My thoughts on today..

Imagine living 40 miles away and having free tickets to Derby games.

 

Whitey, someone who goes to all the effort of making blogs about BFC week in week out, websites about the club , radio appearances etc wouldn't one week later decide they weren't even interested to know what the score was.at a Barnsley match, you may be losing a bit of interest or whatever but stop exaggerating.

 

I never thought I'd say this or want to admit to it ...... think Whiteys a bit like me

It's becoming a 'habit'. I've got to the stage (after doing 90+ grounds, ST holder for 25 years, going since was a toddler) that I'm struggling to know what the next match is! And I'm involved with stuff like WSB but I'm seriously really struggling to maintain any sort of interest. To the point today I was contemplating not going even tho I'd a freebie. Then when me n my lad were watching he started laikin on his fone. I'd usually tell him off and to watch match...... but sat there thinking fair play H, wish I'd got angry birds

 

I don't blog anymore, never mind week in week out. I do the podcasts instead, once a month or summat purely because they take me about half an hour (blogs take a couple of hours minimum). I've not appeared on the radio this season. But I do get your point. I'm quite a vocal online presence. But tot up my posts on here of late, they're well down on the usual, same goes for twitter. Check my facebook, not a peep about Barnsley the last few days.

But no, I didn't know the score until I was told it, at half time. I didn't know the full time score until I was told either. I didn't go looking for it, I wasn't interested. I had a ticket, but chose against attending (as did my pal bossman and many others) and instead was focused purely on watching the missus' lad instead.

No exaggerating pal, I've never felt like this before. But doing podcasts and talking about BFC is maybe summat I need to increase, so as to retain my interest? I dunno. I kind of believe the club have to change for me to feel connected again. But that might be next season, which might be too late. See [MENTION=7435]Woodbine[/MENTION]'s post earlier in the thread, summed it up perfectly, how it's not just us, it's a lot of fans of a lot of clubs. We're made to feel like customers now, not supporters, part of summat, but customers of a franchise/brand. And thus, loyalty dies, and value for money becomes all important.

 

I didn't go today again a season ticket holder for years including travelling up with the London Reds and travelling up on my own from Tunbridge Wells for a year and I just couldn't be arsed.

Maybe the sacking of Danny broke something in me and the 'business line' that was trotted out. I was still vaguely pissed off that we had lost but know I had a better time in the pub with friends then a fantastic meal (I can't recommend Discovery Bay in Huddersfield highly enough).

I know I will be back for the remainder of this season but as things stand that will be it for me I feel disassociated my club feels lost to me. Something has to change.

 

It's not just me then,thought I was getting old.The passion,and fight has gone.Not just on the pitch,but in the stands too.Can't see anything changing soon for the good,bad times ahead and a long,long winter for us.

 

Interesting thread. I've been watching 50 years and I'm the same . Been like this for me more or less since Wilson went , but signing Mansford was the beginning of the end I think.
The Crewe game was completely featureless ,the crowd were sent asleep , and I fealt like going at half time.
I love football and Barnsley but I was worse than bored-like a lot of others it seems-I was disinterested .
I had a free ticket for Fleetwood and couldn't be arsed.
The whys and wherefores don't matter.
This is how it is with me.