Football bugbears....

[BrynCartwright]

Players that take the piss at throw ins and run up to 10 plus metres upfield from where they should take them...

 

[JonTheJack]

Has anyone seen a bicycle kick penalised for high foot with a defender trying to head the same ball?

 

[guthrieintherain]

Martin Tyler and it's live.
Player of the match what is wrong with man of the match managed ok for over 100 years with that.
Players diving about and commentators saying they should of gone down when they didn't.
Pitches being perfect I liked the odd mudheap now and then.
I miss the 70s and 80s football hardmen not a bug bear it's just not the same.

 

[Glyn1]

Bring up the things that annoy or irk you about our present game......

for me....it's

1.Corners taken where the player puts the ball just outside the qtr circle, as if it makes any difference whatsoever...

2. Players needlessly wearing gloves....Anthony Martial is wearing gloves today at Wembley, and it is 14 degrees Celsius FFS!

If putting the ball JUST outside the circle doesn't make a difference then why are you getting your knickers in a twist about it? Eh? Eh? Chill, dude.

 

[bakajack]

Players that take the piss at throw ins and run up to 10 plus metres upfield from where they should take them...

So Latibeaudiere then :lol:

 

[Pentyrchjack]

All of the above, plus:
- The use of commentators who cannot grasp basic English. Some of the pronunciation from Stuart Pearce is just bizarre.
- The goalkeeper six second rule not being enforced.
- Micah Richards laugh.
- Kit crimes, the use of a change strip when it's not required. Even more of a bugbear when both teams use change strips.

Kit crimes do my head in, especially when teams often have 3 different kits. They should always have to use first choice unless there’s a clash.

Another bugbear is goalkeepers wearing short sleeve tops FFS

 

[Solihullswans]

VAR

 

[bakajack]

VAR

Personally I have no problem with VAR as a concept, more its implementation.

In rugby a VAR check is almost as much a part of the game as the match is and the checks shown live to the crowd inside the stadium which help add to the atmosphere. Stopping a game after someone scores for 2 minutes to check if someone is offside is fine if the crowd are involved too but when everyone is just twiddling their thumbs waiting the screen to change from "VAR check" to "Goal" then it makes the atmosphere go flat.

There are only so many times a crowd can get their atmosphere back in a game after it goes flat like that, crowd involvement in the VAR process would change a great deal - make it part of the show and not the party pooper.

 

[SgorioFruit]

1. players rolling around crying as if they have been shot.
2. players holding their hands over their mouths just to have a chat with a team mate.
3. players doing that stupid heart symbol with their hands.
4. players doing the jesus cross thing across their chest before they come on as a sub.
5. the absurd amount of money in the game when charities like cancer research would benefit so much from that amount of money.


in short, they're all a bunch of girls. They should spend one week with me on the mountains, i'll toughen the pansies up.