It isn’t sport
When only one team wins
When money talks
And players walk
To join the team of teams
It isn’t sport
This pressing game
Choking all the space
Like killing your opponent
Aggressive in his face
It isn’t sport
When winning
Is the only game in town
And fans become fanatic
To knock the other down
It isn’t sport
It’s sickness
I can’t give it the time of day
I’d rather go along the road
And watch the children play
Brian Fahy
18 March 2023
+ Manchester City has become the ultimate winning machine. Money makes them, players join them, and a strange-hold kind of playing style means that other teams cannot match them. Brilliant players, yes, and brilliant football betimes, but this pressing game kills it as a spectacle. So greedy for the ball, they are like a spoilt child who will not let others play with his ball. And fans can become so conditioned by winning that they cannot cope with setback and quickly become angry and frustrated. The game as was is now big business. Alas.
Erris Poetry 