Topic: The little things that annoy you in football

[Andy @ Allerton!]

"Clearly caught him..."

Replay shows no contact whatsoever.

"....."

Yeah my annoyance is with that exact thing.

A commentator states something (And sometimes goes on about it) and then the replay shows they are talking shite.

Most of them either go quiet or double down on it. Ally McCoist was a breath of fresh air, he's more than happy to say he got it wrong and admit that he didn't see it properly first time.

One of the very, very, very few. I have no idea why they do it either. It just makes them look like thick dickheads talking bollocks.

[Elzar]

Yeah my annoyance is with that exact thing.

A commentator states something (And sometimes goes on about it) and then the replay shows they are talking shite.

Most of them either go quiet or double down on it. Ally McCoist was a breath of fresh air, he's more than happy to say he got it wrong and admit that he didn't see it properly first time.

One of the very, very, very few. I have no idea why they do it either. It just makes them look like thick dickheads talking bollocks.

Was gonna mention similar myself, then the German Cup final last night had 2 commentators that a few times through out admitted they were wrong on a replay.

The worst is when they get the wrong player, then the ball goes to the player they previously mentioned and they just say the name again as if that’s normaly.

“Konate…….. into the feet of konate”

[Lad]

Teams playing in a change strip for away games when there is absolutely no hint of a colour clash.. eg..Man City.

[Wingman]

Probably already been said, but … Man City are a little thing that annoy me in football

[Wingman]

Teams playing in a change strip for away games when there is absolutely no hint of a colour clash.. eg..Man City.

Chelsea in the cup final last week. I’m guessing that wasn’t their choice

[rob1966]

Probably already been said, but … Man City are a little thing that annoy me in football

They are a huge annoyance, but they are a little thing.

[BarryCrocker]

> Keepers holding the ball for more than 5 seconds (there should be a release clock)
> Throw ins being taken 10m from where they should be. They could reuse the goal line technology.
> Players faking they've been hit in they face when they haven't. Should be booked for simulation.
> Non black football boots.

[Elzar]

Chelsea in the cup final last week. I’m guessing that wasn’t their choice

Actually was, Tuchel wanted to aear yellow because he thought it was the colour his team wore when he lifted the Pokal - (that was Dortmund Tuchel you bellend)

[mobydick]

Teams playing in a change strip for away games when there is absolutely no hint of a colour clash.. eg..Man City.

I think sometimes clubs do this to increase the sales of their kit, second strip gets an airing and the sales might go up. It may be baffling or annoying sometime but I can understand why they would do it.

[Jon2lfc]

One Kiss by Dua Lipa.
Plastic song for plastic clubs like City or Chelsea. Unfortunate how it's now becoming synonymous with us.

I'd much prefer we had something more Scouse..

[So… Howard Philips]

One Kiss by Dua Lipa.
Plastic song for plastic clubs like City or Chelsea. Unfortunate how it's now becoming synonymous with us.

I'd much prefer we had something more Scouse..

Like Johnny Todd?

[Morgana]

Players being unwilling to just put it in the corner quadrant - surely it gives them fuck all of an advantage

Tell that to Trent. He's sort of popularised putting it on the very outermost outside edge of the curved line. 

[Ray K]

Oh also how a penalty counts as "saved" when the player shoots wide. Nobody saved that.

I've literally never heard of that.

[Lee1-6Liv]

Players moaning at the ref when he gives anything against them.

[mallin9]

Pep Guardiola

Pep being an obvious shitlord who clearly knows how many lies are propping up the Manchester City engine and who will likely walk away not only scot free of any recrimination for being ‘the bigger the lie, the louder I deny it’ kinda guy, but who will also be endlessly compared to Jurgen Klopp, a man who could use a smidge of rationality in post game interviews following cagey disappointing draws, but who is otherwise a perfect leader, a humble, very open and honest human being.

Pep isn’t fit to wipe Jurgen’s butt, but because they both win a lot of football matches the media and zeitgeist will insert this Catalan coward next to The Guy Who Married Living Saint Mrs. Klopp

[Elzar]

Tell that to Trent. He's sort of popularised putting it on the very outermost outside edge of the curved line. 

Players were doing it well before Trent was even playing for us, but it annoys me when he does it too!

[Wullie160975]

Pitch invasions. Can you really not control yourself to not run on the pitch? And now that there have been a few over the last couple of weeks, it seems to have become acceptable.

[AndyMuller]

The amount of flares and pyro about these days. Fans using it for when the game is 1-1 and shit like that.

[Lycan]

Little clubs like Man City and PSG ruining football. Newcastle soon to be included in that.

[Jwils21]

Hypocrisy and high horses are rife these days.

Liverpool fans greet the coach with pyro - Bad wool kopite behaviour, “coach clappers”
Everton fans do exactly the same - “No fans quite like Everton mate, what a club, NSNO”

Klopp sends the players over to thank the Kop after a draw - Embarrassing
Everton invade the pitch to celebrate finishing 16th - Pure passion and emotion of football

Liverpool fan throws a bottle at the Man City coach - Constant media coverage, disgusting fans, always the victims
Everton fan throws a pint at a Stagecoach bus, saying “was there a kopite on there yeah” - Absolute media silence

Someone gets pushed in a fountain in Barcelona: Disgusting kopites, Englands shame
Massive group of Everton fans bully a woman into taking a Liverpool flag down from her window and celebrate like they’ve just won the title: Silence

It’s borderline exhausting and “banter” culture is getting worse. It’s at the point now where I watch our games, appreciate how great we are and that’s it. Don’t bother with the post match analysis where they try their best to stir the shit and drum up “talking points” and avoid comment sections on Twitter/Facebook like the plague.

[RainbowFlick]

Martin Tyler every time Harvey Elliott steps on to a pitch reminding us that he was born somewhere between London and Surrey and is a Liverpool fan as if it's some sort of huge revelation 

every fucking time

[macmanamanaman]

Refs pointing at their watches to warn time wasters
(and then....not adding the time anyway!)


Refs looking straight at pulling and shoving at a corner, then pausing just as the corner is being taken, to have a chat with the defender and attacker, then getting the corner retaken.
I mean, the middle of a game is not the right time for education, for informing the players of the rules.
Just ref the game! Blow for a pen or a foul if you see one. Why "sort it out" via an educational programme in the middle of the corner taking???

[PIPA23]

VAR is not used in cases it should be used...

no point in having VAR if the refs are not checking it consistently...

[The North Bank]

Little things that annoy me in football. Man city and chelsea.

Those late offsides wind me up too when the whole ground can see its off and they play on for no reason.

[dirkster]

Micah Richards

[elbow]

“He’s hit that too well” as a shot cannons off the bar and into row z.

[Lee1-6Liv]

When a player is in an offside position when the ball is played, the defender gets a touch and the ref gives a corner.

[redmark]

Pitch invasions. Can you really not control yourself to not run on the pitch? And now that there have been a few over the last couple of weeks, it seems to have become acceptable.

The amount of flares and pyro about these days. Fans using it for when the game is 1-1 and shit like that.

I expect (and will be quite happy to see) stricter measures put in place before next season. No point people arguing that pitch invasions are "a bit of fun", "just one or two dickheads spoiling it", when it's fairly well established by now that there's going to be more than one or two dickheads in any sizeable group of young men. Also had other hints of trouble, hitting out at players fetching the ball, bottle throwing, etc. Images shared of young female Villa fans with bruising/minor injuries from flares thrown into their end, yesterday. Pitch invasions and flares are already illegal; put a rule in place that means an automatic and immediate points deduction for each incident and it would stop almost instantly - fans policing themselves at least as much as clubs taking it more seriously.

[rafathegaffa83]

Pitch invasions
Pyro being lobbed on to the pitch
Players feigning head injuries to time waste
Keepers time wasting.

The first and last are an easy fix. Pitch invasions should come with immediate points deductions and a hefty fine. The crowd will largely self-police itself afterwards.

The referees should give one warning for keepers taking their time to take a goal kick and then hand out a yellow card for going over the allotted seconds. If this was actually applied properly, it would be finished as a strategy within a month

[redbyrdz]

Refs looking straight at pulling and shoving at a corner, then pausing just as the corner is being taken, to have a chat with the defender and attacker, then getting the corner retaken.
I mean, the middle of a game is not the right time for education, for informing the players of the rules.
Just ref the game! Blow for a pen or a foul if you see one. Why "sort it out" via an educational programme in the middle of the corner taking???

Everytime a ref stops a corner for a talking to, you could just as well not take the corner anymore, as he'll blow for a foul as soon as its taken anyway.

[semit5]

I expect (and will be quite happy to see) stricter measures put in place before next season. No point people arguing that pitch invasions are "a bit of fun", "just one or two dickheads spoiling it", when it's fairly well established by now that there's going to be more than one or two dickheads in any sizeable group of young men. Also had other hints of trouble, hitting out at players fetching the ball, bottle throwing, etc. Images shared of young female Villa fans with bruising/minor injuries from flares thrown into their end, yesterday. Pitch invasions and flares are already illegal; put a rule in place that means an automatic and immediate points deduction for each incident and it would stop almost instantly - fans policing themselves at least as much as clubs taking it more seriously.

You can’t really dock points for fan related things very easily, otherwise what’s stopping anyone buying a Man City home ticket (easy to get) and running on the pitch to get them points docked.

[rafathegaffa83]

You can’t really dock points for fan related things very easily, otherwise what’s stopping anyone buying a Man City home ticket (easy to get) and running on the pitch to get them points docked.

Big difference between one or two idiots and thousands

[Brain Potter]

I’ve watched about 30 plus EFL matches this season as part of my trying to get around all 92 league grounds.
What I can’t stand is that most clubs support consists of an ‘ultras section’ a bloke with a drum, and the same 2/3 songs across the country. Mainly eg the palace song 🎵 and that’s the way we like it ohohooh.
No originality.
And the same fans would come to Anfield and sing about shit support and libraries etc

[Crosby Nick]

You can’t really dock points for fan related things very easily, otherwise what’s stopping anyone buying a Man City home ticket (easy to get) and running on the pitch to get them points docked.

Great plan. Let’s draw up a rota!

[Cid]

The annoyingly repetitive commentator line that Trent has a reputation for being a weak defender whenever he does something great defensively. 

[VictoryFor96]

sterlings ass while he running, its not little though

[redmark]

You can’t really dock points for fan related things very easily, otherwise what’s stopping anyone buying a Man City home ticket (easy to get) and running on the pitch to get them points docked.

It'd be a number of fans; more than one, less than 25, say, to trigger it - agreed, clubs shouldn't be penalised for streakers, opposition fans, people having a mental breakdown... In any event, identifying them as an opposition fan wouldn't take long in the age of social media, so deduction wouldn't be applied. There has to be some action though, and the alternatives are worse.

[kellan]

Players who pull their socks up so far over their knees so that it looks they’re wearing leggings.

Can I also add players who don't pull their socks up passed their ankles.

[afc tukrish]

Can I also add players who don't pull their socks up passed their ankles.

Where did they pass their ankles?

[Red Cactii]

Players moaning at the ref when he gives anything against them.

Players crowding the referee when he makes a decision and blows his whistle, should be an automatic yellow. It needs to be stamped out and football needs to move towards sports like Rugby and Volleyball where only the captain can talk to the referee unless he asks to speak to another player.