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For example a player doing the fake jog when getting substituted. Be a man and WALK.

The ref should have stopped his watch anyhow whilst the substitution is completed. However he should book the player for simulation.

 

 

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Shielding the ball out of play - should be allowed to go through the back of their knees with both feet.  Or it should be obstruction if you don't play it.

Injured players having to leave the pitch when a foul is given in their favour - why penalise the victim?

Not contesting drop balls - pansies, get at it.

Kicking the ball out of play for an injury - let the ref stop it if it's serious, if not play on.

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When Sky try and pretend that three middle of the road Premier League fixtures are a 'Super Sunday'

When finishing 4th and qualifying for the Champions League is deemed a major success and more important than winning the FA or League cups.

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1 minute ago, RedDave said:

Referee taking the football from a plinth when he walks out of the tunnel.

Speaking of which, that farcical handshaking ritual before the game.  

What they want to do is introduce a haka.

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The loan system.  It is far too rigid now, although accept it was too flexible previously.

You should not be allowed to loan to a club in the same division.  However I'd relax that if the club paid the full extent of the player's contract, e.g. 100% of wages, win bonus, appearance fee etc etc.

The Joe Hart loan is a farce!

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The offside rule.....why? if an attacker gets goalside of a defender that's the defenders fault, so why give a free kick to the defending side ?.

Defenders are supposed to defend the goal not the refs ?

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New all seater tarty grounds, when many prefer to stand.

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8 hours ago, Donkeeebles said:

Fans always going on about how great things used to be and how rubbish they are now

It was the same back in the day, not like now.

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No sliding tackles from behind

players no longer trying too hide ouch that hurts

keepers taking more than four steps

the excitement I had as a kid watching the game.

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The complete inability to recognise that the opposite of the word 'loan' is 'borrow'.  We didn't loan Tammy Abraham from Chelsea, we borrowed him.

Oh, and players making loud shrieking noises when subject to the minimum of physical contact.  Pathetic and embarrassing.

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Controversial. People who turn up ten mins after kick off and can't find their seats, standing in front of you and blocking your view of the game. It wasn't like it in the old days............. there were no seats!

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So many to choose from, as mentioned above parachute payments (basically rewarding failure), pre match handshakes. Its a wonder why we all bother eh?!

Thing that grates me most though is the amount of grappling that goes on at corners and the ref pausing play to warn the offending players. Just give a bloody decision when the ball comes in...if there's 5 penalties per game so be it!

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Agents!

With the money he made from Pogba's transfer to Man U, Pogba's agent is worth the same  as a £25m player - someone please explain this to me..

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The sanitisation of football, people who complain about bad language because there are kids sat near, fans who have no grasp that a home ground should feel hostile to the opposition and on occasion, the officials.  

Not being able to pay on the turnstile - could easily have a contactless card reader there.

The Gas, they annoy me, real shame they bounced back from non league obscurity.

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12 minutes ago, Maesknoll Red said:

Not being able to pay on the turnstile - could easily have a contactless card reader there.

That would require un-allocated seating in whichever stands it was used in and as we all know, for our own comfort and safety, the club need to know exactly who is sitting where.

Which brings me onto.... allocated seating. It slows down everything from buying a ticket to finding your seat. I hate it.

 

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6 minutes ago, Midlands Robin said:

That would require un-allocated seating in whichever stands it was used in and as we all know, for our own comfort and safety, the club need to know exactly who is sitting where.

Which brings me onto.... allocated seating. It slows down everything from buying a ticket to finding your seat. I hate it.

 

Is it not within the ability of a software designer to allocate a spare seat when the contactless payment is made? 

Totally agree with you on allocated seating and big brother knowing all.......

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When Man Utd fans say they have had a terrible time over the last five years because they havent won the title.

When Arsenal fans moan after finishing top four for over a decade. 

When sky sports repeats the same news story three times in an hour about meaningless premier league news.

In summary I hate what the prem has become.

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Nelson Mandela House always getting a mention whenever we play. Followed by sleeping giant Bristol City. Every live game no matter if it's Sky or the Beeb. It's like it's scripted.

Find it quite irritating.

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1) The number of tin-pot clubs in the PL these days, when you have historically larger clubs in the lower leagues.

2) Transfer fees and wages

3) No more indirect free kicks for obstruction

4) The lack of uncontested drop balls, and when a contested drop ball is awarded how no one seems to realise that there is no law which states it has to be a 1v1 - you can have as many players contesting the drop ball as you like! I want to see some broken shins FFS!

 

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People abbreviating or using the term Sky Bet Championship, it's the Championship for flips sake. 

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That new-ish rule where goalkeepers get to choose which side to take goal kicks from really annoys me - it gives teams another opportunity for time wasting (another bugbear of mine).

My list goes on: diving; players pulling their socks up above their knees; refs not dealing with blatant shirt pulling in the penalty area during corners; parachute payments; players taking the ball into the corner to time waste...

I'd better stop before I work myself up into a rage.

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6 hours ago, glos old boy said:

The offside rule.....why? if an attacker gets goalside of a defender that's the defenders fault, so why give a free kick to the defending side ?.

Defenders are supposed to defend the goal not the refs ?

Refs that blow the whistle too early ............................ known as premature adjudication

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I hate the fact that all Football records only go as far back as the 1992-93 inaugural premier league season.

Highest goal scorer in premier league history.....

First player to..... in the premier league.

Etc, etc, etc.

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Lee Johnson

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Music played over tannoys when a goal is scored.....who wants to dance to Tom Hark when you can just yell yer head off and pogo like its 1977 whilst going through a whole repertoire of hand gestures to the opposing fans...

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4 minutes ago, stephenkibby. said:

Celtic fans.  Going mental when they have won the league for the 100th year in a row, by a record 76 points.

 

And that's after only 10 games into the season

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17 minutes ago, Welcome To The Jungle said:

Vomitorium begins with a 'V', not 'C'...

Unless you mean the good people of Scunthorpe

Every time I think I've seen the last of that word! :bruce_h4h:

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17 minutes ago, Welcome To The Jungle said:

Vomitorium begins with a 'V', not 'C'...

Unless you mean the good people of Scunthorpe

That begins with an "S" not a "V"

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Commentators SHOUTING, commentators in general actually

Sky's head always being up the Premier league and footballers' ars*holes (worth every penny, etc etc when they clearly aren't)

Referees, don't agree? wait til probably the first game..

shite there are too many to mention

 

 

 

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9 hours ago, OddBallJim said:

1) The number of tin-pot clubs in the PL these days, when you have historically larger clubs in the lower leagues.

2) Transfer fees and wages

3) No more indirect free kicks for obstruction

4) The lack of uncontested drop balls, and when a contested drop ball is awarded how no one seems to realise that there is no law which states it has to be a 1v1 - you can have as many players contesting the drop ball as you like! I want to see some broken shins FFS!

 

couldn't disagree more with this, clubs should be there on merit. Just because Leeds were big in the 1960/70's doesn't give them the right to be in the Premier League

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11 hours ago, Dollymarie said:

The C word, sorry I just hate it. 

Cupboard?

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The prawn sandwich brigade

Sky sports only sending a reporter to Ashton Gate when a team they favour is playing against us.

Also, failing to even get a report on our match until about 4:05 after going to see what is happening at Villa at least 15 times.

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early/late kick offs, Friday/Sunday/Monday games. Just keep it to 3pm Saturday. :bones:

Don't get me started on why the FA Cup final is played at 5pm…:gaah:

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