Disheartening things in football?

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- My heart sinks when fullbacks for teams I support (club & NT) burst through to the byline in clear space, with their ability being the only factor in where the cross/pass goes, and they blast it into the box, not because they are playing for the corridor of uncertainty, but because they are incapable of picking out a man and finding him with their pass/cross. You already know when certain fullbacks are in said space that absolutely nothing positive will happen. Equally, it’s a real pleasure to watch those fullbacks who can play pinpoint balls in from the same aforementioned scenarios.

- strikers and those tasked with putting the ball in the net who are unable of first time strikes, and instead of backing themselves in these situations, would rather take multiple nothing touches before losing the window of opportunity that was initially there.

- midfielders who can’t make forward passes - not complex ones, just progressive ones. Being raised on United teams who always had excellent ethos and ability to do this, it was a skill once taken for granted, somewhat. These days, it’s painful to watch midfielders who cannot do the bare minimum of what was expected of a United midfielder featuring in the first xi under SAF.

- keepers who can’t play out from the back. Never used to bother me, and I didn’t gripe about De Gea not being able to do it, but in this day and age it’s a prerequisite of the position for most teams, and keepers like Pickford - the punt the ball to the opposition rather than play out types - really make the heart sink.

- managers/coaches who look bewildered in-game and can’t make real time adjustments. You get paid a fortune to be in control and to have insight others do not.


Few of mine. What disheartens you when watching a game of football?
 
Defenders diving when running back towards their own goal or under pressure in general. Cnuts should be booked for diving everytime and a freekick given to the opposition, indirect if it's inside the box and a fecking penalty if they fall over and grab the ball.
 
'Tactical' fouls being celebrated.

He took one for the team? Nah, he cheated.
 
The irony, that governments, football supporters and the media, bang on about the world coming together through sport, showing a loving relationship between countries and how we all should get along and be anti racists, love our fellow human....blah blah...blah...

...and then promptly force the Military and soldiers onto the pitch before every cup final. Just to remind everyone watching that we can kill you all.

They do it at Wimbledon too.

There should never be a military presence at any sporting event, goes totally against the narrative.

Of course there will be some of you that defend it and see it as "decoration".
 
Oranges038 said:
Defenders diving when running back towards their own goal or under pressure in general. Cnuts should be booked for diving everytime and a freekick given to the opposition, indirect if it's inside the box and a fecking penalty if they fall over and grab the ball.
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This. I find this infuriating
 
It's not about watching a game per se but it seems more and more you have players who genuinely don't seem to care and are happy to just cash in.

It's the natural conclusion I suppose of the insane wages which are paid, but to see players in their prime move to Saudi - or basically just give up trying in their early twenties because they're on mega wages is rather disheartening.
 
Lee Dixon.

Also when chasing a game and our players concede needless free kicks in nothing areas with seconds left on the clock. Boils my piss.
 
Short corners when the big boys, or even keeper have come up from the back.

Goalkeepers leaving a goal kick for one of his defenders to take, then that defender short-passes it to keeper to hoof it upfield.

Managers patting substitutes bottoms as they leave or enter the field.
 
When Everton play Liverpool for most of the past decade. Why do they even bother with the fixture? Just have Pickford throw the ball in his own net straight from kickoff and go home.
 
Not been able to watch the actual game.

Whoever the camera directors are need firing. I don't want to see a close up of the managers/legends in the crowd whilst the damn match is going on.
 
The 5 huge clubs buying all talented players so 75% of the world's greatest players sit on the bench in Madrid, Manchester and Munich and hardly play.

It does tickle me that mega rich clubs now whine that super mega rich clubs are ruining football. It's been ruined since the mid 90s.
 
KirkDuyt said:
The 5 huge clubs buying all talented players so 75% of the world's greatest players sit on the bench in Madrid, Manchester and Munich and hardly play.

It does tickle me that mega rich clubs now whine that super mega rich clubs are ruining football. It's been ruined since the mid 90s.
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Shots fired! Why with Kirk is always polemic??
 
FIFA/uefa.

Incompetent and corrupt organisations seemingly hell bent on bleeding the game dry financially at the expense of players and fans, hiding behind the facade of being interested in protecting footballs interests.
 
"Bantz".
Just a bunch of one-eyed ass-clowns who vilify clubs they don't like for doing exactly the same thing that they absolutely accept in their own team.

I used to be fine with it, but as I've got older - I just can't be doing with the childish nonsense.
 
Attacking players going to ground for a penalty from just a little shoulder to shoulder contact with the last man, which is almost never given. I mean stay on your feet and you are through on goal. It’s especially worse when they try to do this late in the game and chasing a goal.
 
short corners in general. the team usually doesn't get any kind of advantage and they still end up being your regular cross into the box, just delayed and sometimes even forced, since at that point you already have player covering the crosser.

bad crossing when you catch one of those games when nobody seem capable of crossing. how?

CR still having adult fans in 2024.
 
Bringing everyone back to defend a corner or set piece (last few momemts excepted)

every team has a fast attacker who cant defend and who will do more good lurking on halfway than clogging up the penalty area
 
KirkDuyt said:
The 5 huge clubs buying all talented players so 75% of the world's greatest players sit on the bench in Madrid, Manchester and Munich and hardly play.

It does tickle me that mega rich clubs now whine that super mega rich clubs are ruining football. It's been ruined since the mid 90s.
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It’s been a long time since we had great players on the bench, we barely have good ones :lol:
 
Post goal VAR checks. We've got an automated system for offside now so that's fair enough but the rest can just do one.
 
The wave of acknowledgement from one player to another when they were the intended target of a 60yr pass that actually ended up in row Z.
 
John XII said:
Post goal VAR checks. We've got an automated system for offside now so that's fair enough but the rest can just do one.
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As far as being genuinely disheartening, has to be this for me.

Additionally, while only my own opinion, the Super League being inevitable sooner or later is disheartening enough for me to call it quits on following top flight club football.
 
I agree with some of the posts. Man City has no place in PL. The blatant abuse of laws and fake sponsors and everything is just so pathetic. Their entire success is built on that.
 
Everyone playing one up front, athleticism being way more important than skill, all teams trying to play the same tedious Pep style.
 
Fans thinking we should smash and obliterate smaller nations 6-0 every time just because we’re “England” - the lack of respect is disgraceful
 
Manchester United, genuinely. Our slow and inevitable deterioration made me pretty much fall out of love with modern football.

Even huge things like the Liverpool game in the cup or the FA Cup win bring only momentary sense of enjoyment. And I’m not sure if that’s fixable even if we somehow get back to being good. Results don’t bother me that much to be honest, it’s the culture of laziness & self-entitlement and that became pretty much synonymous with the club under Glazers once Fergie left.
 
OnlyFans tarts and their inane attempts to drum up traffic to their sites by pretending to support a team and being moronic.

Any football related social media.

Youtube "Watch-alongs".

Fabrizio Romano ruining every signing about a week in advance with his 1 million posts all saying the same thing but slightly differently.

xG nerds and useless stats such as "field gains in yards". feck off.
 
harms said:
Manchester United, genuinely. Our slow and inevitable deterioration made me pretty much fall out of love with modern football.

Even huge things like the Liverpool game in the cup or the FA Cup win bring only momentary sense of enjoyment. And I’m not sure if that’s fixable even if we somehow get back to being good. Results don’t bother me that much to be honest, it’s the culture of laziness & self-entitlement and that became pretty much synonymous with the club under Glazers once Fergie left.
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This. Since 2013, my interest in football has fallen off. It’s come back in recent years (it was never gone, but subsided due to how disgustingly shit we are).
 
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