Poetry Forum

Here's my first poem contribution to the forum, I wrote it a few years ago when I realised i was wasting my time watching football on the TV. I'd rather compose poetry now! LOL

Football managers and players should hang their heads in shame,
For what they've done to our traditional football game.
Now sportsmen in the game are a dying breed,
with managers and players getting rich with greed.
Sportsmen! They are not, for they will cheat and connive,
winning free kicks and penalties by taking a dive.
Pushing, pulling and shirts being torn,
Punching and swearing are now the norm.
After a night on drugs and all night boozing,
players get violent if their team is loosing.
The managers aren't any better when staring at defeat,
encouraging players to go out there and cheat.
If the players do wrong and it's plain to see,
the managers will argue and blame the referee.
And now referees are getting in on this shameful act,
with the top premier clubs they've now formed a pact.
If the top club is losing, then with the last kick of the ball,
the referee gives them a penalty for no good reason at all.
If that doesn't help they commit another dreadful crime,
by giving them another chance by adding on extra time.
The F.A. watches these games and don't seem to mind,
What's up with them, are they totally blind?
The F.A. should now hang their heads in shame,
for they have let money and greed ruin our football game.
That's why I have finally decided to call it a day,
Football ain't getting anymore of my hard earnt pay.

Hey, Alan.

Yes, the sentiment is fully understood.

I quite like your rhymes, but a few of them are perhaps a little obvious (cheat with defeat for example).

A couple of small tech nits...

Some of your punctuation might be off (not that I'm one to talk ..;---... mine is awful).

eg.

being torn,
Punching and

Also, I think it's losing, rather than loosing, but that could be me missing some deeper point

Thanks for sharing.

Got any more?

- Neil.

Thanks for the comments Neil, unfortunately my punctuation and spelling is not perfect. You will see that in more of my poems especially when i try and use Yorkshire dialect! LOL

Blimey! Tell me about it.

You should try Glaswegian.



N

I blame it on Chelsea, money can't by talent. Lampard's good though.

Lxx