10 Things That Annoy Me About Watching Football Live....
That bond that has been nicely stoked from afar by the media must be consummated! You must go and see your chosen team in battle to defend the honor of the team name. You must join the masses chanting and urging them on!
You've spent your money, typically more than you were hoping because you want to go and support your chosen team....only to run head long into these ten thing that are sure to annoy you.....
10) Stadium Seats That Are Like the Slopes of a Mountain...
1 of 10
Break out the skis and the tissues for the nosebleeds...
9) No Fan Spirit
2 of 10
Your team is trying to come back from a goal or two down and the fans are quiet or have already left.....not even the ultras are trying anymore.....
8) Packed Together Like Sardines...
3 of 10
You get the picture....too little or too much of a thing can be bad.
7) Expensive Food
4 of 10
Soooo...if I remortgage with one of those new variable rate plans......
As if the ticket prices weren't extortionate enough, as if you weren't making a grand markup on merchandise and replica kits....
Clubs fleece the fans in stadium food...good grief...do we need a middle eastern style revolution in football to take back the game for the fans!!!?
6) Hooliganism
5 of 10
At the end of the day, the players, managers and club officials will all go home to their mansions, wags, cars etc while you are stuck in a cell waiting a court date. Wise up mate...
5) Stadium Stewards That Don't Know Anything About Customer Service
6 of 10
They hustle you in, they make you sit down all the time....if the ball comes into the stands they want it back.
Hello, the club is making 300 million euros a year to which I've just contributed, and plus they've gotten the balls from Adidas for free. I want the ball!
Plus if the footballers jump into the crowd to celebrate they want to come and separate them as soon as possible. Hello! For what I've paid they SHOULD come and high five me after they've scored!
Then as soon as the game is over you are ushered out, no ceremony, no thanks for coming.
Shoddy treatment for the fans who keep this sport going....
4) Managers with No Passion for the Game
7 of 10
Managers, please stop looking lost during the game like you have no game plan and no idea what to do.
Everyone in the stadium can see it's time to take off that player for a bench player why can't you?!?
And please show some emotion, stop looking like you don't care what happens...we the fans care! If we didn't you would be out of a job, so at least extend us that courtesy.
Here's a thought for some fan interaction, live voting on who should be subbed in and when....
3) Players Who Stop to Fix Their Kit....
8 of 10
You've just run down the pitch, lost the ball, produced nothing, been tackled, appealed to the ref, got no call and now you want to stop to fix your kit....?
For goodness sakes, forget about tucking in your shirt and pulling up socks and get back in the play!
At least on TV the cameras will follow the action, you can't help but notice live that 19 players are chasing the ball and one is still in the opposite half looking useless.....
No offense Ashley, but you came up in the search ;0)
2) Players Who Flop
9 of 10
You can just here the announcer in EA Sports FIFA going, "for Goodness' sakes man, stay on your feet...."
Whether a big game or not, it is just unmanly....
There needs to be a stat on how much time a player spends on the grass in addition to metres run, my feeling is Busquets and Luis Figo would be leading the way.....
And the Number One Thing That Gets on My Nerves....
10 of 10
Applauding the fans after you've just played like rubbish!
If you've gone through the motions for 90 minutes, left your fans choking on expectation, produced nothing of substance nor hustled for anything on the pitch DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT come around after the game applauding the fans. We feel more likely to pelt you with something. Do you know how many people would love to be earning in a year what you earn in a week?!?!?
New law: If you've played crap don't applaud the fans after the game, go straight to the locker room. We won't hold it against you....we will appreciate that you recognized you stunk up the park.
No offense Arsenal...
