Things That Annoy About Modern Football
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Fickle fans
Fans booing
Fans encouraging a player to shoot
Fans believing they know best
Agents
MotD pundits
Andy Townsend
Biased commentary – Champions League
Commentators calling players engineers and architects
Commentators believing they are scouts
Commentators praising and hailing a goalkeeper as a hero when a penalty is saved in a shootout when 5mins prior the commentators were saying the shootout is a lottery.
Labelling a young player as the ‘new Pele’ or whoever; not only does this pile pressure on the young player but is also disrespectful to the Pele in question.
Match-fixing – rife in Italy; always has been and always will be. Matter of time before it reaches the EPL if not already.
Tactical Fouls
Fans booing
Fans encouraging a player to shoot
Fans believing they know best
Agents
MotD pundits
Andy Townsend
Biased commentary – Champions League
Commentators calling players engineers and architects
Commentators believing they are scouts
Commentators praising and hailing a goalkeeper as a hero when a penalty is saved in a shootout when 5mins prior the commentators were saying the shootout is a lottery.
Labelling a young player as the ‘new Pele’ or whoever; not only does this pile pressure on the young player but is also disrespectful to the Pele in question.
Match-fixing – rife in Italy; always has been and always will be. Matter of time before it reaches the EPL if not already.
Tactical Fouls
maisoumenos said:
Fickle fans
Fans believing they know best
Commentators praising and hailing a goalkeeper as a hero when a penalty is saved in a shootout when 5mins prior the commentators were saying the shootout is a lottery.
Labelling a young player as the ‘new Pele’ or whoever; not only does this pile pressure on the young player but is also disrespectful to the Pele in question.
ahemFans believing they know best
Commentators praising and hailing a goalkeeper as a hero when a penalty is saved in a shootout when 5mins prior the commentators were saying the shootout is a lottery.
Labelling a young player as the ‘new Pele’ or whoever; not only does this pile pressure on the young player but is also disrespectful to the Pele in question.
Fergsuon complaining, every time his beloved MUFC dont win, that it's someone else's fault.
The most ungracious loser ever in football. I agree that wrong decisions are sometimes made however he is always complaining, b
hing about the refs,the linesmen etc etc.
No one is perfect so why can he accept that?
Also get annoyed that the FA appear scared of him so he can say what he likes & get away it all the time.
Get annoyed by the diving, the rolling around the pitch when someone gets close, the sudden recovery once they get a free kick or a penalty, the miraculous recovery once they have been sprayed with the can.
Footballers in general annoy me.
The most ungracious loser ever in football. I agree that wrong decisions are sometimes made however he is always complaining, b
hing about the refs,the linesmen etc etc.No one is perfect so why can he accept that?
Also get annoyed that the FA appear scared of him so he can say what he likes & get away it all the time.
Get annoyed by the diving, the rolling around the pitch when someone gets close, the sudden recovery once they get a free kick or a penalty, the miraculous recovery once they have been sprayed with the can.
Footballers in general annoy me.
maisoumenos said:
Commentators praising and hailing a goalkeeper as a hero when a penalty is saved in a shootout when 5mins prior the commentators were saying the shootout is a lottery.
^^^THISMy understanding of a lottery is a game where the outcome is decided purely by luck, with no input of skill at all. Like errrr...the National Lottery!!!
A penalty shoot out is the exact opposite of a lottery, 100% a test of nerve and talent with little if any luck involved at all.
If penalty shoot outs were really a lottery, then me and 4 mates from the pub could go head to head with the German national team and expect to win the shootout 50% of the time!!
The other thing commentators say which drives me mad is "the ball picked up pace in mid air." Now I'm no physics graduate but perhaps someone could explain to me how the ball, having left the boot at a certain velocity, suddenly increases its speed in the course of its journey. Failing a sudden gust of gale force wind. Surely the ball leaves the players boot at maximum velocity and reduces in speed from that point onwards. Unless he kicks it straight up in the air. Tell me what I'm missing here.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
The other thing commentators say which drives me mad is "the ball picked up pace in mid air." Now I'm no physics graduate but perhaps someone could explain to me how the ball, having left the boot at a certain velocity, suddenly increases its speed in the course of its journey. Failing a sudden gust of gale force wind. Surely the ball leaves the players boot at maximum velocity and reduces in speed from that point onwards. Unless he kicks it straight up in the air. Tell me what I'm missing here.
Modern footballs have tiny rockets attached which launch when the ball is heading towards goal.HTH.
All football pundits. Get rid of all of them other than Neville,let him do the lot.
"Fans",who do nothing but moan,and say "so-and-so is st" when they've enjoyed all of the 2 minutes a week they see on MOTD,and the one match from a borrowed season ticket.(My own West Ham lot are some of the worst for this,and expect CL football first season back in the Prem)The majority fortunately realise it's not clever to get above our station 'cos it bites you on the arse!
Not only the blatant shirt pulling and blocking, but the deliberate obstruction of the keeper
at crosses.
The inability(under orders no doubt) of any footballer to make any comment in front of a camera remotely interesting.
The fact that tackling is becoming the new speeding.
Performance related pay, whatever happened to it?
The wobbly ball, gives keepers no chance from long range nowadays.
fk it, wear your socks down if you want, no-ones allowed to touch you now anyway.
The abuse of officials,bring in a watered version of the rugby law.The games is 15% quikcre than 10 years ago, they aren't going to get everything right.
Bring in goal line (only)technology, there's simply too much at stake.
Ban any parent from youth football who swears, threatens or generally acts a tt,and make them watch Stoke.
"Fans",who do nothing but moan,and say "so-and-so is s
t" when they've enjoyed all of the 2 minutes a week they see on MOTD,and the one match from a borrowed season ticket.(My own West Ham lot are some of the worst for this,and expect CL football first season back in the Prem)The majority fortunately realise it's not clever to get above our station 'cos it bites you on the arse!Not only the blatant shirt pulling and blocking, but the deliberate obstruction of the keeper
at crosses.
The inability(under orders no doubt) of any footballer to make any comment in front of a camera remotely interesting.
The fact that tackling is becoming the new speeding.
Performance related pay, whatever happened to it?
The wobbly ball, gives keepers no chance from long range nowadays.
f
k it, wear your socks down if you want, no-ones allowed to touch you now anyway.The abuse of officials,bring in a watered version of the rugby law.The games is 15% quikcre than 10 years ago, they aren't going to get everything right.
Bring in goal line (only)technology, there's simply too much at stake.
Ban any parent from youth football who swears, threatens or generally acts a t
t,and make them watch Stoke. What annoys me is that I never got to play it.
I retired 20 years ago when, as a 40 goal a season hotshot striker in the Ashford & District Sunday League (fourth division) I had to put up with fat, hungover, farting centre backs kicking me up in the air all the time.
Would`nt happen these days.
I retired 20 years ago when, as a 40 goal a season hotshot striker in the Ashford & District Sunday League (fourth division) I had to put up with fat, hungover, farting centre backs kicking me up in the air all the time.
Would`nt happen these days.
All premiership FA cup ties being shown on TV.
The neutrals must be salivating over the snooze fests that are Man U 3 Fulham 0 and Stoke 1 Man City 1 tomorrow. Give the smaller teams the spotlight for a change.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/rob-atkinson/man-u...
The neutrals must be salivating over the snooze fests that are Man U 3 Fulham 0 and Stoke 1 Man City 1 tomorrow. Give the smaller teams the spotlight for a change.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/rob-atkinson/man-u...
Hammer67 said:
What annoys me is that I never got to play it.
I retired 20 years ago when, as a 40 goal a season hotshot striker in the Ashford & District Sunday League (fourth division) I had to put up with fat, hungover, farting centre backs kicking me up in the air all the time.
Would`nt happen these days.
Were you the new Pele then....I retired 20 years ago when, as a 40 goal a season hotshot striker in the Ashford & District Sunday League (fourth division) I had to put up with fat, hungover, farting centre backs kicking me up in the air all the time.
Would`nt happen these days.
BrabusMog said:
Trust me, it does. It even happened a few seasons ago when I was at Dulwich Hamlet in the Ryman. I turned out for a pub team at Brockwell Park a few Sundays ago, if I wasn't able to see them coming a mile off I think I would be in a wheelchair now.
Just noticed this. When did you play for Dulwich? A few years back I played for Walton Casuals...we may have crossed paths. London424 said:
BrabusMog said:
Trust me, it does. It even happened a few seasons ago when I was at Dulwich Hamlet in the Ryman. I turned out for a pub team at Brockwell Park a few Sundays ago, if I wasn't able to see them coming a mile off I think I would be in a wheelchair now.
Just noticed this. When did you play for Dulwich? A few years back I played for Walton Casuals...we may have crossed paths. Black can man said:
London424 said:
BrabusMog said:
Trust me, it does. It even happened a few seasons ago when I was at Dulwich Hamlet in the Ryman. I turned out for a pub team at Brockwell Park a few Sundays ago, if I wasn't able to see them coming a mile off I think I would be in a wheelchair now.
Just noticed this. When did you play for Dulwich? A few years back I played for Walton Casuals...we may have crossed paths. I have to say this transfer window is getting very annoying...
I wonder what the ratio of (and I'll use english as I am english) players compared to overseas players have joined prem clubs....
its a difficult subject with no easy solution but this transfer window imho has done nothing to give me any increased hope for our national team...
Citeh for example, MB goes, ok we lose one foreigner, and he's looking at replacing with David Villa...
English players are becoming a premiership minority...
I wonder what the ratio of (and I'll use english as I am english) players compared to overseas players have joined prem clubs....
its a difficult subject with no easy solution but this transfer window imho has done nothing to give me any increased hope for our national team...
Citeh for example, MB goes, ok we lose one foreigner, and he's looking at replacing with David Villa...
English players are becoming a premiership minority...
Nom de ploom said:
I have to say this transfer window is getting very annoying...
I wonder what the ratio of (and I'll use english as I am english) players compared to overseas players have joined prem clubs....
its a difficult subject with no easy solution but this transfer window imho has done nothing to give me any increased hope for our national team...
Citeh for example, MB goes, ok we lose one foreigner, and he's looking at replacing with David Villa...
English players are becoming a premiership minority...
When players like Tom Huddlestone go for £5million, Ashley Young for £17million and Andy Carroll for £35million........I wonder what the ratio of (and I'll use english as I am english) players compared to overseas players have joined prem clubs....
its a difficult subject with no easy solution but this transfer window imho has done nothing to give me any increased hope for our national team...
Citeh for example, MB goes, ok we lose one foreigner, and he's looking at replacing with David Villa...
English players are becoming a premiership minority...
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