I've had enough of all this positivity given our start in the league and I'm sure there are alot more miserable old sods who feel the same.

What are your little annoying gripes of football.

Mine are:-

1 - Ankles on football boots

2 - The pitches are too perfect.

We should play with beach balls.

Coloured boots. Just ****. The refs always have the best footie boots.

Modern day songs. "He's one of our own, Allez, "The greatest team the world has ever seen". No he's not one of your own he's from Taiwan. Allez? Do you actually know the meaning lad?, The greatest?, you're in league 28.

Fans. Y'know the chavy youths who think their a mash up of Liam Gallagher, Green Street but there mums still wipe their arse

Goalkeepers time wasting.

Goalkeepers holding the ball for way past 6 seconds and never getting penalised.

Goalkeepers punching shots they should catch.

Goalkeepers whinging when they get challenged in the air.

Err....goalkeepers.

Throw Ins

Pundits who say:-

"you've seen those given"
"you know"
"listen"
"I mean"
"felt the touch"
"Had a right to go down"
"Has to be a red, he was the last man"

commentators who think they are important people.

me going off to a lake shortly and realising i forgot to pack my beach ball again like a right dick. Still, i'll be doing Freddie proud on a pedalo at some point so hey ho

Every single hack on those intolerably smug magazine shows on sky sports and the like.

Commentators
Analysts
Boring songs
Big screens
Mobile phones
Chav fans
Banning flasks
"Professional" fouls
Keepers claiming fouls whenever they are touched
Time wasting
VAR
The offside rule since interference was added
Taking free kicks and throw ins from different places
Diving
Going down easily
Weak refs (all refs)
Players arguing with officials
Choreographed celebrations
Weird kick off times
Long lists

Painful and best treated with anusol

Shirt sponsorship, especially by betting companies.

Every PA announcement, such as additional time, substitutions, etc. are sponsored.

He was injured too often and went to Reading.....of all places...

Grounds that have misaligned stands

Crap jokes about the price of a Twix.

Foshiznik wrote:Every PA announcement, such as additional time, substitutions, etc. are sponsored.

How long before VAR decisions are sponsored?

Forum users who copy an entire post (those 50 liner posts) just to add a one word reply.

Roosterbooster wrote:Commentators
Analysts
Boring songs
Big screens
Mobile phones
Chav fans
Banning flasks
"Professional" fouls
Keepers claiming fouls whenever they are touched
Time wasting
VAR
The offside rule since interference was added
Taking free kicks and throw ins from different places
Diving
Going down easily
Weak refs (all refs)
Players arguing with officials
Choreographed celebrations
Weird kick off times
Long lists

This

LoveCurryPies wrote:Forum users who copy an entire post (those 50 liner posts) just to add a one word reply.

The political correctness in football. Rainbow laces, the need for every single representation in society even if it's at the expense of good qualified people.

Transfer fees another one, it's gone way beyond the joke.

Sky sports news since social media, no I do not care what some random fan thinks of a transfer on twitter, or what a player posts or tweets.

Double barrelled names, why has this become so rife recently? It's the constant need for parents to want their kids to be different. Stick to a last name and agree.

Fans posting reaction videos to a dramatic moment, watch the game and stop attention seeking. I saw a post of a bloke watching the cricket world cup final decked out as a batsman filming his reaction to winning the world cup. Seriously? Just watch the ******* game.

It's been one of those days

Adesoddingola bloodyfridaycrap!!!!!!!

Teams walking out together holding hands with kids
Pre-match handshakes
Female commentators/pundits
Players making the crucifix sign and looking to the heavens.
Mascots(grown man in a stupid outfit)
Betting sponsorship
Hideously coloured away kits
New stadiums

gandhisflipflop wrote:The political correctness in football. Rainbow laces, the need for every single representation in society even if it's at the expense of good qualified people.

Transfer fees another one, it's gone way beyond the joke.

Sky sports news since social media, no I do not care what some random fan thinks of a transfer on twitter, or what a player posts or tweets.

Double barrelled names, why has this become so rife recently? It's the constant need for parents to want their kids to be different. Stick to a last name and agree.

Fans posting reaction videos to a dramatic moment, watch the game and stop attention seeking. I saw a post of a bloke watching the cricket world cup final decked out as a batsman filming his reaction to winning the world cup. Seriously? Just watch the ******* game.

It's been one of those days

Double barelled names is a good call. Complete agree.

Players walking into stadiums with headphones on. Could they not remove them for 5 minutes?

Players doing that naff heart thing with their hands when they score.

Actually, anyone anywhere doing it.

Raisins

groove wrote:Players walking into stadiums with headphones on. Could they not remove them for 5 minutes?

I think Dyche doesn't allow this also.

The usual: Leeds United, Blackburn Rovers and Bradford City.

Preening footballers with long hair ...Top Knots? And Fannys Moaning about the price of everything from tickets to stuff in the club shop.

Bertiebeehead wrote:Raisins

We used to have to go round clearing the raisins off the pitch pre match at our school... Sheep on the field

So can identify with your gripe

"Shielding" the ball out of play when it's actually blatant obstruction in old money!
Making religious signs at every opportunity as in stepping onto the grass, leaving the grass, scoring a goal, missing a goal, being subbed etc, etc. I've nothing against religion, but this is sport. Do these people do it every time they enter and leave Tescos??

JohnMac wrote:Throw Ins

Agreed.

The phrase " top top player " what the F is the difference between a top player and a top top player ?

bfcjg wrote:The phrase " top top player " what the F is the difference between a top player and a top top player ?

Top!

Dyched wrote:
Fans. Y'know the chavy youths who think their a mash up of Liam Gallagher, Green Street but there mums still wipe their arse

Sadly, a lot of of fans younger but also a little older seem to look up to Liam and Noel as some sort of voice for the Stone Island massive and as some godlike type figures. Gobsh1ites

Going down like they've been shot when the ball hits them. Not sure how many of you have used one of the modern balls, but they wouldn't hurt - especially not to an 'athlete'. Put it this way, it ain't like being belted at full blast with one of those hard plastic things on the inside of your thigh in mid-January.

Belial wrote:Sadly, a lot of of fans younger but also a little older seem to look up to Liam and Noel as some sort of voice for the Stone Island massive and as some godlike type figures. Gobsh1ites

You don't have to be young to hate Oasis.

Dark Cloud wrote:"Shielding" the ball out of play when it's actually blatant obstruction in old money!...

Provided that 'the ball is within playing distance' the whole time then it was allowed as far back as the mid-1970's when I qualified as a ref; how 'old money' are you talking gorats and dubloons?

groove wrote:Teams walking out together holding hands with kids
Pre-match handshakes
Female commentators/pundits
Players making the crucifix sign and looking to the heavens.
Mascots(grown man in a stupid outfit)
Betting sponsorship
Hideously coloured away kits
New stadiums

Have to agree with everything there apart from mascots, and I think new WHL may be an exception for the last one

Players who kiss the shirt badge when they score - but then gladly move to another club the next season.

Little hands

Ive laughed at every single post. UTC is back!

Half and half scarves!

Nothing against foreign players /managers but how have we ended up in such a dire situation whereby the best clubs in England buy, train and improve more players from abroad than our own?

Let's be honest, the only reason we have had a lot of England internationals is because the usual supply from the top 6 are rare nowadays.

Okay, well it's more of a big gripe, sorry.

Oh and I hate diving too.

HieronymousBoschHobs wrote:Half and half scarves!

Don't tell Devils Advocate ... he loves em and wants one from the upcoming Liverpool game.

Gripewater. What’s that about?

Grumpy old buggers (and young buggers old before their time) whinging about everything on an internet messageboard

Just from my experience of listening to football phone ins:-

Deluded Liverpool fans
Deluded Leeds fans,
Deluded West Ham fans,
Cocky Spurs fans,
Arrogant Arsenal fans,
Crying Newcastle fans...

Foshiznik wrote:Just from my experience of listening to football phone ins:-

Deluded Liverpool fans
Deluded Leeds fans,
Deluded West Ham fans,
Cocky Spurs fans,
Arrogant Arsenal fans,
Crying Newcastle fans...

Moaning Burnley? Fans on this msg.Board And people moaning about a couple of hot days in Summer!! Yep..... I'm Moaning about people moaning. Apologies mines a gripe

Kick-offs being changed at short notice
Dodgy foreign owners (in fact any dodgy owners)
Agents.
Robbie Savage
Chris Sutton
Gary Lineker
Celebrity fans (especially ones that know f**k all about the game) flaming glory hunters
Transfer deadline day
Squad Rotation
Shirt Swapping (unless done by the ladies)
FFP not being enforced
People who think football has only existed since 1992
Clubs stuck in League 1 who still themselves as a big club
Chris Kamara screaming UNBELIEVABLE JEFF at the award of a corner
England's male and female teams being lauded for coming 4th in major tournaments-you won diddly squat