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Post by Lobster on Apr 8, 2020 18:45:13 GMT
The FA impetuously declaring hundreds of leagues null and void without consulting any of the clubs who play in them.
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Post by Lobster on May 17, 2021 7:26:48 GMT
"Why didn't they have a man on the post?" - uttered every time a goal goes in at the far post from a set-piece.
Listen, Danny Murphy, if Liverpool bring everybody including their goalkeeper forward for a corner, who do you suggest West Brom should leave unmarked so that someone can stand by a piece of equipment?
Defend the corner properly and the ball won't go near the post.
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Post by agl on May 17, 2021 7:33:19 GMT
players talking behind their hands to opponents after the match....as if anyone gives a shit
The use of the word delicious by commentators to describe crosses etc
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Post by Matt on May 17, 2021 9:33:59 GMT
Fans leaving early, even when it's a close game!
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on May 17, 2021 10:34:59 GMT
players talking behind their hands to opponents after the match....as if anyone gives a shit Don’t get that either. Unnecessary, they’re hardly negotiating a potential transfer to their opponents at that point are they, and if every word is a swear word then they need a better education.
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Post by chesterken on May 17, 2021 12:49:07 GMT
"Why didn't they have a man on the post?" - uttered every time a goal goes in at the far post from a set-piece. Listen, Danny Murphy, if Liverpool bring everybody including their goalkeeper forward for a corner, who do you suggest West Brom should leave unmarked so that someone can stand by a piece of equipment? Defend the corner properly and the ball won't go near the post. How many defenders do you see looking at the ball when the corner is about to be taken most are to busy wrapping their arms around the man they are marking they have no idea where the ball is going to land.
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Post by stavros on May 17, 2021 18:24:47 GMT
I get disproportionately annoyed by “we go again” tweets. Such an awfully overused cliche
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Post by bing on May 17, 2021 19:34:13 GMT
The way that the definition of a foul is totally different whether it's inside or outside the area.
When the grass is cut in concentric circles from the centre circle. Messes with my head!
Mates who think they know better than Bern & Jonno / Southgate / Klopp because they got their team promoted in Football Manager (on easy mode)
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Post by oldsealandroadender on May 17, 2021 20:29:44 GMT
Players in interviews that start their answers with:- "Yeah no" "No yeah" "Yeah definitely" (Harry Kane, Jermaine Beckford)
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Post by Lobster on May 18, 2021 8:20:50 GMT
When there's a series of headers and someone shouts "get it on the deck!" as though someone is supposed to leap six feet in the air and trap it under their boot.
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Post by devadiva on May 18, 2021 11:56:50 GMT
Why refs in our games aren’t allowed some shaving foam so they can enforce the 10yds rule at free kicks.
Why refs don’t penalise opposing team players for standing over the ball to prevent quick free kicks - should be a booking or like rugby where they forfeit another 5/10yds.
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Post by Lobster on May 18, 2021 12:14:03 GMT
Why refs in our games aren’t allowed some shaving foam so they can enforce the 10yds rule at free kicks. Why refs don’t penalise opposing team players for standing over the ball to prevent quick free kicks - should be a booking or like rugby where they forfeit another 5/10yds. There was a short-lived rule introduced about 20 years ago that a free kick could be moved forward 10 yards for dissent or time wasting. It didn't really work. I think one of the complaints was that top free kick takers at the time like Beckham and Mihajlovic said it can be harder to score from a free kick if it's too close to the goal as you have less distance to get it over the wall and down into the goal.
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Post by oldsealandroadender on May 18, 2021 19:34:07 GMT
Why refs in our games aren’t allowed some shaving foam so they can enforce the 10yds rule at free kicks. Why refs don’t penalise opposing team players for standing over the ball to prevent quick free kicks - should be a booking or like rugby where they forfeit another 5/10yds. There was a short-lived rule introduced about 20 years ago that a free kick could be moved forward 10 yards for dissent or time wasting. It didn't really work. I think one of the complaints was that top free kick takers at the time like Beckham and Mihajlovic said it can be harder to score from a free kick if it's too close to the goal as you have less distance to get it over the wall and down into the goal. I remember a game against Wrexham at home. We got a free kick outside their area and the wall wasn't getting back the full 10 yards. We moved the ball back a yard or so and Rooney hit it over the wall and in off the underside of the bar. I've often wondered why teams don't do that more often.
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Post by eyeswideopen on May 19, 2021 6:52:22 GMT
After waiting months to see their team actually play for real, in a quarter full stadium some Man United fans still left early, pathetic.
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Post by bing on May 19, 2021 7:51:17 GMT
After waiting months to see their team actually play for real, in a quarter full stadium some Man United fans still left early, pathetic. Fans leaving early is also very annoying if you're sat at the end of a row, as you spend the last 10 minutes of a game standing up to let people past. Anyway, another minor irritation, tabloid headlines such as this morning's, "Ruvenge is sweet" (as Rudiger scored for Chelsea).
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Post by Lobster on May 20, 2021 7:33:39 GMT
Roy Hodgson describing his time at Crystal Palace as a "fairytale".
I mean, I think he's a decent manager, but tales of consistant midtable solidarity wouldn't have been one of the Brothers Grimm's better efforts.
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Post by bing on May 20, 2021 11:25:24 GMT
Roy Hodgson describing his time at Crystal Palace as a "fairytale". I mean, I think he's a decent manager, but tales of consistant midtable solidarity wouldn't have been one of the Brothers Grimm's better efforts. In a similar vein, when a commentator says, "Even a Hollywood scriptwriter couldn't have written it" when a player scores against his former side in the FA Cup. Pretty sure they could.
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on May 20, 2021 11:27:53 GMT
Why are you two even football fans, there seems to be a lot that grinds your gears!
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Post by Lobster on May 20, 2021 11:48:49 GMT
Why are you two even football fans, there seems to be a lot that grinds your gears! I ask myself that a lot! They are all only minor irritations, and in the case of Hodgson, not really an irritation at all - just something I had a smart-arsed reply to.
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Post by bing on May 20, 2021 12:10:24 GMT
Why are you two even football fans, there seems to be a lot that grinds your gears! Because I'm a masochist, hence why I support Chester. I need this thread as it's cathartic!
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Post by weareblues on May 22, 2021 13:29:18 GMT
People who get in the ground hour n half before kick off...
What’s the point honestly
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Post by Lobster on May 22, 2021 14:31:35 GMT
People who get in the ground hour n half before kick off... What’s the point honestly Depends on the ground. If you arrived at the Deva an hour and a half early, you could be forgiven for asking what else there is to do.
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Post by Moltisanti on May 22, 2021 16:28:39 GMT
People who get in the ground hour n half before kick off... What’s the point honestly People who go into our ground any earlier than 2.45 must be mad.
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Post by Lobster on May 29, 2021 15:32:23 GMT
Calling the Championship playoff "the £176m game". As if that's what it means to fans.
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Post by archwhopper on May 29, 2021 15:46:38 GMT
The prick linesman at daggers who never seen the offside for the goats goal, he had the draw on his accy
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Post by archwhopper on May 29, 2021 15:48:58 GMT
People who get in the ground hour n half before kick off... What’s the point honestly Depends on the ground. If you arrived at the Deva an hour and a half early, you could be forgiven for asking what else there is to do. you stand a good chance of getting a pie b4 they run out at 2.30
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Post by Lobster on Jun 30, 2021 17:17:38 GMT
Two from the Euros:
1. Football-related adverts for things like cars and furniture that have no product connection with football.
2. England flags with the word "ENGLAND" printed on them. Does any other country do this?
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Post by bing on Jun 30, 2021 18:32:32 GMT
People who normally have no interest in football tweeting things like, "OMG, what a game! Nerves shredded. It's coming home!"
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2021 21:05:40 GMT
Two from the Euros: 1. Football-related adverts for things like cars and furniture that have no product connection with football. 2. England flags with the word "ENGLAND" printed on them. Does any other country do this? In the same vein: 1. The "Official Partners" eg "Official bog roll suppliers to England" 2. The gaudy digital, animated pitchside adverts. Obviously they must work otherwise they wouldn't do it, but, to me, tacky and symptomatic of the way top class football is going
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Post by catfordbags on Jul 1, 2021 12:58:11 GMT
Slightly off thread as this for me constitutes a major irritation.
Substitutes - when they get their call - NOT BEING DRESSED PROPERLY !!! - fannying around putting their shinpads in (?), sometimes putting on a shirt (!),tieing their laces....
Bloody Nora, what have they been doing for the last hour !
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