Tom

Mobile trainer, kettlebell’s/prowler and sandbags. I don’t follow sheep. Dabble in footballindex. 42years old.........

[Tom @StepbyStepPT]

@Biyo_lar The signings and players added to the squad are the sporting directors fault.
Tactics are on carrick.

[Tom @StepbyStepPT]

@bethTmufc Your so far off the genuine topic it’s unbelievable

[Tom @StepbyStepPT]

@MufcWonItAll2 Literally every goal a massive blunder from a player what’s carrick supposed to do about that

[Tom @StepbyStepPT]

What a sham this city stuff is just end the season now it’s ridiculous until they are charged #epl #city

[Tom @StepbyStepPT]

Straight to league 2

[Alexis’ Kavkas View 🇬🇪🇦🇿 @AlexisIsKavkas]

If Man City get the following punishment, is it enough?

• £1.5bn fine
• 6-window transfer embargo
• 40-point deduction
• Bunch of Executives lose their jobs

If not, what more would you add?

[Magic hat 🎩 @themagic_tophat]

Based on what’s been briefed to journalists, Man City’s appeal is simply more gaslighting of their fans.

Deceiving them into thinking they’ll get off, so they don’t turn on the club and its execs/owner.

It’s actually really cruel.

[Tim @TimD2704]

If City were kicked out of football, like athletes and cyclists before have been, would football miss them?

I’m old enough to remember the PL without City and honestly it was no great loss. No one missed them.

With their trophies being stripped, they are effectively Bury. 🤷‍♂️

[Melly Barnes @Ta1kingTurf]

A long read, but its the truth!
I genuinely think we are watching football loyalty slowly die and I don't know what replaces it.
I've followed Man United home and away for decades. Thousands and thousands of miles, trains, cars, coaches, hotels, stupid kick off times, days off work and an absolutely frightening amount of money.
But forget the money for a minute because you can always earn more money.
You can't get the time back.
Weekends away from your wife and kids, family things you've missed, holidays planned around fixtures, getting home at stupid o'clock then getting up for work a few hours later.
And none of us were forced to do it. We did it because we fucking loved it.
When the fixtures came out you didn't think do I fancy that game?
You thought right, how am I getting there?
That's the difference.
And lately I've noticed more and more people I've known through football for years saying the same thing.
"They can have my ticket."
That's not normal.
These aren't people who started supporting United because they won a trophy last year. These are lads who've been everywhere following them.
And before rival fans jump on with the glory hunter stuff, that doesn't really wash anymore either.
Yes, Manchester United were ridiculously successful. We were spoilt for years and I'll never pretend otherwise.
But we've been mediocre for the best part of 12 years now.
There are kids going to Old Trafford today who've never seen Manchester United win the league. For some of them, United being bang average is basically all they've ever known.
What glory are they hunting?
They're still going.
Their dads and mams are still taking them. They're still buying the shirts, travelling away and growing up supporting United.
So this isn't about demanding we win the league every year.
Football fans can handle losing. Fuck me, we've proved that.
It's everything else.
You can have a Saturday night kick off now where you're £100 for a train, £100 for a hotel, ticket, food, drink and you're basically writing off 24 hours of your life. Sometimes you're fucked for work the next day as well.
And increasingly you sit there thinking...
What am I actually getting back from this?
Not trophies. I don't mean that.
I mean from the relationship with the club.
Because it doesn't feel like a relationship anymore.
It feels like a transaction.
You're a membership number. A ticket account. A customer.
And if after 20, 30, 40 years you finally say fuck this, you can have my ticket, it doesn't really matter.
Someone else will take it.
Probably someone who'll spend more money while they're there.
They'll buy the shirt, go in the Megastore, buy the experience, take the photos and maybe pay hundreds more for something that used to simply be part of going to the football.
Financially that might make perfect sense.
But I think football is playing a very dangerous game.
Because the people you're slowly replacing aren't customers.
They're supporters.
They're the people who went when it was brilliant and went when it was shit.
The people who knew everyone around their seat.
The people whose dad took them and who now take their own kids.
The people who didn't need a "matchday experience" because the fucking match WAS the experience.
And I don't even think this is just Manchester United.
I'm hearing supporters from other clubs saying exactly the same things.
Maybe we're just further down the road than some.
Football is becoming an event.
A day out.
A product.
Something you experience once and stick on Instagram.
And maybe that's just the future. Maybe old fuckers like me need to accept it 😂
But here's the bit I'd worry about if I ran a football club.
People aren't as angry anymore. They're just losing interest.
There's a massive difference.
Angry supporters still care.
They protest. They complain. They sing about the owners. They demand change.
When someone who's arranged their entire life around football for 30 years suddenly says...
"Know what? I can't be arsed going."

[Tom @StepbyStepPT]

@Texas_jeep__guy Side dish for a fish’s and chip meal .
You get so many chips people just make a butty out of it…

[Tom @StepbyStepPT]

@thepaulwilliams Lift one or two times week heavy , a couple days cardio and the rest is mobility, sleep , nutrition coming g from a 49year old

[Tom @StepbyStepPT]

Football index and Tahith Chong o the days
#football #worldcup

[Tom @StepbyStepPT]

@markgoldbridge We need to bet rid of content creators because it’s just drivel.

[Tom @StepbyStepPT]

@FabrizioRomano @welt

[Tom @StepbyStepPT]

@GymFiesta Needs more cheese I think

[Tom @StepbyStepPT]

@utdforever7 @ManUtd Garnacho sold is huge profit ffs.
You think their
selling hojlund at a loss……….

[Tom @StepbyStepPT]

@AmorimEra_ 100% the worst World Cup ever.
I’m 48 so seen a few.

[Tom @StepbyStepPT]

@AmorimEra_ @NeyUnited The point of this vid is what exactly…..

[Tom @StepbyStepPT]

@Utdjacobi_ Owen
Rvn
Becks

[Tom @StepbyStepPT]

@DeadlineDayLive There’s no motivation when your already a multi millionaire kid. He wont do the hard graft that his dad did. Modelling probably seems a cool gig for him…..in 2 years he’ll be on to something else……

[Tom @StepbyStepPT]

@Muppetiers Such a depressing negative account, get behind the manager