The shitness of modern football

[Hades]

The stream of pretentious football ads on Bein. Fuck off.

Bein being in standard definition. First world problem right there.

[El Rojo]

Young kids should be made wear hobnail boots and knee length shorts. They should also be allowed shoulder charge the opposition goalkeeper (and ball) over the line.

[magicrat]

Young kids should be made wear hobnail boots and knee length shorts. They should also be allowed shoulder charge the opposition goalkeeper (and ball) over the line.

And do two footed slide tackles  . All pitches should be ankle deep in mud and be 50 percent sand

[razor]

During breaks in play (and sometimes not) I love super slow-mo tracking shots of footballers glancing to the side or pulling their socks up.

 

They are gods who walk amongst us.

[Evelyn Tentions]

And do two footed slide tackles  . All pitches should be ankle deep in mud and be 50 percent sand

And be forced to use leather balls with laces.

[A_S]

During breaks in play (and sometimes not) I love super slow-mo tracking shots of footballers glancing to the side or pulling their socks up.

 

They are gods who walk amongst us.

 

ESPN are shocking for that. 

[Hades]

Could write an expletive-ridden essay on broadcasters' insistence on showing a replay of a controversial indecent over actual live football.

[A_S]

Could write an expletive-ridden essay on broadcasters' insistence on showing a replay of a controversial indecent over actual live football.

 

Ronaldo in the showers with a teammate? 

[razor]

UK news outlets, BBC and The Guardian, both choosing  Barcelona beating Real Madrid over Liverpool beating Man City as their LEAD STORY.

 

If I wasn't reading it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it.

 

If you say something is brilliant and important often enough, it becomes brilliant and important.

[Russ Atmosphere]

If Man Utd had just beaten Man City 4-1, you'd be scrolling the Guardian website a fair way down before you got the Clasico result.

[Kevin D]

Every single team in the league knows, and sings, that "Ste' Gerrard slipped on his..." Song when they play us. We're talking about a once in a generation player, who has innumerable caps as the England captain.

 

I find that to be remarkable, it's now second only to "you'll never get a job" as an away fan delight. How the fuck did it spread so fast, so quickly, and why do they even care? Why do Manchester United fans, in particular, revel in a moment that handed Oil barrens the league championship?

[Russ Atmosphere]

I think shit crowds are the most obsessed with Schadenfreude. Some crowds make a bigger noise when the opposition team play a routine pass out of play or hit a blooter way off target than when their team does something good, that's moronic. Anyway, I rather like hearing the 'hilarious' Gerrard song, when we're celebrating 4 good goals and three easy points at somewhere we were supposed to be receiving a shoeing.

[dave u]

Every single team in the league knows, and sings, that "Ste' Gerrard slipped on his..." Song when they play us. We're talking about a once in a generation player, who has innumerable caps as the England captain.

 

I find that to be remarkable, it's now second only to "you'll never get a job" as an away fan delight. How the fuck did it spread so fast, so quickly, and why do they even care? Why do Manchester United fans, in particular, revel in a moment that handed Oil barrens the league championship?

 

Yeah it's ridiculous. Palace were the only team last season that didn't sing it I think. I don't think they sang it the other week either, although I could be wrong.

 

Always pisses me off when jabroni teams like Stoke and Villa do it, especially as Villa fans act like they're the first ones to do it and you can see them congratulating themselves on how witty and original they are. Fucking bums, can't wait to see them relegated this year.

[Jairzinho]

It's Facebook culture.

[Harry Squatter]

The funniest thing about that Gerrard chant is that he didn't even slip on his arse, he slipped over on his knee and hand. I suppose it doesn't have the same catchy tune though.

[Russ Atmosphere]

Or that we don't concede in that game at all and still don't win the title.

[Kevin D]

It's Facebook culture.

Shouldn't that same culture allow us to spread songs around Anfield, though? We've got an enormous social media following/platform.

[Bob]

I don't think he meant that as a positive.

 

I read it as, and would agree, that Facebook culture is to sneer at people and focus on one upmanship

[Kevin D]

I think if folks are able to use mass communication and one-upsmanship as a negative, then we should be able to use it as a positive. "Look how great our fans are, look how great our atmosphere is, don't you wish this was your stadium" etc.

 

Everybody on here understands about the awesomeness of the Westfalenstadion and that is purely, because of Youtube.

[chris71]

Going in to the local and they're showing Madrid and fucking Barcelona instead of our game.Gobshites.

[Kevin D]

The funniest thing about that Gerrard chant is that he didn't even slip on his arse, he slipped over on his knee and hand. I suppose it doesn't have the same catchy tune though.

Another aspect that winds me up, is that they think we all secretly hate Gerrard, because of it.

 

As if he wasn't a major factor in the best footballing night we've ever had; opposition fans think we sink to their trashy levels of covert, usually overt, hatred and the mention of him slipping hurts us.

 

The league title wasn't lost against Chelsea, and even if it was, nobody on here would give a fuck, because of how much he has done for us.

[Mook]

They can sing the Gerrard song all they want, it's fucking pathetic.

 

4-1 you horrible manc cunts.

[Harry Squatter]

Not one Liverpool supporter has ever blamed him for it. The mancs were singing it for the first eight minutes yesterday. Someone set off the fire alarm on 70 minutes as they were all fucking off. At least that allowed us to get home a bit quicker.

[Kevin D]

Not one Liverpool supporter has ever blamed him for it. The mancs were singing it for the first eight minutes yesterday. Someone set off the fire alarm on 70 minutes as they were all fucking off. At least that allowed us to get home a bit quicker.

Reckon you should have stayed. Manchester is a really good night out, in fairness.

[Jairzinho]

I don't think he meant that as a positive.

 

I read it as, and would agree, that Facebook culture is to sneer at people and focus on one upmanship

Indeed. People aren't on Facebook sharing ideas, they're engaging in top bants.

 

It would be slightly less depressing if any of it was evenly remotely funny.