hard to get too worked up about individual games, my reaction is more “oh well” than “fucking hell”.
I do think its healthier. I watch us when I can, if we win I think its great and if we don’t I think oh well, turn the TV off and don’t really think about it again.
To those of you making a decision to cut LFC from your lives because of the current predicament…
If I cannot watch the current struggles, if I choose to not watch the current struggles, how can I celebrate the highs?
Its like marriage, if there are bad moments you have a choice.
Persevere or walk away. I have no respect for fair weather supporters.
@Sweeting and others…
Yours is a different case.
I have real challenges in my life where football had to take a back seat.
But I never wilfully stopped watching football because Liverpool were poor or annoying me.