EinmalImmerEwig
Bent on his knees by asking to get banned !
So, Modern Football - The Good
1) The pitches are better, and the Stadiums are less dangerous.
The Bad
1) Half and half scarves. I can understand the concept as a memento for a tourist, but...
The half and half hats with an English team and a scottish team that I grew up with were hideous enough, but I could understand if someone had an Arsenal/Celtic one because it's another country and league, and Charlie Nicholas, but still, I never had one.
2) 3rd kits that have nothing to do with a clash of colour or the team. I remember the striped red/blue /whatever that one was, a sky blue away kit, etc., etc
3) The team I support wearing a ****ing dark blue strip against Man City away, who were wearing light blue, when red shirt/white sleeves is all the contrast ( and all the colours ) that you need!
4) Diving
5) Diving, then pretending that you're injured.
6) Being tackled fairly and then pretending that you're injured.
7) Not even being tackled and pretending that you're injured without any physical contact whatsoever.
8) Pretending that you're injured
9) Staggered kick-offs with no regard for away fans ( not too relevant now )
10) Goal celebration music
11) Betting adverts, betting sponsorships, anything to do with betting
12) Wearing gloves if you're not a goalie
13) Drinks breaks. These are going to turn into permanent 5 minute drinks breaks, for more advertising on TV...mark my words...from a game of 2 halves to a game of 4 quarters.
14) The price of a ticket
15) The price of a beer and a pie
16) The price of a replica shirt that is not a replica, and is utter tat made by a 6 year old in a sweatshop
17) Ultras. You're lucky you don't have too many in England, apart from the saddos at Palace, but here in Europe it's a plague. Self-obsessed twonks.
18) Flares and fireworks inside a football ground, including the embarrassing flames and garbage at the start of games in England now
19) All-Seater Stadiums
20) Sit down - shut up, or we'll grass you up
21) Identikit Stadiums, Stadium of Light in Lisbon/Emirates Stadium
22) Naming rights for a Stadium
23) People filming the game on their phone
24) Selfies at the football, in fact any phone/camera anywhere in the crowd being used for anything when the game is on
25) "Special" player numbers. The numbers are 1-12, now sadly 1-18, and again, the 5 sub rule will come into Law soon enough, and probably 11 on the bench as well.
26) The Mexican Wave
27) Players having clothing ranges.
28) Players writing ( lol ) a book in the middle of their careers
29) Surrounding the referee
30) Stupid haircuts
31) Pointing to the Heavens when scoring a goal, as if Jesus had helped you
32) Praying to Mecca after scoring a goal, all religious superstitious nonsense in football
33) Special goal celebrations that have been planned
34) Multi-coloured football boots
35) Corporate Hospitality
36) Sporting Directors
37) Directors of Football
38) The Nations League
39) International Friendlies
40) Qatar getting the World Cup
41) FIFA,
42) UEFA
43) Blatter, Infantino, Platini
44) Celebrity Referees
45) Celebrity Wives and Girlfriends
46) Football Agents
47) The "Premier" League
48) Players going on loan
49) Red Bull
50) Sky Sports
51) SKY ****ing SPORTS
52) Friday Night Games
53) Monday Night Games
54) Any games not at 3 O'clock on a Saturday
55) Chelsea
56) Man City
57) PSG
58) The "Champions" League with the vast majority of teams not "champions"
59) Over-elaborate Trophy Presentations
60) Statistics and spreadsheets
61) Transfer Windows
62) Undisclosed transfer fees, and agents commission
63) “We don’t want too many Leicester Citys.”
64) Referees not having to give interviews after the game
65) Commentators commentating. Football is such a simple game. Don't tell me after it happened. I saw how Player X kicked the ball and made a goal. Well done! Also don't tell me what Player Y should have done. It boils down to "he should have kicked the ball etween the posts into the net" Yes, well done.
66) Foreign Owners
67) Having more foreign players than local boys. It should be at least 6 + 5, my wish would be 8 + 3
68) multi-coloured footballs
69)
Just writing the number 69 has cheered me up, so I'll post this now
1) The pitches are better, and the Stadiums are less dangerous.
The Bad
1) Half and half scarves. I can understand the concept as a memento for a tourist, but...
The half and half hats with an English team and a scottish team that I grew up with were hideous enough, but I could understand if someone had an Arsenal/Celtic one because it's another country and league, and Charlie Nicholas, but still, I never had one.
2) 3rd kits that have nothing to do with a clash of colour or the team. I remember the striped red/blue /whatever that one was, a sky blue away kit, etc., etc
3) The team I support wearing a ****ing dark blue strip against Man City away, who were wearing light blue, when red shirt/white sleeves is all the contrast ( and all the colours ) that you need!
4) Diving
5) Diving, then pretending that you're injured.
6) Being tackled fairly and then pretending that you're injured.
7) Not even being tackled and pretending that you're injured without any physical contact whatsoever.
8) Pretending that you're injured
9) Staggered kick-offs with no regard for away fans ( not too relevant now )
10) Goal celebration music
11) Betting adverts, betting sponsorships, anything to do with betting
12) Wearing gloves if you're not a goalie
13) Drinks breaks. These are going to turn into permanent 5 minute drinks breaks, for more advertising on TV...mark my words...from a game of 2 halves to a game of 4 quarters.
14) The price of a ticket
15) The price of a beer and a pie
16) The price of a replica shirt that is not a replica, and is utter tat made by a 6 year old in a sweatshop
17) Ultras. You're lucky you don't have too many in England, apart from the saddos at Palace, but here in Europe it's a plague. Self-obsessed twonks.
18) Flares and fireworks inside a football ground, including the embarrassing flames and garbage at the start of games in England now
19) All-Seater Stadiums
20) Sit down - shut up, or we'll grass you up
21) Identikit Stadiums, Stadium of Light in Lisbon/Emirates Stadium
22) Naming rights for a Stadium
23) People filming the game on their phone
24) Selfies at the football, in fact any phone/camera anywhere in the crowd being used for anything when the game is on
25) "Special" player numbers. The numbers are 1-12, now sadly 1-18, and again, the 5 sub rule will come into Law soon enough, and probably 11 on the bench as well.
26) The Mexican Wave
27) Players having clothing ranges.
28) Players writing ( lol ) a book in the middle of their careers
29) Surrounding the referee
30) Stupid haircuts
31) Pointing to the Heavens when scoring a goal, as if Jesus had helped you
32) Praying to Mecca after scoring a goal, all religious superstitious nonsense in football
33) Special goal celebrations that have been planned
34) Multi-coloured football boots
35) Corporate Hospitality
36) Sporting Directors
37) Directors of Football
38) The Nations League
39) International Friendlies
40) Qatar getting the World Cup
41) FIFA,
42) UEFA
43) Blatter, Infantino, Platini
44) Celebrity Referees
45) Celebrity Wives and Girlfriends
46) Football Agents
47) The "Premier" League
48) Players going on loan
49) Red Bull
50) Sky Sports
51) SKY ****ing SPORTS
52) Friday Night Games
53) Monday Night Games
54) Any games not at 3 O'clock on a Saturday
55) Chelsea
56) Man City
57) PSG
58) The "Champions" League with the vast majority of teams not "champions"
59) Over-elaborate Trophy Presentations
60) Statistics and spreadsheets
61) Transfer Windows
62) Undisclosed transfer fees, and agents commission
63) “We don’t want too many Leicester Citys.”
64) Referees not having to give interviews after the game
65) Commentators commentating. Football is such a simple game. Don't tell me after it happened. I saw how Player X kicked the ball and made a goal. Well done! Also don't tell me what Player Y should have done. It boils down to "he should have kicked the ball etween the posts into the net" Yes, well done.
66) Foreign Owners
67) Having more foreign players than local boys. It should be at least 6 + 5, my wish would be 8 + 3
68) multi-coloured footballs
69)
Just writing the number 69 has cheered me up, so I'll post this now