briggowl Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Yeah without a doubt. Soicial media/forums are a breeding ground for people who are fed up/disgruntled/bored to air their frustration and it seems people really listen to them and dignify any view with responese. It's a place where anyone from the comfort and safety of their own home can say what they want about who they want with very few consequences and very little care for any knock on effect there words might have. In my day (lol) you spent an hour looking around teletext for team news, often missing page 30 that contained SWFC news and having to go around the pages again, or you bought newspapers and it was exciting waiting for reports on a Sunday morning. Internet and todays 'instant culture' has certainly diminished the joy and excitement of 'Goals on Sunday' highlights programs and reading reports as well as considerably making SWFC (I guess all clubs) a more negative entity in general. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Just now, briggowl said: Yeah without a doubt. Soicial media/forums are a breeding ground for people who are fed up/disgruntled/bored to air their frustration and it seems people really listen to them and dignify any view with responese. It's a place where anyone from the comfort and safety of their own home can say what they want about who they want with very few consequences and very little care for any knock on effect there words might have. In my day (lol) you spent an hour looking around teletext for team news, often missing page 30 that contained SWFC news and having to go around the pages again, or you bought newspapers and it was exciting waiting for reports on a Sunday morning. Internet and todays 'instant culture' has certainly diminished the joy and excitement of 'Goals on Sunday' highlights programs and reading reports as well as considerably making SWFC (I guess all clubs) a more negative entity in general. It'll calm down a bit over time I reckon Twitters even much calmer than it used to be Once the eqtiquette has chilled out and been agreed on it'll be better Teletext tho.... ha ha amazing times Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigash_swfc Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 I think Social Media is "giving everyone a voice" And giving everyone a voice, makes this the "reality era" As fans, we are easily controlled. Give us something to positive about and we will be positive.......and visa verca. I would also argue, when it comes to £90 memberships. Most fans are realistic and not negative. It's realistically disgusting. Negative people would wish for Chansiri to walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Wylde II Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 The world was a more enjoyable place pre internet, not just being a Wednesday fan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 27 minutes ago, torres said: I bet this is what Wednesday do ''there seem to be a lot of negatives around our £100 shirt and £46.00 tickets'' ''Just laugh it off!!'' To a point they probably will do It'll be 'oh god they're moaning AGAIN' and pay no attention to it until it hits the tills Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greengrass Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Cosby Blunkett said: Not sure. But the internet has given everyone free access to pornography. Imagine the youngsters of today having to get their hands on an old Daily Sport just to have a shuffle? They don't even know they are born. Which sites are free ? Just asking on behalf of a ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilfsmith Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 The Green'Un was great and used to settle many an argument on the pitch. When opposition were moaning about a penalty or an iffy goal you'd retort, 'Just check in the Green'Un tonight mate' to shut them up. The Green'Un was rubbish in the Summer though. Nowt in it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onge Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 2 hours ago, Tudders said: being a Wednesday fan pre-internet? Pre-internet we were a successful team, so yes it was more enjoyable. The internet's boom started at the same time as our club's decline. Coincidence? I THINK NOT! #bantheinternet #makeswfcgreatagain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Snooty Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 The world was lost when the Internet was born. No amount of Cat memes can ever make up for the genie coming out of the bottle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scilly owl Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 4 hours ago, Tudders said: being a Wednesday fan pre-internet? The reason I ask is because, to me, a very positive person, there seems to be a real air of negativity surrounding the club, the fans etc even before a ball is kicked for the new season. Is this fueled by social media/the internet? It’s so easy now to complain about kits, ticket prices, lack of signings etc negative rumours being spread about injuries, players wanting to leave etc The internet makes players more accessible especially via social media.Whereas before the only way you heard a players thoughts and opinions was via the newspapers. Players couldn’t be contacted ‘directly’as they can be today. I think as a fan I feel more ‘connected’ to the club, but sometimes ignorance is bliss. Was it more enjoyable being an Owl when we only heard about the club via The Star/Green’un and by ringing Clubcall? Did it keep a lot of the negativity at bay? I spent a friggin fortune on clubcall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie_Owl Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 5 hours ago, scilly owl said: I spent a friggin fortune on clubcall. Me too, but I had to find out who the “international player linked” to wednesday was, even if it was a former Scotland under 18 player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthowl Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Nostalgia ain't what it used to be. Technology has improved many areas of life, and the Internet has improved communications beyond imagination in the 70/80s. Football information/views was only discussed between mates and via press/teletext, so you didn't get the extreme views and arguments available through instant discourse with anonymous strangers. But it's not just technology or the internet that has made football less enjoyable, it's the combination with the want-it-now, X-factor, generation. An unrealistic sense of entitlement combined with the means to instantly moan to three quarters of Sheffield or beyond has created an environment of negativity. Even if we were in the premier league negativity would dominate: we should be higher up, doing better in Europe, etc. We have the means to instant and continuous information, so we want it. If we don't get continuous (positive) information, it breeds more negativity. In many ways it was better when you turned up for the first match of the season and that's the first you knew of us dumping the plain blue, white sleeve, and reverting to stripes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgmetcalf Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Well it was a lot more obvious back then, fewer people tried to make out they were owls when, in fact, they were fans of other clubs. It’s more difficult since the advent of the internet but not so if you know what your doing. IMO Wednesday fans are too gullible and don’t play the game and no, I don’t mean football. How many of them actually go on websites of clubs incognito and spread Er... a little happiness? What goes around, comes around as they say. The piggies on here are chipping away already and the season hasn’t even started yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owler66 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 59 minutes ago, pgmetcalf said: Well it was a lot more obvious back then, fewer people tried to make out they were owls when, in fact, they were fans of other clubs. It’s more difficult since the advent of the internet but not so if you know what your doing. IMO Wednesday fans are too gullible and don’t play the game and no, I don’t mean football. How many of them actually go on websites of clubs incognito and spread Er... a little happiness? What goes around, comes around as they say. The piggies on here are chipping away already and the season hasn’t even started yet Mcarthyism or what swap piggies for commies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgmetcalf Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 4 minutes ago, owler66 said: Mcarthyism or what swap piggies for commies That makes about as much sense as you do, oh wait ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owler66 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 33 minutes ago, pgmetcalf said: That makes about as much sense as you do, oh wait ... Ha ha alright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgmetcalf Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 On 27/07/2018 at 10:45, @owlstalk said: The internet is what you make of it If you go looking for negatives you can easily find them If you see a negative, laugh at it and move on then the whole experience is way more enjoyable This pre-season everyone's lost the plot so much that it's now just hilarious watching people screaming about a total non event at Mansfield etc Just relax, ignore the negatives, and enjoy yourself Stick to the funny threads and life's way better Exactly but most people I suspect take things as genuine and face value and don’t realise they’re being strung along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acquiescefc Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Waiting for the Teletext to go to the last page our match was on and hoping we had scored. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgmetcalf Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 30 minutes ago, acquiescefc said: Waiting for the Teletext to go to the last page our match was on and hoping we had scored. Either that that or Robert Jackson’s military march 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogers Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Snippets in the paper; Daily Star transfer gossip! And clubcall of cause. I sort of miss those days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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