Mark E Smith\'s disenchantment/disillusionment with the modern game of football. The game becoming commercialized, sterile and conformist. Where at one time the individual flair of players such as George Best was a thrilling spectacle, would now have less of a place in the conservative style of play, modern regulations and the club and the team as a brand constructed by corporate visionary\'s rooted in marketability, expansion and wealth. The game now, less an expression of tradition and loyalty and a sense of belonging has become so much more than your local team. The terraces of old, are now places of privileged accessibility for sponsors, potential investors and marketing opportunists who know the cost of everything but the value of nada. Now with all of the plastic glitz and tackiness of a hotdog franchise. Where the traditionalists have long since left. Players wages are no longer capped and conformity reaps rewards for the new generation of footballer being the exorbitant beneficiary for adherence to a broader Globalization. In regular speak thank you for playing the world game, here\'s your cut.... I mean he was a Man City fan he reckoned before it all became what it did. You could say his values were of a certain time and place.
Mark E Smith\'s disenchantment/disillusionment with the modern game of football. The game becoming commercialized, sterile and conformist. Where at one time the individual flair of players such as George Best was a thrilling spectacle, would now have less of a place in the conservative style of play, modern regulations and the club and the team as a brand constructed by corporate visionary\'s rooted in marketability, expansion and wealth. The game now, less an expression of tradition and loyalty and a sense of belonging has become so much more than your local team. The terraces of old, are now places of privileged accessibility for sponsors, potential investors and marketing opportunists who know the cost of everything but the value of nada. Now with all of the plastic glitz and tackiness of a hotdog franchise. Where the traditionalists have long since left. Players wages are no longer capped and conformity reaps rewards for the new generation of footballer being the exorbitant beneficiary for adherence to a broader Globalization. In regular speak thank you for playing the world game, here\'s your cut.... I mean he was a Man City fan he reckoned before it all became what it did. You could say his values were of a certain time and place.