steelerian Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 parasite agents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sova Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Referees wearing non-black shirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJMortimer Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 7 minutes ago, Sova said: Referees wearing non-black shirts. #BlackShirtsMatter 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls66 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I might be alone in this but I hate how when a big team scores against a lower league team (in the cup, for example) more often than not, players are too "cool" to celebrate as if they are not worthy opponents. Find it rather patronising against the smaller clubs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheriwozgod Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Not every contact is a foul FFS !!!!!! All the skipping , skyward pointing and tattoo kissing when entering the pitch. This generations seeming inability to say a word that contains more than two syllables , making footballer , fut bla Players attempting something out of the ordinary or flashy being labelled as "disrespectful" to their opponents...WTF !!!! All the identikit tika taka academy players insisting on making EVERY pass along the floor............even when it will quite obviously be cut off....CUS ITS ON THE FLOOR.....................do yourself a favour and go watch a John Sheridan DVD and learn how to develop a "little pitching wedge" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poite Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 - Standing on the kop - Affordable ticket prices - Players who can't kick a football from a set piece into an 18 yard box - gloves. Even worse when it's not even cold! - lack of songs for players before kick off (England's number 1 for Chris Woods, you'll never beat Des Walker etc that sort of thing) - Severe lack of flat caps - the bird who used to sit next but one to me in the 2003-4 season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poite Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 8 hours ago, Musn't Grumble said: Top post. Much of this is subliminal and we don't realise the presence or the impact. Isn't there supposed to be a ban on TV advertising gambling whilst games are still in progress? Shirt sponsorship gets around this (potential) ban anyway. Many years ago I had a conversation with a top PL and international player at a meeting in London. I asked what he thought about kids wearing replica kit with alcoholic drinks logos on their shirts. He couldn't answer. And if anyone says "advertising doesn't work" , tell that to the firms who do it. It's a big industry in the UK with an annual spend of $29bn (Source: Statista) Agree that's a very good video and very impactful. I'd only argue that getting rid of gambling advertising in football completely (which they seem to imply) is probably a bit to much. On the advertising boards I don't see a problem. How many kids genuinely get absorbed by that? But I would like to see the advertising off the shirts. That's something they love to have and wear all the time. It's the thing they see on every player in every match whether in the stadium or on the TV. It should go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakefield owl Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 On 10/01/2021 at 14:45, Sefton owl said: I’ve never understood the need to do it. Ross Wallace used to do that just to wind the fans up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Wylde Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 On 11/01/2021 at 18:30, thewookieisdown said: The FA Cup draw. Much better done by obscure officials not celebs. More importantly don't tell us which ball different clubs are. This!!! Why the buggery do they do that?!! I wonder who came up with that stupid idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Sheffield united Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakefield owl Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 This is one of the few threads when I’ve agreed with nearly every post. Diving Refs not adding enough time at the end of a game after time wasting, substitutions etc. Refs allowing players to steal ground at free kicks and throw ins (is it just me but every team seems to do this more than we do). The current interpretation of the handball law. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striggy Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 6 minutes ago, owls66 said: I might be alone in this but I hate how when a big team scores against a lower league team (in the cup, for example) more often than not, players are too "cool" to celebrate as if they are not worthy opponents. Find it rather patronising against the smaller clubs. This can be a difficult one to be fair. If Tottenham celebrated their fist goal against Marine like a cup final winner, they may well have got slated, just like the USA Womens team did when they scored their 13th the other year. Still think they should look happy though, like Reachio did at Blackburn "nobody told me there would be days like these!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striggy Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 15 hours ago, sheriwozgod said: Not every contact is a foul FFS !!!!!! THIS too "nobody told me there would be days like these!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striggy Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 21 hours ago, max_7654 said: Diving "players standing with their backs to an opponent and simply collapsing to gain a free kick and referees seem to fall for it every single time (Preston being the absolute masters of this.) Some recent matches where this has been the prime tactic have been literally unwatchable". Very much this, its not a foul to stand behind someone and be backed into. If players do fall to the ground then the opponent should be allowed to tread on their fingers as they escape with the ball! "nobody told me there would be days like these!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Players dropping to the floor and rolling around holding their face if they get so much as the slightest hand contact above the neck. Imagine doing that in your local pub, you'd be a laughing stock and would never be able to show your face in there again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Blatant time wasting in general, but I'm proper annoyed by the recent trend, which only seems to have started in the last 5 years or so, for a keeper on the winning team who makes the simplest of catches and then drops to the floor on his front and just lays there for a bit. Hacks me off even if it's our keeper doing it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls66 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 The hypocrisy that teams in the EPL can spend gargantuan sums to assemble a squad but if your club is in the EFL then they are penalised for spending and being ambition. FiNaNciAl FaIr PlAy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outrageousowl Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 On 10/01/2021 at 13:11, Striggy said: I'm getting on a bit now and although I probably look at my long experience of watching football through tinted specs and a failing memory (many things were actually rubbish back in the day) lots of little things really annoy me about the game today. I'm not going to moan about the big things, high ticket prices and obscene footballer salaries, its the little more trivial things. I will start with a few of mine, some of which have already been mentioned and discussed in other threads but thought we could round 'em all up here. Subs not been ready prepared to come on, in the old days, whip your tracksuit top off and your ready to go Long sleeve under garments under short sleeved tops Coloured football boots Not wearing your first strip away when no colour clash They are not really important in the great scheme of things, just don't like 'em. What are yours? No one could possibly disagree with these 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attyjake Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Guys purporting to be professional footballers when in reality they would struggle yo get in my local pub team. Professional footballers (including internationals) that cannot use both feet FFS! Grown men on a football pitch falling down if you as much as breathe on them (even when you have not had garlic!) I could go on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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