The fans in general. I fecking hate football fans, none moreso than match going fans.
Things about football that get you unreasonably annoyed…
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The fans in general. I fecking hate football fans, none moreso than match going fans.
Every other club being competent expect us.
Not every club
I’d take any other club’s structure over ours, even Chelsea.
Richarlison's shit 'pigeon dance'.
Players having cocky celebrations after a goal that deflected in despite their shot being way off....
.... Saka
.... Saka
I dislike everyone affiliated to groups.
Old full backs playing against young quick wingers. And especially commentators banging on about how their experience is invaluable for the first 20 mins of the match. Invariably, the full back gets roasted time after time the opposition team target that area. Milner whipped off at half time, young with a silly red. Both decisions to start them cost their team.
We somehow manage to train any world class potential out of any new signing. World beaters prior to signing. 6 months on they are no better than those at Brighton.
Modern players feigning injury after every physical contact. Sometimes to the detriment of their own team. Yesterday vs Sheffield,Rashford was on the floor holding his face as Amrabat hit the crossbar and Bruno narrowly missed - he was fine a few seconds later after. I thought, what was the point of him staying down?
I often wonder if these guys train like this, like in training does someone stay down after a bit of contact or is it just gamesmanship.
I often wonder if these guys train like this, like in training does someone stay down after a bit of contact or is it just gamesmanship.
Players feigning head injuries when its clearly pretence should be made a red card offence. Its happening more and more to get an opposition attack stopped..
Happened during one of our attacks yesterday. Cross comes in, it gets cleared, Sheffield player goes down screaming holding his face to stop the next attack. We immediately took a shot and it went wide.
He went from going down screaming, holding his face in the fetal position, he then saw our attack was over and they had the ball back and he was up again rubbing his face. All in the space of 7 seconds. Absolute cnut.
I do not understand how fully grown men aren't ashamed of themselves doing it.
Rashford is our worst culprit, he'll pretend to be injured while the opposition is on the attack. Seen Bruno throw himself to the ground and roll around while the opposition just go and score too.
I understand gamesmanship when it benefits you. If you're winning, you've been fouled and the ref has given the free kick, stay down a bit longer to run the clock down. Sure, makes sense. What our players do is pretend to be injured while the game goes on leaving us with 10 men. It's absolute insanity that managers indulge the players in this behaviour.
Something anthony did yday really annoyed, the old stick the hand in the air as they fall to suggest they've been shot and to get the Red Cross in....then getup a fee seconds later
That’s an Arsenal specialty. Usually accompanied by ear splitting screams.
Back playing within a minute or two of this incident. Not a bother on him.
Its an accepted part of the game for most people. Its like “haha doubt there was much in that, he should be fine” when it really should be “why the fruck is that guy pretending to be hurt when he isnt”
Ive not seen a single person questioned about it outside the pitch either.
Yes! 100%. Drives me up the wall. It’s so cringe to watch too. Football has a bad enough reputation for being played by cheats and fannies as it is. Stuff like that just endorses all the criticism.
The worst part of it all is that young kids inevitably end up copying what they see on TV. I see it all the time in my son’s league. At that level it also means that genuine nasty injuries don’t get the attention they need until much later than they should. The boy(s) who cry wolf.
When a player is clearly offside but the linesman doesn’t flag. Everyone knows it so the defender hacks him down.
Play gets called back for offside and the foul isn’t mentioned atall by anyone. The defender just gets to hammer someone punishment free. Really bothers me, like is the argument that the play had stopped means the foul didn’t happen? Does that mean you can just kick a player while he’s running up to take a throw in?
Play gets called back for offside and the foul isn’t mentioned atall by anyone. The defender just gets to hammer someone punishment free. Really bothers me, like is the argument that the play had stopped means the foul didn’t happen? Does that mean you can just kick a player while he’s running up to take a throw in?
When an opposition player is sub off in the first 5 minutes and his replacement comes on and scores a goal, usually against us.
Dunno if I’m just noticing more because I’m a grumpy old man, but I’ve noticed during this weekend’s FA Cup that lower league fans seem to be doing that ‘oooooooh you’re shit ahhhh!’ chant for every goal kick now. So fecking annoying. They should get immediately disqualified from the cup for that.
This use to happen in the top flight back in ten day.
I think I heard that yesterday against Fulham. Never understood that awful chant or whatever you wanna call it. Feels like it's something they do at League 2 or even lower.
They do it for short kicks now which just feels weird.
How often the camera focuses on Arteta during every arsenal game. I am sure atleast 25% of game time is spent looking at his stupid smug face.
Penalties awarded for things that had pretty much zero chance of leading to a goal.
E.g. innocuous foul at the edge of the box, accidental handball at the byline, minor shirt tug as a corner comes in
I'm not saying refs should go against the rules. I'm saying they should have another look at the rules of the game in general and come up with a different way of penalising certain things.
The data is there now to show had daft it is giving a free goal for tiny infringements in the corner of the penalty area, because it was pretty much never going to lead to a goal. It's ok to question daft things that were dreamt up in 1860.
So frustrating when you're watching a tight game with a team trying to break down a well-organised defence and then next thing you know it's a free goal because someone's arm was jutting out about an inch as a cross entered the furthest corner of the penalty area.
Also by far the least satisfying way to see your own team score.
E.g. innocuous foul at the edge of the box, accidental handball at the byline, minor shirt tug as a corner comes in
I'm not saying refs should go against the rules. I'm saying they should have another look at the rules of the game in general and come up with a different way of penalising certain things.
The data is there now to show had daft it is giving a free goal for tiny infringements in the corner of the penalty area, because it was pretty much never going to lead to a goal. It's ok to question daft things that were dreamt up in 1860.
So frustrating when you're watching a tight game with a team trying to break down a well-organised defence and then next thing you know it's a free goal because someone's arm was jutting out about an inch as a cross entered the furthest corner of the penalty area.
Also by far the least satisfying way to see your own team score.
Cole Palmer's hair. Fecking state of it.
Me being a smart arse with a half-decent understanding of xG all the times a commentator says "he should have scored" when a player misses a chance.
I find myself thinking that the chance looked like it was a less than 0.50 xG one often and that they are therefore wrong! Wish I didn't, ignorance was bliss.
I find myself thinking that the chance looked like it was a less than 0.50 xG one often and that they are therefore wrong! Wish I didn't, ignorance was bliss.
-Players who wear the longsleeve compression shirts under shortsleeve kits. Looks absolutely ridiculous. Just wear a lonsleeve kit.
-These kids who cut holes in their socks, or these kids who wear their socks really low. Looks absolutely ridiculous.
-These kids who cut holes in their socks, or these kids who wear their socks really low. Looks absolutely ridiculous.
I read somewhere that some teams don't have long-sleeve kits. Not sure if true though.
Agree with low socks but the cutting of holes in socks is b/c they are too tight, which seems reasonable.
When commentators say someone is on a hatrick when they’ve scored a brace. You wouldn’t say someone is on their 50th Premier League goal if they’ve only scored 49…
Paul Merson - he repeatedly shits on United but then regularly refers to them as the ‘world’s biggest club’. Let’s face it, that title belongs to Real Madrid who are well clear of any other club. Just Paul Merson in general.
Manchester United’s social media account - I know their sole purpose is to generate views/clicks but I can’t help but get irrationally annoyed over so many of their posts. The generic ‘we’ll learn from this’ or ‘we’ll be back’ posts - after one of our many losses - are so infuriating. Not to mention, them constantly trying to sell their merch - even in the immediate aftermath of a loss, or when fan morale is low. They are so soulless and can’t read the room when it comes to fan apathy. I know the social media managers are just doing their jobs, but feck me, at times I wish they would just wither away in a cave somewhere.
Manchester United’s social media account - I know their sole purpose is to generate views/clicks but I can’t help but get irrationally annoyed over so many of their posts. The generic ‘we’ll learn from this’ or ‘we’ll be back’ posts - after one of our many losses - are so infuriating. Not to mention, them constantly trying to sell their merch - even in the immediate aftermath of a loss, or when fan morale is low. They are so soulless and can’t read the room when it comes to fan apathy. I know the social media managers are just doing their jobs, but feck me, at times I wish they would just wither away in a cave somewhere.
The fingers in the ear celebrations. And the “shh” celebrations
It’s meant to say “I don’t care about your criticism” but it shows they obviously do care and it’s affected them
Also the players who do it are usually players you don’t even hear much about. Try being a player for United or Madrid
It’s meant to say “I don’t care about your criticism” but it shows they obviously do care and it’s affected them
Also the players who do it are usually players you don’t even hear much about. Try being a player for United or Madrid
Manchester United.
A defender scores a goal and everyone talks about what a great defender he is.
Or Dalot scores a goal and for the next five months commentators say he's right shoot from everywhere because it worked against Sheffield United that time.
beside the obvious play acting, i hate the holding your hand up in the air asking for possession of the ball when it clearly went out on you.
When a player hypes up the crowd with his hands.