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Post by Homzy on Mar 26, 2009 12:49:58 GMT
I'm just about to write a column slagging off pretty much everything I can think about and need some inspiration.
So far I've got:
Phil Brown
Lazy journalism
Prem supporters
Referees
Over-confidence (Liverpool are not going to win the league!)
PFA award nonsense
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Post by assessornum1 on Mar 26, 2009 12:53:52 GMT
Vale fans in the paper crying how hard done to they are
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Post by exiledstokie on Mar 26, 2009 12:54:14 GMT
Wenger
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Post by PickSCFC on Mar 26, 2009 12:56:02 GMT
referees have really pissed me off, always favouring ''big'' teams  |
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Post by grayscfc on Mar 26, 2009 12:56:28 GMT
the guy on the mic before games at the brit- too `american`.
tony mowbray telling us all he`s sticking to his `principals` & not doing a `stoke`.
away fans at the brit telling us after games we are`nt that loud-like it makes up for their teams getting beat.
spitefull insults from journo`s at stoke players-they wouldn`t insult rooney or terry.
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Post by risa on Mar 26, 2009 13:04:08 GMT
Having to go to work during the week.
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Post by thepremierbanksy on Mar 26, 2009 13:07:29 GMT
Referees are the worst - in the championship they were just plain incompetant, in the prem they are just plain biased, consciously or not. I'm not necessarily talking about the big decisions (they normally revert to championship form on those occasions) but just the reffing of bog standard centre circle tackles, 50-50's, headers that grind you down when ten of them go against you.
I'm not really that bothered about the journos - they were doing exactly the same last season, it's just that there are ten times as many doing it this season - if they truly are football puritans then let them write as such. The dig at shawcross by jeremy alexander was cowardly and out of line though.
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Post by Targaryen Stokie on Mar 26, 2009 13:07:31 GMT
Arsenal, I hate them.
It's so sweet that we play them on the last day of the season. :-)
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Mar 26, 2009 13:08:41 GMT
Wenger's rant against Stoke and the Stoke players after his defeat at the Brit finally sunk in.
The refusal of some refs to be even handed when the biggest players such as Rooney and Ronaldo commit fouls for which smaller club's players get carded - eg the match between Stoke and ManU at the Brit
The lack of atmosphere at so many Premiership grounds. I expected ManU and Boro to be bad but the silence of the home fans at Goodison Park came as a shock.
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Post by lordb on Mar 26, 2009 13:10:02 GMT
IS it only me who thinks that by & large (some exceptions!) the refs have been mostly fine?
maybe it because I fully expected them to favour the big sides (something I can just about remember from the early 80's) that teh actuality of them doing so hasnt annoyed me as much?
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Post by staffordstokie999 on Mar 26, 2009 13:10:15 GMT
glory hunters taking photos of Gerrard, Ronaldo etc while sitting in the home end
Journalists and pundits whose only comments about Stoke involve long throws
ticket prices
Manchester police
kick off times being moved for tv
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Post by Homzy on Mar 26, 2009 13:11:30 GMT
Keep em coming boys, some of these will be going in!!
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Post by chunky on Mar 26, 2009 13:13:47 GMT
adrian durham talksport
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Post by Targaryen Stokie on Mar 26, 2009 13:13:39 GMT
IS it only me who thinks that by & large (some exceptions!) the refs have been mostly fine? maybe it because I fully expected them to favour the big sides (something I can just about remember from the early 80's) that teh actuality of them doing so hasnt annoyed me as much? I think it's just the fact that our fans naturally get frustrated when decisions don't go our way (even if they're the correct decisions), it seems that some fans natural response is "the referee's a wanker." |
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Post by grayscfc on Mar 26, 2009 13:14:11 GMT
IS it only me who thinks that by & large (some exceptions!) the refs have been mostly fine? maybe it because I fully expected them to favour the big sides (something I can just about remember from the early 80's) that teh actuality of them doing so hasnt annoyed me as much? ??? ??? ??? it must only be you, everyone i`ve spoken to is of the opinion that with the exeption of 1 or 2, they`ve all been fuckwitts & biased from kick off to the final whistle. ; |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2009 13:14:14 GMT
IS it only me who thinks that by & large (some exceptions!) the refs have been mostly fine? maybe it because I fully expected them to favour the big sides (something I can just about remember from the early 80's) that teh actuality of them doing so hasnt annoyed me as much? I think the refereeing has been the one thing about our Prem adventure that's made me think "what's the point?". When the ref is blatantly, awfully biased against you when you're at home to 'Boro of all teams then it shows you the scale of prejudice "unfashionable" and promoted teams face. |
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Post by lordb on Mar 26, 2009 13:19:29 GMT
Mason WAS awful t'is true.
I do think the Boothen End watches a different game though.
I guess the stand out poor decisions in favour of the big boys was the failure to send Rooney off for his attempt break fayes nose with his flailing elbows (straight red for any player) & Ronaldo for his antics (see again at craven Cottage last saturday).
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Post by Widget123 on Mar 26, 2009 13:19:44 GMT
robin van persie?
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Post by sheikh al dubai bin stokie on Mar 26, 2009 13:20:48 GMT
THE FRIGGIN STOP START NATURE OF THE PREM!!!!
seems to me that just when we get some momentum going we have bloody 2 weeks off!!!!!!
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Post by wembley4372 on Mar 26, 2009 13:23:17 GMT
people smoking in the stands and nothing being done about it
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Post by ladyinred on Mar 26, 2009 13:23:56 GMT
THE FRIGGIN STOP START NATURE OF THE PREM!!!! seems to me that just when we get some momentum going we have bloody 2 weeks off!!!!!! Exactly what i was going to say! |
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Post by DodgyDino on Mar 26, 2009 13:24:02 GMT
People who constantly slag us off (Media/Supporters/Managers/Pundits) because of our style and dont give us any credit for making do with what weve got. Let these people judge us (if we are still in the top flight) when weve had 3 or 4 years premiership money behind us.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2009 13:24:40 GMT
I'm just about to write a column slagging off pretty much everything I can think about and need some inspiration. So far I've got: Phil Brown Lazy journalism Prem supporters Referees Over-confidence (Liverpool are not going to win the league!) PFA award nonsense What do you mean by "PFA Award nonsense" Homzy, I must have missed that? Unless it's the talk of Giggs getting it purely for being old? |
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Post by Homzy on Mar 26, 2009 13:26:54 GMT
That, and the fact that whoever is in form at the time (Gerrard at the mo) is suddenly the front-runner. He wasn't even being talked about as one of the top contenders a month or two ago but he's favourite all of a sudden after a few brilliant performances in a row.
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Post by steeeee on Mar 26, 2009 13:31:36 GMT
glory hunters taking photos of Gerrard, Ronaldo etc while sitting in the home end For the Chelsea game i was sat by the dugout in the West Stand, 2nd row Some lad in the Row infront was shouting to THEN, Manager Phil Scolari... "PHIL! CAN I TAKE A PHOTO!!" And was leaning over taking pictures of their subs bench and that! Probabley a contender for the Most Annoying Person I've Ever Met award! |
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Post by steeeee on Mar 26, 2009 13:36:37 GMT
and then on Boxing Day....
Sat next to a Mother and her teenage daughter.
"OHHHHH THERE'S RONALDO!!!!"
"Look.... There Rooney!!"
and then Wilko took out the greasy one which lead to the girl going, "ohh no! I hope he's alright!"
SO ANNOYING!
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Mar 26, 2009 13:40:09 GMT
I'll echo Dubai Stokie's comment about the innumerable breaks we have had to suffer. I suppose we have to accept the International breaks but it was ridiculous the number of blank Saturdays we had following our FA Cup defeat. There are so few midweek Premier League matches that clubs whose Saturday league games were postponed because of Cup games would have had no problems in finding midweek dates to play the rearranged league games.
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Post by euan ouzami on Mar 26, 2009 13:55:53 GMT
IS it only me who thinks that by & large (some exceptions!) the refs have been mostly fine? maybe it because I fully expected them to favour the big sides (something I can just about remember from the early 80's) that teh actuality of them doing so hasnt annoyed me as much? No. I agree with you. We seem to be conditioned to criticising the ref for any wrong decision. They make fewer mistakes than most of the players! That's not to say I'm averse to vocal criticism at the match where it helps us lift the team. Along these lines I get irritated by Alan Green. He is always slagging off "terrible"referreeing decisions, which are often later shown to be correct. He also demands the conflicting "sensible" decision making and "consistency". The classic example was he argued himself into a ridiculous position that when Pederson was fouled in the Manure box, but the ref didn't give a penalty. He said it was a stonewall penalty (probably right in this case) but then argued that Pederson should have been sent off for diving!! How stupid would that be? I say we should give the refs freedom to use common sense and allow for some inevitable inconsistency. Its the inconsistencies and elements of luck that really make this the beautiful game. |
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Post by Stokester on Mar 26, 2009 14:03:55 GMT
Actually realising that the belief that United get massive favouritism amongst both refs and the media is actually true.
The media only ever focusing on our work ethic and not some of our quality players i.e Faye, Beattie etc.
All in all the there are 1000x more positives, the Prem is the only league to be in!
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Post by th05 on Mar 26, 2009 14:22:14 GMT
Definitely the lack of games and the bias towards United.
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