I know its been done before but it would be interesting to see who you folks would like to see put into a football version of Room 101. They can be as bizarre and obtuse as you like and feel free to give reasons too. Mine, in no particular order would be: 1) John Motson There may be a few raised eyebrows here! Why Motty? My reason is because he is an awful commentator - nothing more, nothing less. Total drivel and drives me up the wall 2) Liverpool fans Not just for their more recent troubles but also for their endless theory that because they were once a great side they should therefore be a great side every year and also because they cost us European football on a few occasions in the 80s after Heysel 3) Paul Gascoigne's move to Tottenham This is because Gazza was the finest English natural talent I've seen in my lifetime and had he moved to Man United instead of Spurs I believe Fergie may well have had a massive effect on his career and he wouldn't have ended up being a pretty wasted talent 4) Selhurst Park If you don't know why I'm putting this ****hole into Room 101 then you've obviously never been. Congratulations on avoiding it - don't go!! 5) Club Canary Now I've not been on Club Canary (Club Endless Misery/Club Cabbage to most who use it) for many years but I still have nightmares about the long, tedious journeys following a defeat to some rank team in the 2nd tier, feeling like you are about to die due to lack of oxygen. Port Vale 6-1 on a Tuesday evening rings a bell! Hideous
1) People who think we have a divine right to simply turn up and beat teams like Leicester in the FA Cup That's it, that's the only thing I dislike in the entire world of football, every single other aspect about the game is absolutely jing-dandy as far as I'm concerned.
1) Everton - 1985 'nuff said 2) Coventry - 1985 'nuff said 3) Man Utd fans who ripped up the Barclay 4) Tim Sherwood - wore makeup. More to follow when I've had a good thunk.
Didn't take long to spawn this, having mentioned it a few seconds ago on another thread. Steve Claridge Surely the most crass, self-opinionated obnoxious summariser in the history of football. Plus he gets everywhere, T.V, radio, punditry There's even a twitter link dedicated to retweeting the best abuse of the t**t, which now has 483 followers Plastic fans Breaks my heart when pubs in North Norfolk are stuffed full of replica-kitted knobends when ManUre play Liverpool or Chelski, but no one bothers when Norwich are televised. Half the aforementioned sound as if they'd get lost in Diss, never mind lancashire ITV 'coverage' I concede that it's better than no coverage at all - but only by a whisker! Simpering Adrian Chiles trying to be witty, glowering Royston Keane, sat there with a face like thunder, commercial breaks every 30 seconds before and after the live action...you get the picture. Apart from that, life's good
Made my day - thanks. I'm now off to play golf with a smile on my face!! Good humour and bloody good sense in one short comment.
Jordan (not the ****in country!) Simon Cowell (yes that ****ry) Nature (she gave me a small willy) Davina McCall (inventor of the insincere pill) Nature again (she gave my missus a big fanny)
1 David Beckham - too many reasons to list. 2 Jason Roberts - oh for the days when 606 was about the fans. 3 Alan Green - he's past his sell by date and should be put out to grass. 4 The off side rule - it should go back to how it was, and you should be allowed to pass back to the goalie. 5 The hype around the England team.
agree about the offside rule but definitely not about the back pass rule. i think thats been the best amendment to the rulebook in the past twenty years
The only one I want to take you up on is number one! I know Becks has been criticised ad nausium over the years, but the man has ALWAYS put in extra training, has ALWAYS put in 100% every time he has played, and has ALWAYS been desperate to represent his country, giving the impression that he would forgo any form of recompense for that honour! In this day and age of players only interested in "What's in it for me?" I think that leaves him as a stand out candidate for our gratitude and recognition!
Match streams that freeze when there is a goal scoring chance. They scare the s##t out of me Also football highlight shows or radio shows that show/talk about one of the pundits careers and how great they are just to boost their ego.
Get rid of modern day balls. Bring back the leather laceup ones, then we'll see what the namby pambies today will do. Can't see it bothering Holty though either way. He'd still go to nut it.
Kickitoff, Please remember that there maybe youngsters reading this, and they may be scarred by seeing that. Also, please remember Dave's age. He might not be able to stand that kind of shock.
Some cracking answers - totally agree with the tossers in Lancashire team shirts in North Norfolk pubs comment and 1985 Everton/Coventry should not be forgiven or forgotten. I remeber the day Coventry finally went down with fondness and pray for the season where Moyes is incapable of making a silk purse from a sow's ear. I'd like to nominate: 1. Gareth Southgate - has there ever been a duller commentator. Also not a great man for a pressure penalty 2. The Current Chelski squad - never has the chant "you're just a team full of w*nkers" been more apt 3. Scottish and Welsh nationalists where moan about how bad it is to be part of the UK and then happily accept subsidies from London to give their families a better standard of living than that enjoyed in England. 4. Investment bankers - losing shed loads of cash and bringing the world economy to its knees and then getting six and seven figure bonuses. 5. Audi drivers - almost always tw*ts trying to overtake you on a corner or approaching a junction. I don't know when the company car driving knobheads decided to switch from BMW's to Audi's but they have. 6. Rangers FC (it's a genetic thing for me) although philisophically were they to disappear could good remain? 7. Disabled parking bays - not all of them but most. Where in the country needs a 10% allocation of spaces for the disabled (all obvious Ipswich related jokes on a postcard to....) 8. Call centres - waiting 20 minutes to speak to a Geordie who knows less about the business he is in than the e-menu that has finally diverted me to him. 9. The ruling classes of the middle east - why not spend the oil money pulling your population out of poverty before blowing millions butying football clubs and gold leaf toilet paper? 10. Greece - pay your taxes, get off your backsides and work then your country may not go bankrupt. I know the Germans have historically a fair bit to answer for but they shouldn't have to keep bailing you out. Generally I consider myself pretty laid back but I reckon I could double this list with very little more time spent. I do feel a bit better for getting that off my chest though!
