Unpopular Opinions You Hold

[tom27111]

The ref tonight wasn't bad. We were. 

[peach0000]

2 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

The ref tonight wasn't bad. We were. 

I've certainly seen worse refereeing performances. He certainly wasn't biased either. He got things wrong both ways. Despite the result (which is all that matters) we were poor today. 

[tom27111]

Just now, peach0000 said:

I've certainly seen worse refereeing performances. He certainly wasn't biased either. He got things wrong both ways. Despite the result (which is all that matters) we were poor today. 

 

That's refs in European competition until you reach final stages or have massive matches.

 

We can't use officiating as an excuse.

 

Could have been 3 down by half time. Was the ref making them shoot wide? 

[drumbeat]

It's not "blaming" the ref if you say he had a bad game. You can think we have only ourselves to blame AND think the ref was poor. It's not mutually exclusive.

[tom27111]

Just now, drumbeat said:

It's not "blaming" the ref if you say he had a bad game. You can think we have only ourselves to blame AND think the ref was poor. It's not mutually exclusive.

 

Absolutely, but he certainly wasn't biased. He just wasn't very good.

 

Thats the problem when so many European games are played over 3 days, some of the officiating isn't up to what we're used to.

 

He didn't make any outrageous calls. People saying its the worst refereeing performance they've ever seen need a reality check.

[Corky]

Our fans prefer Micky Adams hard working but ultimately unsuccessful types to the current team and will regret not appreciating them.

[Heathrow fox]

14 minutes ago, Corky said:

Our fans prefer Micky Adams hard working but ultimately unsuccessful types to the current team and will regret not appreciating them.

There’s a lot of truth in that tbf 

[UpTheLeagueFox]

We were very lucky to get a draw.

[WigstonWanderer]

13 hours ago, tom27111 said:

The ref tonight wasn't bad. We were. 

The ref was a cvnt 

[Aus Fox]

12 hours ago, Corky said:

Our fans prefer Micky Adams hard working but ultimately unsuccessful types to the current team and will regret not appreciating them.

We as a a supporter base have always preferred hard working players regardless of ability and have  a weird issue with exciting players.

Bloody Yakubu all he does is score goals - this was a genuine moan at the time!

[Corky]

7 hours ago, Aus Fox said:

We as a a supporter base have always preferred hard working players regardless of ability and have  a weird issue with exciting players.

Bloody Yakubu all he does is score goals - this was a genuine moan at the time!

You see some of the stick the current team get and it's baffling at times. If these lads didn't care they wouldn't be taking us to Europe and winning trophies.

 

 

[don_danbury]

8 hours ago, WigstonWanderer said:

The ref was a cvnt 

i kept thinking that too, but when they showed the replays back i realised he got pretty much all the decisions right  

[sishades]

On 13/09/2021 at 12:44, Facecloth said:

I'll add to that people that take selfies in front of an event they've gone too see.

 

An old school friend I've got on Facebook did this a couple of years back. He'd gone to see the start of the tour de France when it was in the UK. The moment the riders passed he's taken a photo, half filled with his head, looking away from the cyclists, missing the very thing he'd gone to see. Ridiculous.

I attended the Euro 96 final at Wembley with a seat level with the half way but towards the back of the stand at a cost of 120 pounds. The view was superb. The chap several rows down from me placed a small portable TV set on his lap and watched the whole game in black and White!!!!

[sishades]

On 15/09/2021 at 22:06, Oxfordfox83 said:

British democracy at the moment is worse than monarchy. One Etonian twat who’ll screw the country for short term financial gain, or a different Etonian twat who’ll etc while all his mates so on and what have you.

 

My unpopular opinion: democracy can fvck off. It’s only at most a generation before the rich work out a way to game the whole system and get exactly the same benefits while telling you it’s your fault…

Tell that to people who live in communist, fashist and theocratic dictatorships.

[sishades]

On 09/09/2021 at 10:05, ealingfox said:

Not sure how unpopular this is but 'Thunderbastard' has to go down with cockwomble and all those other incredibly annoying twee swearing words. They make my toes curl.

You can add "Fam" to that list. 

[Voll Blau]

10 minutes ago, sishades said:

You can add "Fam" to that list. 

"Fam" isn't twee or a swear word?

[sishades]

Joe Linton is the answer to Newcastles problems...............

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

nb not really

 

[RonnieTodger]

Gary Neville’s rants on English football owners are just cheap populist nonsense.

 

Saying “we need to stop this” because Derby are going into administration is like saying “terrorism needs to stop”. I don’t expect him to have the solutions but Derby have spent a shit ton of money and failed miserably. No fit and proper owners test would have saved them from this fate. 

[Corky]

6 minutes ago, RonnieTodger said:

Gary Neville’s rants on English football owners are just cheap populist nonsense.

 

Saying “we need to stop this” because Derby are going into administration is like saying “terrorism needs to stop”. I don’t expect him to have the solutions but Derby have spent a shit ton of money and failed miserably. No fit and proper owners test would have saved them from this fate. 

He lost all credibility for me when banging on about managers getting at least a season as a rule then sacking one of his own at Salford after a few months.

 

 

[Sampson]

On 16/09/2021 at 11:05, Phil Bowman said:

Democracy is fine.

We just don’t have it.

I wouldn't go that far, but our first past the post vote system is so outdated and so open to abuse, gerrymandering and divide and conquer politics, which is what happens - that it certainly feels crazy and  far from what a democracy should be for us still to be governed by it in 2021. Currently we have a system where one party constantly stays in power by only getting around 37% of the votes by gerrymandering and deliberately drawing the council borders to favour them and being deliberately divisive and splitting the vote on the other side,

I get the point of it in the 1700s when it took a long time for people to get to London on horseback, so everyone would select one person in their area to go there to represent them, but in 2021 it's clearly crazy that a country should have it as its voting system. Almost every other European nation moved past FTPT NTV decades ago.
 

An ideal democracy would also hold the press and politicians to account for lies and misinformation far far more than we do in this country - much like countries like Switzerland or Norway, which have had votes re-run or invalidated when it was proven that lies and misinformation had been spread before the vote. You need strong checks and balances for an ideal democracy and ours are certainly weaker than most other Western countries. Mainly because most of ours lot haven't been changed since the 18th century, while many other countries seem to want to see how to progress with democracy and constantly change it to be more robust in the quickly changing world, we seem to defend our bizarre century old and massively outdated traditions through weird patriotic rattling.

Edited 18 September 2021 by Sampson

[foxile5]

On 09/09/2021 at 10:05, ealingfox said:

Not sure how unpopular this is but 'Thunderbastard' has to go down with cockwomble and all those other incredibly annoying twee swearing words. They make my toes curl.

Thundercunt too. 

 

It's used by people who think it's very unique and witty. When they use it they think its really devastating and don't realise its like listening to a Jack Whitehall b-side. 

[ozleicester]

7 hours ago, sishades said:

Tell that to people who live in communist, fashist and theocratic dictatorships.

he/she just did

[NasPb]

9 hours ago, RonnieTodger said:

Gary Neville’s rants on English football owners are just cheap populist nonsense.

 

Saying “we need to stop this” because Derby are going into administration is like saying “terrorism needs to stop”. I don’t expect him to have the solutions but Derby have spent a shit ton of money and failed miserably. No fit and proper owners test would have saved them from this fate. 

He's right about the core of it but he's a hypocrite. What needs to happen are changes that give fans more voice to avoid situations like the pompey one or the derby one. But he's just as bad working with peter lim, a man who benefits from palm oil and has destroyed Valencia and for encouraging these massive transfers. And for his involvement in sulford

[drumbeat]

Peter Capaldi was a good Dr Who, better than the teeth gritting, starey eyed Tennant. He brought back some much needed gravitas.

[Buce]

 

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