Eldar Hadzimehmedovic Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Football annoys me intensely - even tiny things make me a basket case. Some are: Why does the press report the paranoid ramblings that guys like Mourinho and Ferguson come out with about referees? We can't stop them saying it in live interviews but we don't need to report and analyse it for days afterwards. The media should just ignore them when they talk about lack of fairness and conspiracies. They'd soon shut up. Why do referees run away backwards when an entire team comes steaming towards them, raging about some decision? They should stand their ground and send off anyone who touches them. Why are players who shepherd the ball out about six yards from the touchline not penalised for obstruction? Anyone else? What wee things drive you mental? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan Rom?n Riquelme Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 People rolling around on the floor and play acting/diving in general. The fact that Barcelona are one of the greatest football teams ever but also one of the biggest showers of divers and cheats annoys me immensely also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigieboy Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Women at the games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcw1874 Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Neil Lennon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Mulder Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 When players claim for throw-ins, or corners which clearly came of them last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldar Hadzimehmedovic Posted May 4, 2011 Author Share Posted May 4, 2011 When players claim for throw-ins, or corners which clearly came of them last. Good one. That should be an automatic booking. It's cheating, plain and simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bilel Mohsni Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Football annoys me intensely - even tiny things make me a basket case. Some are: Why does the press report the paranoid ramblings that guys like Mourinho and Ferguson come out with about referees? We can't stop them saying it in live interviews but we don't need to report and analyse it for days afterwards. The media should just ignore them when they talk about lack of fairness and conspiracies. They'd soon shut up. Why do referees run away backwards when an entire team comes steaming towards them, raging about some decision? They should stand their ground and send off anyone who touches them. Why are players who shepherd the ball out about six yards from the touchline not penalised for obstruction? Anyone else? What wee things drive you mental? Officials treating one team differently to another, ie: Brines/Houston-gate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigO Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 that im not brasilian. And that's just for who attends the games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Treasurer Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Good one. That should be an automatic booking. It's cheating, plain and simple. I think in OF terms it's referred to as "asking questions of the referee" just like when they dive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Bookings for goal celebrations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahgrassyshoes Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 When commentators say things like "you'd get that at the half way line, but not in the box". Is it a foul or not?! The fact that keepers are allowed to come out with feet/knees raised, but are given a freekick if someone challenges them and knocks them over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Palmer Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Real Madrid and their whinging. Arsehole Whinger and his whinging. Iain Brines. Stealing yards on throw-ins/free kicks especially if it's something like 10yards at throw-ins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Stinkfinger Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Football forums and all the Roasters that dedicate their lives to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar the Horrible Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 This Why are players who shepherd the ball out about six yards from the touchline not penalised for obstruction? and this: Nobody can take a proper throw in now. Referees now not able to give proper signals for what a decision was for? Multi-coloured football boots. Players wearing gloves. offside is bloody well offside, being on the pitch is your job to interfere with play! The...."there was contact..so it was his right to go down" Its a contact sport you only have the right to go down IF you are brought down!!!!!!! The line up at the start of the game, most of the time, the players have their backs to the cameras as the media block is usualy oposite the main stand???? been able to hear players shout at each other....that is usual when no athmosphere. Players played out of position to fill gaps because they are undropable. worsened when there is a natual youth player on the bench where he would normally play. Impartial commentary Its cheaper to go to an average EPL game than it is to see an SPL one. Armchair supporters offering any form of opinion. Women offering opinions who cannot explain the offside rule. American commentary. where the away team is named first and the clock counts backwards, and the penalty box is described as the shooting zone! Having to sit. i like choice. Phsyio's who are able to cure a sniper wound from the stand. and are not employed by the NHS Have not realy put that much thought into this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboinglasgow Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Co-commentators who make abide comments during a game and sound fed up that they are watching a game. It ruins your enjoyment of the game. see Craig Burley and the worst was Mark Lawrence at the world cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_vlad Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 why there are never any macaroni pies left ! Every club up and down advises macaroni pies but have never any left when you go up !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Folk that think getting any sort of touch on the ball in a tackle means that it is not a foul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobmisterdobster Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 These South American fairy (f)maggots who are taught that diving, feigning injury and cheating are acceptable forms of behavior. They give the sport a bad name. (I'm not racist). The knob-ends who defend the aforementioned people. (Please take this into account if you are going to reply to my post.) People who are opposed to technology/instant replay. It's in virtually every other sport, is the art of kicking a ball into a net that complex that we can't have technology? Commentators who say it's all over when it isn't. Like Andy Gray saying "game well & truly over" after AC Milan's 3rd goal in the 2005 Champions League final. Spitting. FIFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Liverpool fans in their late 30's/early 40's. Man Utd fans in their 20's. Glory hunting bassas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigO Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Players not being able to take decent set-pieces. With the ability pro players have plus the time to practive, how come they still smash it against the wall/over the ball, or hit the first man at corners an amazingly high percentage of the time? I'm crap but always been able to hit a freekick or corner. Every amateur and junior team has someone who can do it as well as most pro teams seem to. Refs waving someone up after they've dived. Stop the play and book the James Hunt ffs. Getting booked for celebrating with your own fans or for taking your shirt off. Nonsense. The application of the professional foul rule as being "last man". Not the case - totally dumbed down. The guy sitting next to/behind me who does nowt but moan and knows nowt. Think he follows me, whoever he is! As someone said above, goalies getting away with assault but getting a foul everytime someone breathes near them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Professionals who are embarrassingly one footed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Juan Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 The Old Firm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamcraigbeattie Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 SFA and how biased they are to the old firm. Coloured boots on players who are mince........obua springs to mind Booking for celebrating with your own fans Womens football Winter football Parkhead stewards The old firm and they are constantly whining about how bad the other is. Your both just as bad as the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Fans who are apoplectic when the ball is outside the arc at a corner. Players who put up an arm to protect their faces when defending a free kick. Trainers who speak into a microphone to relay a message to the bench, even when they are only ten yards away. Managers who wear baseball caps. Referees who walk backwards when measuring the distance for a free kick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun.lawson Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 - Fans who yell at defenders to hoof it forwards all the time - Ticket prices - Absolutely everything about SKY TV - Jumped up little Hitler refs - Fans who yell at the ref that he's a "cheat" when most of the time, he's just doing his job - The continued mistrust in the British game of skilful players who "don't track back" - The fact that we celebrate players who "like to get a foot in" (read: commit GBH on their opponents), yet hate players who dive - The continued, unbelievable fickleness and impatience of many fans - Almost all aspects of what passes for football "punditry" (read: cliched pap and refusal to criticise your mates in the game) - Players being booked for celebrating a goal - Players being booked for handball, or alternatively, only booked for a disgraceful challenge. Why can't we have a sin bin, or even a three card system? - The absurdly harsh punishment of a penalty and a red card for denial of a goalscoring opportunity - Refs not being allowed to talk to the media after games - The continued refusal to bring in goalline technology, and the stupid, antiquated, "wha's like us?" arguments made by those opposed to it - Managers punished by their FA for correctly condemning a stupid refereeing decision - Managers seeking to blame the easy target of the ref instead of acknowledging responsibility for their side's bad performance - The total lack of responsibility shown by footballers and managers the world over - The ridiculous decisions which big clubs all over the world get every single bloody week - The Barcelona wankfest - Sepp Blatter, Jack Warner, Ricardo Teixeira, Nicolas Leoz, Richard Scudamore, George Peat, Neil Doncaster - The fact that, in England, finishing 4th or even fourth from bottom is regarded as akin to winning a trophy - Idiot PA announcers who play naff music when the home side scores a goal - Managers who pick reserve sides in the Europa League - Managers who treat Cup competitions as an irrelevance - Pre-match 'entertainment' - The upside down plastic tea trays, with your feet digging in to the person in front, which apparently are all about the 'comfort' that modern day football fans enjoy - The way the police still routinely treat away fans like vermin - Badge kissing players who **** off the moment they get a better offer from somewhere else - Fans stupid enough to not realise that badge kissing players will **** off the moment they get a better offer from somewhere else - Not being allowed to stand up at games - Selfish wankers who stand up anyway, meaning hardly anyone behind them can see what's going on - The complete lack of atmosphere at so many modern British grounds - The horrific predictability of the SPL, EPL, CL and many major European leagues - The SFA refusing to publish what teams referees support, and their similar refusal to prevent these refs taking charge of games featuring these teams, or their rivals - The Old Firm - The way fans of every single club in Christendom think that refs or the media have it in for their team - 'In The Know' posters on messageboards - The total lack of tactical debate or understanding throughout British football - England managers who think 4-4-2 and hoofing it to the big man up front will mean certain victory - Mark Lawrenson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 The Killie cheerleaders. It feels like a criminal offence to be in their presence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Palmer Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 No 15. Clem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Lithuania Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Liverpool fans in their late 30's/early 40's. Man Utd fans in their 20's. Glory hunting bassas. My Dad's in his (early) 40s and has gone to Anfield in the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, and this year.. Does that make him a glory hunter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debut 4 Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 People who say.. " i pay my money so im entitled to moan".. yes, ye are but it means you are allowed to support yer team too and not default into constant whinge mode at matches. ----------------------- Fans who accuse the team of panicking during the game when its the fans themselves who are. This transmits onto the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabienleclerq Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 People who write ridiculously long replys to forum questions. Sergio busquets, rolling about when someone touches him. The sfa jobs for the boys/life scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheile Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Players wearing short sleeved shirts - and gloves!! Players wearing snoods - total jessies. Players who pull their socks up over their knees - how gay is that!!?? Pushing and pulling in the penalty area at corners and free kicks. Useless players wearing coloured boots. Corner kicks being taken when the ball is clearly outside the arc. Mohican haircuts - FFS!! Zillions of other things, but then again I am a grumpy old fart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bilel Mohsni Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 *Away supporters in the Hearts ends. *hearts fans who would supply their seats to away supporters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigS1874 Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Managers that always protect their team Defenders that push foreward or try and dribble the ball up the park before being caught out of position Wingers that always cut inside and never cross the ball Anyone that pulls out of a tackle that they have a chance of winning Fans that have their favourites and never shout at them when they doing something wrong. Crap music being played after and before the game Players like mario balotelli who have so much skill but do not use it Fans that dont sing yet moan about the lack of atmosphere My Scottish mates that claim the SPL is crap yet they have never attended a match in Scotland. Referees that do not make bold decisions. Hearts fans that sit at easter road.... That safe standing has not been introduced by any club BBC's coverage of all football Pointless interviews that appear in the Evening News with members of the Hearts and hibs squad. Ticket Prices People that say players are "too aggressive", aggression just shows players passion for their team Stewards that are useless. Rant over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldar Hadzimehmedovic Posted May 4, 2011 Author Share Posted May 4, 2011 May have touched a nerve here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 May have touched a nerve here. Failure to enforce the 10 yard rule at freekcicks, sometimes refs even pace out 7 or 8 to the wall. What's that all about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Crane Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Chat Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Players waving imaginary cards at refs after they've been fouled. shaun.lawson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckauskas Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Governing bodies. Parents who bring their kids to training and genuinely believe they're Ronaldo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan Rom?n Riquelme Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedbump Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 - Fans who yell at defenders to hoof it forwards all the time - Ticket prices - Absolutely everything about SKY TV - Jumped up little Hitler refs - Fans who yell at the ref that he's a "cheat" when most of the time, he's just doing his job - The continued mistrust in the British game of skilful players who "don't track back" - The fact that we celebrate players who "like to get a foot in" (read: commit GBH on their opponents), yet hate players who dive - The continued, unbelievable fickleness and impatience of many fans - Almost all aspects of what passes for football "punditry" (read: cliched pap and refusal to criticise your mates in the game) - Players being booked for celebrating a goal - Players being booked for handball, or alternatively, only booked for a disgraceful challenge. Why can't we have a sin bin, or even a three card system? - The absurdly harsh punishment of a penalty and a red card for denial of a goalscoring opportunity - Refs not being allowed to talk to the media after games - The continued refusal to bring in goalline technology, and the stupid, antiquated, "wha's like us?" arguments made by those opposed to it - Managers punished by their FA for correctly condemning a stupid refereeing decision - Managers seeking to blame the easy target of the ref instead of acknowledging responsibility for their side's bad performance - The total lack of responsibility shown by footballers and managers the world over - The ridiculous decisions which big clubs all over the world get every single bloody week - The Barcelona wankfest - Sepp Blatter, Jack Warner, Ricardo Teixeira, Nicolas Leoz, Richard Scudamore, George Peat, Neil Doncaster - The fact that, in England, finishing 4th or even fourth from bottom is regarded as akin to winning a trophy - Idiot PA announcers who play naff music when the home side scores a goal - Managers who pick reserve sides in the Europa League - Managers who treat Cup competitions as an irrelevance - Pre-match 'entertainment' - The upside down plastic tea trays, with your feet digging in to the person in front, which apparently are all about the 'comfort' that modern day football fans enjoy - The way the police still routinely treat away fans like vermin - Badge kissing players who **** off the moment they get a better offer from somewhere else - Fans stupid enough to not realise that badge kissing players will **** off the moment they get a better offer from somewhere else - Not being allowed to stand up at games - Selfish wankers who stand up anyway, meaning hardly anyone behind them can see what's going on - The complete lack of atmosphere at so many modern British grounds - The horrific predictability of the SPL, EPL, CL and many major European leagues - The SFA refusing to publish what teams referees support, and their similar refusal to prevent these refs taking charge of games featuring these teams, or their rivals - The Old Firm - The way fans of every single club in Christendom think that refs or the media have it in for their team - 'In The Know' posters on messageboards - The total lack of tactical debate or understanding throughout British football - England managers who think 4-4-2 and hoofing it to the big man up front will mean certain victory - Mark Lawrenson Everything would have been a sufficient answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamboy81 Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Why are players who shepherd the ball out about six yards from the touchline not penalised for obstruction? Because if the defender can play the ball, it's not a foul. If the ball was miles away and he were deliberately obstructing the attacker then it would be a free kick. Anyone is entitled to shield the ball. So, now that you ask, my pet hates at the moment 1. People moaning about players waving imaginary yellow cards. What's the big deal?? 2. Players "geeing" up the crowd when they win a throw in or a corner. Feck off, I'll cheer you when I feel like it not because you start waving your arms at me. 3. Chris Coleman pronouncing Thomas Hitzlsperger's name as "Hitzelburger" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Corner kicks that do not clear the first defender. Singing i just cant get enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leginten Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 May have touched a nerve here. It's a good thread. I especially like the comments about players claiming throw-ins, corners etc when they know fine the ball has touched them last. It makes them look like complete thickos or men of no honour whatsoever. I'd like most of my footballers to be honest, upright citizens like Donald Ford with just the odd villain thrown in for entertainment value. And: referees waiting interminably for a goalie to re-start play when everyone knows as soon as the ball's in the air he's going to blow for full-time. What a waste of everyone's time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambonian Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Little things that annoy.... where to start... Rangers, Celtic, Hibs, Falkirk, St Mirren, Dundee, Aberdeen, Airdrie, Motherwell, GFA sorry...SFA! , Gareth Evans, Neil Lennon, Kyle Lafferty, Barry Ferguson, Roy Aitken, Andy Walker, Pat Nevin, diving players, (predominantly Celtic), most Hibs players, referees, stewarding, Hearts lack of cash, Champions League (basically a closed shop to make certain clubs richer, stuff the rest of us) Albert Kidd, burnt Tynie pies, can't have a smoke without some jobsworth saying it's not allowed, Pressley, Gerry McCabe when he was at Clydebank in the 80's, Steve Kirk of Motherwell, Hearts players not playing to their potential, Hearts scouting system, Vlad's interference, Old stand.... still there! , football press in papers, Euan Cameron, Alan Rough, National stadium in Glezgae (the only UK country not to have it in their capital), Zander Diamond, ach, i've only scratched the surface, which begs the question... why do i bother? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Currahee! Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 OF fans. Especially the ones that have never been to a game or Glasgow. The SFA. Players rolling about the pitch like a sniper has taken them out then running around again 1 minute later. Inconsistancy with referees. Referees. SKY bumming up the Premiership. Pundits announcing 'insert an English player on a bit of form name here' is world class. Familys on holiday wearing Man Utd tops. Hibs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Sexington Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 The horrifically shit and unfunny chat on Open All Mics. Players doing wanky wee dances after they score. Players being booked for celebrating in front of their own fans (Steven Elliott v Hibs a case in point). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radge21 Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 How referees give Rangers and Celtic all the big decisions. How referees in Scotland are corrupt and just totally rubbish but no one does anything about it. The GFA/SPL letting Rangers and Celtic bring the country down. Due to the old firm being in charge of the GFA/SPL and running Scottish football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drylaw Hearts Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 I hate club owners who want to be Managers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Le Clos Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Players waving imaginary cards at refs after they've been fouled. Doesn't really bother me, and I don't see why so many people get worked up about it. It's no different from a player saying to the ref "is that not a yellow?" which I would bet plenty players have done. With the camera's you get these days you can see the players saying it an no-one makes anything of it. I've always questioned why when there is a foul in the box after a player has taken a shot, nothing is ever given. You see it often, a striker get played through one on one and takes a shot. In a desperate effort to tackle him the defender lunges but connects after the attacker has taken the shot. Not a problem if the shot goes in, but often it doesn't and to use the cliche, anywhere else on the park that's a foul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanhoe Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Tannoys that are too loud and drown out fans at cup presentations these days. Used to be a chance for you to sing and celebrate now you have to do it to a blaring tannoy. 2006 at Hampden being a case in point. Birmingham city's cup win was another. Also teams that accept trophies in pre prepared t shirts rather than their club colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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