velo army Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 10 hours ago, NorthernLights said: When a player or coach says something fairly bland but people on social media jump on it as showing that their "mentality is elite". This could really be summed up by any social media reaction to football. See also "levels" and any mention of "GOAT". Dreadful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClydeTon Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 "GOAT" is just the internet version of "Best player I've ever seen", although it's just been dragged into the Messi v Ronaldo nonsense that is constantly continued by 13 year olds and some football pages on social media who just milk it for likes and whatnot. Why do that, Instead of just recognising they are two fantastic footballers who have very much earned their place among the best of the best, along with the likes of Pele, Maradona, John McGinn and Cruyff. I'll never really understand why it's a thing... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Scotch fans going on about "The Cinch " when something really wacky happens, like the referee blowing the half-time whistle one second early or a game kicking off at 3:01pm rather than 3:00pm. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 8 hours ago, DrewDon said: Scotch fans going on about "The Cinch " when something really wacky happens, like the referee blowing the half-time whistle one second early or a game kicking off at 3:01pm rather than 3:00pm. The whole "Scottish football is so bonkers!!!!" Narrative in general tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 46 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: The whole "Scottish football is so bonkers!!!!" Narrative in general tbh. I think it’s necessary. Our game at the club level is not of the quality to compete with other European nations including our much bigger southern nation. We are competing with the Swiss and the Turks and the Austrians and the Serbs rather than the English and the Germans and the Spaniards and the Italians. What does attract people to watch Scottish football is the unpredictability and general hilarity of it rather than the standards. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandmac Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 15 hours ago, DrewDon said: Scotch fans going on about "The Cinch " when something really wacky happens, like the referee blowing the half-time whistle one second early or a game kicking off at 3:01pm rather than 3:00pm. "Scotch"? Surely the GN thread,"calling cards of morons", for this pish 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 On 04/08/2023 at 01:16, ClydeTon said: "GOAT" is just the internet version of "Best player I've ever seen", although it's just been dragged into the Messi v Ronaldo nonsense that is constantly continued by 13 year olds and some football pages on social media who just milk it for likes and whatnot. Why do that, Instead of just recognising they are two fantastic footballers who have very much earned their place among the best of the best, along with the likes of Pele, Maradona, John McGinn and Cruyff. I'll never really understand why it's a thing... I wish it was but it isn't. It's presented as an objective measure which is obviously silly (as well as boring). But aye, the technological savvy that the youngsters have gives them a disproportionately large voice online so can then shape the culture around football more than we'd like. I sound fuckin ancient. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 18 hours ago, DrewDon said: Scotch fans going on about "The Cinch " when something really wacky happens, like the referee blowing the half-time whistle one second early or a game kicking off at 3:01pm rather than 3:00pm. Good irony in an Aberdeen fan posting this before being #cinched by Livingston in their first game of the season. 9 hours ago, Bairnardo said: The whole "Scottish football is so bonkers!!!!" Narrative in general tbh. Good irony in a fan of a team that's been in the Seaside League so long they've never actually be in or near the #cinch so long as it's been named that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 10 hours ago, Donathan said: I think it’s necessary. Our game at the club level is not of the quality to compete with other European nations including our much bigger southern nation. We are competing with the Swiss and the Turks and the Austrians and the Serbs rather than the English and the Germans and the Spaniards and the Italians. What does attract people to watch Scottish football is the unpredictability and general hilarity of it rather than the standards. What a load of birthday caird pish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 Wrexham FC and all the shite that goes with them. First time I've ever celebrated MK Dons winning 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernrover Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 6 minutes ago, Autistisches Nilpferd said: Wrexham FC and all the shite that goes with them. First time I've ever celebrated MK Dons winning Reminds me of all the shite you get (tennis!) Wimbledon - more concerned with the famous faces watching than the actual sporting contents. Reads more like Hello magazine than BBC Sport ffs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Wrexham are a weird one in that they could've gotten back into the EFL without the Hollywood circus as they are hardly a non-entity in terms of non-league. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennie makevin Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 On 05/08/2023 at 09:10, Donathan said: I think it’s necessary. Our game at the club level is not of the quality to compete with other European nations including our much bigger southern nation. We are competing with the Swiss and the Turks and the Austrians and the Serbs rather than the English and the Germans and the Spaniards and the Italians. What does attract people to watch Scottish football is the unpredictability and general hilarity of it rather than the standards. Indeed. In the same way that Wimbledon is the tennis tournament for people who don't like tennis, Scottish football excites those who don't really like football. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClydeTon Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 On 05/08/2023 at 18:18, Miguel Sanchez said: Good irony in an Aberdeen fan posting this before being #cinched by Livingston in their first game of the season. Good irony in a fan of a team that's been in the Seaside League so long they've never actually be in or near the #cinch so long as it's been named that. doesn't the #cinch extend to the entire SPFL? Or at least the championship, as it's a more respectable league than the seasides? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Players wearing numbers above #39. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian1 Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Players wearing numbers above #39. Don't you mean players wearing numbers above 11 (starting players) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Just now, Caledonian1 said: Don't you mean players wearing numbers above 11 (starting players) Squad numbers are fine. As nice as it would be for everyone to just be given shirts by position, I'm not that old. No football team anywhere should have enough players to need more than 40 squad numbers over the course of a season. Any player who asks for a stupid number should be docked wages until they stop complaining about it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 And as I type this, Luzern have taken off #99 and brought on #69. Game's gone. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Pele Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 2 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Players wearing numbers above #39. Spain has the right idea: Your 25 man squad has numbers 1-25 Your keepers wear 1, 13 and 25 If you use a reserve player you give them numbers 26-50 Lump it None of this edgy continental pish which has crept into our leagues from the Premiership to the WoSFL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 On 05/08/2023 at 23:18, southernrover said: Reminds me of all the shite you get (tennis!) Wimbledon - more concerned with the famous faces watching than the actual sporting contents. Reads more like Hello magazine than BBC Sport ffs. When they cut to a close-up of Beckham's grinning uncomprehending boat-race during a match, that's one of my top screaming-angrily-at-the-telly moments. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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