Owl 44 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 When watching Wednesday? I swear I'm getting worse as I get older. I keep having to turn the volume down on the radio when the opposites attack in away games. At home I can't watch at times - I saw very little of last five minutes of Newcastle match. God knows what these last two home matches are going to be like. It's because the stakes are so high. Oh to be a safe mid-table premiership team and just playing for fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jack Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Watching the Owls for 50+ years so coping with nerves is hard, usually a snifter or two pre match makes it easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northeastowl Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Not nervous when at a match but really bad when watching on tv or listening to the radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambs Owl Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Agree. Been watching Wednesday since the early 1960s and I swear I am as nervous now than ever - probably more so. These last few games - since Barnsley (excepting Rotherham) - have been painful to watch. Why can't we make life easy instead of hanging on to a one-goal lead with minutes to go - or at QPR the whole second half. Oh to go into the last game knowing we are safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzuki_San Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I hate big games. Derby's are just horrific, I remember nearly being sick at the playoff final in Cardiff and at the beam back when Spurr scored after a few minutes. I'm such a fanny. Wasn't so bad last seasons final, as didn't have long to compute the despair, but when we Brighton were battering us in the 2nd leg, I was a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I asked my mate Leonardo to recreate my reaction when Wednesday are clinging on to a one goal lead. This is what he came up with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastleigh Owl Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 3 minutes ago, northeastowl said: Not nervous when at a match but really bad when watching on tv or listening to the radio. thank god for that, i thought i was the only one. no problem at a game but i'm like a shivering wreck when watching on tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnOwl55 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 1 minute ago, Big Jack said: Watching the Owls for 50+ years so coping with nerves is hard, usually a snifter or two pre match makes it easier. For sure age plays its part. Like you, I've been watching/following Wednesday since 60/61 - 50+ years. I swear as a youngster I never doubted they would win - even through the wretched 70s. But I was watching Newcastle on Sky and listening to QPR on player and had to leave the room for the last few minutes for the first of these and kept taking off my headphones throughout the second half for the latter. Mind you when our goals go in the howls of excitement, the fist pumping and the leaping off my seat is exactly as it was when I were a little lad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls-swfc Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 The megastore sell swfc branded sweets and chocolates.... Why not swfc branded Immodium? (caveat: other diarrhea brands are available from other outlets)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Ive been watching wednesday for over 40 years . I used to have a thick head of hair, now im bold as a badgers arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northeastowl Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 1 minute ago, Eastleigh Owl said: thank god for that, i thought i was the only one. no problem at a game but i'm like a shivering wreck when watching on tv I think it's the fear of the unknown. When you're at the match you have a sense of everything that is happening...crowd/bench etc. Where as on tv you can only see what the cameras are showing you and on the radio you are relying on the commentators to give a fair view of what's going on. I have got rid of Wednesday player because you don't have a clue what is happening on the pitch until they start screaming when someone scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pride_of_the_road Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 From kick off i just take it 10mins at a time, goals in the 84th min dont help with the nerves! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee81 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 7 minutes ago, northeastowl said: Not nervous when at a match but really bad when watching on tv or listening to the radio. Radio is the worst for me. Not bad at the game or on tele. Trying to picture in my mind how close the opposites are getting is horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl 44 Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 1 minute ago, lee81 said: Radio is the worst for me. Not bad at the game or on tele. Trying to picture in my mind how close the opposites are getting is horrible. Absolutely this. Why do the commentators always make it sound as if they're in front of the six yard box whenever the opposites have the ball? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 1 minute ago, lee81 said: Radio is the worst for me. Not bad at the game or on tele. Trying to picture in my mind how close the opposites are getting is horrible. Same for me, can't listen to the away games on the radio as the proximity of the commentators to the home crowd sometimes gives the impression they might score every time we lose the ball, regardless of what the reality is. Saying that, I got so worked up leading up to the 2nd leg of the Brighton game I couldn't watch that either, went for a walk instead, I've never done that before. Completely different when I am at the match, home or away. It's not that I go with expectation of a win, though thankfully the expectation of impending defeat has at least subsided in the last couple of years! As you say, being able to see what is happening and have a feeling for the game and the mood of the crowd, an idea of the confidence & approach of the teams etc rather than having to interpret this through the opinions of someone is the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swfc1983 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 (edited) That Brighton 2nd leg was by far the worst I have ever felt watching a game, I felt physically sick, weirdly a lot more nervous than at any point in the run up or during the final itself. 10 pints in the Green Man might have eased things a little mind. Edited April 18, 2017 by swfc1983 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss Toni Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 2 minutes ago, swfc1983 said: That Brighton 2nd leg was by far the worst I have ever felt watching a game, I felt physically sick, weirdly a lot more nervous than at any point in the run up or during the final itself. Yeah that was horrible and just seemed to go on forever!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl 44 Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 I was surprisingly relaxed for first half of Newcastle game because I honestly expected very little from the game. However when we scored and the possibility of winning became a reality. .. that's when the nerves kicked in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedanator Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Normally alright on tv or at match, although that Brighton secend leg last year was horrific viewing, aged about 10 years during the first half onslaught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I sometimes have to leave the room for a bit when it's on the radio. Usually ok at the games, but when we beat the blades last time I spent stoppage time admiring the cantilever roof above me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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