The shitness of modern football

[Bob]

Referring to playing someone "as a six".

 

Firstly, fuck off.

 

Number 6 is a centre halfs number as far as I'm concerned.

 

I can see argument for it being a midfielder, but 5 and six at centre half with 4 the less attacking centre mid is what I'm calling.

 

I can live with 4 and 5 at the back, and 6 in midfield, or 4 and 6 with Ronnie Whelan bossing things as number 5. I'm ok with that too.

 

But, generally, A number 6 is a centre back.

 

The only difinitive position in midfielder you can categorically explain as a number is 8, a box to box cm.

 

We know what a number 9 is - sufficiently so that we can describe a false one - and we know what a number ten is, but fuck off with your description of someone playing as a 6.

 

Klopp used it on that sky MNF thing, and I almost lost respect for him but then I let him off due to cultural differences and knowing it could mean something in Germany, but not here it doesn't.

 

After that, if you're English and using it on an internet football forum you're a cunt who just regurgitates what he hears others say. To me, you're bang average.

 

You also probably started watching games after squad numbers came in, so a number 6 means about as much as a number 71.

 

For the record;

 

Number 1 = goalie

2 = right back

3 = left back

4, 5 & 6 = centre back or less attacking centre mid

7 = right wing or off the striker

8 = centre mid

9 = striker

10 = left wing or off the striker (you can say what you like, but John Barnes down the wing with chalk on his boots screams number 10 to me)

11 = left wing

[chris71]

Same bug bear every season. Half and half scarf's evil enough but playing utd? Loads of them being worn again last night. Fucks sake give your heads a wobble will ye?

[Em City]

Players hugging each other and acting like bezzy mates before matches. Fucking hell, you should want to snap the other team in half, not give them a bro hug.

[SammyAftershave]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is the body of the barber rolled up in that carpet on the floor?

[El Rojo]

That's a bit like Tommy Smith's hair from the 1970s. Kind of.

[Shitty Arse]

State of them outfits the Man City squad have worn for their euro away. That's going in here.

[Special K]

The Champions League final could be staged outside of Europe.

 

 

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37720274

[Lee909]

Fucking ridiculous

[Russ Atmosphere]

Money-grubbers gonna money-grub.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

The Champions League final could be staged outside of Europe.

 

 

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37720274

 

I was just about to post that, what a bunch of money grabbing bastards. What a ludicrous idea and one which I doubt will get pushed through. 

[Joe Strummer]

39th game in Asia will be back on the horizon before long. Fuck em all.

[Furmedge]

European Super League will be in before the 39th game.

[razor]

Referring to playing someone "as a six".

 

Firstly, fuck off.

 

Number 6 is a centre halfs number as far as I'm concerned.

 

I can see argument for it being a midfielder, but 5 and six at centre half with 4 the less attacking centre mid is what I'm calling.

 

I can live with 4 and 5 at the back, and 6 in midfield, or 4 and 6 with Ronnie Whelan bossing things as number 5. I'm ok with that too.

 

But, generally, A number 6 is a centre back.

 

The only difinitive position in midfielder you can categorically explain as a number is 8, a box to box cm.

 

We know what a number 9 is - sufficiently so that we can describe a false one - and we know what a number ten is, but fuck off with your description of someone playing as a 6.

 

Klopp used it on that sky MNF thing, and I almost lost respect for him but then I let him off due to cultural differences and knowing it could mean something in Germany, but not here it doesn't.

 

After that, if you're English and using it on an internet football forum you're a cunt who just regurgitates what he hears others say. To me, you're bang average.

 

You also probably started watching games after squad numbers came in, so a number 6 means about as much as a number 71.

 

For the record;

 

Number 1 = goalie

2 = right back

3 = left back

4, 5 & 6 = centre back or less attacking centre mid

7 = right wing or off the striker

8 = centre mid

9 = striker

10 = left wing or off the striker (you can say what you like, but John Barnes down the wing with chalk on his boots screams number 10 to me)

11 = left wing

 

Blame modern coaching courses for this.

 

I read the board's recently-acquired football coach / football genius use that exact phrase in a recent post.

 

Says it all.

[Original202]

These stupid, slow, stuttering run ups players are doing for penalties these days. e.g. Benteke last weekend, Neymar the other night, Pogba yesterday, Zaza at the Euros. More often than not players seem to end up missing when they dick about in the run up which is karma as far as I'm concerned. 

[navbasi]

http://dailym.ai/2ewfY1l

[thegreatelephant]

Players hugging each other and acting like bezzy mates before matches. Fucking hell, you should want to snap the other team in half, not give them a bro hug.

Fazakerley. have a fucking war with your particular match up and then buy them a pint after. proven to be 461% more genuine also

[Furmedge]

 

'Big Vic' having a 'mare.

[Russ Atmosphere]

Letting light in upon magic. Like drawing back the curtains to discover the real Wizard of Oz.

[Hand Shandy]

He has at least managed to delete the bit that tells everyone it was a DM from Moyes.

[El Rojo]

 

'Big Vic' having a 'mare.

Haha!

[Trumo]

The Ballon D'or. It's become more and more just a list of Real Madrid and Barcelona players with a smattering of players from other clubs, only to end up being given to one of Messi or Ronaldo anyway depending on which one of them won the biggest prizes that year, disregarding their actual impact. Real Madrid's James Rodriguez is on the shortlist and he's been inconsistent and bit-part at best. With that form, if he wasn't at one of Spain's big two he'd be nowhere near the shortlist.

 

The last player to win it and NOT ever have played for Real or Barca was Shevchenko, in 2004. In the last 20 years, the only other 2 players to do that were Nedved in 2003, and Sammer in 1996.

[navbasi]

The Ballon D'or. It's become more and more just a list of Real Madrid and Barcelona players with a smattering of players from other clubs, only to end up being given to one of Messi or Ronaldo anyway depending on which one of them won the biggest prizes that year, disregarding their actual impact. Real Madrid's James Rodriguez is on the shortlist and he's been inconsistent and bit-part at best. With that form, if he wasn't at one of Spain's big two he'd be nowhere near the shortlist.

 

The last player to win it and NOT ever have played for Real or Barca was Shevchenko, in 2004. In the last 20 years, the only other 2 players to do that were Nedved in 2003, and Sammer in 1996.

 

Renato Sanches has won the Golden Boy award for Europe’s best young player, pipping England international Marcus Rashford for the prize.

 

The Portugal midfielder, still just 19, won a European Championship this year - the first in his nation’s history - to go with a Portuguese league title.

 

Rashford, who burst onto the scene with a brace in the Europa League knockout rounds in February, had a sensational first few months in the Premier League and won a place in the England squad for Euro 2016.

 

Yeah – must have been really close between a European Championship winner and someone who scored a brace in the Europa League knockout rounds…

[navbasi]

The list of 30 players nominated is being released every two hours starting at 9am on October 24. The list will be complete by 5pm BST.

[Russ Atmosphere]

It's probably better for footballers to try and win trophies than the admiration of Roy Hodgson, Wayne Rooney and Henry Winter.

[Grinch]

The Ballon D'or. It's become more and more just a list of Real Madrid and Barcelona players with a smattering of players from other clubs, only to end up being given to one of Messi or Ronaldo anyway depending on which one of them won the biggest prizes that year, disregarding their actual impact. Real Madrid's James Rodriguez is on the shortlist and he's been inconsistent and bit-part at best. With that form, if he wasn't at one of Spain's big two he'd be nowhere near the shortlist.

 

The last player to win it and NOT ever have played for Real or Barca was Shevchenko, in 2004. In the last 20 years, the only other 2 players to do that were Nedved in 2003, and Sammer in 1996.

 

Tbf Messi and Ronaldo are two all time greats who've been miles ahead of everyone else for years now.   Only recently has Suarez looked close to on par with those two.