Things In Football That Grind Your Gears

Roger Sterling

The idea that its a bad thing to be biased towards the club you support. Sure what other way would you be???

Keano

Benimar wrote: »

1. 'Shielding' the ball out for a goal kick. Most of the time its blatant obstruction and referees won't give it. Annoys the hell out of me.

+1 million!

Player's who cannot get their hands out of the way and a penalty is given, yet an attacker tries to get the ball, defender makes no attempt to play ball but it's ok as they are "shielding" it!

eigrod

TheDoc wrote: »

Being booked for celebrations
Liverpool fans I know who keep banging on that they are a top club. They success was before I was born,

Strange one. What's your definition of a top club ? If it's sustained success during your lifetime only, then probably only Manchester United are the only ones to lay a rightful claim to it.

Roger Sterling

eigrod wrote: »

Strange one. What's your definition of a top club ? If it's sustained success during your lifetime only, then probably only Manchester United are the only ones to lay a rightful claim to it.

Damn straight they are.

Richard Hillman

Football fans that think it is ok to scream abuse at a player when he is taking a throw or corner.

Players and managers that dont know the rules. Some players seem to think its not a penalty if the player is going away from goal or if you went for the ball

Refs that give fouls against an attacking player for little or no contact yet a defender can do what he wants to an attacking player.

The lack of a real advantage rule.

Players being offside

Players that cant take set pieces or cross the ball

Football fans that cant understand why a player would leave their club

The International Football Association Board (The guys that make up the rules)

Footballers that repeatedly say "Obviously" and "To be fair" in interviews

Pundits that do no research into foreign teams and leagues (RTE the worst culprits)

LOI pundits that say "Its a great advert for the league" after a mildly decent match.

Geoff Shreeves style of interviewing (apart from the Kenny Dalglish one at OT )

Players being hated by fans just because they think he might be over rated in the media (Frank Lampard especially)

Pundits looking out for their managerial mates when on TV (Mainly Mark Hughes and Dalglish when he was still going)

Womens football being mocked

Football fans that bring their politics into a ground

Football fans that congratulate themselves for being well behaved or anti-racist.(Eh well done for for not wrecking the place or being a racist :rolleyes:)

Football fans that are obsessed with attendances, how many away fans there were or who out sung who (Go back to play school)

Corrupt refs and officials

Football fans that think a club is theirs when its owned by somebody else

Winston Payne

The puritans. People can play football anyway that they like.

TheDoc

eigrod wrote: »

Strange one. What's your definition of a top club ? If it's sustained success during your lifetime only, then probably only Manchester United are the only ones to lay a rightful claim to it.

I guess I'd base it of recent campaigns.

Like for example NOBODY still calls Leeds United a top club, yet they have had tremendous success in the past.

When I say top club I mean in terms of challenging for top honours, I accept fully there is good history, fanbase etc.

But surely there is a kinda common sense time frame that defines if a club is considered a top club no ?

Soups123

Players talking in press conferences before a game, cliche after cliche and cliche.

Handshakes before a game of football

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People - players, managers, pundits, journalists, fans - who think football has Rules, and that they are black and white, and must be adhered to at all times, the same way every time.

It doesn't, and they aren't, and they don't.

Football has "Laws" - it has seventeen of them, plus some supplementary stuff, and they are available for everyone to read in this lovely booklet from FIFA

Laws Of The Game.

In there you will also find a section called "Interpretation of the Laws of the Game and Guidelines for Referees". It gives some detailed examinations of certain situations, but again, these are Guidelines.


Everyone should read it.

"Laws" are interpreted by judges, in this case, the referee. Not all judges interpret the same laws the same way.

Now, a referee who is constantly doing off the wall stuff, making hair brained decisions is going to get noticed and not make it very far up the refereeing ladder at all.

Everyone should read them, they are a real eye opener.

eigrod

TheDoc wrote: »

When I say top club I mean in terms of challenging for top honours, I accept fully there is good history, fanbase etc.

Ok, so let's take the last 8 seasons, how many clubs have won more "top honours" than Liverpool ? I make it 2. How many teams have reached more Champions League finals than Liverpool in that period ?

TheDoc

eigrod wrote: »

Ok, so let's take the last 8 seasons, how many clubs have won more "top honours" than Liverpool ? I make it 2. How many teams have reached more Champions League finals than Liverpool in that period ?

Darcy is that you?

The_Kew_Tour

People who celebrate another teams defeat as if it was their club who beat them. By all means be happy, but do you really have to go nuts.

Fans who care about stupid things like chants, rather then football.

Hearts fans.......

weldoninhio

homerjay2005 wrote: »

90% of hand ball penalties should not be given, very rarely do people deliberately handball it, but its something that appears to be lost on not only fans, but refs.

People who do not know the handball rule!!

eyescreamcone

People who think Ireland should be getting better results in international football.
Our first appearance for 10 years in a major competition and we should be competing with finalists Spain and Italy.
Get a grip.

inmyday

Roger Sterling wrote: »

People who dismiss teams like Stoke for playimg functional but above all effective football just because they don't like that style of football.

Equally the Barca/Spain brigade who get appalled that not everyone is blown away or genuflects at the alter of their dull low risk possession based smothering football.

I like watching barca. I watched the first half against real madrid tonight, and I couldnt take my eyes off the telly. I really enjoyed it. But I dont think stoke are too bad to watch either.

I just think its different strokes etc, some like eastenders, some corrie. Some like barca passing game, some dont.

And just because I like watching barca and enjoying their football doesnt mean I get appalled that you dont

eyescreamcone

Winston Payne wrote: »

The puritans. People can play football anyway that they like.

Purists maybe???

fullstop

eyescreamcone wrote: »

Like Petr Cech and Hunt
Like Shay Given and Marlon Harewood

that's just stupid. So you can think of 2 goalkeepers who have suffered bad injuries since, what, 2007? how many outfield players have suffered terrible injuries in that time?

Mr.Nice Guy

- People who don't watch football on a regular basis but as soon as a World Cup or Euros comes around suddenly turn into experts.

- The lack of technology in the sport.

- Players spitting.

- Jamie Redknapp.

- Players who throw a strop when substituted and the people who defend it. ('That shows he cares'.) No, it shows he's a spoiled, overpaid, prima donna brat that needs to man the f*ck up and quit acting like a child.

- The lack of respect and/or acknowledgement from fans towards a great performance or goal from an opponent, as happens in other sports. Very rarely will you see fans applaud a great display or a great goal from another team. Warms my heart when it happens.

- The idea that sportsmanship as exists in other sports can't exist in football. It can. Bring in retrospective punishment for cheats and con artists and hefty bans for the culprits and diving and play acting will soon stop.

Lawrence1895

Red card if you bring someone down in the box. The penno is punishment enough, imo.

Winston Payne

eyescreamcone wrote: »

Purists maybe???

I think puritans is more appropriate. Football should only be played one way, ideally, and you're sinning if you don't.

StupidLikeAFox

When heaps of players surround the ref to intimidate him after he makes a decision (good or bad). Should go the way of rugby in that the only person who can talk to the ref is the team captain

RoryMac

Des wrote: »

Profesional footballers not beating the first man with corners, should be fined.

This!!

Can't understand how some players do it everytime in a game, never mentioned by commentators or managers and then go out the following week and do it again :mad:

Jelle1880

How every single contact leads to a free kick.

Kidchameleon

English people playing for Ireland ruins it for me. Also, club teams that have little or no players from the clubs country.

Dr.Winston O'Boogie

Music played in a studio whenever a goal is scored. Taccy as fook.

Father Damo

Pundits who say you should never mix politics with international football.


Bollocks. As long as the fans are not physically slaughtering each other pre match a bit of old war rivalry makes any match twice as important and edgy. There might be some ungentlemanlike chants and booing but cest la vie.

Al Capwned

IvySlayer wrote: »

Goalkeepers have far too much protection.

Couldn't disagree more tbh. When a goalkeeper is, for arguments sake, back pedalling, parallel to the goal line, trying to collect a corner - when he goes up with both hands over his head to catch/puch the ball, he is soooooo liable to serious injury if a player coming the other direction hits him. I got two knees in the side in this situation earlier this month, and i haven't slept properly since because of the pain in my ribs when i lie flat.
I'm not saying you should not be able to touch a keeper, but the rules as they are are spot on in this regard, I feel.

GavRedKing wrote: »

Ya I think I've seen it in the Copa Libertadores but its certainly something that should be done in all the professional leagues.

Properly implemented, this would be a brilliant addition to the game.

Leiva

It's really retarded and annoying not to include a players wages when talking about a transfer.

Especially when someone is banging in about player X costing more than player Y

eyescreamcone

fullstop wrote: »

eyescreamcone wrote: »

Like Petr Cech and Hunt
Like Shay Given and Marlon Harewood

that's just stupid. So you can think of 2 goalkeepers who have suffered bad injuries since, what, 2007? how many outfield players have suffered terrible injuries in that time?

I can't recall too many outfield players having their skulls fractured with a kick, can you??

Keepers put their heads very low - this can be very dangerous when boots are flying in.

Also when challenging for crosses players often try to put keepers off by jumping into them or by touching their outstretched arms.
This type of foul is not always obvious to the spectator.

eyescreamcone

RoryMac wrote: »

Des wrote: »

Profesional footballers not beating the first man with corners, should be fined.

This!!

Can't understand how some players do it everytime in a game, never mentioned by commentators or managers and then go out the following week and do it again :mad:

Anyone can float in a corner ten feet above the first man. This is easy, but it's easily read by the defence and keeper.
Players are trying to send in the corner a foot above the first man - this is a more difficult task.
Of course when it goes wrong and is cleared by the first man the taker looks stupid.