Three important truths about football which many people forget or deny:

1. The beauty of football is the UNPREDICTABILITY. The weaker team always has a chance to frustrate or beat the supposedly better team. If you take away Norwich 0 Burton 0 then you take away Man U 0 Norwich 2. You can’t have it both ways. God forbid we end up in a world where the stronger team always beats the weaker one.

2. Ultimately football is ALWAYS about disappointment. Every season ends up in disappointment for 90% of the teams. And for those who do actually win something or get promoted, well they normally get disappointed next season. Or the one after. In fact, one of the great ironies is, that the more successful you are, the more likely disappointment will be lurking around the corner, ready to slap you across the chops. IF YOU INCAPABLE OF DEALING WITH DISAPPOINTMENT THEN YOU SHOULD PROBABLY FOLLOW ANOTHER SPORT THAT REQUIRES NO EMOTIONAL INVESTMENT. Like F1. Or golf. No team is EVER consistently successful in the long term. But, as the cliché goes, it is the lows that make the highs all the sweeter.

3. IT IS ONLY FOOTBALL. It is a game. It is 22 men chasing a ball around a field. It’s something to do on a Saturday afternoon. If your happiness, well-being and sense of identity are based on the success of something over which you have no control then you might want to engage in a serious period of self-reflection.

Posted By: Knitted Jesus on September 14th 2017 at 08:46:48

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Three important truths about football which many people forget or deny: (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Sep 14, 08:46:48
- Great post aside from the F1 mention which anyone with a passing interest... (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, Sep 14, 12:28:16
- Brilliant, balanced, measured, sensible post (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Sep 14, 10:58:14
  - Really? (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 14, 11:19:02
    - I'm going the other way - apathy after a defeat. (NCFC) - Men without hats, Sep 14, 12:14:28
      - didn't we draw? (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Sep 14, 13:25:04
    - Yeah I kind of agree,we get pissed off because we love the club,that passion for what we l (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 14, 11:47:59
      - love. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 14, 11:48:09
    - Speaking of vendettas what did I ever do to piss you off? (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Sep 14, 11:33:03
      - Well, I suppose it's all about proportion (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 14, 12:13:08
        
        Was watching that goal again the other day. Still brings a tear. (n/m) (NCFC) - Rob NCFC, Sep 14, 12:20:51
- Good post KJ. With ref to number 2 though, the advantage us happy clappers have over (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Sep 14, 10:56:07
  - Always look on the bright side of life :) (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Sep 14, 11:04:32
  - I think it's also risk/reward b! (NCFC) - Men without hats, Sep 14, 10:59:57
- In the Worthy/Hucks promotion season.......... (NCFC) - usacanary, Sep 14, 10:54:55
- Great post. (n/m) (NCFC) - avenging canary, Sep 14, 10:25:52
- ref 3 though... (NCFC) - CWC, Sep 14, 10:17:51
  - Yeah I think this is very true (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Sep 14, 11:36:15
    - pyschology comes into play a bit there too (NCFC) - CWC, Sep 14, 11:41:59
      - Interesting (n/m) (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Sep 14, 11:43:35
- very true .. (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 14, 09:01:00

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