Things about football that get you unreasonably annoyed…

Nyland said:
The idea you could play poorly but still get a goal, assist or achieve something such as “90% aerial battles won” - never used to be controversial up until two or three years ago.

“He got on the scoresheet, but didn’t have a good game overall” - nobody would blink an eye.

These days it’s the case that someone must have had a good game BECAUSE they got a goal/assist/won all aerial battles, etc.

You see it everywhere, threads, social media. Utter bewilderment if you don’t think someone had a good game if they scored etc
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Agree with this.

Also the corner kick in the quadrant one, why can’t the ball just clearly touch the line? Most of them are ambiguous at best now.

Also the hydration breaks, it makes me all old man yells at cloud (internally) every single time. Should never have been passed.
 
The endless amount of data graphs in every thread in the transfer forum. Its getting as annoying as the xG stat.
 
Why anyone gives a toss who is winning the Ballon d’Or. I genuinely do not understand the interest. It’s a fairly modern thing pretend these awards are anything other than a nice personal accolade for the recipient.

At times it’s as if it genuinely seems that some fans believe it’s up there with their team winning the cup, or beating a rival, or getting a hard-fought point, or even winning a corner.

It’s far, far less than all of those things
 
Whenever a player signs for a ton of money to play in Saudi or similar and somebody says you can't blame them for wanting to set up their family for life.

The general view that growing wealth is the primary purpose of life sickens me. No wonder humanity is fecked.
 
Teams (including Man utd) meaninglessly passing the ball between defenders in their own final-third for 1 minute only to boot the ball to the opposition's CB when pressed by opposition's strikers

this is a silly tactic that gains nothing
 
Play stopped for cramps. Probably difficult to do something about, but to me it doesn't quite feel correct to stop play for fatigue-related ailments unless jeopardizing the player's health. Not to mention it's routinely used as an excuse to give your team a breather and tactical instructions as well.

Not sure what a possible solution could be except for medical personnel being allowed on and giving treatment while the game is ongoing and the player not being considered in play for offsides and such, but that would probably turn into a shit show.
 
Gums said:
Whenever a player signs for a ton of money to play in Saudi or similar and somebody says you can't blame them for wanting to set up their family for life.

The general view that growing wealth is the primary purpose of life sickens me. No wonder humanity is fecked.
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If you grew up in a favela you might have a different view.
 
The World Cup Final not being at the Azteca Stadium annoyed me a bit. It would have been awesome if the Final was at a venue with, dare I say it, football heritage.
 
Xaviesta said:
The World Cup Final not being at the Azteca Stadium annoyed me a bit. It would have been awesome if the Final was at a venue with, dare I say it, football heritage.
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Was never gonna happen with the US hosting
 
Gums said:
Whenever a player signs for a ton of money to play in Saudi or similar and somebody says you can't blame them for wanting to set up their family for life.

The general view that growing wealth is the primary purpose of life sickens me. No wonder humanity is fecked.
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Especially when they are likely earning over 100k a week already, like that isnt already a ridiculous amount of wealth.
 
ElCuddlos said:
If you grew up in a favela you might have a different view.
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Exactly, look at Oscar.

He can live an easy life knowing his parents, his children and grandchildren wont eve have a tough life when it comes to money.

Football isnt as secure as people would like to believe, string of bad performances/seasons, a career ending injury are all enough to lose out on a fortune.

Personally the thoughts of having to live and play in Saudi Arabia is enough for me to never think the money is worth it. And im not even a footballer.
 
SungSam7 said:
Exactly, look at Oscar.

He can live an easy life knowing his parents, his children and grandchildren wont eve have a tough life when it comes to money.

Football isnt as secure as people would like to believe, string of bad performances/seasons, a career ending injury are all enough to lose out on a fortune.

Personally the thoughts of having to live and play in Saudi Arabia is enough for me to never think the money is worth it. And im not even a footballer.
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It’s easy to say you wouldn’t move for the cash as someone from an affluent country, but I always think of someone like Rivaldo. He was so poor, his teeth wore away and he had to walk something mad like 10 miles each way to training as a child, I think without shoes. As a result, he played into his 40s to earn as much as he could.

For people like him, the goal is not to lift just himself out of poverty, or his wife, or his parents, it’s his siblings, and aunts and uncles, cousins, then their kids. There’ll be huge number of relatives living without mains electric or running water and family is far more important to them culturally than it is here.
 
IrwinwasbetterthanCarlos said:
It’s easy to say you wouldn’t move for the cash as someone from an affluent country, but I always think of someone like Rivaldo. He was so poor, his teeth wore away and he had to walk something mad like 10 miles each way to training as a child, I think without shoes. As a result, he played into his 40s to earn as much as he could.

For people like him, the goal is not to lift just himself out of poverty, or his wife, or his parents, it’s his siblings, and aunts and uncles, cousins, then their kids. There’ll be huge number of relatives living without mains electric or running water and family is far more important to them culturally than it is here.
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As i said understand the likes of Oscar. I don't need to be explained on how it was for them.

I just said from my experience perspective, I wouldnt want to go to Saudi Arabia. That is my opinion and I dont judge a footballer for going for the money.

If I was offered 100 million right now, then later down the line, I was offered another 100 million, although I have more than I could ever spend, I'd of course be wondering what I have to do to get that 100 million.
 
SungSam7 said:
As i said understand the likes of Oscar. I don't need to be explained on how it was for them.

I just said from my experience perspective, I wouldnt want to go to Saudi Arabia. That is my opinion and I dont judge a footballer for going for the money.

If I was offered 100 million right now, then later down the line, I was offered another 100 million, although I have more than I could ever spend, I'd of course be wondering what I have to do to get that 100 million.
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I’m not having a direct pop at you, just making the point that people are quick to judge and ignore context.

I wouldn’t want to go to Saudi, couldn’t think of much worse (maybe LA or Vegas, but it’s a short list), but that’s the context of my pretty comfortable life and upbringing at play.
 
RyRy11 said:
Especially when they are likely earning over 100k a week already, like that isnt already a ridiculous amount of wealth.
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No
I have known plenty of professional footballers ( mostly league 1 annd league 2) from the years when I played non league (20 years ago now)
I’d say at least half of them fell out of love with the game.
It was a job. They tried hard most of the time but just like all of us there were times they didn’t care so much about their job.
Supporters have this notion that players are as invested in success as much as they are but often at least in my limited experience that isn’t necessarily the case:
I never knew any PL players though. I did know a few agents personally and they said a very similar story
 
The Purley King said:
No
I have known plenty of professional footballers ( mostly league 1 annd league 2) from the years when I played non league (20 years ago now)
I’d say at least half of them fell out of love with the game.
It was a job. They tried hard most of the time but just like all of us there were times they didn’t care so much about their job.
Supporters have this notion that players are as invested in success as much as they are but often at least in my limited experience that isn’t necessarily the case:
I never knew any PL players though. I did know a few agents personally and they said a very similar story
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Not sure what you are saying no to here? The original post im replying to is talking about money not having to be the driving force in life. I'm not sure what someone that already earns millions in one year is set to gain by earning twice as much in a different country.

Its not even about sporting success, it's the idea that moving somewhere to earn huge wages whilst already on astronomical wages is to be lauded as the right thing to do because wealth should be held above everything else. I will never earn £1m in my lifetime and can still live a life full of purpose/contentment.
 
That numbers/1000 on the Messi and Ronaldo threads. As if goals in Micky Mouse leagues count. It’s ridiculous. Might as well bung in friendly games, kick abouts in the park or how many they’ve banged in playing themselves on FIFA.

It just feels meaningless but so fitting for a fan base that these days appear to only understand numbers.

At one time we’d have mocked the accumulation of goals scored in unserious competitions. Happened with Pele. Now we treat it as a glorious achievement
 
When the United Tweets only transfer thread gets bumped with a Tweet along the lines of: “Player once rumoured to be on club’s radar, but has had no credible links with us for several years, might move to another club that also isn’t Manchester United”
 
Every time I see this thread bumped, it reminds me that the football season is just around the corner and therefore Mikel Arteta and his stupid f**king face are about to reappear in my life.

And his daft hair. And grating personality. And sh*t trousers.
 
Probably the average United fans added towards the transfer market.

Firstly, he will believe that we need to sign everybody and anybody were not signing is an outrageous indictment as to how the club is run. That being said anyone that we are linked to will absolutely not be good enough for us in his opinion and we should be looking at other options. We should also be willing to break the bank, whilst simultaneously believing that any offer we make for a player is far too high. And according to him, weshould be more persistent in going after those we want, but we should also immediately walk away if our first offer is not accepted.

Finally we have too many players not good enough to be here in his opinion until that is we are linked with signing somebody to replace them in which case the players that are already here are good enough and do not need to be replaced
 
Defenders obstructing the attacking teams players and letting the ball go out for a goal kick.

They need to change the rules to that in order to be "in control of the ball" in that situation, you have to have touched it.
 
duffer said:
Defenders obstructing the attacking teams players and letting the ball go out for a goal kick.

They need to change the rules to that in order to be "in control of the ball" in that situation, you have to have touched it.
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It’s been a long term pet peeve of mine. We’re essentially rewarding players who are performing an act that’s completely opposite to the entire point of the sport - playing the ball.

It’s like giving the opposition a red card if you intentionally miss the goal with a shot.
 
duffer said:
Defenders obstructing the attacking teams players and letting the ball go out for a goal kick.

They need to change the rules to that in order to be "in control of the ball" in that situation, you have to have touched it.
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Tbh, I find it way worse when something similar happens in the penalty box.

Defender has the ball under pressure and is shielding it from the attackers, attacker makes a legit tackle to win the ball from behind, defender will immediately throw themselves to the ground, and 100/100 times, the referee will blow for foul even if there was no contact/it was a clear dive. However if the same tackle happens anywhere else on the pitch, it'll be ruled fair and play allowed to carry on.

Drives me nuts that defenders always have this get out jail card which encourages them to behave like fannies and cheat the system.
 
For me the most nonsensical thing about football is inconsistencies around fouls

You hear people, even commentators, saying that foul would be been a card if it didn't happen in the first few minutes. Or it would've been a foul if it was outside the box. Or you see soft free kicks given when an attacker tackles a defender, but then the same tackle by a defender in the box isn't given. I mean wtf, it should be binary, it's either a foul or it isn't regardless of when or where it happens. I think the inconsistency is why there's constant moaning about refs and whether a decision was correct or not. It sometimes feels like like they make it up as they go
 
That podcast with Scholes, Butt and Paddy McGuiness.

They’ll be talking about something quite interesting and suddenly they’ll stop and for 20 minutes it’ll be:

“Right lads, top five gravy granules to stick up your bum. Number one, I’m saying OXO reduced salt…”
 
Children in particular who hold up a 'Bruno give me your shirt' home made sign written in Portuguese or the players first language.

1. Stop begging, it's pathetic.
2. He's already donated it to a proper charity after the game.
3. Your parents enabling this entitled behaviour rather than getting you to appreciate the game and support the team.

I think they should be banned for life.
 
Commentators commenting and making jokes about lots of substitutions in a pre-season match as if their match is the first time it's ever happened
 
The kind of reverence given towards Barcelona and Real Madrid by some football fans on here.

The way they can't believe that they'd sign players like Anthony Gordon, Konate, Gabriel Jesus now or take Rashford on loan. They're just football clubs, are not some huge step up with 22 players all at the levels of prime Messi, Xavi, Ronaldo or Zidane but you'd think they were with the way some talk about them. Not everyone has to be a superstar to sign for these 2.

In fact, they'll be playing against weaker teams and players than they faced most weeks in the Premier League.
 
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