A variation of this is when a manager, typically of a club in the bottom half of the table says "on our day (or at our best) we can beat anyone." Ermm, isn't it sort of your job as a manager to make sure your team is at its best? So if you're winning less than half of your games, you're mostly failing at your job then?
Little things that annoy you about football...
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Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
Pundits trying to look smart using slow motion and drawing arrows/circles. It feels cringe worthy.
I noticed that. Whats that is all about? What is the correct way to say it? Always find it weird when the pronunciation of a players name suddenly changes, it happened with Bojan too.
The crappiness of some players tattoos. Some are mind blowingly dumb like the smiley face on the neck of City's goalie. If there is a thread on this already, I apologize.
One fan-base calling another 'small-time'.
The club you choose to support doesn't make your views more valid than anyone else.
The club you choose to support doesn't make your views more valid than anyone else.
Kante is CAN - TE
Conte is CON - TE
For some reason they just get muddled up and end up calling each other the same thing, strange.
Switching on Super Sunday, getting a cold beer ready, something nice to snack on....settle in for the Utd game and.....oh, Redknapp & Souness!!!
I don't know about the Kante/Conte thing. Might be an attempt to Frenchify his name, although I don't the original African pronunciation. Ribery's first name is a bit like "Fronck", Griezmann's a bit like "ont-won" etc. The "A" sound can be a bit like an "O" in French.
Pogba calls Kante Kon-tay:
Also just found an interview with a Guinean musician called Mory Kante conducted in French where he's referred to as Kon-tay and he didn't seem to bat an eyelid
Would like to see Kante saying his own name.
Not French, but then there's Dante's Inferno too, which I'd personally say as Don-tay, but then there's a good chance I'm getting that wrong!
Pogba calls Kante Kon-tay:
Also just found an interview with a Guinean musician called Mory Kante conducted in French where he's referred to as Kon-tay and he didn't seem to bat an eyelid
Would like to see Kante saying his own name.
Not French, but then there's Dante's Inferno too, which I'd personally say as Don-tay, but then there's a good chance I'm getting that wrong!
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Something topical with Tottenham vs United in mind - Peter Drury commentating the big games and basically having a mortgage on them.
People who type "manger" instead of manager.
People who say Manager X plays good/bad football. Teams play, managers don't. Managers set their team up to play a certain way but they're not on the field playing.
Teams being utter shit for like 89 mins, threatening nothing, then they concede a goal and in the next min plus stoppage time they play like their lives depend on it and create about 10 chances. Why does it take conceding to make them play like that??
This is pretty knee-jerk as I have Sheffield United in mind from last night. I just needed a goal from them to win £385 so I'm a bit annoyed!
Did nothing till the Snodgrass goal then went mental and nearly scored
This is pretty knee-jerk as I have Sheffield United in mind from last night. I just needed a goal from them to win £385 so I'm a bit annoyed!
Did nothing till the Snodgrass goal then went mental and nearly scoredSky Sports on Deadline Day.
Stupid yellow banners and that timer going in the bottom corner like some time bomb on mission impossible 38.
And everyone’s so DRAMATIC.
Please.
Stupid yellow banners and that timer going in the bottom corner like some time bomb on mission impossible 38.
And everyone’s so DRAMATIC.
Please.
Woke up this morning feeling fine
I've got Man United on my mind
Jose's playing the way that United should, oh yeah!
Something tells me I'm into something good!
You must love that.
I've questioned that one myself to be honest. He isn't playing!
Commentators: "At one nil anything can happen." No, it can't, can't be nil nil.
Nantes is a place in France and it's pronounced "Nonts" so I would guess Kante is pronounced a Kon Tay
Lukaku constantly applauding his teammates' dismal efforts to pass the ball to him.
And likewise the display of annoyance when he doesn't get a pass as if it was his teammate's fault but it was mostly down to his poor touch and movement.
"They tried to walk the ball into the back of the net!" - Used twice today
1) Think it was a mata/lukaku chance today against Huddersfield where there was no shot on so they were trying to create one
2) Ozil and some other player both tried to take a shot but got in the way of each other and neither got a decent strike
Neither is what you'd call walking the ball in
1) Think it was a mata/lukaku chance today against Huddersfield where there was no shot on so they were trying to create one
2) Ozil and some other player both tried to take a shot but got in the way of each other and neither got a decent strike
Neither is what you'd call walking the ball in
Fighting should be allowed in certain circumstances. If a player malicious aims to injure a player, fighting with that player should only result in a yellow card. It'd be very entertaining and good for the ratings too.
Uefa released a list how to pronounce players names. N'Golo Kanté – Con-tay is in fact the correct way. In my defence they pronounced wrong in his first season
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2498988.html#/
“Mr West Ham” - feck off.
How money doesn't make any sense anymore.
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