Football pet hates

[Kid Icarus]

22 minutes ago, bobbydazzla said:

xG is the worst

 

Needs to be fired into the sun 

Nah, the people who make it part of their personality to not like it and deliberately misrepresent what it's useful for are the worst. Pure bore-fests.

[bobbydazzla]

1 minute ago, Kid Icarus said:

Nah, the people who make it part of their personality to not like it and deliberately misrepresent what it's useful for are the worst. Pure bore-fests.

xG = we’re creating decent chances but not scoring goals

 

Which has been a standard football observation and discussion throughout the entire history of the game

 

But now it’s been rebranded xG for the stat nerds to wank themselves daft over 

[Kid Icarus]

Just now, bobbydazzla said:

xG = we’re creating decent chances but not scoring goals

 

Which has been a standard football observation and discussion throughout the entire history of the game

 

But now it’s been rebranded xG for the stat nerds to wank themselves daft over 

 

As I say, people misrepresent or misunderstand why it's useful, as you've done here. 

[bobbydazzla]

Just now, Kid Icarus said:

 

As I say, people misrepresent or misunderstand why it's useful, as you've done here. 

Got beat 6 nowt but our xG was class

 

[Kid Icarus]

womp womp  Never mind, try again. 

 

 

Edited May 12, 2024 by Kid Icarus

[Boey_Jarton]

Rival fans pissing on another team's chips whenever they do anything remotely successful. Particularly when it is a non 'big six' team. 

 

E.g. Villa on verge of qualifying for champions league and all the noise is about how unsustainable it is.

 

Perhaps, but they deserve it, much like we did last season.

 

If you can't enjoy the relative good times in football then what's the point? 

 

 

[Beren]

"Cry more"

"Mid"

[LiquidAK]

2 hours ago, Beren said:

"Cry more"

"Mid"

Visited my friend a few weeks ago, his girlfriend's little brother is a City fan (because of course). Did get a good chuckle out of the interaction -

 

 

Him: *points at my phone* Who's that?

 

Me: Bruno G, he's class

 

Him: Bruno G is mid.

 

Me: Righto. *Google's original Ronaldo* what about him?

 

Him: He's mid.

 

Me: Do you know who that is?

 

Him: No, but he's mid.

 

 

Funny guy tbf

[80]

On 17/10/2023 at 12:54, Stal said:

Has anyone done double barreled names as a pet hate yet? I'm not a fan to begin with but for some reason it's worse for footballers. I don't mind the odd one occasionally but it seems like it's every fourth player we are linked with has a double barreler. Bring back the good old days of Chris Bart WIlliams and then no more until Shaun Wright Phillips appeared. Proper petty rage of mine.

I'm looking forward to the 2040s when Ward-Prowse-Dewsbury-Hall dribbles past Walker-Peters-Loftus-Cheek.

 

Hopefully I'll be dead before the 2060s when Calvert-Lewin-Gibbs-White-Ward-Prowse-Dewsbury-Hall puts a penalty past Alexander-Arnold-Oxlade-Chamberlain-Walker-Peters-Loftus-Cheek.

[OhSholaAmeobi]

The term 'no brainer' regarding signings etc.

Just that term in general really

[80]

On 22/12/2023 at 21:42, Colos Short and Curlies said:

Players and managers putting their hands over their mouths when talking.

Have there ever been any high profile consequences from on pitch conversions being lip read?

[leffe186]

On 14/05/2024 at 09:43, Boey_Jarton said:

Rival fans pissing on another team's chips whenever they do anything remotely successful. Particularly when it is a non 'big six' team. 

 

E.g. Villa on verge of qualifying for champions league and all the noise is about how unsustainable it is.

 

Perhaps, but they deserve it, much like we did last season.

 

If you can't enjoy the relative good times in football then what's the point? 

 

 

Isn’t it part of our job to piss on other teams’ chips? We’re not supposed to let them enjoy good times

[leffe186]

15 hours ago, OhSholaAmeobi said:

The term 'no brainer' regarding signings etc.

Just that term in general really

Said it before, but that and “we should be all over that”.

[LFEE]

Stonewall penalty when it’s a highly debatable penalty. 

[HaydnNUFC]

A potential incoming transfer being a 'good pick up'.

 

Fills me with hatred and makes me wish awful ills upon whoever says it.

 

 

Edited May 18, 2024 by HaydnNUFC

[Checko]

1 hour ago, leffe186 said:

Isn’t it part of our job to piss on other teams’ chips? We’re not supposed to let them enjoy good times

If they're fresh chips, like Villa's this year, I don't think they should be begrudged enjoying them for a bit. It's only when the chips have been around for a little while and gone stale that they need pissing on IMO.

[bobbydazzla]

20 hours ago, 80 said:

Have there ever been any high profile consequences from on pitch conversions being lip read?

When Beckham was leaving Man Utd for Real Madrid he got lipread saying “I’ve had talks” or something similar to G Neville at the end of an end of season match 

 

 

 

Edited May 18, 2024 by bobbydazzla

[Guest]

On 17/05/2024 at 22:54, 80 said:

I'm looking forward to the 2040s when Ward-Prowse-Dewsbury-Hall dribbles past Walker-Peters-Loftus-Cheek.

 

Hopefully I'll be dead before the 2060s when Calvert-Lewin-Gibbs-White-Ward-Prowse-Dewsbury-Hall puts a penalty past Alexander-Arnold-Oxlade-Chamberlain-Walker-Peters-Loftus-Cheek.

They'll have to do what they do in Brazil and just pick the coolest sounding name you have out of the 17

[madras]

On 22/12/2023 at 21:42, Colos Short and Curlies said:

Players and managers putting their hands over their mouths when talking.

It's when you see 10yr olds doing it when they're playing that it really gets absurd.

[80]

44 minutes ago, Pancrate1892 said:

They'll have to do what they do in Brazil and just pick the coolest sounding name you have out of the 17

Pretty much what I'm already planning on doing if and when we get one in our team

[Guest]

Mackems turning ridiculously jingoistic for England because their own team is shite. Probably one of the reasons why I don't support England 

[The Butcher]

'Aura' 

[80]

People inventing valuations out of thin air e.g. "there's no way he's worth £40m, £25m sounds about right". But if the conversation started at £25m, I guarantee half those people would say "there's no way he's worth £25m, £17m sounds about right". People whose opinion is entirely directed by the framing of an issue.

[madras]

4 minutes ago, 80 said:

People inventing valuations out of thin air e.g. "there's no way he's worth £40m, £25m sounds about right". But if the conversation started at £25m, I guarantee half those people would say "there's no way he's worth £25m, £17m sounds about right". People whose opinion is entirely directed by the framing of an issue.

There's no way he's worth a bag of McCoys Steak crisps, a half eaten candy shrimp sounds about right.

[Colos Short and Curlies]

Modern penalties, much better when it was blast it as hard as you can