Now, those of you who already know me, have the advantage of understanding my take on Sport. For those of you who are getting to know me, I am not a follower of Sports but i do strongly believe in a sporting chance.

I have not seen any of the recent games played in the World Cup, over in beautiful South Africa, but it is nigh on impossible not to catch sight of the so called highlights replayed over and over at every opportunity on the news stations and any TV and Radio show that carries any sort of discussion, so I am up to speed as it were on the England teams current plight. The source of most of my updates, however, has been the online ramblings in blogs, tweets and posts by my circle of learned friends and colleagues who are aficionados in the field of football.

I titled this post today – The state Of English Football – as I am mostly interested in the state that people get themselves into when they subject themselves to the torture of watching a game that has such a saddening outcome. Now obviously my view is somewhat removed from that of e keen follower, but it will certainly make more sense on a logical level. As I have flicked back through these posts and tweets i mentioned, that were made during the game and afterwards, it is clear that a state was building within these commenting spectators. They were becoming more anxious and even more enraged by the skills offered by the players, and the once articulate writers had resorted to posting harsh one liners. By the end of the game, they had beaten themselves up sufficiently over the result, that they needed to vent their feelings initially with their keyboards, and then with alcohol and commiserating hugs from their fellow sufferers.

Why oh why do we do that to ourselves. Yes, I will admit that having a certain level of pain in your life will make you appreciate pleasure even more than you already do, but is it really necessary with todays technology to go through this anxiety. Surely the best solution with the aid of todays technology is to wait and hear the result. Do something more productive with your time whilst the game is live. You can get so much more done as the rest of the unfortunate souls are glued to their TV sets. Tesco’s was lovely and clear and I can not recall the last time shopping on a Friday night was so good. Then when you have the result, you can choose to watch the game or just those so called ‘highlights’. At least you won’t be disappointed and drag yourself painfully through every moment of play where you think you could do better.

I was taught some time ago now, that it is no good practice to rely on the actions of others to generate your own feelings, values or emotions. Yes it is good to support your country and to want to win when there is so much gloom around, but is it sensible to let the actions of 11 men affect the mood of an entire nation.

Perhaps if we thought how good the Algerians are probably feeling right now, we could feed off of their energy and give ourselves a little boost.Personally I think that 22 guys fighting over a single ball is daft anyway. If we sent them 21 more balls, wouldn’t that remove any squabbling?

I am still coming to terms with the fact that I have written about football here today. But then again, it’s not about the football to me, it’s about how ‘fans’ get themselves in such a state over something that is out of their control. If a sport does not give you pleasure, why bother with it?

Fill your life with things you really enjoy and experiences that you will love to share with others. It will make you feel much better about yourself.