Hanshithispantz Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Is it not an American thing? Sure I hear 'English Premier' on the snidey channels. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 BPL! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppe Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 People calling the Champions League "Champions" and the Premier League "Premier". Do they call League 1 just "League" too? And why? It's retarded. I've literally never heard this. (Some) swedish pundits keep doing it and I've seen a couple of people on here refer to it as "Premier"/"Champions". Does my head in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 When people say that the attacking team has been the better team despite not being ahead. It's bollocks really. The defensive team might be actively trying to prevent the other team from winning and as a result if they're not behind they're actually performing better... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Nah. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 When people say that the attacking team has been the better team despite not being ahead. It's bollocks really. The defensive team might be actively trying to prevent the other team from winning and as a result if they're not behind they're actually performing better... I like a good defensive display from time to time (England vs Italy before WC '98 springs to mind) but generally I disagree with that notion. Defending like that is in itself an admission by the manager and players that the other team is either better or playing better. I wouldn't count Celtic as the team that performed better than Barca when Fraser Forster had an amazing game for example. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 When people say that the attacking team has been the better team despite not being ahead. It's bollocks really. The defensive team might be actively trying to prevent the other team from winning and as a result if they're not behind they're actually performing better... I like a good defensive display from time to time (England vs Italy before WC '98 springs to mind) but generally I disagree with that notion. Defending like that is in itself an admission by the manager and players that the other team are better. What I'm getting at though is in that specific game it doesn't mean they've been the better team. I agree that for example Norwich sat in today and that is an admission that Man City are a better side in terms of ability, etc. But in terms of performance Norwich arguably were the better side. They stuck to their tactics and achieved what they seemingly aimed for. City didn't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 When people say that the attacking team has been the better team despite not being ahead. It's bollocks really. The defensive team might be actively trying to prevent the other team from winning and as a result if they're not behind they're actually performing better... I like a good defensive display from time to time (England vs Italy before WC '98 springs to mind) but generally I disagree with that notion. Defending like that is in itself an admission by the manager and players that the other team is either better or playing better. I wouldn't count Celtic as the team that performed better than Barca when Fraser Forster had an amazing game for example. Some of Mourinho's games spring to mind. The 2-0 win away at Liverpool (Gerrard slipping game) was one of the best tactical displays I've seen in a long time. They won a game 2-0 despite defending for their lives for a majority of it, was a very good performance imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppe Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 People calling the Champions League "Champions" and the Premier League "Premier". Do they call League 1 just "League" too? And why? It's retarded. I've literally never heard this. Here's one from today God if he wins a trophy man Fully into camp 'fuck Leicester' now like. If he keeps us up and actually sees out his contract here, it's quite possible. Mike Ashley will never have a better chance of winning silverware which he claims is his goal. Rafa's teams don't really attack enough to win the premier, but his set up is perfect for cup competitions. He makes them very hard to beat, so if you can add a couple of really top quality forwards it's perfect for cup runs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 For some reason I don't like it when players score and go and celebrate with one person in particular on the bench. I don't even really know why, it feels like a private thing and that's not what football's about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 They always run straight past the manager too and it's really awkward Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Tunnels in the corner of a ground. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Tunnels in the corner of a ground. Solidarity, brother. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 When you're playing football and you tackle somebody only for them to get lucky with a richochet and still end up with the ball. Moussa Sissoko disagrees Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmoset Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 People moaning all season about the media not giving Leicester the respect they deserve, then the very same people moaning that we lost tonight, away to the league leaders 1-0. Actually had to remind myself at times that yes, Leicester are currently the best team in the country the way a minority were whinging on. Maybe it was just some of the people around me but I don't think it would've been the same whinging had we lost 1-0 away to an inferior Manchester City. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroblack Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 When you're playing football and you tackle somebody only for them to get lucky with a richochet and still end up with the ball. I'm convinced there's a skill to this. A guy I know somehow pulls it off 9/10. Messi does it a lot too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Suarez does it loads. My dad reckoned Beardsley could do one-twos of oppopents shins when they were going to tackle him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 I know every team does it - but I hate the way that for about the last five minutes of the game last night, the ball was probably in play for about 1 minute and that minute was spent mainly in the corner with two Leicester players making little attempt to actually play the ball. Not sure what you do about it - maybe in injury time, the ball actually needs to be in play for the full allotment of injury time? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 There was talk years ago of playing two thirty minute halves, stopping the clock every time the whistle blew. Never gonna happen but i'd support it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexumaster Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 I know every team does it - but I hate the way that for about the last five minutes of the game last night, the ball was probably in play for about 1 minute and that minute was spent mainly in the corner with two Leicester players making little attempt to actually play the ball. Not sure what you do about it - maybe in injury time, the ball actually needs to be in play for the full allotment of injury time? It really did my tree in last night as you know if we were in that position someone would get booked and there would be 6 mins on the board even if it had been announced as 3. Don't understand why it isn't a straight yellow for a player standing in the throw-in position, not looking to get the ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Pretty sure this has been mentioned, but the way Americans tend to use the singular 'is' for a team instead of 'are'. For some reason I view it as another sympton of the franchise mentality, like it's a name or company rather than a collection of people. I'm probably being irrational and petty like. But just saw this message from an American friend and I'm pure raging 'Arsenal is getting geared up to dominate Barcelona again'... edit: Does that mean Americans don't say 'we are' when talking about their club? I guess that's where the plurality comes from for me, because when talking about Newcastle I'd always talk of 'we', 'we are s****'. (I know non-footy people get really p*ssed off by us saying 'we') Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Pretty sure this has been mentioned, but the way Americans use the singular 'is' for a team instead of 'are'. For some reason I view it as another sympton of the franchise mentality, like it's a name or company rather than a collection of people. I'm probably being irrational and petty like. But just saw this message from an American friend and I'm pure raging 'Arsenal is getting geared up to dominate Barcelona again'... annoys me a lot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Newcastle United is shit. Seems reasonable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 The club is a singular entity, but I reckon when referring to the first team squad the collective 'are' should definitely be used. It's just weird otherwise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 James Horncastle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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