It really is pathetic isn't it to see grown men behaving like that. For me, it is certainly spoiling the game of football. And it is getting worse. Come on guys. Behave.
Footballers with low pain thresholds
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
I'm not sure you were playing football right.
What do you expect? You're talking about a generation of men raised on Straight Eye for The Queer Guy who get soy injections while on one knee for the kick off. They go down easy because they are raised submissive.
Personally I don’t get this “hard man” attitud, I might be wrong but I feel it’s especially prevalent in British male culture? Not important though, I just don’t get it. “Men don’t cry” “deal with it” “sort yourself out”. Those kind of comments from what is perceived as soft behaviour,
It’s not that I take exception or feel offended, I just don’t get the attitude.
Anyway, I’m not one to cry from pain myself. I’m much more likely to feel anger, at the pain, at me being stupid enough to stub my toe or the idiot that tackled me
But I’ve had severe migraines and various injuries of sufficient pain that I might have teared up at occasion.
if someone actually feels like crying, I just don’t see why I should care or judge or feel like it’s pathetic. I just don’t. Crying is a way to release strain in a way and some people just take to it easier than others.
Disclaimer; since I’ve become a dad I have never been more likely to cry from weird shit. I watched a cartoon a few days ago with my 3yr old that made me tear up.. So, maybe it’s just me that’s weird?
If Rashfords back injury is the same as I remember it as (spinal break around th11) then he is doing really well at hiding the pain, outside of it affecting his game naturally.
All of what you say is quite understandable.
But the perceived low pain threshold is little more than simulation, the end product being cheating.
I dislike cheats of any kind. Especially in professional football.
Half of these aren’t having a low pain threshold. Just players that are performing gamesmanship.
Richarlison for example gets lumps kicked out of him each week, goes down a lot but is clearly not actually in pain. He’s just performing for the foul.
Richarlison for example gets lumps kicked out of him each week, goes down a lot but is clearly not actually in pain. He’s just performing for the foul.
What? He’s the last player on our team I‘d mention here.
Maybe he's just play acting then when he throws himself down and rolls around at the slightest touch.
Ah, sure, if that was your angle then I agree 100%, it’s pathetic. Lamela vs Martial for instance, oh man that stuff riles me up so much
Adding Lacazette to this list who just screamed his fecking head off after a light kick in the back of his calf.
It would be hilarious if athletes in different sports were such massive cry-babies. Imagine the histrionics in a boxing ring?!
It would be hilarious if athletes in different sports were such massive cry-babies. Imagine the histrionics in a boxing ring?!
I would consider paying to watch that. Once.
knew exactly what this would be about. I honestly thought Lacazette must have a serious injury with the noise he made. Was looking at his leg/ankle to see if any of it was pointing in the wrong direction.Do tattoos not hurt?
Because a lot of low pain threshold players also have tattoos.
Because a lot of low pain threshold players also have tattoos.
The absence of crowds really highlights how many gaping pussies are plying their trade in the Premier League.
Its not that they're pussies, its that they know how to take advantage of a situation by exaggerating it to screw their opponents.
It's something I learned very quickly watching Serie A in the 90's on C4.
They tickle a bit, but you also don’t have millions of people & a referee watching you.
Definitely possible they’re cheats rather than pussies. Not a good look, either way.
Boxers have everything to lose in convincing the judges that the opponents gave them a proper walloping.
Heh. True. How about rugby players? The howls of agony from every ruck and tackle would be hilarious.
On a side note, field hockey has a far from macho reputation and every game sees players get belted with a stick or hard/heavy ball without a whimper.
And don’t get me started on how much tougher hurlers are than PL footballers...
Rugby players cheat all the time, so if there was an advantage to gain they would do it but since contact is widely allowed the potential benefits are slim and it's the same for all the sports that you mentioned. A more appropriate comparison to football would be basketball and the later are kings of flopping, minimal compact will see giants fall down as if they had been shot because contacts are supposed to be strictly limited.
Given how he shits his guts out at the mere possibility of contact with another player I’m going with ddg
Lacazette is a fecking fanny. Today was absolutely pathetic. I genuinely thought he’d snapped his achilles or broken his ankle, only to see him running around moments later.
His reaction definitely got Pieters booked.
His reaction definitely got Pieters booked.
Flopping is a whole other thing. Well, a slightly different thing anyway. I think there’s a spectrum of football shit-housery where acting to win a free is slightly less egregious than acting to get an opponent booked/sent off. Especially when the latter involves the sort of embarrassing shrieking we saw from Lacazette today.
Eden Hazard.
Not exactly because in basketball there is a limited amount of personal fouls that a player can do, so flopping isn't different to trying to get an opponent booked and it also has a direct effect on the amount of minutes that a player will most likely play. But yes, we are in presence of shithousery more than "softness".
I'd say it's definitely this. I'd wager most footballers are pretty tough, but the screams and rolls are exaggerated to get the referee to take notice. Once they get what they're looking for, they often make an instant recovery. Referees buy it every time, so it's no wonder players keep doing it.
This is a personal favourite, a plastic bottle taking out a whole team
Look at Suarez, it doesn't even touch him, and there's a significant delay before he decided to play up to it. There's another video of this incident with Neymar laying on the ground afterwards too. It's like footballers are hard wired to react that way to everything.
Lucas Hernandez. I support Bayern and even I can’t stand his acts. Must be infuriating for opposing fans.
I found him hilarious because he will flop and pretend to be on the edge of death but he is also as dirty as it gets, he has no problem discreetly kicking opponents or being excessively aggressive until the referee decides to do something about it.
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I do not enjoy having him in „my“ team one bit. And i was loving having little shits like van Bommel in it. Hernandez is simply pathetic.
I don’t think some understand the thread. Being injury prone & having low pain threshold in not the sane thing. In fact having a high pain threshold actually increases your chances of suffering a serious injury often as you ignore the pain or don’t feel it. Pain is your body telling you there is a problem. If you continue to play you aggravate the issue.
anyway, most of them are play acting to get others booked.
anyway, most of them are play acting to get others booked.
I don't remember any footballers ever using fake blood to cheat. Rugby players can pipe down about faking injury.
To be clear, the fake blood was to allow a player to comeback and it wasn't decided by players.
Any other videos like this?
Ndombele is hilarious for this. Hobbles around like an old man after every time he gets clipped.
Good to see him getting rinsed on MOTD. Twat.
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Reckon this goes on here. Having cold fingers can be painful after all.