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Things about football that get you unreasonably annoyed…
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Eh? Players maybe but I don't understand how anyone can argue that PL is overrated?
Out of the last 7 CL finals, 5 have had PL representation, spread across 4 teams ( City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Spurs). By comparison Spain has only had 1 team in the last 7 years ( Real Madrid 3 times), Italy was represented only once ( Inter Milan in 2023) and Germany twice ( one each for Bayern and Dortmund).
PL teams have far more money than their European counterparts and even mid table PL teams can easily buy top players from the Italian and German leagues. I don't understand what metric are you using to claim the PL is overrated.
Players covering their mouth when they speak on the pitch. You're not guarding state secrets, for feck sake.
Neymar’s entire career and career trajectory.
The meltdown on social media when people thought they could lip read Rashford saying "what the feck am I doing here" makes it understandable that players want to protect themselves from being clipped up due to the unnecessary but inevitable hate campaign that would ensue.
And of course if they're discussing tactics or instructions the opposition will have someone looking at the feed and can pass on info to the bench
The unaccountability of referees.
Some can even go on mid-season 'Busman's holidays' to dubious club-owning nation states and still nothing ever happens to them.
Some can even go on mid-season 'Busman's holidays' to dubious club-owning nation states and still nothing ever happens to them.
The ref on a stick every broadcaster has where seconds after there's an incident they pipe up explaining how, even though we don't know what the decision will be yet, the referee's judgement will be right.
Fans who will randomly always refer to one of players in the team by their first name, but nobody else.
My friend will always list "Ryan" as one of his favourite all time players.
"Scholes, Cantona, Ryan and Keane"
Fans who will randomly always refer to one of players in the team by their first name, but nobody else.
My friend will always list "Ryan" as one of his favourite all time players.
"Scholes, Cantona, Ryan and Keane"
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Commentators using players' nicknames. Like Tyler used to call Firmino 'Bobby'. Used to make me cringe.
If I'm typing certain players names I'll use their first name or nickname if I can't spell their surname properly
If I'm speaking it though I'll just absolutely butcher a difficult surname.This effectively confirms that we do actually have a corruption problem with refereeing in the EPL.
Getting to the byline to cross.
The best crosser of the ball I've ever seen is David Beckham, he'd whip them in for deep, advanced - wherever. I don't get what the advantage is to taking it to the byline and giving yourself an impossible angle to try and cross from. Mostly it's going to be going into an area already jam-packed with defenders who've probably noticed your progress along the touchline. So it's a crowded market place, the changes of you being able to accurately pick anyone out is slim; you've probably knackered yourself out trying to best one of the fullbacks to even get into that position and you've literally no pitch left to stop, look up, identify and aim for one of your teammates. You're probably not going to have time to even think about what kind of area you're going to put it in to. You're going to rush a ball in and it's more than probably going to get cleared, or miss everyone.
An early cross beats that every time. The box might not be rammed with opposition defenders, if you've worked at it in training your teammate should be prepared to expect it. It isn't going to work every time, of course. But whenever I see players turn down a chance to get an early dangerous ball into the area in favour of getting a knackered slice in from an awkward angle just because they've seen getting to the byline as some kind of 'goal' annoys me.
The best crosser of the ball I've ever seen is David Beckham, he'd whip them in for deep, advanced - wherever. I don't get what the advantage is to taking it to the byline and giving yourself an impossible angle to try and cross from. Mostly it's going to be going into an area already jam-packed with defenders who've probably noticed your progress along the touchline. So it's a crowded market place, the changes of you being able to accurately pick anyone out is slim; you've probably knackered yourself out trying to best one of the fullbacks to even get into that position and you've literally no pitch left to stop, look up, identify and aim for one of your teammates. You're probably not going to have time to even think about what kind of area you're going to put it in to. You're going to rush a ball in and it's more than probably going to get cleared, or miss everyone.
An early cross beats that every time. The box might not be rammed with opposition defenders, if you've worked at it in training your teammate should be prepared to expect it. It isn't going to work every time, of course. But whenever I see players turn down a chance to get an early dangerous ball into the area in favour of getting a knackered slice in from an awkward angle just because they've seen getting to the byline as some kind of 'goal' annoys me.
There is 1 advantage crossing from the byline, your team mates won't be in an offside position
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You may be in luck. Now that deBruyne, Odegaard and Alexander-Arnold pinging it in from deep had been rebranded to "Crossing from the Half Space", it's coming back into fashion.
That is more important than people think. Especially now with VAR
You forgot the maggoty, snakes piece of filth that is Robertson,
The unincredible Nunez
Cozy gazpacho
Oh and Liverpool
When the assistant referee stands in front of the ball to prevent the corner kick taker from swinging it in.
The ref has usually stopped play to tell players to stop holding each other in the box.
Does my head in
The ref can just blow and say it was taken too early and insist on a re-take. Also, only 2 of the 4 corners have an assistant, so half of the time there's no guarding of the ball at corners.
Just something that's always irritated me
The ref has usually stopped play to tell players to stop holding each other in the box.
Does my head in
The ref can just blow and say it was taken too early and insist on a re-take. Also, only 2 of the 4 corners have an assistant, so half of the time there's no guarding of the ball at corners.
Just something that's always irritated me
Don't you just love unecessary football jargon.
Tactical fouls and players that constantly execute them e.g. Rodri.
2 I'd say - it also means that the cross is travelling away from the byline and allow the attacker to more easily put power into a shot or especially a header.
The modern obsession with tactics and structure. I understand it’s necessary at this point (thanks Pep you nerd), because the vast majority of teams will just get schooled by an elite pressing/build up structure if they don't also have a strict plan against it, but my god it's taken a lot of the "skill" in football and put it on the backburner for physical traits and "profiles". It's almost become just a plug and play type sport where a footballers cardio and physical strength in a "duel" is more important than his artistry/ability with a football. Defenders need to be much better as passers even if it means sacrificing actual skill as a defender, while attackers need to be much better defenders even if they are gash in front of net or robotic in the final third.
Huge football matches almost become more of a battle of managers than a battle of players (see City v Arsenal), where space all over the pitch is covered and swallowed up and much of the game is robotically spent in the same build up pattern (GK+CB+FB+CM that carries it past someone+winger that carries it to the box before cutting back= rinse and repeat). Even Pep himself has gotten more and more structured and less dynamic over the years with how he lets his teams play: I was watching his old Barca teams in a random comp recently and it struck me how much more free flowing that team played and moved compared to his modern City teams. Endless 1-2's and flicks, which is why even when they'd hoard the ball it could be beautiful to watch.
Huge football matches almost become more of a battle of managers than a battle of players (see City v Arsenal), where space all over the pitch is covered and swallowed up and much of the game is robotically spent in the same build up pattern (GK+CB+FB+CM that carries it past someone+winger that carries it to the box before cutting back= rinse and repeat). Even Pep himself has gotten more and more structured and less dynamic over the years with how he lets his teams play: I was watching his old Barca teams in a random comp recently and it struck me how much more free flowing that team played and moved compared to his modern City teams. Endless 1-2's and flicks, which is why even when they'd hoard the ball it could be beautiful to watch.
When line ups are announced in numerical order and therefore the attackers can be listed before defenders....
Takes a bit of thinking to figure out formation etc
Takes a bit of thinking to figure out formation etc
When line ups are announced in numerical order and therefore the attackers can be listed before defenders....
Takes a bit of thinking to figure out formation etc
Uniteds matchday line up every game on twitter.
One day it will be actually be right and itll be Bruno rightback with Rashford in central defence.
What officially happens with line-ups? They give out the starting names? But is the formation discussed? Like the commentary team seemed to know Mazraoui was gonna play up front.
Was that revealed or the pundits/commentary worked it out?
Was that revealed or the pundits/commentary worked it out?
- When the ref stops a corner being taken to walk slowly into the area up to a couple of players who were jostling with each other and tells them "down with this sort of thing" or something. Then walks off again and they carry on jostling exactly as they were before.
- when sky come back from the advert break, just to tell you they are going for another ad break and to join them after the ad break.
- when Gary Neville starts talking like an authority figure on the attitude and commitment of players at successful teams, as if United wouldn't have won any trophies without a fullback who was only actually good for about 4 of his 15 year career and used to do things like try and lead player strikes over petty nonsense.
- when sky come back from the advert break, just to tell you they are going for another ad break and to join them after the ad break.
- when Gary Neville starts talking like an authority figure on the attitude and commitment of players at successful teams, as if United wouldn't have won any trophies without a fullback who was only actually good for about 4 of his 15 year career and used to do things like try and lead player strikes over petty nonsense.
Was going to post about this but the one that gets me is 'Trent'. Yes double barrelled surnames are annoying*, but I cringe everytime I hear 'Trent'.
*<rant>please don't give your kids one, what happens when your double barrelled surnamed son gets married to their double barrelled surnamed wife? Grandchildren with a quadruple barrelled surname? Of course not, you're just forcing a decision onto your children that doesn't need to be made. They already have your DNA, choose a surname, doesn't matter whose, and get over yourself.</rant>
Giving your kid six syllable surname is just rude. Pick a name for that little bastard.
In fact they should do it like Game of Thrones. All northern bastards (or kids of married parents who can't do pick a name) are called "Pie" and all southern ones "Saveloy".
Sky Sports coverage.
Sky Sports Pundits.
VAR.
Modern Players attitude and Ego.
Players praying on the pitch
Micro analytics on everything
Sky Sports Pundits.
VAR.
Modern Players attitude and Ego.
Players praying on the pitch
Micro analytics on everything
Sky sports I basically YouTube now anyone can have an opinion. But this one you actually pay to watch them being fools
And you might be being generous there.
In his autobiography he says he had a bad year after the treble winning season. Personally I remember him being dogshit from 1999 to the 2nd half of 2002/03. At his best he was a very good fullback but nothing more and it's mad the amount of people's all time United XI's he gets into ahead of Denis Irwin.
I just don't like also ran ex players talking so much shite. As if putting prime Gary Neville into the current United side would somehow elevate them. He'd get in the team. That's about it.
Players like Keane, Rooney, Scholes etc. I.e. difference makers who'd be miles too good for any team not challenging for titles, have at least some authority to tall about such things, and they don't spend 90 minutes spewing absolute garbage like Neville does.
This crowd that has convinced themselves that all modern defenders are somehow inferior to those of decades ago. Sure old man. It’s not down to your age and your inability to adapt to change. It’s all the coaches and players that are wrong.
Ten Hag said he would play there in an interview not long before the game started.
Bang average players (or even crap) from decades ago who became a 'pundit' on TV acting knowledgeable and all that. Even 'disagreeing' with top managers and players that are miles better than they've ever been. And somehow we have to listen to them before, during, and after matches.
Scouse Sports television
Gary Neville barely even admits he could play football. It's his whole MO, like Keane's general grumpiness about the state of football now is.
It'd be more surprising if Nev actually said he was brilliant at any point. Which you have to have been to be a starter at United in their best era.
Well I'm not sure he's ever being entirely serious with his self denigration.
I don't mind Nev but yeah he does spout a lot of absolute nonsense sometimes. And the whole ''I'm not bias towards United'' shtick is well past it's sell by date.
National anthems in international football. Scrap them.
USMNT.
Absolutely stupid abbreviation.
Absolutely stupid abbreviation.
When I see that, I instinctively think off the Ninja Turtles. Maybe because theirs abbreviation is TMNT. So not far off.