Things In Football That Grind Your Gears

Seaneh · 07-07-2013 03:12PM

Thing that pisses me off most about football.
Little scrotes like this.

blahfckingblah · 07-07-2013 03:19PM

shielding the ball in the corners

messinkiapina · 07-07-2013 04:12PM

Sorry in advance for upsetting half the board, but clubs that would be nowhere only for being financed by a billionaire!

Chancer3001 · 07-07-2013 08:25PM

i have nothing against kids going to england young. Theyll get better coaching.

I do dislike bandwagons.

Spain lose once, ah they need to change it up.

Barca get beaten, ah get it in the box.

I also hate the "british mentality" as if that makes you a better player for some reason.

kryogen · 07-07-2013 09:00PM

Chancer3001 wrote: »

i have nothing against kids going to england young. Theyll get better coaching.

WTF? where do you see that then? The good coaching at youth level in England that has led to so many world class English players that have achieved greatness on the international level?

GTR63 · 07-07-2013 09:27PM

kryogen wrote: »

WTF? where do you see that then? The good coaching at youth level in England that has led to so many world class English players that have achieved greatness on the international level?

The Iraqi u20s played a FAR better brand of football than the English did at the the current WC.
I do roll my eyes when I hear another guy gets poached from overseas to get their progress stunted by Stuart Pearce types.

Chancer3001 · 07-07-2013 09:39PM

its not just english players that get coached in England....

All the players that come through the youth system have.

and the English team is usually top 10 in the world (huge dip to 15th lately), despite having a national league thats dominated by foreigners (unlike spain, italy,brazil, argentina).

Obviously id like every kid whos good enough to have a go at Ac Milan, Barca, Madrid, ajax or one or two others.

But if its a choice of Ireland or England, id choose a good set up in England every time.

Standard there is million times what it is here.

The_Kew_Tour · 07-07-2013 09:41PM

Politics or Religion coming into any type of football debate.

Chancer3001 · 07-07-2013 10:05PM

big article on how Muslim players have changed the premier league on the bbc at the moment.

very interesting.

They stopped awarding champagne to the man of the match and award a little trophy instead (hadnt even noticed tbh) because some religions dont allow alcohol. Awkward for people to refuse to accept live on TV

Optimalprimerib · 08-07-2013 04:34AM

DazMarz wrote: »

Players getting booked for taking their shirts off or "over-zealously celebrating a goal" (as the fúckwits at FIFA describe it). I mean JESUS! One that particularly galls me is Arjen Robben getting booked (2nd yellow and subsequently getting sent off for it) for celebrating a goal he got for Chelsea back in 2005 or possibly 2006 (can't remember).

Especially if the goal is of vital importance, is it not right that the scorer can go absolutely bonkers? A cup-or-title winning goal? Is that not something that is to be sexually celebrated with an orgasmic display of emotion???

Yeah, but according to His Royal High Mightiness Blatter, we must be sensitive to nations that are more modest or some such B.S. COME ON!!! Any nations that may be more modest (read: religiously fundamentalist about such things) are usually extremely hot (read: Middle East/Africa/etc.) and I'm sure that they are used to seeing blokes without shirts on, ffs.

Is there not a tribe in Africa somewhere where the women go around topless with their tits hanging out???

I can't imagine many people having a coniption if a footballer rips their shirt off in celebration at scoring a crucial goal, in all fairness.

Ok so the rule is very petty, but it grinds my gears when players do that. Are the jerseys that uncomfortable that they have to take them off at any given opportunity

LOI Stats · 08-07-2013 07:09AM

This.

Kirby · 08-07-2013 08:09AM

LOI Stats wrote: »

This.

Er, that's a skit surely? Like the Bellamy autobiography stuff? I have a hard time picturing Antonio Cassano using the word "circlejerk".

GLaDOS · 08-07-2013 08:14AM

I doubt he actually thinks it's Cassano, it's the point of the post itself that's important

LOI Stats · 08-07-2013 05:13PM

Kirby wrote: »

Er, that's a skit surely? Like the Bellamy autobiography stuff? I have a hard time picturing Antonio Cassano using the word "circlejerk".

It was a post made by an Italian supporter during the Euros after the Irish defeat to Spain in a thread started to remind people that the League of Ireland was a thing and that it was starting up again soon.

7ofBrian · 08-07-2013 10:39PM

'sepp' blatter.

Donnielighto · 09-07-2013 12:47AM

The decreasing level of physicality allowed/tolerated.

intellectual dosser · 09-07-2013 07:33AM

The tabloid reporting has always been too much but now its a completely disgrace. There are very few newspapers where you can read a news article (about tranfers etc) with any degree of confidence in the truth behind it. I also hate when newspapers make full page spreads about a tweet a footballer said, with the headline making it seem as if they've had an exclusive interview. Lazy journalism is a kind title to put on it.

That_Guy · 09-07-2013 09:54AM

Joe Kinnear.

That_Guy · 09-07-2013 10:00AM

Charlie19 wrote: »

Don't like the way numties dis Liverpool just for the sake of it. I Blame Sky:D

Sky who have Jamie Redknapp, Souness, Hamann (sporadically) and Jamie Carragher working for them?

GTR63 · 09-07-2013 10:34AM

That_Guy wrote: »

Joe Kinnear.

He is still better than Comolli

Will I Amnt · 09-07-2013 10:43AM

intellectual dosser wrote: »

The tabloid reporting has always been too much but now its a completely disgrace. There are very few newspapers where you can read a news article (about tranfers etc) with any degree of confidence in the truth behind it. I also hate when newspapers make full page spreads about a tweet a footballer said, with the headline making it seem as if they've had an exclusive interview. Lazy journalism is a kind title to put on it.

I don't buy papers anymore but I do have to laugh at the older generation who take it all at face value.
"Did you hear United are signing Ronaldo"
"Rooney is off to Arsenal"

It's well and truly silly season. Twitter is worse in fairness.
I do check out of all that stuff for Summer. It will only wreck your head trying to sort out the tangible links from the bullshìt.

09-07-2013 11:23AM

Will I Amnt wrote: »

I don't buy papers anymore but I do have to laugh at the older generation who take it all at face value.
"Did you hear United are signing Ronaldo"
"Rooney is off to Arsenal"

It's well and truly silly season. Twitter is worse in fairness.
I do check out of all that stuff for Summer. It will only wreck your head trying to sort out the tangible links from the bullshìt.

the introduction of the transfer window has had a a lot to do with in.

Pre the window there was transfer news that could have been reported for most of the season, but now the time between 01/09 and 31/12 and then from 31/01 onwards is all just rubbish cos there is not a whole lot going out ouside of match days.

LuckyLloyd · 09-07-2013 11:38AM

Donnielighto wrote: »

The decreasing level of physicality allowed/tolerated.

'Wimp ball'. Football will eventually become a sport exclusive to small men who lack physical strength if the current course is continued upon.

Borat_Sagdiyev · 09-07-2013 03:47PM

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

'Wimp ball'. Football will eventually become a sport exclusive to small men who lack physical strength if the current course is continued upon.

Eventually ? It's like that now. The only difference between what is going on and what you've described is that the big men also jump to the ground looking for fouls.

764dak · 09-07-2013 05:52PM

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

'Wimp ball'. Football will eventually become a sport exclusive to small men who lack physical strength if the current course is continued upon.

Borat_Sagdiyev wrote: »

Eventually ? It's like that now. The only difference between what is going on and what you've described is that the big men also jump to the ground looking for fouls.

Referees are biased against tall players.

http://footballperspectives.org/size-matters-height-discrimination-football

http://www.soccerbythenumbers.com/2012/07/height-discrimination-in-football-are.html

http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/refs-are-gunning-for-tall-guys-new-report-asserts/

Al Capwned · 14-08-2013 09:34AM

The transfer window.

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Maybe because of United's lack of movement this summer so far, but I miss the days that I used to come home from school to check Aertel p220 to find out Andy COle had signed for example.

764dak · 15-08-2013 03:35AM

3 points for a win doesn't make sense.

15-08-2013 04:57AM

764dak wrote: »

3 points for a win doesn't make sense.

Yeah bring back 2 points and passing it back to keeper for a nice handy pickup. The quality was so much better back then.

15-08-2013 05:03AM

Most wins wins the league, simple.

Kirby · 15-08-2013 05:11AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Most wins wins the league, simple.

That devalues 3-3 and 4-4 draws. They can be the best games and your suggestion makes them meaningless....which is bad.

The best solution is to keep 3 points for a win, 1 point for a score draw.....and nothing for a 0-0 draw.

It would promote better football as parking the bus when a better team comes to town would net you nothing in the end. It would work well in tournament play too. Remember all those boring 0-0 draws at recent world cups and euro's?

I remember people complaining at the last world cup that too many teams wouldn't attack. A team drawing 3 games, barely scoring a single goal, and going through is a crying shame.

Things In Football That Grind Your Gears

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