Fantail Breeze Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 When Sky/BT use stats like “possession in the last five minutes”. Utterly pointless for a number of reasons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfcastle Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 "Showed great character" - to win a header, tackle, score a goal - did it really!!? I think Jesus Christ has a great chracter but I doubt he'd beat a professional defender to get on the end of a through pass, round the keeper and have the composure to steady himself and finish past the man on the line. Doesn't make him a sh*thead though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 On 08/12/2021 at 20:47, MarkyMark said: people with no link to the place of the team that they support referring to the club as ‘we’ and ‘us’; like a Man Utd ‘fan’ from Truro constantly talking about ‘us’ and the listener naturally assuming they’re talking about Plymouth Argyle Expand It me On 08/12/2021 at 20:47, MarkyMark said: Man U being called ‘United’ Expand There’s a vid channel I watch (tifo?) that exclusively refers to them as Manchester UFC (or Man UFC for short). Don’t know why, but it warms my heart. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 On 08/12/2021 at 21:08, number37 said: Yeah, I think there's almost an unhealthy obsession over statistics at times. Antonio Conte was interviewed after Tottenham's game at the weekend and he was questioned about how he felt about only having 40% possession at home against a side like Norwich. He gave a very long, very diplomatic response when the executive summary was along the lines of him not really giving a shit, which is correct. Tottenham won 3-0. Expand Well no stat should ever be taken without context and understanding of what it might mean. That's more an example of a stupid question than the importance of any stats (if the questioner was implying that it was automatically bad or something). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
number37 Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 On 09/12/2021 at 10:17, AyeDubbleYoo said: Well no stat should ever be taken without context and understanding of what it might mean. That's more an example of a stupid question than the importance of any stats (if the questioner was implying that it was automatically bad or something). Expand Yes, that's very true! Post match interviews are hardly Frost/Nixon, the interviewers just say stuff to the managers and players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Players lying down behind a wall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Brave Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 On 11/12/2021 at 17:44, Mr Raspberry Jam said: Players lying down behind a wall. Expand Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 (edited) Jorghino's shan pens Edited December 26, 2021 by kisearch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 How does he do it? Does he have the talent to react in a split second after the skip once he sees which way the keeper has shifted his weight? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantail Breeze Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 On 27/12/2021 at 08:46, Sima said: How does he do it? Does he have the talent to react in a split second after the skip once he sees which way the keeper has shifted his weight? Expand Yeah, it’s actually a lot harder as a skill than people realise. Very underrated, imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Stupid run ups to penalties (Jorginho) The complete lack of two-footedness (with the ball) Virtually all free kicks now being whipped/bent and not just wellied Kids holding signs for shirts - It's not WWE Pre-defined tweets and interviews that appear to be off champ man. VAR Shite refereeing Lacl of respect for officials Liverpools always the victim mentality Etc. Etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 On 27/12/2021 at 16:17, Heron said: VAR Shite refereeing Lack of respect for officials Expand 1 & 2 mean I'm absolutely behind 3, personally. There's no accountability and a huge air of arrogance surrounding most top level refs as they make wildly inconsistent and stupid decisions week after week. The only place they'll get shit (assuming they're sensible enough not to read twitter) is from fans in the stadium, players and managers - and I'd like to see more of it until they either get better or start taking accountability for the weekly farce - the one that's fucking us over every single week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 On 27/12/2021 at 16:22, Pilko said: 1 & 2 mean I'm absolutely behind 3, personally. There's no accountability and a huge air of arrogance surrounding most top level refs as they make wildly inconsistent and stupid decisions week after week. The only place they'll get shit (assuming they're sensible enough not to read twitter) is from fans in the stadium, players and managers - and I'd like to see more of it until they either get better or start taking accountability for the weekly farce - the one that's fucking us over every single week. Expand For me, rather than VAR (which of course had come about owing to the TVs influence) they should have set up a proper referee academy, had them playing the game ad well as refereeing and should have took a hard line stance against simulation and dissent. That would have prevented the lack of respect. Instead, they've undermined referees by allowing virtual referees (for love of a better term) to tell actual referees what they've dobe wrong, but whom don't want to do it because they don't want to highlight their pals' errors. Which has subsequently fucked any miniscule amount of respect for referees. It has also lent itself to increased simulation where offensive players buy fouls through minimal contact and they're given as a result rather than common sense prevailing. In recent weeks, the Leicester and non-penalty vs Man City also suggest it lends itself to corruption. I'm surprised I'm even writing that tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 On 27/12/2021 at 16:17, Heron said: The complete lack of two-footedness (with the ball) Expand Boils my piss this! No excuse! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Brave Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 On 27/12/2021 at 16:17, Heron said: Kids holding signs for shirts - It's not WWE Expand Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 On 27/12/2021 at 19:39, Dancing Brave said: Expand Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 On 27/12/2021 at 22:25, POOT 2.0 said: "HWTL" Our own social media does it and it bugs me. It's "HTL" as far as I'm concerned I might be wrong, but this isn't the "I might be wrong thread" Expand Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Howay. One word. One real wor-d Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 When watching on TV and the ball is cleared into the air from a corner but from a certain angle you cant tell if the ball is heading into the net or out of play on the touchline. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Was leaving the ground today and some random NUFC fan started a conversation with me completely randomly about modern football, and we both agreed how much we fucking hate VAR. Gone are the days where you see the ball hit the back of the net and when you see that the lino hasn’t got their flag up you can go wild celebrating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 On 28/12/2021 at 00:31, Lazarus said: When watching on TV and the ball is cleared into the air from a corner but from a certain angle you cant tell if the ball is heading into the net or out of play on the touchline. Expand Wow, how obscure but a good one, and for a split second you get a brain fart as to what the fuck is happening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 West Ham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 On 28/12/2021 at 16:51, Heron said: West Ham Expand Did us a favour today mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 On 28/12/2021 at 17:00, bowlingcrofty said: Did us a favour today mind. Expand Absolutely. Don't mind the club, just their fans are bell ends. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapo Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 1-10 player ratings that contain .5 ratings. It’s a big enough scale, pick a number you fucking cowards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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