Taking the knee has set race relations in football back 20 years and is divisive, not inclusive as it should have been (just link arms standing or clap FFS). Excessive virtual signalling makes you look silly when bringing it into Sport. Southgate needs to concentrate on why he’s struggling rather than whine about the poor penalties in the Euro final that we’re the result of shit technique.
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Conte will still be with us in 5 years after 2 Prem titles, 2 FA cups, a league cup and a Champs league.
Plus watching the TV on my knees at my age is fucking torture.
Just rename this thread
KaneDomBadBoy
KaneDomBadBoy
Here's mine;
TV/Media secretly LOVE football violence and pitch invasions.... even though they are contractually obliged to condemn it... they know it makes great telly, and so will never stop televising it!
Which is why they always bang on about 'uniquely English, hostile atmospheres' when televising the most incendiary, volatile, ill-feeling fixtures on prime time Sky Sports Super Sunday, and then pretending to be aghast and shocked when it all kicks off!
TV/Media secretly LOVE football violence and pitch invasions.... even though they are contractually obliged to condemn it... they know it makes great telly, and so will never stop televising it!
Which is why they always bang on about 'uniquely English, hostile atmospheres' when televising the most incendiary, volatile, ill-feeling fixtures on prime time Sky Sports Super Sunday, and then pretending to be aghast and shocked when it all kicks off!
Think some people are missing the point of this thread, most of the pet peeves are things most people agree with.
My unpopular opinions are:
1. Nuno did a sterling job.
2. Winks should start every game
3. Tanguy should be given another chance.
My unpopular opinions are:
1. Nuno did a sterling job.
2. Winks should start every game
3. Tanguy should be given another chance.
I like Theo Walcott
The match day experience was a much more interesting and wholesome affair when you had the added entertainment of fights breaking out in the crowd periodically throughout the 90minutes...
See Jadon Sancho for details.
My number one pet peeve about modern football is professional fouling. It breaks the flow of matches, favors the defensive side over the attacking, and robs us of some memorable break-away goals. A yellow card is too soft a penalty for it imho.
A red card would be too much. Also because it'll make for too many judgement calls from the ref, given how big an impact a red card has (and it'll make VAR even more of a hellscape). Instead introduce an orange card, which is a sending off for, say, 15 minutes (and with less than 10 minutes to go, then two players off).To be clear for fouls, where the player is breaking up a promising counter without having any chance of getting to the ball, be it pulling back the opposition player or sweeping their legs.
The negative would be player safety as I could easily see players stretching extra hard in a dangerous to get near the ball, while knowing full well they're ever only getting the man. Still, I'd take that, and trust the refs to make the right calls in those spots.
A red card would be too much. Also because it'll make for too many judgement calls from the ref, given how big an impact a red card has (and it'll make VAR even more of a hellscape). Instead introduce an orange card, which is a sending off for, say, 15 minutes (and with less than 10 minutes to go, then two players off).To be clear for fouls, where the player is breaking up a promising counter without having any chance of getting to the ball, be it pulling back the opposition player or sweeping their legs.
The negative would be player safety as I could easily see players stretching extra hard in a dangerous to get near the ball, while knowing full well they're ever only getting the man. Still, I'd take that, and trust the refs to make the right calls in those spots.
I don't even think this is unpopular? I feel like everyone has always known the Bundesliga was a one horse dumpster fire. If Bayern wasn't so good, it'd struggle to keep pace with the Eredivisie.
That's why when the Germans were all "we can't join the ESL" everyone else in the ESL group was like "ooooookay?"
Always been a shit league. That's why so many yanks have played there throughout the years and their TV rights go for a pittance.
Shouldn't be unpopular. Ronaldo is an incredible goalscorer, one of the best ever, but Messi is that and so, so much more.
I think Levy has done a good job.
How’s that for an unpopular opinion?
How’s that for an unpopular opinion?
It's funny Victim FC destroyed the Man City bus in the champions League afew years ago and everyone at the time was saying "this is what Liverpool's about"
Yet any slight injustice against them specifically and it's everybody else's fault
Imagine what would be said if a team celebrated their trophies on the anniversary of Hillsborough?
Yet nothing was said about them celebrating on the anniversary of the Heysel Stadium disaster which was their fans fault
There is still good in Sol Campbell, I can feel it.
Granted, it’s probably someone’s dick but still.
Granted, it’s probably someone’s dick but still.
My pet peeve is players rolling around in agony and when they go off the pitch there's fuck all wrong with them.
Introduce a rule where anyone needing treatment has to stay off the pitch for a minimum of 5 minutes.
Sol Cambell is just mis-understood.