Jambomo Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 3 hours ago, Highland Capital said: People who use a completely nonsense threshold to justify unimaginative managerial choices. "He has links with the club." "He knows our league." "He knows Scottish football inside and out!" It's almost always used by bland supporters and those already in the Scottish football clique to defend one of their own getting another job at some jobber club. It also explains why they go berserk when a club has the audacity to go for a more out-of-the-box candidate instead of one of their them. Also when they talk about managers being successful or not because they were successful players. Lampard and Gerrard (just as an example) were going to be brilliant because they won things and had a “Winners mentality” as though playing and managing weren’t two different jobs that require completely different skills and experience. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEHonestman1910 Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Hate it when players don't celebrate against their former team when scoring. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 27 minutes ago, THEHonestman1910 said: Hate it when players don't celebrate against their former team when scoring. Aye, wouldn’t want a former player to do it against us, I don’t mind mutual respect at clapping ex players /former club fans at end of games when being subbed off, but if your not absolutely delighted to get a goal there’s something wrong. Worse if you are delighted but patronising deny it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 1 hour ago, THEHonestman1910 said: Hate it when players don't celebrate against their former team when scoring. Even worse when they actively try to stop their team mates celebrating the goal as well. The lad in your team that was signed from Ajax doesn't give a f**k that you played for Crewe on loan for half a season, he wants to get it right up the opposition fans 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 12 hours ago, parsforlife said: Aye, wouldn’t want a former player to do it against us, I don’t mind mutual respect at clapping ex players /former club fans at end of games when being subbed off, but if your not absolutely delighted to get a goal there’s something wrong. Worse if you are delighted but patronising deny it Paradoxically that means you could get wound up by former players not winding you up 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 I'd celebrate a goal if I'd changed teams at 5 a sides. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 It's that time of year again. As titles are sealed, promotions confirmed, and cups won, we will once more be treated to the pointless and irritating spectacle of players' children running around the pitch during celebrations and end-of-season laps of honour. Sometimes even players' partners too! Just f**k off. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 (edited) On 24/04/2023 at 21:14, THEHonestman1910 said: Hate it when players don't celebrate against their former team when scoring. I can only understand it if it's really that player's local team. If you support a club from a young age, are from that area, gone through their academy and played in the first team before eventually moving on, yes, you will still have a feeling for that club. If you then don't celebrate when scoring against them fair enough, but now they don't even celebrate when scoring against clubs they've been at on loan for a few months... Edited April 28, 2023 by Marten 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Not celebrating on its own doesn’t bother me a huge deal, but it annoys me when the player does the hands up, “look at me I’m not celebrating” thing to draw attention to the fact they aren’t celebrating. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 2 hours ago, Marten said: I can only understand it if it's really that player's local team. If you support a club from a young age, are from that area, gone through their academy and played in the first team before eventually moving on, yes, you will still have a feeling for that club. If you then don't celebrate when scoring against them fair enough, but now they don't even celebrate when scoring against clubs they've been at on loan for a few months... While I agree with this, the is also the part of me as a Dundee United fan that would massively enjoy giving a huge GIRFUY to the moany old b*****ds in the ETL... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 Probably an unpopular one but Friday night games. Good on the tele, shite to actually attend. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 I gave Var every chance when it first came out but it's ruining the game for me now, ie the Inverness penalty today plus the Crystal Palace penalty today. 1, Where the feck are you meant to put you arm's when someone is pining a ball at you? 2, The Palace player dived all day long but that's modern day fitba for you, but it's crazy var can't see that. Thank god I don't attend football anymore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoingThe42 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 On 28/04/2023 at 14:16, VincentGuerin said: It's that time of year again. As titles are sealed, promotions confirmed, and cups won, we will once more be treated to the pointless and irritating spectacle of players' children running around the pitch during celebrations and end-of-season laps of honour. Sometimes even players' partners too! Just f**k off. One kid on the park for the trophy lift at East End Park yesterday. I'd deduct 50 points. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandmac Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 On 29/04/2023 at 23:28, guinness said: I gave Var every chance when it first came out but it's ruining the game for me now, ie the Inverness penalty today plus the Crystal Palace penalty today. 1, Where the feck are you meant to put you arm's when someone is pining a ball at you? 2, The Palace player dived all day long but that's modern day fitba for you, but it's crazy var can't see that. Thank god I don't attend football anymore. Go to football that doesn't feature VAR You're quite right about how shite it is,it's just added another level of officials desperately looking for any reason to give the big team the decisions 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 Latest one is players blocking quick free kicks, should be a yellow every time. I get the counter argument that the attacking team would just blast free kicks off defending players but it's pretty clear to see when a player is hanging a leg out or moving their body to stop it rather than retreat ten yards. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 39 minutes ago, Fuctifano said: Latest one is players blocking quick free kicks, should be a yellow every time. I get the counter argument that the attacking team would just blast free kicks off defending players but it's pretty clear to see when a player is hanging a leg out or moving their body to stop it rather than retreat ten yards. You used to see players do that. I remember as a kid seeing it happen at Hearts more than once that a player would just hit the ball against an opponent blocking the free-kick and get him booked. Not seen it for years though. If I was a coach, I'd be telling all my players to do it. It at least makes the ref have to acknowledge what's going on and eventually book someone, rather than just ignore it for 90 minutes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy groundhopper Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 I have the var answer : tie hands behind your back, thus having kick ins -instead of throw ins, Jesus don't tell the many FA's they'd be interested hate it when people who have so called 'badges' make the game so complicated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennie makevin Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 On 04/03/2023 at 17:04, Caledonian1 said: Why on earth would Scottish people calling fitba fitba be annoying.....it is fitba after all. I suppose you call it football? Well it's football so I call it football. I also call windows windows. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 3 hours ago, VincentGuerin said: You used to see players do that. I remember as a kid seeing it happen at Hearts more than once that a player would just hit the ball against an opponent blocking the free-kick and get him booked. Not seen it for years though. If I was a coach, I'd be telling all my players to do it. It at least makes the ref have to acknowledge what's going on and eventually book someone, rather than just ignore it for 90 minutes. Would need to check the current advice but for a good while it was if it was seen the taker deliberately hit the ball at an opponent whatever the distance then play on was the decision to be made. It was only considered a yellow if the player made a motion to play the ball. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 On 01/05/2023 at 19:44, parsforlife said: Would need to check the current advice but for a good while it was if it was seen the taker deliberately hit the ball at an opponent whatever the distance then play on was the decision to be made. It was only considered a yellow if the player made a motion to play the ball. There's a balance to be struck. Like most things, it'll come down to the ref's judgement. A player moving away slowly, probably just let it go. But these things when the player stands over the ball obviously stopping the free-kick and making no effort to get the distance away he knows he has to be, that should always be a booking. Another one of these things refs could solve in a weekend by just using their cards. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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