Things In Football That Grind Your Gears

eyescreamcone · 14-02-2014 04:26PM

I think it's funny when a player comes back to his old club and the fans shout "Judas!"
I've seen Pat Morley get this reception in Cork and then a hero's reception when he re-signed for City.

How about Spurs fans in the Bernabeau a few years back?
"You're Dad washes elephants
And your mother's a whore
Adebayor
Adebayor"

They don't seem to be singing it much these days

major bill · 14-02-2014 06:32PM

Rival Fans who are talking to you fine one moment and then get all pissy with you the next when they find out who you support......It's a game a ball get a life ye sad bastard.

Celtic jerseys at Ireland games

People who think they know the game better than others cause they played ''top'' football as a youngster

Abusing players all match then getting annoyed and Violent cos he dared give it back

All in all football supporters are dicks

keeponhurling · 15-02-2014 12:51AM

major bill wrote: »

Celtic jerseys at Ireland games

They're green, who cares? Would you have the same issue with a Limerick GAA jersey, or Irish rugby jersey being worn ?
Or some Oirish green tshirt bought in Carroll's.

Replica shirts are expensive.

Mars Bar · 15-02-2014 12:59AM

keeponhurling wrote: »

They're green, who cares? Would you have the same issue with a Limerick GAA jersey, or Irish rugby jersey being worn ?
Or some Oirish green tshirt bought in Carroll's.

Replica shirts are expensive.

If they could afford a Celtic jersey, why didn't they just buy the Irish jersey?

CSF · 15-02-2014 01:05AM

keeponhurling wrote: »

They're green, who cares? Would you have the same issue with a Limerick GAA jersey, or Irish rugby jersey being worn ?
Or some Oirish green tshirt bought in Carroll's.

Replica shirts are expensive.

Wolfsburg jersey would be a better comparison to be fair.

osarusan · 15-02-2014 09:03AM

Expert analysts who just repeat what happened or narrate a replay.

"He cuts inside the fullback and delivers it to the back post. (Striker) just can't make contact."

I can see all of that FFS, tell me something I don't know.

NukaCola · 15-02-2014 09:06AM

osarusan wrote: »

Expert analysts who just repeat what happened or narrate a replay.

"He cuts inside the fullback and delivers it to the back post. (Striker) just can't make contact."

I can see all of that FFS, tell me something I don't know.

What if you're blind and listening to the commentary?

osarusan · 15-02-2014 09:10AM

NukaCola wrote: »

What if you're blind and listening to the commentary?

Do you actually think that this is why the analyst is commentating like that?

NukaCola · 15-02-2014 09:19AM

osarusan wrote: »

Do you actually think that this is why the analyst is commentating like that?

Not exclusively for blind people obviously. But, their job is to comment on whats happening in the game, which for the most part is obvious enough to most people.

osarusan · 15-02-2014 09:28AM

The expert analyst is supposed to do more than comment on what's happening in a game, that's the commentator's job mainly.

They are supposed to explain why things are happening. They are supposed to be experts. So when they say something along the lines of "he finds himself in a lot of space on the right side and doesn't make the most of it", I want to know why he finds himself in this space. If it his team's good play, or a mistake by the other team? Something that I can't see from my TV? Or something that I just won't notice because I'm not an ex-pro or an expert.

Mars Bar · 15-02-2014 11:29AM

The analysts aren't commentating on the game though. The analysts are the guys like Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher in the studio pre-game, at half time and full time. The commentator's are supposed to be just saying what they see. Michael Owen has managed to bring that to a whole different level of boringness though.

Al Capwned · 15-02-2014 11:43PM

Think it's fair to say that a lot of the so-called experts, are not.

Richard Hillman · 16-02-2014 10:56AM

Al Capwned wrote: »

Think it's fair to say that a lot of the so-called experts, are not.

I think they are just a bit undeveloped in terms of communication skills. Remember all of these guys dropped out of school at 16 and mentally dropped out of school a few years earlier. A lot of them are a bit daft.

We were all idiots when we were in our teenage years. These guys never actually developed or matured to any great extent bacause they were surrounded by people of the same level.

osarusan · 16-02-2014 10:58AM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

I think they are just a bit undeveloped in terms of communication skills. Remember all of these guys dropped out of school at 16 and mentally dropped out of school a few years earlier. A lot of them are a bit daft.

I think that some of them are naturally gifted with certain senses or talents that they are not able to articulate very well at all.

Partly communication, partly not fully understanding what they unconsciously simply knew.

Al Capwned · 16-02-2014 11:44AM

Maybe you're right Richard.
There are many posters on the SF who have a greater insight into certain aspects of the game than some of the people making a living from it.

Neeson · 16-02-2014 06:00PM

The magic of the cup every game in the FA Cup.

eyescreamcone · 16-02-2014 07:42PM

When refs don't give a penalty and the experts say it's because of the player's reputation for diving. If it's a pen then it's a pen!!!

Howard Webb today made a terrible decision today when Suarez was fouled.

Webb should be doing a conference game next week.

CSF · 16-02-2014 10:44PM

eyescreamcone wrote: »

When refs don't give a penalty and the experts say it's because of the player's reputation for diving. If it's a pen then it's a pen!!!

Howard Webb today made a terrible decision today when Suarez was fouled.

Webb should be doing a conference game next week.

They're saying why it wasn't given, not why it wasn't a penalty. It makes sense in a roundabout way. If I was a referee I'd need to be that little bit extra sure about something to blow for it if it was Suarez, Young or Januzaj.

Chancer3001 · 16-02-2014 10:46PM

He sent the keeper the wrong way.

dfx- · 17-02-2014 03:36AM

Baines certainly did that yesterday and as such he was able to mi**** the ball into the net...Zidane used to do it, but yes...a lot of times it's luck..

Dozen Wicked Words · 17-02-2014 04:50AM

Thing that currently annoys me in football is relegation from the football league. It should be like the good old days when teams just had to seek re-election to the league if they finished bottom. So they could be crap year in year out and not worry about dropping into the conference.

This post probably has nothing at all to do with the fact Northampton Town are currently bottom of the league.

eyescreamcone · 17-02-2014 09:37AM

CSF wrote: »

They're saying why it wasn't given, not why it wasn't a penalty. It makes sense in a roundabout way. If I was a referee I'd need to be that little bit extra sure about something to blow for it if it was Suarez, Young or Januzaj.

It wasn't a penalty - because the ref didn't give it. Referees are supposed to judge every incident independently. Obviously even the top refs don't do this. And the experts just gloss over these huge errors.
Webb should be reffing in the conference next week.

Nuri Sahin · 17-02-2014 10:53AM

When people say top, top player or whatever else.

GavRedKing · 17-02-2014 11:19AM

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

When people say top, top player or whatever else.

If this sentence was banned you'd make a lot of "pundits" redundant.

kfallon · 17-02-2014 11:28AM

Jose Mourinho!

Try to wind up every other club in England with one exception......Manchester United. The guy licks the hole off the club at every opportunity, like he's constantly doing an interview for the managers job there.

He's become nothing but annoying the last 3-4 years, pity he gets so much air time.

RichardoKhan · 17-02-2014 11:32AM

Players spitting for no good reason than

a/ it makes them look hard (!)
b/ that jog on from the subs bench must have been very exhausting
c/ no bruv that tackle didnt hurt me one bit
d/ are the cameras on me

I understand after a sudden burst down the wing covering 60 yards you may have a reason to do so.
BUT to be honest the amount conducted during a game is unreal..................

Lucas Hood · 17-02-2014 11:33AM

People who still call the Premier League the Premiership.

Demosthenese · 17-02-2014 11:42AM

- Players kicking the ball away when they give away a foul, same with holding the ball walking backwards and throwing it up into ther air! Should be carded immediately.

- Players (Wilshere and Henderson) messing with their hair before they come on as sub.

- Players that appeal for everything, epseically throw ins when they clearly kick the ball out of play.

- Keepers that cannot catch the ball.

- Using the term, WORLD CLASS for good players.

- Pundits that are afraid to say anything truthful in case it comes out too strong.

- Analysing a game at halftime or immediately after the game and trying to say "Yes this is why they lost" when 99% of the work done by both teams was during the week. Like men on posts for corners, certain players being positioned tactically as if it magically happened spurr of the moment.

- Professional players that cannot cross a ball into the box and instead hit row Z. Same with players that get paid huge sums of money and some cannot even use their 2 feet in any regard.

- Forwards that get away with challenges cos they are termed "clumsy" and defenders who get 1 chance and get booked.

Nuri Sahin · 17-02-2014 12:07PM

GavRedKing wrote: »

If this sentence was banned you'd make a lot of "pundits" redundant.

I've somewhat accepted the likes of Redknapp and co. saying it at this stage, their vocabulary is quite limited as it is. It irks me more in relation to when fans say . See it typed out a lot here too - he's a top, top player. Footballing equivalent of nails on chalkboard for me :pac:

17-02-2014 12:15PM

Players lying on the pitch injured when their team is losing with less than 20 minutes to go, absolutely ends me. Get up or get off the pitch, you're wasting your own time.

Things In Football That Grind Your Gears

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