exAtyeoMax Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Inflated match day prices. 20 years ago I took my son to Highbury. Child prices are only available in the Family Enclosure and that's fully booked a the start of the season. Elsewhere in the ground and a child has to pay adult price. Kick off times and dates being changed at too short a notice for many travelling fans who want to buy cheap travel tickets in advance. The media perception of what is basically "League Division 1!. At the end of the Premier League's first season Norwich were third and had briefly been top. A respected writer in one of the broadsheets wrote "The Premier League isn't meant to be about the likes of Norwich". To me that one sentence sums it up. ooh who was that? Dreadful thing to say. What was the point of the Premier League? I remember them talking about it at the time, but didn't pay much attention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 I hate the way that the Prem is it for most fans. What is the Football League??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 There are plenty of annoying things about it. Most of them listed by on here I'm sure and a lot of them fair points. But again I'm in a 'minority' that like watching the games on a Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 There is no doubt its a more exciting league now Man U are in decline and Ferguson has retired. I love watching the actual football - players like Aguero, Hazard, Suarez, Toure, Cazorla are geniuses, but I hate the diving, the hyperbole that goes with it, the cliches, the sense of entitlement of fans and players, and the cringeworthy goal celebrations. Its Americanised, its a product and I detest all of that. The actual football is pretty damn good to watch this season, though, and that's what keeps me interested. Surely you can't get excited about West Brom v Norwich, Palace v Sunderland, W Ham v Fulham, Hull v Southampton, Stoke v anyone etc ? It's only matches involving any of the top six that are OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephjnr Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Saturday GMT 1500 Actually, I'm in favour of having the Premier League run all 10 games on Sundays, leaving Saturday unopposed for Football League fans (and those who want to support one of both ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunnyfunt Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 The team at the top of OUR top division turning out with just TWO British players.Racist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palace451 Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mosquito Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 There is no doubt its a more exciting league now Man U are in decline and Ferguson has retired. I love watching the actual football - players like Aguero, Hazard, Suarez, Toure, Cazorla are geniuses, but I hate the diving, the hyperbole that goes with it, the cliches, the sense of entitlement of fans and players, and the cringeworthy goal celebrations. Its Americanised, its a product and I detest all of that. The actual football is pretty damn good to watch this season, though, and that's what keeps me interested. Sir Alex Ferguson - the canny Scot - jacked in Manchester United just in time and I can see Manchester United being totally humiliated at home to Pellegrini's Manchester City. Manchester City not only have great players but they're being coached to perfection under Pellegrini's stewardship........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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screech Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Every game has to have the title of BIG attached to it. Pundits cooing over the BIG games at the weekend, as if Man Utd had never played Arsenal before 1992. You are constantly reminded throughout the week that this BIG match is happening this weekend and if you are any kind of normal human being you will need to be somewhere near a TV or radio to share this experience. When the day comes gather around the TV with family and friends and stare in awe at the telly that a football match is being played that afternoon, this is family entertainment afterall, and boy, you had better not miss the BIG game. If you do somehow miss the BIG match because you're a selfish Asshole and had other things to do, don't worry, tune into any Radio station or News channel and you will have the BIG match of the weekend talked about for the whole of next week because a player made a tackle and the cameras picked it up at 1/300th speed and it looked horrendous, and how could the ref miss it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 I've noticed ALL the Saturday games with a 3pm kick off in the Prem are all finished by 4 50 at the latest, and yet we've conceded goals AFTER 5 before now ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 It's a foreign dominated ( and owned) league played in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Aizoon Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Tony Pulis, trying to sign Crouch, he doesn't fit a Pulis side at all. Far to short for a P**is CF. KIng Kong would be about the right height. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 I've noticed ALL the Saturday games with a 3pm kick off in the Prem are all finished by 4 50 at the latest, and yet we've conceded goals AFTER 5 before now ! Yeh. Why are we always the last result to come up? Is it a curse or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demet78 Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 1 thing I dislike about the Premier lge ..... the fact the city aren't in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 1 thing I dislike about the Premier lge ..... the fact the city aren't in it Funny that. That is the only thing I like about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 How everyone's been conned into thinki g its important. Its just a league. A table of names which at a glance indicates who's performing well againsg other teams in that league. It doesn't matter if City or any other team are in it. If the table your team js in is important tp the point that it decides who you watch tgen you've missed the point completely. A curse on football sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 The way that only 5 sides have won the Prem in over 20 seasons, and no other club is seemingly ever credited with winning Division 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinheadface Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Liverpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 The way that only 5 sides have won the Prem in over 20 seasons, and no other club is seemingly ever credited with winning Division 1. What?!? Surely you must be aware that there was no such thing as football before 1992? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 What?!? Surely you must be aware that there was no such thing as football before 1992? No. There was no such thing as soccer before 1992. Get it right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 No. There was no such thing as soccer before 1992. Get it right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 And another thing - the way the ex-pros have to wear collar and tie when talking rowlocks about the game. Can you imagine Cloughie being interviewed in collar and tie? I suspect it's all about attracting women viewers, who like to see men wearing the symbols of their subservience, but that might be going a little to far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfOfWestStreet Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Kicking the ball out for injuries Uncontested drop balls Players placing the ball right on the legal edge of the penalty spot/quadrant Players falling over for fouls due to "contact" Foul throws ALL the time Substitutions in the final minute Knee slides Tattoos / gold teeth / stupid haircuts / headphones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 I'd only give Crouch 75k a week if he let me have a go on his missus. 'll excuse Crouchie a fair bit for his great quote. When asked what he would have been had he not become a premier league footballer, Crouch answered " probably a virgin"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team In Keynsham Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 People moaning about ticket prices and players' salaries, yet still subscribing to Sky Sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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