Things that piss you off!

[craigbetts]

Girlfriends

Brags.

[paulhouk03]

Girlfriends

Brags.

Life is so much easier with out them

[Tal]

Girlfriends

Brags.

Life is so much easier with out them

Confirmed

[smashedagain]

Girlfriends

Brags.

Life is so much easier with out them

try just having one then you player

[corkeye]

The way football attracts the biggest idiots. Why do fans have to be segregated to avoid fighting? Why do rival fans target other fans? Why do people lob coins at players?

Abs love the game btw but hate the way a large % of idiots behave, at all levels, all over the world.

[jackinbeat]

The way football attracts the biggest idiots. Why do fans have to be segregated to avoid fighting? Why do rival fans target other fans? Why do people lob coins at players?

Abs love the game btw but hate the way a large % of idiots behave, at all levels, all over the world.

Funny, I came here to have a little rant about people not being tribal about football. It's what its' about, or was until it became a 'family game', we (I mean real fans for want of a better word) don't want it to be an amaericanised hot dog fest. Football all over the world is tribal. Now don't get me wrong, some of the violence is so wrong I agree, but it was a working class game where men went to vent their weekly stresses on the terraces, that's gone from English football now, well maybe not from the lower leagues. Football fans fighting football fans is just part of that, violence never spread beyond the confines of supporters versus supporters, if you didn't want in you didn't go in colours, simple.

Lobbing coins at players, random violence against those not involved, and attacks with knives, axes, or any weapons in general and many other idiot moves can be found away from football and no way do I condone this, but some good old banter, and the atmosphere created by separated fans is what made football for most real fans go for, it's a release, take that away and the games just going to be some watered down crap full of prawn sandwich eating idiots with more money than sense.

rant over

[technolog]

some of the violence is so wrong I agree

Really? Some? For a sport?

[Alverton]

And that's why I sit in my comfy leather seat in my house to watch football instead of venturing out. 

Agreed on football fans attracting the biggest idiots, has completely ruined live football for me.  Prawn sandwiches ftw

[TightEnd]

The way football attracts the biggest idiots. Why do fans have to be segregated to avoid fighting? Why do rival fans target other fans? Why do people lob coins at players?

Abs love the game btw but hate the way a large % of idiots behave, at all levels, all over the world.

Funny, I came here to have a little rant about people not being tribal about football. It's what its' about, or was until it became a 'family game', we (I mean real fans for want of a better word) don't want it to be an amaericanised hot dog fest. Football all over the world is tribal. Now don't get me wrong, some of the violence is so wrong I agree, but it was a working class game where men went to vent their weekly stresses on the terraces, that's gone from English football now, well maybe not from the lower leagues. Football fans fighting football fans is just part of that, violence never spread beyond the confines of supporters versus supporters, if you didn't want in you didn't go in colours, simple.

Lobbing coins at players, random violence against those not involved, and attacks with knives, axes, or any weapons in general and many other idiot moves can be found away from football and no way do I condone this, but some good old banter, and the atmosphere created by separated fans is what made football for most real fans go for, it's a release, take that away and the games just going to be some watered down crap full of prawn sandwich eating idiots with more money than sense.

rant over

Absolutely 100% wrong imo. A completely outdated view.

[jackinbeat]

The way football attracts the biggest idiots. Why do fans have to be segregated to avoid fighting? Why do rival fans target other fans? Why do people lob coins at players?

Abs love the game btw but hate the way a large % of idiots behave, at all levels, all over the world.

Funny, I came here to have a little rant about people not being tribal about football. It's what its' about, or was until it became a 'family game', we (I mean real fans for want of a better word) don't want it to be an amaericanised hot dog fest. Football all over the world is tribal. Now don't get me wrong, some of the violence is so wrong I agree, but it was a working class game where men went to vent their weekly stresses on the terraces, that's gone from English football now, well maybe not from the lower leagues. Football fans fighting football fans is just part of that, violence never spread beyond the confines of supporters versus supporters, if you didn't want in you didn't go in colours, simple.

Lobbing coins at players, random violence against those not involved, and attacks with knives, axes, or any weapons in general and many other idiot moves can be found away from football and no way do I condone this, but some good old banter, and the atmosphere created by separated fans is what made football for most real fans go for, it's a release, take that away and the games just going to be some watered down crap full of prawn sandwich eating idiots with more money than sense.

rant over

Absolutely 100% wrong imo. A completely outdated view.

So you agree with coins being thrown and random violence then, did you really read my post?

[kinboshi]

Any violence between fans is wrong and unwelcome. Banter is fine, but some of the chanting and abuse dished out by mindless idiots is a blight on the game. Physical violence is obviously just wrong, and anyone who has the naiive view that this violence can be restricted to just those who want to fight is deluded.

Compare and contrast to the majority of rugby matches and the behaviour of those fans.

Football attracts lots of people who love to watch the game. Unfortunately, it attracts the lowest common denominator as well. They are often the most vocal minority.

[AndrewT]

The word 'banter'.

It's a Neanderthal magnet.

[jackinbeat]

Any violence between fans is wrong and unwelcome. Banter is fine, but some of the chanting and abuse dished out by mindless idiots is a blight on the game. Physical violence is obviously just wrong, and anyone who has the naiive view that this violence can be restricted to just those who want to fight is deluded.

Compare and contrast to the majority of rugby matches and the behaviour of those fans.

Football attracts lots of people who love to watch the game. Unfortunately, it attracts the lowest common denominator as well. They are often the most vocal minority.

The violence used to be fan on fan, working class way, it's middle class game now, so I do agree it's best there is none, all i meant to get across was in the past it was always confined to those that wanted to have it, these fights were organised well in advance, and innocents were not involved.

Saying that fans shouldn't be segregated is just awful, the atmosphere will become dead like american football or baseball, being part of a huge crown of fellow supporters singing is in some part what makes football such a great game to see, take that away and you might as well be watching men chasing funny shaped balls

[Woodsey]

Perfect opportunity to say rugby ftw  

Always hated the fuckwittery that surrounds football.

[nirvana]

Totally understand where Jackinbeat is coming from.

I would swap a season ticket of visits to the Emirates today for a single opportunity to feel like I did standing on the North Bank 30 years ago.

But that's just rose tinted and age induced nostalgia - things are better now for the vast majority of people who go to matches - it's just not my cup of tea any more. Kinda wish I'd grown up supporting a lower league team like Peterborough so I would still be going and getting the same enjoyment from the game