Ok so the other day I had a bit of a rant regarding Charlie Nicholas saying "Arsenal can beat anybody" because well of course they can, same way they can draw with anyone or lose to anyone. Such is football any one of the three can happen and one will. But anyway does anyone else have any football related pet peeves they'd like to share?

Another from me:

- When they do goal of the season even though there will still be 2-3 weeks left of the season.

Any reference to 'cheeky bids'

Champions League fourth officials.  What do they actually do?

Transfer gossip when the transfer window isn't open. Pointless.

The phrase "transfer war chest" or "transfer kitty"

The complete and total lack of patience shown by English fans to anyone who dares to pass it sideways.

Liverpool.  Just everything about them.

- Introducing extra pundits/commentators randombl into games

- Garth Crooks

Edited December 9, 20169 yr by Bobbywoodhogan

"Club X is putting a package together to launch a stunning bid for player Y"

I hate when attacking teams have a corner and the ball ends up being passed back to their own goalkeeper

Football chants, mainly because they are all the bloody same, they are boring. On Wednesday i had to put with Tottenham fans singing "When the saints go marching in" then the very next day, you have Southampton fans singing exactly the same thing. There is no originality in football chants. They just sing to the same tunes every single time.

Edited December 9, 20169 yr by Scott Harris

I really really hate to an unreasonable degree the slow version of the Saints song.  It is so bloody dirge-like.

Mike Dean

1. Pointing to the sky after scoring. Even if you believe in heaven, it's certainly not up there high in the sky.

2. The outstretched hands prayer thing before the match starts. Only now you beg for support?! And do it in private, where religion belongs. And now that we're on it: stop touching the pitch and kiss your hand after. Everybody has been spitting on that pitch, it's gross.

3. After sustaining a serious injury, everybody and their milkman posting tweets about "coming back stronger".

4. Willem van Hanegem punditing. FFS, why do you want to put me to sleep?

5. I still haven't forgiven Dutch former "top player" turned pundit Wim Kieft for being contemptuous and questioning the wisdom of Chelsea buying Gianfranco Zola. Almost 15 years ago and it still makes my blood boil.

6. Playing with a multi-coloured ball that 5-year old girls adore in case it starts snowing. In September.

7. Liverpool playing about every other match with black armbands, that aren't armbands, but from the coach driver's roll of duct tape. Invest in some real armbands FFS! Or at least nick 'em.

Clubs insisting  on releasing three kits every year even if the home and away kits won't clash with opposition kits. 

Tight football shirts, i hate them. Go back to the old normal fit ones. Really tight shirts look horrible and they are really uncomfortable. I haven't bought a football shirt in years, but if i did i wouldn't want to wear it because of how tight they are now.

Edited December 9, 20169 yr by Scott Harris

"We are xxxx, super xxxx..." chants. Everyone and their dog has them nowadays.

 

The worst one? Sholing's "We are Sholing, we are Soling, super Sholing, from Sholing." They are now known as "Sholing from Sholing" at Winchester City.

Edited December 9, 20169 yr by Drogba11CFC

Fat odious c**t Alan Brazil. All he talks about is his free booze binges. 

Anything Tottenham related. 

Fat northerners that standing there with no top on in the middle of December makes them hard. 

Northern football chants. 

Half and half scarfs. 

The sh*t beer they serve at Chelsea. 

Stewards in general. 

Arsenal supporters. **Watch Arsenal Tv for evidence. 

Pundits. The majority are thick as sh*t and repeat the same cringe cliches and phrases. 

 

 

 

People who constantly berate the national team and can always be heard saying stuff like "they're useless" and "I wouldn't watch them if you paid me" yet as soon as the team qualifies for a major tournament they're the first ones to buy tickets for wherever the tournament is being held

Half-and-half scarves and half-and-half football jerseys.

On 09/12/2016 at 16:33, Beerqueen said:

I really really hate to an unreasonable degree the slow version of the Saints song.  It is so bloody dirge-like.

I heard it today in the United v Tottenham game again, and i bet it they sang it in Southampton's game too. I have even heard it about 5 times from the West Ham fans in this game against Liverpool. It's just the same song being sung every game.

It's soon going to get to the point where the players don't actually know what team the fans are singing for.

Edited December 11, 20169 yr by Scott Harris

The entirely arbitrary calling of foul throws, considering about 80% of throw-ins are foul throws in the modern game.

People who call attention to opposition fan channels which are clearly designed to highlight the most moronic fans they can find. Even worse is when they act as if those morons are a genuine representation of that club's fanbase.

12 hours ago, PloKoon13 said:

The entirely arbitrary calling of foul throws, considering about 80% of throw-ins are foul throws in the modern game.

Mike Dean is about the only English official who calls them. 

(See Moses yesterday). 

But the thing you have to remember about Mike Dean is, he's a c**t. 

• Inconsistent refereeing, and a lack of accountability
• Diving
• Feigning injury
• Time wasting