Football pet hates

[tgarve]

48 minutes ago, NUFC91 said:

Newcastle anouncing the attendance and people clapping. So cring man, who gives a fuck honestly.

Hate it

[madras]

1 hour ago, NUFC91 said:

Newcastle anouncing the attendance and people clapping. So cring man, who gives a fuck honestly.

Not just Newcastle tbf.

[Kid Icarus]

[gbandit]

I'm not religious in the slightest but I couldn't give a shit about people making overt religious gestures. It's probably got some superstition/ obsessive-compulsive element linked to it for some players but whatever helps them to feel comfortable is fine by me

[Abacus]

13 hours ago, HawK said:

 

Would make my fucking year if that happened

I'd rather they slaughtered a goat or set alight a wicker man in the centre circle.

[Deuce]

He’s been doing this a lot lately, deploying “here we go” at random in his tweets. “The clubs are nearing agreement on a fee, here we go almost confirmed,” etc. Grating.
 

Just start all of your “transfer is confirmed” tweets with “Here we go!” and leave it at that.

 

 

[Miercoles]

On 26/01/2023 at 11:17, Tyler said:

 

This putting a player behind your wall and on the floor nonsense. I don't know who did it first but it seems to have quickly become a regular thing. It looks ridiculous, and I hope the player that's the one to lie on the grass feels like a right mug while doing so. Can't wait to see some melt hauling a team-mate on their shoulders from a corner kick to give a height advantage...

 

 

 

 

Would absolutely love to see the player laying down get just absolutely drilled in the face one time 

[gbandit]

1 hour ago, Tomato Deuce said:

He’s been doing this a lot lately, deploying “here we go” at random in his tweets. “The clubs are nearing agreement on a fee, here we go almost confirmed,” etc. Grating.
 

Just start all of your “transfer is confirmed” tweets with “Here we go!” and leave it at that.

 

 

Aye, he’s climbing inside his own arse of late. He’s very reliable even though he doesn’t break things early, it doesn’t mean he needs to make himself into a personality with it and should realise people only follow him because his information is accurate, not because he’s got some wacky lines 

[alexf]

say the line Romano...

[Colos Short and Curlies]

If a free kick hit the draft excluders hand (and it’s in the box) would it automatically be a pen? There’s no way you could claim the arms are in natural position for a football game

[HawK]

24 minutes ago, Colos Short and Curlies said:

If a free kick hit the draft excluders hand (and it’s in the box) would it automatically be a pen? There’s no way you could claim the arms are in natural position for a football game

 

This reads like a ChatGPT reply gone wrong

[brummie]

On 26/01/2023 at 19:33, GideonShandy said:

I know it shouldn't, but it bugs me when players are constantly making the sign of the cross and/or pointing to the heavens at every opportunity -- when the game is about to start, coming on as a substitute, after scoring, when the final whistle blows etc.  I think it started in American sports and spread over here. Just once I'd like to see a Satanist player score a goal and point downwards towards Hades.

 

Ha ha, that's the best post I've seen here for ages. Totally agree.

 

Or score and whip off their shirt to reveal a t-shirt with I BELONG TO SATAN on it.

 

There's only one thing more revolting players can do with their fingers (ruling out bodily insertions obvs) after scoring and that is make a heart shape. That's worse than godbothering stuff.

[Pata]

On 26/01/2023 at 21:17, Tyler said:

 

This putting a player behind your wall and on the floor nonsense. I don't know who did it first but it seems to have quickly become a regular thing. It looks ridiculous, and I hope the player that's the one to lie on the grass feels like a right mug while doing so. Can't wait to see some melt hauling a team-mate on their shoulders from a corner kick to give a height advantage...

 

 

 

 

It's not nonsense though and it's mind boggling that it took everyone so long to figure it out. It takes away one option from the freekick taker entirely and allows the players in the wall to jump as high as they can.

[simonsays]

Goalkeeper desperate to play it out short, the ball gets tippy tapped around a bit and then lumped up field

 

 

Edited February 15, 2023 by simonsays

[rickyprickles]

Civilians live-tweeting the match from inside SJP.

[Mr Pups]

1. people doing anything with their mobile phone at the match, especially recording random shit, as if any cunt will ever watch it

2. half and half scarves. if your a neutral and sitting in the home end, support the fucking home team

3. cunts getting food every 5 minutes, eat at home you fat cunt or after the match

4. people using the word cunt too much 

5. Irish liverpool supporters. don't they do that hurling shite or ozzie rules football or something instead?

[Guest]

Definitely guilty of it myself (for Arsenal this season for example), but every time someone loses an important lead or game that they needed to, or were expected to win, them being labelled as bottlers, or bottling it. 

[Kid Icarus]

I agree. I find the denial of what is quite clearly a team bottling it (Arsenal this season) annoying as well

[Disco]

The circular ASM conversation that happens every few days. It’s painful. On and off line. 

[Deuce]

“They’ve bottled it.” It’s a lazy charge and often denies agency to other teams.

 

Arsenal will not have “bottled it” this season if City win the league, and we will not have “bottled it” if we don’t end up qualifying for the CL.

[Kid Icarus]

On 08/05/2023 at 18:30, Disco said:

The circular ASM conversation that happens every few days. It’s painful. On and off line. 

 

The trigger for it happening is becoming lighter and lighter as well. It used to be a bad game, now it's not doing something amazing (even though he scored had Isak been onside) when coming off the bench after being injured. 

[Kid Icarus]

2 minutes ago, Deuce said:

“They’ve bottled it.” It’s a lazy charge and often denies agency to other teams.

 

Arsenal will not have “bottled it” this season if City win the league, and we will not have “bottled it” if we don’t end up qualifying for the CL.

 

Largely agree, but I do think it's a fair thing to throw at Arsenal mind. 

[Astroblack]

This is more of an annoyance but on wikipedia, which is pretty much the go to for stats these days, managers are based on ‘win percentage’. I think they should be judged on ‘average points picked up per game’. Trivial yes,  but I think the consensus is you want to win your home games and a draw would be fine away. Wor Eddie has a 50% win percentage but that doesn’t tell the full story. 

 

 

Edited May 31, 2023 by Astroblack

[Coffee_Johnny]

15 hours ago, Astroblack said:

This is more of an annoyance but on wikipedia, which is pretty much the go to for stats these days, managers are based on ‘win percentage’. I think they should be judged on ‘average points picked up per game’. Trivial yes,  but I think the consensus is you want to win your home games and a draw would be fine away. Wor Eddie has a 50% win percentage but that doesn’t tell the full story. 

There are a number of ways to look at Eddie’s stats (win percentage etc.).  Here’s a breakdown of a few: 

1) since official first game;

2) with a little settle in time to influence (and first window);

3) 2022 calendar year;

3) 2023 calendar year (to date);

4) his portion of 2021-22 season;

5) 2022-23 season. 

 

 

 

Edited June 1, 2023 by Coffee_Johnny

[Phil]

Hate all the modern terms to be honest, low block, mid block, high press, false number 9...

 

Number 8 instead of just saying a midfielder or attacking midfielder

Or number 6 for a defensive midfielder even though traditionally number 6 played centre half. 

 

i always feel as though people who use these terms learned football through watching YouTube videos, presented by people who know nothing about the game themselves.