slashishere Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Scalding Bovril. Piss poor pies and general other 'goods' at vastly over infalted prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaps Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Players wearing white tape half way up their socks Players being booked for celebrating John Motson Media creaming themselfs before the world cup or euro's thinking its Englands year to win one of them Man City Neil Lennon Walter Smith Scott Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambovambo Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Commentators saying "the final ball let them down" ... FFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Le Clos Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Watching the Man U game, you can add to this list all the shite that goes on in a wall at a free kick. Players pushing and shoving, the wall creeping forward, players standing with theirs backs to the ball?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldar Hadzimehmedovic Posted May 4, 2011 Author Share Posted May 4, 2011 Know-it-all pundits are as bad as know-nothing pundits - Gab Marcotti for example. The inability of ANY media outlet anywhere in the world to talk about Spanish football without involving Sid Lowe. The persistent slagging of the Europa League by the big clubs and the media that drools over them. England thinking they're a world power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Palmer Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Howard Webb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flankengott Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Fouling opponents, just another form of cheating? Oh, and Dougie Arnott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJGJ Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Cheating, diving players who scream out loud with any contact. Referees who are not strong enough to notice the above and FIFA, UEFA AND SPL for not taking action retrospectively, which within weeks would cure the above. The non use of technology -- either goal line or offside. Lack of 3pm Saturday kick offs. Assistant referees who do nothing when fouls occur and flag after the referee has given his decision. 'Last man' sending offs when penalties are awarded -- send man off if outside the area. The progressive moves towards 'big clubs' -- FIFA etc. will not try to fix the game for all but will bully smaller associations never charging the larger ones with similar offences And finally the lack of 'Truth' from managers , players and commentators/journalists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckauskas Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Some really incredible shouts in here. Some people really need to get some perspective Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewis2006 Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Music played over the PA directly after a goal is scored. No need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMA MAROON Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Watching awful football but going back for more and more and more and more....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamboy81 Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Andy Gray calling Paul Scholes a young man, then commenting he isn't that young and laughing at his own joke. The 4-5-1 system Players who score a tap in then don't acknowledge the guy who laid it on a plate for them (Anderson's goal against Schalke tonight was a good example) Fans shouting "Who?" when a sub comes on for the opposition. Players scratching their ears when being interviewed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Man U, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Cardiff City, Bristol Rovers (Bristols wee team ), Rangers , Celtic, Hibs, St Mirren, Airdrie, Morton (went to an away game there and it was pissing of rain and had a crap day out cant even remeber what the score was) Aberdeen, Motherwell, Hamilton. Intervering club owners who should let the Head Coach get on with his job. Lennon, Riordan, to name 2 and many more. GFA (sic) Stupid league set up where the team in 6th can finish with less points than the team in 7th and still finish 6th at the end of the season 10 team Premier League Commentators who still have to mention 1966 whenever England play (for that reason I wanted England to win The World Cup) Riordan again cos I hate him Players cheating to get decisions their way Referees who give decisions to said players Every 50/50 refereeing decisions going to the OF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 How referees in Scotland are corrupt and just totally rubbish but no one does anything about it. I thought our lord and master did, but everyone bottled out from backing him up. And weeks later CL when at dundee hobos was complaining about said decisions; guess he should have backed Vlad back then. (Forgive me if am wrong but I am sure this happened just a few years ago). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMuir94 Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 How players can recieve booking by celebrating with their OWN fans. 12 oclock kick offs. Any boots that are not black players who wear gloves players who wear snoods with short sleeves Sitting down for 90 minutes DIVING ! ESPN when they interview the managers during the match. Wage theifs Police/Stewards at away matches. Biased referees Outrageous countries getting the right to host World cups (for example Qatar) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartsfc_fan Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Whether it's already been mentioned or not - a player gets injured and the medic/physio comes onto the pitch to give them treatment. Then said player has to walk off the pitch to come back on again. This can happen even if the player doesn't require treatment and the medic has already entered the field of play. Daft. Also, we need some sort of video evidence - Just for goals only. Too many mistakes with was the ball over the line or was he offside etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butch Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 seeding by uefa and fifa no pots just draw the feckin groups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 The Champions League. No it fecking isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniwildcat38 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 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. I was about to post exactly this point. It happens basically every game, and yet I've never seen any ref do anything about it, or even heard a commentator mention it. Often the tackles are so late that they'd merit a yellow or even red card if they were on a player who had just passed the ball, but for some reason players taking a shot don't get that protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomstick Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Any club owner that's NOT Vladimir Romanov. Anthony Stokes. Rangers FC Celtic FC Ssssssteven Presssssssley Hamilton's shit ground - **** all Premier about that dump. Same for St. Mirren's. People who say "Pens" "PK" "The Prem" Moron supporters - All clubs have them, racists, bigots, neds People who talk about 'firms' as if they're cool Ally McCoist MBE Michael Higdon Pat Nevin Managers that go outside the technical area - Lennon was on the pitch when he though Paddy 'burns victim' McCourt had won a penalty Strips produced for kids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 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 The two in bold: The first one is baffling and the second one is a rather spurious claim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SectionDJambo Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 The cost of getting into a match. Commentator's who, for example, when a goalie has stopped a ball from going out for a corner, say "and he just about kept that in". If he had just about kept it in, it would have been out. Loads of them saying this now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 When a player hits a sweet strike but it goes wide/over... "he's hit it too well." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bill Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Pat Nevin and all of the above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahgrassyshoes Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I hate that teams can get fined for "fielding weakened teams". What is the point of allowing clubs a squad of 25 players and then fining them for making 8 changes when they play 3 games in 7/8 days? And it only happens to the smaller clubs, Blackpool/Wolves. Is this because squad players at bigger clubs are deemed to be better than first team players at smallers clubs? Load of balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigO Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 The two in bold: The first one is baffling and the second one is a rather spurious claim! Indeed so lets say Bundesliga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimpos Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Half time 'entertainment' Champions league EPL All seater stadia All ticket away matches against shitty teams with no support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CostaJambo Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Centre halves who assume the role of assistant referee and expect special treatment (e.g. Miller & McLeish/Roy Aitken/Davie Weir). The number of times Gary Mackay says "ehhhhhhh" in his interview on the Back from the Brink video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanley_ Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 People "supporting" teams from another country despite the fact they've never lived in the place and have no family connection whatsoever to the team (unless they support Hearts ) Above people going crazy at that team scoring/losing whilst watching them on TV despite never having been to one of their matches (or perhaps only a handful of games). Glory hunters giving you abuse after your team has lost when they've simply chosen a team based on how much they win. The Hibby who called me a glory hunter after Hearts won the Scottish Cup in 1998. Adults wearing football strips when it isn't a matchday/they're not playing football. Ignorant Old Firm fans who call you a mini-hun/hun without a bus fare despite the fact that you live in Glasgow and travel through to every Hearts game in Edinburgh. Celtic fans objecting to the term "Old Firm" as they claim to be nothing like Rangers. People on here who hate the Scotland national team but also call McGeady a "Judas". MK Dons Edit: People wearing football tops to the Crucible or a sport other than football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maltese jambo Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Commontators who try and justify a foul against an English side playing in Europe by saying wellll its a foul but in the english premiership he gets away with that....while at the same time the worst divers in the planet play in the EPL. No more Calcio Italia on channel 4. Crap commontators still in a job while Peter Brackley doesn't get a gig anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Alan Parry. Jim Beglin. Harry Redknapp's media friend circle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debut 4 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 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. Because its gamesmanship just like the point you make after it. Both are equally as bad. It seems though, pros know they can get away with things like that because if it was a junior or amateur match there`d be a punch up. Its a slimey, sleekit thing to do imo and some players have no self respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondejamtart Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Women at the games. Aww, does someone need a hug! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigO Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Because its gamesmanship just like the point you make after it. Both are equally as bad. It seems though, pros know they can get away with things like that because if it was a junior or amateur match there`d be a punch up. Its a slimey, sleekit thing to do imo and some players have no self respect. He has a point though. Why is it accepted for Davie Weir to "have a quiet word" with the official, pointing out someone's a foul away from a booking or whatever, when if Zal got up from a challenge and waved the imaginary card (which he's done in the past and didn't like seeing). One's as bad as the other, but the former is totally tolerated as part of the game. I don't want us to be like rugby - only captains speak to refs and there's no reaction to ref's decisions etc. Our game is more passionate than that. But the lines need to be clearer and each ref needs to apply the laws consistently within each match and game to game. Inconsistent upkeep of rules. That's a bugbear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debut 4 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 He has a point though. Why is it accepted for Davie Weir to "have a quiet word" with the official, pointing out someone's a foul away from a booking or whatever, when if Zal got up from a challenge and waved the imaginary card (which he's done in the past and didn't like seeing). One's as bad as the other, but the former is totally tolerated as part of the game. I don't want us to be like rugby - only captains speak to refs and there's no reaction to ref's decisions etc. Our game is more passionate than that. But the lines need to be clearer and each ref needs to apply the laws consistently within each match and game to game. Inconsistent upkeep of rules. That's a bugbear! I suppose its a visual thing but again , its a rule the refs have forgot. Im sure they were/are directed to show a card for gamesmanship and waving the imaginary yellow card is meant to be seen as inflammatory. It might not seem right, but having a word in the ear is not a problem. Like players rolling about then jumping up a minute later like they haven`t been touched....refs are meant to book players for feigning injury but they never do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydney Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 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? not only a glory hunter, but a glory hunting bassa. Get him telt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydney Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 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. and putting on baseball caps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Le Clos Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I hate that teams can get fined for "fielding weakened teams". What is the point of allowing clubs a squad of 25 players and then fining them for making 8 changes when they play 3 games in 7/8 days? And it only happens to the smaller clubs, Blackpool/Wolves. Is this because squad players at bigger clubs are deemed to be better than first team players at smallers clubs? Load of balls. Very good point. For instance, will the Premier League fine Man U for fielding a weakened team against Shalke to save themselves for Chelsea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Very good point. For instance, will the Premier League fine Man U for fielding a weakened team against Shalke to save themselves for Chelsea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedbump Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Lennon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottish_chicP Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Aww, does someone need a hug! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stirlingshirejambo Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Inconsistensy from match officials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Very good point. For instance, will the Premier League fine Man U for fielding a weakened team against Shalke to save themselves for Chelsea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bill Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Sky's personification of their ideal football fans. Four sober people in a car, one of whom is black, the other of East-Asian descent, the other uses a wheelchair etc. All have the same scarf and bobble hats on. W***ers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastender Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Pantomime refs who theatrically wave 'play on' when it clearly wasn't a foul Players who applaud refereeing decisions The hand cupped round the ear goal 'celebration' Players placing the ball six inches outside the area when taking a corner kick Players kicking the ball away after a free kick has been awarded against their team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego10 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Garth Crooks. John Motson's inability to tell black people apart. Commentators and players who criticise referees when they have no clue about the rules. Pundits who try to make out that the possible permutations at the end of the league/a group stage are akin to astrophysics The 0.3 second gap on BBC news between 'if you don't want to know the score, leave the room now' and the first result being read out Players who have 4 good games in the Premiership being touted as world class That there are people in the world who think C Ronaldo is better than Messi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bilel Mohsni Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Do not care about other leagues or teams outwith Scotland enough to be "annoyed" about anything involving The EPL etc, always find it amusing when people with no family or geographical connection get annoyed enough to really care but... 'Fielding weakened sides' is a total misnomer, if a massive club like Man UTD has games to play in quick succession Arsenal, a team in the semi-final of the Champion's League and then Championship rivals Chelsea then I am damn sure that they will have made preparations to ensure they have a 'good enough' squad to deal with the run in. If Man U win the league and European Cup then it really makes a mockery of this whole 'weakened team' nonsense... No? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bilel Mohsni Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Sky's personification of their ideal football fans. Four sober people in a car, one of whom is black, the other of East-Asian descent, the other uses a wheelchair etc. All have the same scarf and bobble hats on. W***ers. So ******* true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Le Clos Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Thanks smartarses,I know it is two different organisations, UEFA and the FA. But did Wolves(?) get fined for fielding a weaker team in the cup, or did they get fined for fielding a weaker team in the cup to give them an advantage in the league? Because that's two very different things. And if they got fined for the latter then I don't see much difference between what Wolves did and what Man U did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamhammer Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 "Being clever", to get a penalty, waving imaginary cards to get someone booked, not being able to stand at games, moving games to suit TV, gloves, snoods, bookings for celebrating, over protection of keepers, STV's sports news always, without fail leading with the OF even if all they've done is scratched their arse. Avram Grant and Matthew Upson. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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