Unpopular Opinions You Hold

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

37 minutes ago, Footballwipe said:

Amateur football in the UK deserves to die because of the sheer level of abuse dished out to referees at that level. 

 

I genuinely can't wait until there's such a shortage of referees that leagues cannot properly function. It'll be chickens coming home to roost, and no less than the arsehole players who slag of referees pretending that they're professional football players deserve.

 

I've gone to a few games with my old man at Shepshed and the whole experience is great but you do wonder what on earth the linos (more so than the ref) possibly enjoy from it at that level. It's not lucrative and you're essentially abused for 45/90 minutes depending on the set up. These lads must really love the offside rule

Edited 23 July 2022 by Miquel The Work Geordie

[BenTheFox]

It makes me laugh so much how triggered some people get by Liverpool fans booing the national anthem. 

[ozleicester]

1 hour ago, BenTheFox said:

It makes me laugh so much how triggered some people get by Liverpool fans booing the national anthem. 

[Nalis]

6 hours ago, BenTheFox said:

It makes me laugh so much how triggered some people get by Liverpool fans booing the national anthem. 

For me, its just a bit silly from the scousers.

 

I understand it to a degree if it was from people who lived through Thatcher's 80s when Liverpool was shat on by the government then.

 

In reality its 20 somethings and younger just trying to be edgy when Liverpool is far from a forgotten city anymore. It's a bit like a middle class student having a poster of Che Guevara in student halls just because its cool.

 

If looking at the past 30 years, clubs in the North East have more right to boo the national anthem than Liverpool if the point of it is anti establishment to be honest.

[JamieG]

Unpopular opinion:

Spending money was the only way Chelsea and Man City could shatter the glass ceiling that held clubs like them back and has actually been a good thing for the premier league. Imagine arsenal and man Uniteds decline over the last 10 years without Chelsea and man City ready to pick up their slack. 

 

[SemperEadem]

On 30/07/2022 at 23:34, BenTheFox said:

It makes me laugh so much how triggered some people get by Liverpool fans booing the national anthem. 

Have they been doing it from the 80’s? 
 

Like can’t say I remember them doing it at say the Cardiff finals whilst Wembley was down.

[JamieG]

On 30/07/2022 at 23:34, BenTheFox said:

It makes me laugh so much how triggered some people get by Liverpool fans booing the national anthem. 

It's funny considering liverpool as a city's views on the tories.

As a football club they are about as tory as they come.

Big players in the formation of the Premier league in an attempt to keep the elite, elite.

Wannabe founding members of the European super league. In an attempt to keep the elite, elite.

 

They bang on about this rich superior history but happily take a huge steaming shit on that very history at every given opportunity they get.

 

 

 

[CosbehFox]

As a Birmingham resident, the Commonwealth Games simply isn't worth the economical benefit or logistical hassle, its causing. 

[SemperEadem]

1 hour ago, JamieG said:

It's funny considering liverpool as a city's views on the tories.

As a football club they are about as tory as they come.

Big players in the formation of the Premier league in an attempt to keep the elite, elite.

Wannabe founding members of the European super league. In an attempt to keep the elite, elite.

 

They bang on about this rich superior history but happily take a huge steaming shit on that very history at every given opportunity they get.

 

 

 

But I'm not sure the fans are looking at it as the club being socialist, more so the local fanbase and city itself.

[JamieG]

1 minute ago, SemperEadem said:

But I'm not sure the fans are looking at it as the club being socialist, more so the local fanbase and city itself.

It's something I've noticed over the years and found quiet intresting. 

[Corky]

13 hours ago, SemperEadem said:

But I'm not sure the fans are looking at it as the club being socialist, more so the local fanbase and city itself.

The club has often let them down over the years by going against the fans beliefs. 

 

It is why other fans get weary of the Tory! shouts at anybody they don't like. 

[Finnegan]

On 30/07/2022 at 23:34, BenTheFox said:

It makes me laugh so much how triggered some people get by Liverpool fans booing the national anthem. 

 

As someone that normally gets a chuckle out of GSTQ getting booed, I can wholeheartedly confirm I was not TrIgGeRrEd. 

 

I did however roll my eyes and cringe at how hard they try to be different, especially given half of them were probably from Leicester. 

 

Absolute massive bunch of try hard posers. 

[The Horse's Mouth]

The fake scousers who refer to the sun as "the s*n" wind me up as well. Every team as glory hunters at the top, but it feels like Liverpool fans try to be Scouse instead of just supporting their team and it's ****ing weird 

[bovril]

14 hours ago, SemperEadem said:

But I'm not sure the fans are looking at it as the club being socialist, more so the local fanbase and city itself.

I think there is definitely an attempt from some Liverpool fans to brand the club as socialist which as the poster above points out is absurd considering the way the Premier League is run. 

[fuchsntf]

Beatles, ken dodd, Jimmy Tarbuck.  & all, Love them every Single scouser....

People forget, everybody is Too busy being assholes,they cant Stand others being the same...

[Wymsey]

Comedy that involves a comedian using swear words many times doesn't aren't particularly funny (such as Frankie Boyle's).

[Nalis]

On 02/08/2022 at 06:52, JamieG said:

Unpopular opinion:

Spending money was the only way Chelsea and Man City could shatter the glass ceiling that held clubs like them back and has actually been a good thing for the premier league. Imagine arsenal and man Uniteds decline over the last 10 years without Chelsea and man City ready to pick up their slack. 

 

Kind of way I'm nowhere near as annoyed at Newcastle as most are as they will shake things up a bit at the top in the long run. 

[Fox92]

17 hours ago, Corky said:

The club has often let them down over the years by going against the fans beliefs. 

 

It is why other fans get weary of the Tory! shouts at anybody they don't like. 

The Tory chants are so boring. I heard them singing it at the Community Sheild final and Manchester is as labour as Liverpool is.

Bringing football into politics is just strange. If they want to sing anti tory songs (and I'm as anti Tory as they are) then do it outside parliament or something not at a football match where people go to escape stuff like politics.

[JamieG]

1 hour ago, Nalis said:

Kind of way I'm nowhere near as annoyed at Newcastle as most are as they will shake things up a bit at the top in the long run. 

Exactly that mate, I'm not against it at all because I know it's the only way they're going to be able to push on, and challenge. Same with any club that weren't trophy magnets in the 70s and 80s like I said there's a glass ceiling in English football. 

And I've noticed the people upset the most by man City and Newcastle are those above that glass ceiling mainly Liverpool fans

[Corky]

10 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

The Tory chants are so boring. I heard them singing it at the Community Sheild final and Manchester is as labour as Liverpool is.

Bringing football into politics is just strange. If they want to sing anti tory songs (and I'm as anti Tory as they are) then do it outside parliament or something not at a football match where people go to escape stuff like politics.

Football should be a release from all that. As we do here, football has a section, politics it's own too.

 

I've no idea who the people around me at the ground vote for and no intention of finding out.

[Jimothy]

I'll start this by saying I enjoying watching them and I'm sure the athletes enjoy competing in them, but way too much made of the Commonwealth Games. Its not the Olympics, or the World or European Championships, its a collection of countries who have or previously had a connection getting together, and a lot of the bigger, richer nations with the better athletes aren't involved. I'm aware of the historical significance of the Commonwealth, but in terms of a sports competition you might as well have an "All countries bringing with A Games" 

 

People went mad the other day when Adam Peaty said in the grand scheme of things this doesn't matter and is was more important to be fit for Paris 2024. Surely people can understand the Olympics is the pinnacle of his sport, its obviously more important than the Commonwealth Games.

[Nalis]

9 minutes ago, Facecloth said:

I'll start this by saying I enjoying watching them and I'm sure the athletes enjoy competing in them, but way too much made of the Commonwealth Games. Its not the Olympics, or the World or European Championships, its a collection of countries who have or previously had a connection getting together, and a lot of the bigger, richer nations with the better athletes aren't involved. I'm aware of the historical significance of the Commonwealth, but in terms of a sports competition you might as well have an "All countries bringing with A Games" 

 

People went mad the other day when Adam Peaty said in the grand scheme of things this doesn't matter and is was more important to be fit for Paris 2024. Surely people can understand the Olympics is the pinnacle of his sport, its obviously more important than the Commonwealth Games.

Yeah bit like the Pan American Games or something

[Jimothy]

4 minutes ago, Nalis said:

Yeah bit like the Pan American Games or something

Well at least that's a geographical games, like the European Championships. The Commonwealth Games would be like having a NATO games, countries that aren't connected in anyway other than being members of an artificially created group. 

[ealingfox]

1 hour ago, Facecloth said:

I'll start this by saying I enjoying watching them and I'm sure the athletes enjoy competing in them, but way too much made of the Commonwealth Games. Its not the Olympics, or the World or European Championships, its a collection of countries who have or previously had a connection getting together, and a lot of the bigger, richer nations with the better athletes aren't involved. I'm aware of the historical significance of the Commonwealth, but in terms of a sports competition you might as well have an "All countries bringing with A Games" 

 

People went mad the other day when Adam Peaty said in the grand scheme of things this doesn't matter and is was more important to be fit for Paris 2024. Surely people can understand the Olympics is the pinnacle of his sport, its obviously more important than the Commonwealth Games.

 

I'd wager a lot more people watch the Commonwealth Games than the Worlds or Euros.

[lcfc278]

33 minutes ago, ealingfox said:

 

I'd wager a lot more people watch the Commonwealth Games than the Worlds or Euros.

I dunno, I think I'd take that bet.

 

For the World's you're adding in China and USA, surely they bring a larger audience combined?