What single thing in football annoys you the most?

[raz_18]

People who spend the whole match talking and moaning about their life or work, (please keep it for outside the ground)

People who moan after just 15mins into the game, in fact people who moan at all in a game,

West Ham, Newcastle etc. in the Championship getting on TV for nearly every game,

Cost of tickets, food etc.

People who are experts on football when speaking on fb/twitter when they've never been to a game,

I could go on.. I think these days there is more that annoys me about football than i enjoy..

 

[raz_18]

Oh and i voted for goal music.

 

[honey boy zimba]

non football people running clubs ,dont understand the fans passions, and double standards preach one thing and do the same to suit themselves

 

[Acker79]

I'm with TLO, blocking a free kick is cheating.

I also think having no intention of taking a free kick quickly, but kicking it at the player who is attempting delay you just in case you were, is also cheating, but not worth getting worked up over, or booking.

 

[Dave the OAP]

garth crooks

 

[Dave the OAP]

when people are trying hard to pay their taxes and these crooks are not paying over their deductions its a f***ing disgrace and gets my goat

 

[Acker79]

garth crooks

What's he got to do with football? Personally, I like his music.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

I'm with TLO, blocking a free kick is cheating.

It's an extremely liberal use of the term cheating. Some things are part of the game, not allowing the opposition to catch you with your trousers down, is one of them.

You're going to see a lot of cheating tonight I'm afraid, boys. You're going to see people fouling each other to stop them getting away into space. You're going to see people trying to disrupt the flow of the game by slowing down for goal kicks and throw ins and even worse, you might even see players pretending to be hurt to win free kicks in a dangerous position.

Personally, I really hope that Barnes doesn't win us any free-kicks around the edge of the area for LuaLua or Vicente to smash into the net. Or, even worse, I hope he doesn't win us a penalty by feeling some contact from somewhere. It would ruin the integrity of the game and I would be cross.

 

[Acker79]

It's an extremely liberal use of the term cheating. Some things are part of the game, not allowing the opposition to catch you with your trousers down, is one of them.

You're going to see a lot of cheating tonight I'm afraid, boys. You're going to see people fouling each other to stop them getting away into space. You're going to see people trying to disrupt the flow of the game by slowing down for goal kicks and throw ins and even worse, you might even see players pretending to be hurt to win free kicks in a dangerous position.

Personally, I really hope that Barnes doesn't win us any free-kicks around the edge of the area for LuaLua or Vicente to smash into the net. Or, even worse, I hope he doesn't win us a penalty by feeling some contact from somewhere. It would ruin the integrity of the game and I would be cross.

I'm glad you've come round to our way of thinking.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Nicky Forster was the daddy of blocking free kicks, whilst retreating. As soon as the decision went against us (and he was in the vicinity), he would get in the way, engage the ref and retreat backwards. Very good and nothing wrong with that.

I am voting for money (an umbrella term to cover ticket prices/wages/agent fees/parachute payments/CVAs/ad finitum

 

[banjo]

Goal music.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

Buckley & LuaLua not starting EVERY game

 

[The Large One]

Nicky Forster was the daddy of blocking free kicks, whilst retreating. As soon as the decision went against us (and he was in the vicinity), he would get in the way, engage the ref and retreat backwards. Very good and nothing wrong with that.

It did my head in every time he did that - just waiting for him to get booked. Amazingly, he never did.

I think Glenn Murray did once, though.

 

[The Large One]

It's an extremely liberal use of the term cheating. Some things are part of the game, not allowing the opposition to catch you with your trousers down, is one of them.

Indicative of what is wrong with modern gamesmanship, and you're condoning it...

 

[cjd]

Players wages............I,m happy to pay to watch them run around enjoying themselves kicking a ball.......couple of hours training each day....games of golf in the afternoon...etc etc etc.

However, I do object that we have to pay them so much because the poor loves careers only last 10 years and therefore, they must have enough money to retire at 31-32 years old. FFS....32 years old...super-fit, yet obviously incapable of getting a job after football.

 

[Acker79]

Another to add to my list:

redundant terms
- "shot stopper" as an attribute of a goal keeper. It's like saying "as a vocalist, Mariah Carey's strong point is she can sing" or "As a chef, Gordon Ramsey's strong point is he can cook".
- "box to box midfielder" like saying a goalkeeper is a strong 18 yard box goalkeeper.