***Official*** English Football Season 2020-21

[GIMH]

My favourite is when a player has been given a specific job and a fan doesn't like it

For example. I sit halfway line front row. A couple of years back we were playing Forest Green and Kieron Morris had clearly been instructed to play a sort of inside forward, narrow role. Bloke behind me hated it. Every time Morris was in earshot he screamed 'Get wide Morris! Get to the ****ing touchline!'

I mean what did he expect, Morris to go in and say 'Sorry gaffer but some bloke in the stands wanted me to play that way instead...'

 

[Lillian Thomson]

We had a bloke late 80’s/early 90’s who used to stand by the tunnel. Several times a match when a pass went astray or a chance was missed he used to look up at the chairman in the main stand and shout “I paid £8 for that you ****”.

 

[sledger]

My favourite is when a player has been given a specific job and a fan doesn't like it

For example. I sit halfway line front row. A couple of years back we were playing Forest Green and Kieron Morris had clearly been instructed to play a sort of inside forward, narrow role. Bloke behind me hated it. Every time Morris was in earshot he screamed 'Get wide Morris! Get to the ****ing touchline!'

I mean what did he expect, Morris to go in and say 'Sorry gaffer but some bloke in the stands wanted me to play that way instead...'

Haha this reminds me of that kind of inverse situation involving Neil Warnock, where his players kept shouting to him to say "boss, they're using wingbacks, we need to change formation" and he was just like "nah it'll be fine".

 

[sledger]

Haha I had forgotten about this.

Reminds me of the guy that my Dad refers to as 'troubled.' If they don't shoot as soon as we are within 35 yards of goal then he gets very upset.

Haha do you still get the "everything was better under Martin Allen" types?

 

[GIMH]

'Get the kids in, at least they'll show a bit of passion' is a favourite of mine

 

[sledger]

There should be some sort of communal swear jar for the use (or most uses anyway) of the word "passion" in conjunction with football imo.

One of the most overused fan terms out there (especially on talk radio). Generally a catch-all invoked to refer to refer to anything the speaker has in mind at the time, either positively or negatively.

Up there with "disgrace" and "shambles".

 

[honestbharani]

There should be some sort of communal swear jar for the use (or most uses anyway) of the word "passion" in conjunction with football imo.

One of the most overused fan terms out there (especially on talk radio). Generally a catch-all invoked to refer to refer to anything the speaker has in mind at the time, either positively or negatively.

Up there with "disgrace" and "shambles".

dire

 

[Pothas]

Haha do you still get the "everything was better under Martin Allen" types?

Oh yeah there are still a few. This run of draws that have cost us automatic promotion would have never happened under him (which is exactly what happened in 2006.)

 

[Pothas]

There should be some sort of communal swear jar for the use (or most uses anyway) of the word "passion" in conjunction with football imo.

One of the most overused fan terms out there (especially on talk radio). Generally a catch-all invoked to refer to refer to anything the speaker has in mind at the time, either positively or negatively.

Up there with "disgrace" and "shambles".

I really enjoy shambles.

Diabolical as well of course. These are very 606 from 15 years ago terms, wonder if things have moved on.

 

[Uppercut]

I really enjoy shambles.

Diabolical as well of course. These are very 606 from 15 years ago terms, wonder if things have moved on.

Hahaha I love diabolical. I wonder if other languages have a word that can only be used in exactly two situations: when a supervillain is plotting to burn down every animal shelter with the cats and dogs inside it, or when a goal is conceded after a Michael Duberry air-kick.

 

[sledger]

I really enjoy shambles.

Diabolical as well of course. These are very 606 from 15 years ago terms, wonder if things have moved on.

Haha shambles was ruined for me by my former manager, who used to use it to describe nearly everything which wasn't done to an acceptable standard (which was nearly everything). This is the same manager who sent an angry email about how the dishwasher had not yet learned to load itself, threatening to send everyone on a dishwasher training course.

 

[GIMH]

Back more on the original theme, one of my favourite ever shouts for reasons I can't quite explain was when someone shouted, 'Hinds, you're average!' at one of our players (Richard Hinds, funnily enough). Just felt so much more brutal than a bog standard 'you're ****'

 

[Furball]

I mean what did he expect, Morris to go in and say 'Sorry gaffer but some bloke in the stands wanted me to play that way instead...'

Haha this would be ****ing hilarious if it were to happen.

 

[grecian]

Some people are always saying more people should live in the now, there's no-one that can do that more than many football teams fans, score a last-minute winner, and you are the greatest team in the World, concede at the end to lose, and sack everybody, disband whatever model you have, and burn it to the ground.

GIMP said about throwing in youngsters because they'll show passion is annoying, well not sure that's a common refrain. Yes saying everyone lacks passion, particularly at International level, is a constant pain, particularly when what is generally lacking is technical ability, structure or a worthwhile plan. I think I've heard people say the fans would do better because they'd have PASHUN, that's quite irritating.

I'm all for throwing youngsters in lately, but that's because ours tend to be pretty good, not for passion reasons, even though, won't be displeased if I don't see more of Seymour.

There was a bloke that went to City for years, maybe still does, but I don't stand near him anymore. Yet he became a bit of a joke figure with the people I stood with. He was very loud and just obsessionally hating of one player, to the extent that even if the ball was played about 30 yards away from said player he'd shout "run after it then ----- you ****", if the player hadn't actually scored set up a goal, when he had it close to him, it was a torrent of unswerving sweary abuse.

I have not mentioned the players name not to save his blushes, but because he did it, to about a dozen through the years, always centering on one then when the player left, he just started afresh with a new player. Gary Marshall then Sturat Storer were the first two I think, and it was generally a winger. Some dedication. Think Lee Elam was the last I remember and TBF he had a point there.

 

[GIMH]

GIMP said about throwing in youngsters because they'll show passion is annoying, well not sure that's a common refrain

Common one near where I sit. Probably the same bloke over and again.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

The throwing the youngsters in to show a bit of passion is what we have going on now. Not at the ground of course, but real ranting on social media and forums. We have a few loan players allegedly lacking “passion” after 3-0, 3-0 and 6-0 defeats. I think it’s generally quite rare for players not to be trying.

 

[Uppercut]

This discussion should have happened a year ago, it's making me feel so much better about fans not being allowed into matches.

 

[GIMH]

I miss the nonsense. On twitter it just winds me up. In person I delight at it.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Leno

 

[Furball]

This has been an absolutely **** game of football.