Sima Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 It's been mentioned on here before, you can't accuse us of not taking the League Cup seriously, we just get absolutely ridiculous draws (Chelsea, Arsenal and Man U away) season after season The FA Cup is fucking pathetic mind. The teams we have went out recently to: Brighton x2 Stevenage Birmingham City I forget the rest but I bet they're equally as shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 It's just too surreal to hate them for it. Lovely walk to the ground too. Me and my Dad used to go there at least two or three times a season when I was a kid. Spot on there, it's definitely one of my favourite away games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 I'm all for Spurs getting more games in Europa, I'll not deny it's still a semi-prestigious trophy - on a par with the FA Cup. But Top 4 and CL football is where it's at I'm afraid OK. Now I understand that the League Cup has been devalued in some eyes, as has the UEFA Europa League, and to an extent, the FA Cup. I understand that getting Top 4 makes you shit-loads more money than winning any of the three, and not coincidentally makes you more attractive to players. But fuck off. Fuck. Off. Winning a trophy is fucking ace, your best day as a supporter, and if you don't want to win the thing then scratch and give someone else a bye so they can have a go. Arsenal fan acting like silverware doesn't matter. They'd take the Johnstone's Paint Trophy at this point if they could. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Pretty sure that when I was a kid I wanted English clubs to do well. Apart from Arsenal, of course. Nowadays I'm like most, in that I want the clubs I'm in competition with to fail so they don't get cash/kudos etc. Quite happy for someone like Fulham to do OK, because I don't see them as competition. Aye, the "big clubs" I don't give a fuck about in Europe, but I liked following how the likes of Birmingham and even Stoke did last season for example. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Pretty sure that when I was a kid I wanted English clubs to do well. Apart from Arsenal, of course. Nowadays I'm like most, in that I want the clubs I'm in competition with to fail so they don't get cash/kudos etc. Quite happy for someone like Fulham to do OK, because I don't see them as competition. Aye, the "big clubs" I don't give a fuck about in Europe, but I liked following how the likes of Birmingham and even Stoke did last season for example. To be honest, it'll be nice to see a team like Swansea playing in Europe next year. Have a feeling they might do quite well actually, the way they play is made for European competition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Yeah, I'll be watching them and Everton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 The word 'average'. Overused to the point where it doesn't even mean anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Can't remember the last English team to get through to the latter stages of a European tournament without playing 'park the bus' football. Don't particularly like Spurs, but I like their attitude/footballing ethos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bailey Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Paul Merson. What an embarrassing fuckwit of a man. Rambles utter pish, utter, utter pish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Paul Merson. What an embarrassing fuckwit of a man. Rambles utter pish, utter, utter pish. He's probably just drunk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Can't remember the last English team to get through to the latter stages of a European tournament without playing 'park the bus' football. Don't particularly like Spurs, but I like their attitude/footballing ethos. I'd have said us a couple of years ago, but we definitely parked the bus against Milan. Let's not get too excited though, it was a poor Inter side, and an at-home first leg. We had to go for it, really. Hopefully the return leg will be dull. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 When fans talk about a player's monetary worth in selling them, as if it makes any real difference to us. It especially fucks me off when it's Ben Arfa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Commentators not talking during YNWA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Our players getting tackled, staying down to get the foul even though the ref clearly isn't going to give it, then taking ages to get up again. Jonas did it today (shock), if he got back up he would have more than likely won the ball back and we would have had possession in their half. Instead he just lay there on the floor, they got the ball out and broke. So frustrating, you are literally cheating yourself/your team mates. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Commentators not talking during YNWA. Agree but ironic really cos most the time I wish the commentators would stop talking Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Our players getting tackled, staying down to get the foul even though the ref clearly isn't going to give it, then taking ages to get up again. Jonas did it today (shock), if he got back up he would have more than likely won the ball back and we would have had possession in their half. Instead he just lay there on the floor, they got the ball out and broke. So frustrating, you are literally cheating yourself/your team mates. Aye and i think every time that happened with Jonas it wasn't a foul, the Stoke player got the ball which made it even more stupid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Our players getting tackled, staying down to get the foul even though the ref clearly isn't going to give it, then taking ages to get up again. Jonas did it today (shock), if he got back up he would have more than likely won the ball back and we would have had possession in their half. Instead he just lay there on the floor, they got the ball out and broke. So frustrating, you are literally cheating yourself/your team mates. Was going to bring it up in the match thread but didn't know how far behind my tv was for it to be relevant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Tony Pulis and everything he stands for christ its so bad I prefer listening to Allerdyce bollox or watching his tripe compared to what Pulis serves up, at least Allerdyce will occasionally have a player with imagination Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Probably been posted but noticed it more this season than ever - whenever any freekick is given away, the opposition will always either kick the ball a couple of yards away or just pick it up and take it away with them. Annoying as fuck, not sure why it riles me up so much Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Probably been posted but noticed it more this season than ever - whenever any freekick is given away, the opposition will always either kick the ball a couple of yards away or just pick it up and take it away with them. Annoying as fuck, not sure why it riles me up so much Any petulant stuff like this could easily be stopped if the officials got harsh and were consistent. If a player is keeping hold of the ball they should be booked straight away, there is no reason for them to pick it up so if you make it a punishable offence and enforce it every time then they will stop doing it. Some nonsense in football really does seem to be allowed to continue when it's not remotely complicated to cut out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsted Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 More annoying to me is the physical jostling of the referee as in the Norwich-Southampton game on Saturday. At that level they should produce a yellow for each push - bang, bang, bang, bang - and reds if necessary. Then the refs in Sunday football and the like might not get beaten up as regularly as they do by violent arseholes. Just a thought. Respect, innit? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 But where's the respect when the 'professional' pundits then start whinging that the ref's 'ruined' the game with such 'petty' cards? The unfortunate thing is it's gotten to the point where they wouldn't dare card such incidents every time because it'd result in mayhem for a few weeks until players realise they need to get a grip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsted Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 "Pundits", man, I could count on the fingers of one of my paws how many of them I even listen to. It just sounds like "Yadda yadda, I'm raking the dosh in" to me. Failures. They couldn't manage, so they took the easy option. They won't get sacked from the comfy chair unless they go all Big Ron, all they have to do is repeat what everyone else says. I'll give G. Neville a decent mark for now, though, he pays attention. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Tony Pulis and everything he stands for christ its so bad I prefer listening to Allerdyce bollox or watching his tripe compared to what Pulis serves up, at least Allerdyce will occasionally have a player with imagination Allardyce isn't half as bad as Pulis which says it all, absolutely detestable man of the highest order. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brendan_Rice Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 More annoying to me is the physical jostling of the referee as in the Norwich-Southampton game on Saturday. At that level they should produce a yellow for each push - bang, bang, bang, bang - and reds if necessary. Then the refs in Sunday football and the like might not get beaten up as regularly as they do by violent arseholes. Just a thought. Respect, innit? The Championship showed a clip of a player tripping the ref, wasn't anywhere near the ball, never seen anything like it. I tried to find a clip but couldn't here is the story: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/championship-brighton-striker-sees-red-ref-incident-222300902.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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