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Sept 15, 2024 7:48:16 GMT
Post by tor on Sept 15, 2024 7:48:16 GMT
Copied and pasted from another thread.
Tbf, I've seen most of the front runners in Div 1 this season, and none of them have impressed me. The overall standard and quality of football in the NL seems way off what it was a few years ago. A natural consequence of automatic promotion and the best sides moving on maybe.
I completely agree with the above comment. However, reading some reports of matches that I have attended I seem to have missed something. Matches that I believe are sadly lacking in quality have been described as 'entertaining', 'good footballing teams' etc when it has been quite obvious from those in attendance, who agree that the games are 'a hard watch'.
Are reporters trying to convince supporters that the quality of football that we are watching is better than it actually is?? Is this a way of trying to get more people through the gates? Or to create some sort of illusion of what is actually happening?
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Sept 15, 2024 9:21:33 GMT
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Post by j on Sept 15, 2024 9:21:33 GMT
Tbf, a low quality game can still be highly entertaining, so no problem with someone describing a game that way.
I do very much believe that standards have dropped massively over the last couple of seasons though. The quality of football in Div 1 is so far below what it used to be that moderately well organised teams with minimal ability can do very well in the league. As someone else posted, the top teams of 5-10 years ago would annihilate every side on Div 1 now comfortably, and I'm not sure we'll ever see another NL side win the Vase.
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Sept 15, 2024 12:22:35 GMT
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Post by bigcbeat1 on Sept 15, 2024 12:22:35 GMT
Copied and pasted from another thread. Tbf, I've seen most of the front runners in Div 1 this season, and none of them have impressed me. The overall standard and quality of football in the NL seems way off what it was a few years ago. A natural consequence of automatic promotion and the best sides moving on maybe. I completely agree with the above comment. However, reading some reports of matches that I have attended I seem to have missed something. Matches that I believe are sadly lacking in quality have been described as 'entertaining', 'good footballing teams' etc when it has been quite obvious from those in attendance, who agree that the games are 'a hard watch'. Are reporters trying to convince supporters that the quality of football that we are watching is better than it actually is?? Is this a way of trying to get more people through the gates? Or to create some sort of illusion of what is actually happening? When you consider the clubs that have been promoted from the NL I think it would be foolish to think the standard wouldn’t drop. South Shields, Dunston , Stockton, Hebburn, Newton Aycliffe, Bishops, Ashington and Consett promoted that’s 8 gone which could have been 10 had North Shields done the work needed and Shildon not come straight back Down. Yes we could possibly see some come back down with each season going forward. I think the Northern Premier East will very much be eventually filled with the vast majority of Northern League clubs.
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Sept 15, 2024 13:55:24 GMT
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Post by lovingnonleague on Sept 15, 2024 13:55:24 GMT
Why would the standard drop when hebburn and south shields moved on. It wasn't as if they were the teams to watch for the last 15 to 20 years. The money men kept them afloat and within a year or two of that happening they were gone.
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Post by pooliehopper on Sept 15, 2024 13:55:45 GMT
Well, it's not like club volunteers and Northern League reporters can outright say "it was f***ing s***" can they? They'll obviously be somewhat biased for something they're trying to plug. The Billingham Derby a few weeks back was low quality yet was enjoyable due to the stakes of it, and it was clear both sides wanted to win it. Less so was FC Hartlepool 0 Boldon 0, there's definitely been a lot of 0-0s already this year, a lot in div 2 especially, probably became weak due to one relegation (Washington will probably be gone by late February) and two promotions (three promotions last season).
Penrith and Crook was pretty bad though, even the officiating was worse than usual, I really need to sit and research just how much step 5 costs in other regions, I swear I paid £5 to watch a step 5 game at Thackley two years ago, and down south it seems some step 5 teams charge around £4 (I know Carlisle City was £4 in Div 2 when they were last there).
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