Things In Football That Grind Your Gears

Richard Hillman

Drinks Breaks being used as a Team Talk. I don't mind the drinks breaks on hot days but they should be taken to the opposite side of the pitch away from the benches.

jacool

Mushy wrote: »

Everyone knows its live

. . . . . and its not actually live, but delayed by 20 seconds

Muahahaha

A minor grind on TV companies- during a match and after a goal they show the scoreline on the bottom of the screen but they only show the most recent scorer. So if you tune in late you dont know who scored the other goals and have to go look it up online. They used to always show all scorers but for no sensible reason stopped doing so a few years back.

Agent Coulson

Listening to Tyler & Carragher tonight I actually think they might really dislike each other.

Salvation Tambourine

It's Tyler's awful puns that make me cringe and I love puns and play on words.

"Graham Potter would need to be Harry Potter to get anything out of this game now"

I wouldn't mind if it was someone who is genuinely mad like Ray Hudson saying things like that, everyone knows he's a loon but Tyler includes it in serious commentary.

"It was a bad pick for Pickford that nearly lead to a goal there".

I 100% over think and over react to things like this but I really don't enjoy his commentary.

764dak

Cooling breaks

Bowlardo

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Listening to Tyler & Carragher tonight I actually think they might really dislike each other.

Tyler is dreadful and should not be working anymore. He has had a good run of it but should retire.
“And it’s live “ before matches are pathetic.

DVDM93

Bowlardo wrote: »

Tyler is dreadful and should not be working anymore. He has had a good run of it but should retire.
“And it’s live “ before matches are pathetic.

he was full of life watching Sheffield beat Chelsea, I wonder why Listen to the state of that at 02:06.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_6QSiPill0

Muahahaha

764dak wrote: »

Cooling breaks

Yeah they break up the play. I'll live with them for now but just hoping they dont become permanent, the TV companies have wanted quarter time for years so they can show more ads. For them 45 minutes of broadcasting without a single ad is horrific, they could make millions extra a season if they became permanent.

The_Kew_Tour

DVDM93 wrote: »

he was full of life watching Sheffield beat Chelsea, I wonder why Listen to the state of that at 02:06.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_6QSiPill0

Shocked he got 2 goals in a game?

Salvation Tambourine

764dak wrote: »

Cooling breaks

I heard that each player needs to drink from their own bottle which means the casual sip during play isn't as easy. Never thought of it that way.

But yes, it's annoying but will probably/hopefully be gone next season.

Ragnar Lothbrok

Nokotan wrote: »

I heard that each player needs to drink from their own bottle which means the casual sip during play isn't as easy. Never thought of it that way.

Now that makes sense! Annoying and somehow it feels American (don't ask me why!) but at least I can accept it now.

razorblunt

Adebayo Akinfewa.

I'd say he's disgusted he missed Soccer AM's peak by about 15 years.

castletownman

razorblunt wrote: »

Adebayo Akinfewa.

I'd say he's disgusted he missed Soccer AM's peak by about 15 years.

Whatever about Lingard and other footballers with reputations for annoying social media habits, at least they are playing at the top level.

This shaper is literally only known for being a big unit.

Pain in the hole

DeanAustin

Frank Lampard having to come out and express regret for the language he used the other night. Seriously? WTF do people think happens in dressing rooms or training. It was pretty much a nothing incident that happens all the time and is bound to happen when tensions are high in a game like football and it gets blown up and examined in microscopic detail.

**** happens. Move on.

Fitz*

DeanAustin wrote: »

Frank Lampard having to come out and express regret for the language he used the other night. Seriously? WTF do people think happens in dressing rooms or training. It was pretty much a nothing incident that happens all the time and is bound to happen when tensions are high in a game like football and it gets blown up and examined in microscopic detail.

**** happens. Move on.

Sky Sports. They need to fill air time, and that crock of sh1te talksport too.

For what it's worth, I like Lampard (a bit!), even as a rival. Think he got caught up in the heat of the moment which is understandable but there's a microscope been placed on him big time since it happened. He didn't come out the best in the incident though!

DeanAustin

Fitz* wrote: »

Sky Sports. They need to fill air time, and that crock of sh1te talksport too.

For what it's worth, I like Lampard (a bit!), even as a rival. Think he got caught up in the heat of the moment which is understandable but there's a microscope been placed on him big time since it happened. He didn't come out the best in the incident though!

I like him a lot too even though I can't stand Chelsea. I think he's a class act and very intelligent. He may not have helped himself afterwards by even talking about it but why it's even an incident worthy of discussion or an apology absolutely bewilders me. I hear much worse when I'm playing 5 a side on a Monday and we're not exactly playing under pressure.

764dak

I dislike when fans of English lower league clubs and certain Scottish clubs say their clubs are bigger than clubs in La Liga, Serie A, Premier League etc. because their clubs won stuff 40-60 years ago.

c.p.w.g.w

764dak wrote: »

I dislike when fans of English lower league clubs and certain Scottish clubs say their clubs are bigger than clubs in La Liga, Serie A, Premier League etc. because their clubs won stuff 40-60 years ago.

Typically the main criteria for defining a club was the size of their Trophy cabinet and to a lesser extent the number of fans...

When an Irish person, random punter, some Z list celebrity, goes on social media, with some message like "John lost a bet and must wear a Liverpool shirt for a day" or "Tim will wear the Man Utd shirt all day for charity". Plus obligatory pic of glum faced person in football jersey.

Agent Coulson

Play off winners get a trophy for effectively finishing between 3rd to 6th in a league campaign.

BonnieSituation

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Play off winners get a trophy for effectively finish 3rd to 6th in a league campaign.

My dad always moaned about that too!

Suppose you could consider it a separate competition though I guess to validate the presentation of a trophy!

adaminho

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Play off winners get a trophy for effectively finishing between 3rd to 6th in a league campaign.

It's easier than lifting 160m in cash I suppose!

dirkmeister

Kicking the ball away after a free kick has been given really grinds my gears.

Is it still a yellow card offence?

Have refs just forgotten about it?

jacool

This new trend of goalkeepers making an easy save, and then throwing themselves onto the ground, simply to waste time.
Rodak was at it for Fulham. He just plucked bad crosses from Brentford out of the air and then dived on the floor, before taking an age to put the ball back in play.
Just like the previous post "have refs just forgotten about it?" - I thought the keeper had 6 seconds to release the ball from his hands ?

Salvation Tambourine

jacool wrote: »

This new trend of goalkeepers making an easy save, and then throwing themselves onto the ground, simply to waste time.
Rodak was at it for Fulham. He just plucked bad crosses from Brentford out of the air and then dived on the floor, before taking an age to put the ball back in play.
Just like the previous post "have refs just forgotten about it?" - I thought the keeper had 6 seconds to release the ball from his hands ?

It's pretty annoying yeah but it's by no means a new trend. They've been doing that a long, long time.

The six second law still exists, referees just don't bother with it. Also, I don't think it counts until they are standing with the ball under control, I could be wrong though. Mignolet got called up on it in 2015 and Liverpool conceded from the free kick. That's the last time I can think of it being applied although a recent Ireland youth game springs to mind too.

Fitz*

Suarez used to hold his hands up where the referee could see them and count the number of seconds that GKs were holding onto the ball for! Never worked though, refs nearly never follow that rule.

Mushy

Would love to see some rule brought in for the keepers falling to the ground, the more punitive the better

Agent Coulson

Top top top top top top player.

DVDM93

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Top top top top top top player.

Gerrard wasn't one of them.