Raino85
Player Valuation: £40m
Having a discussion with my mate who's a Celtic fan and we was talking about football chants etc, and as a Celt obviously every chant in the world came from Celtic first and copied off them. Just to vent my frustration and to see everyone elses opinion i thought id put in abit of a things that annoy/frustrate me about football
1) Clubs jumping on the song bandwagon: "Allez allez oh is starting to get spoiled for me as iv started to hear it on the TV at many a championship, league 1 ground, and Hull, West Brom. I loved it when it was ours (but we took it from Hibs i hear you say) yeah but we brought it to England, we were the first, but now we are just in a long list of teams who sing it alot of the others plastic bowl stadium teams with "mad, love the banter, doing conga's round the ground fans" who have no identity, history but see a team sing it so copy.
Also you hear that wooooooooooaaaaaah, woooooooooaaaaah song at id say 2 out of 3 games you watch (palace sing it, Cardiff were singing it Saturday, Hull, even arsenal i think), same applies for the "just cant get enough" song. Id much prefer to hear a chorus of spurs singing oh when the spurs, villa singing its you round m'lord or West Ham singing im forever blowing bubbles! All clubs with an identity and dont sing any of the above songs.
2)Music getting played after goals, again my Celtic mate said he likes songs being played after goals if done right (he would say that as Celtic do it themselves), but again its a sign of clubs copying other clubs, really if you had just banged a goal in would u wanna jump into a bunch of fans were limbs are everywere and you can feel the buzz or would you wanna run off and then get put off by "i feel good" by James Brown or the white stripes
3) Wembley / Emirates stadium just after half time! You all know what i mean that bit in an England game were there is that bit of the ground that is empty cos people are finishing there cous cous buffets etc, why not atleast put them seats out of view of the camera or even at the side were the camera is on, it just looks awful
4)Players not celebrating against certain teams: Now when Mikel Arteta scored against us the other week, he loved that he scored that penalty, so he should, Arsenal pay his wages, he is playing in the FA Cup and this is a team he captains on a regular basis, and although he probably has fond memorys of playing for us, he probably enjoys playing for Arsenal too! And he's a profesional. Now Wes Houlihan scored vrs Villa the other week and did that gesture with his hands as in "im sorry" and stood there, HE HAS NEVER EVEN PLAYED FOR VILLA, he was linked with them! Whats all that about! Shelvey did the same at Anfield the other week and completely over did that "look im not celebrating" thing so much it was almost a celebration. If you dont wanna celebrate just put you head down and run back to the centre circle. Before we know it people will not be celebrating vrs Nowrich because there favourite programme is Alan Partridge
5)Majority of Pundits: Now it aint all the pundits really, i like Neville, Carragher talks sence, Souness, Keane is funny cos he just gets pissed off that people dont try, Gullit and Merson. But its the il say what the camera's want me to say and oh, i dont wanna piss my mate/dad/ex team off pundits, the Redknapps, Hansens, Michael Owen, David James, Lawro (oh a patterns developing here), Shearer (there ya go shows im not a bitter blue). Also, since when did co-commentators get so rubbish! Townsend, Clarke "im inteligent i am, look i wear glasses" Carlisle, little Mickey Owen again. Was made up to see Andy Gray back, he gets excited about everything, even Alan Smith sounds better than the 3 i just mentioned.
6)MOTD: Which brings me to match of the day, i have already gone on about hte pundits so i will just go on about the show. We get our fair share of air time id say, but how come they always skim over the relegation battle EVERY week. There used to be a time that if two teams close to the drop were playing they would be 1st game, now its if someone is 3rd we will put them on 1st even if they have a routine 2-0 win at home vrs West Ham, who is bothered id much rather see two sides scrap for there lives then watch a team walk to a 2/3-0 win. Arsenal seem to be 1st game on all the time whenever they play anyone at the Emirates. I understand the likes of Arsenal etc have more supporters but surely people want to see excitement and thrills wether it be a relegation battle or a local derby.
7) FA Cup semi finals at Wembley: Now i understand it means more teams get to go to Wembley and the FA need to pay for the stadium etc. But i think this has helped to take the shine off the FA cup final. When we beat utd in the semi it was great but did it not maybe take abit of the shine off the final. Would it not be just as good to travel to Utd, City, Villa (alot closer btw) and it gives you more time to soak the atmosphere in and it feels like you have taken over someone elses ground for a day
8) Transfer Deadline Day: Now will admit it is great seeing who moves were, who is interested in who but dont you just feel Sky and Jim White's yellow tie have over done it abit. Now call he a synic but sky pay the premier league alot of money for TV rights, do you not think it is abit mad how many deals go through with minutes to go! It must be in the clubs contracts somewere that they have to hold off certain transfer anouncements so they can add to the drama of deadline day. The summer transfer window i watched for 6 hours after i finished work and no one signed until about 20 minutes to go. I chose not to bother with Januarys window, watched Emmerdale instead, think cameron was going mad with a shot gun at the time
9) Plastic stadiums: Bolton, Middlesbrough, Derby, Hull, Cardiff, Southampton, Swansea, all little bowl stadiums that just all look the same, situated in the middle of an industrial estate with no character, no atmosphere and fans stop going eventually. Went to Palace this year, its a %*£" hole, but it had character, it had atmosphere, same with Villa, West Ham, ourselves. Even the likes of the Etihad and the Emirates seem abit dull. If we ever move stadium i think we should make the toilets stink of piss, install wooden seats and build a massive housing estate/city centre round it to give it some va va voom
10) I will leave that for fellow GOT members to add, but thanks for listening i feel better. Im sure iv got more but would love to hear everyone elses
1) Clubs jumping on the song bandwagon: "Allez allez oh is starting to get spoiled for me as iv started to hear it on the TV at many a championship, league 1 ground, and Hull, West Brom. I loved it when it was ours (but we took it from Hibs i hear you say) yeah but we brought it to England, we were the first, but now we are just in a long list of teams who sing it alot of the others plastic bowl stadium teams with "mad, love the banter, doing conga's round the ground fans" who have no identity, history but see a team sing it so copy.
Also you hear that wooooooooooaaaaaah, woooooooooaaaaah song at id say 2 out of 3 games you watch (palace sing it, Cardiff were singing it Saturday, Hull, even arsenal i think), same applies for the "just cant get enough" song. Id much prefer to hear a chorus of spurs singing oh when the spurs, villa singing its you round m'lord or West Ham singing im forever blowing bubbles! All clubs with an identity and dont sing any of the above songs.
2)Music getting played after goals, again my Celtic mate said he likes songs being played after goals if done right (he would say that as Celtic do it themselves), but again its a sign of clubs copying other clubs, really if you had just banged a goal in would u wanna jump into a bunch of fans were limbs are everywere and you can feel the buzz or would you wanna run off and then get put off by "i feel good" by James Brown or the white stripes
3) Wembley / Emirates stadium just after half time! You all know what i mean that bit in an England game were there is that bit of the ground that is empty cos people are finishing there cous cous buffets etc, why not atleast put them seats out of view of the camera or even at the side were the camera is on, it just looks awful
4)Players not celebrating against certain teams: Now when Mikel Arteta scored against us the other week, he loved that he scored that penalty, so he should, Arsenal pay his wages, he is playing in the FA Cup and this is a team he captains on a regular basis, and although he probably has fond memorys of playing for us, he probably enjoys playing for Arsenal too! And he's a profesional. Now Wes Houlihan scored vrs Villa the other week and did that gesture with his hands as in "im sorry" and stood there, HE HAS NEVER EVEN PLAYED FOR VILLA, he was linked with them! Whats all that about! Shelvey did the same at Anfield the other week and completely over did that "look im not celebrating" thing so much it was almost a celebration. If you dont wanna celebrate just put you head down and run back to the centre circle. Before we know it people will not be celebrating vrs Nowrich because there favourite programme is Alan Partridge
5)Majority of Pundits: Now it aint all the pundits really, i like Neville, Carragher talks sence, Souness, Keane is funny cos he just gets pissed off that people dont try, Gullit and Merson. But its the il say what the camera's want me to say and oh, i dont wanna piss my mate/dad/ex team off pundits, the Redknapps, Hansens, Michael Owen, David James, Lawro (oh a patterns developing here), Shearer (there ya go shows im not a bitter blue). Also, since when did co-commentators get so rubbish! Townsend, Clarke "im inteligent i am, look i wear glasses" Carlisle, little Mickey Owen again. Was made up to see Andy Gray back, he gets excited about everything, even Alan Smith sounds better than the 3 i just mentioned.
6)MOTD: Which brings me to match of the day, i have already gone on about hte pundits so i will just go on about the show. We get our fair share of air time id say, but how come they always skim over the relegation battle EVERY week. There used to be a time that if two teams close to the drop were playing they would be 1st game, now its if someone is 3rd we will put them on 1st even if they have a routine 2-0 win at home vrs West Ham, who is bothered id much rather see two sides scrap for there lives then watch a team walk to a 2/3-0 win. Arsenal seem to be 1st game on all the time whenever they play anyone at the Emirates. I understand the likes of Arsenal etc have more supporters but surely people want to see excitement and thrills wether it be a relegation battle or a local derby.
7) FA Cup semi finals at Wembley: Now i understand it means more teams get to go to Wembley and the FA need to pay for the stadium etc. But i think this has helped to take the shine off the FA cup final. When we beat utd in the semi it was great but did it not maybe take abit of the shine off the final. Would it not be just as good to travel to Utd, City, Villa (alot closer btw) and it gives you more time to soak the atmosphere in and it feels like you have taken over someone elses ground for a day
8) Transfer Deadline Day: Now will admit it is great seeing who moves were, who is interested in who but dont you just feel Sky and Jim White's yellow tie have over done it abit. Now call he a synic but sky pay the premier league alot of money for TV rights, do you not think it is abit mad how many deals go through with minutes to go! It must be in the clubs contracts somewere that they have to hold off certain transfer anouncements so they can add to the drama of deadline day. The summer transfer window i watched for 6 hours after i finished work and no one signed until about 20 minutes to go. I chose not to bother with Januarys window, watched Emmerdale instead, think cameron was going mad with a shot gun at the time
9) Plastic stadiums: Bolton, Middlesbrough, Derby, Hull, Cardiff, Southampton, Swansea, all little bowl stadiums that just all look the same, situated in the middle of an industrial estate with no character, no atmosphere and fans stop going eventually. Went to Palace this year, its a %*£" hole, but it had character, it had atmosphere, same with Villa, West Ham, ourselves. Even the likes of the Etihad and the Emirates seem abit dull. If we ever move stadium i think we should make the toilets stink of piss, install wooden seats and build a massive housing estate/city centre round it to give it some va va voom
10) I will leave that for fellow GOT members to add, but thanks for listening i feel better. Im sure iv got more but would love to hear everyone elses
