Now I am not a big football fan in general, just an Arsenal fan. I would watch Arsenal play Borehamwood (pre season friendly), but wouldn't turn on the box for Chelsea / Manchester.

Internationals are a complete waste of time. The standard of footy on show is abysmal. (the players may be the same, but as a team, it just doesn't work).

The transfer system is ridiculous, the hype is too much, the players are dull, the salaries are daft, the tv coverage is too much (although I still want a red button interactive that lets me watch Arse, instead of not watching some other team I don't care about, the cameras are there for motd, so let me chose the match I want to watch live).

The season is too long.

Why do we need a monday prem game, Tuesday CL, Wednesday CL, Thursday UEFA, Friday prem game, Saturday 12.15 game and 5.30 game (while not being allowed to watch the 3.00 game, and then at least 2 games on sunday. Too much, way too much. Let me choose what I want to watch, and put it all on simultaneously.

With the AbuDhabi connection, the hype is going to get even more unbearable, the transfer fees astronomic, the salaries stratospheric, etc.

Oddly, I will watch almost any team play rugby, because I like the game.