What grinds my gears...

[urban.spaceman]

Censoring words from songs.

[Max Wall]

Sympathy appears to be in short supply around here.

[Stadt]

1 minute ago, AKCJ said:

Likewise, when there's a pitch invader. They just show you replays of shit highlights that you don't care about.

I definitely want to see an overweight man ducking and diving to evade capture.

Oh yes this, it's even better when it's somebody relatively fit as overweight, fifty something stewards put in about 30% trying to chase them and eventually the hunting pack is about ten strong 

[ozleicester]

Just now, Max Wall said:

Sympathy appears to be in short supply around here.

No sh1t Sherlock

[Max Wall]

1 minute ago, urban.spaceman said:

Censoring words from songs.

I'd prefer if they censor all words out from some singers tbf.

[AKCJ]

1 minute ago, Stadt said:

Oh yes this, it's even better when it's somebody relatively fit as overweight, fifty something stewards put in about 30% trying to chase them and eventually the hunting pack is about ten strong 

I live to see a massive steward full on dive to catch someone but miss.

 

Hate it when Sky Sports deprives me of that.

[Max Wall]

4 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

Likewise, when there's a pitch invader. They just show you replays of shit highlights that you don't care about.

I definitely want to see an overweight man ducking and diving to evade capture.

There's genuinely been some classics. The halcyon days.

Shame they no longer show them.

[Stadt]

The veneration of Wetherspoons by (mostly) students. Yeah they're mostly decent, cheap and have a good beer selection but there's so much more to pub culture than chain pubs that almost all look the same

[AKCJ]

Just now, Stadt said:

The veneration of Wetherspoons by (mostly) students. Yeah they're mostly decent, cheap and have a good beer selection but there's so much more to pub culture than chain pubs that almost all look the same

Absolutely, if you're wealthy enough.

 

Students can't afford to be spending 4 quid + per pint.

[Max Wall]

I'm not going to say it was better in my day but it always added to the carnage if a pitch invader was wearing flares. 

Edited 7 December 2018 by Max Wall

[Max Wall]

There's help available for the hard of hearing. It won't mean you've taken sides.

[Stadt]

2 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

Absolutely, if you're wealthy enough.

 

Students can't afford to be spending 4 quid + per pint.

In Sheffield at least (Leicester, too) there's plenty of pubs where you can spend less £4 and enjoy a traditional pub. Ale is cheap everywhere but don't drink it and I can probably see it slowly dying out eventually 

[egg_fried_rice]

59 minutes ago, Stadt said:

In Sheffield at least (Leicester, too) there's plenty of pubs where you can spend less £4 and enjoy a traditional pub. Ale is cheap everywhere but don't drink it and I can probably see it slowly dying out eventually 

The Sheffield pub scene is top drawer, one of the best in the country in my mind. Seems to be a new place opening in Kelham Island every week at the moment. Great for ales, bad for your gut.

[Stadt]

1 minute ago, egg_fried_rice said:

The Sheffield pub scene is top drawer, one of the best in the country in my mind. Seems to be a new place opening in Kelham Island every week at the moment. Great for ales, bad for your gut.

Lived in KI last year and I missed a lot of the new places opening up unfortunately, Kelham Island tavern, the Riverside, the Wellington, the Ship Inn and the Shakespeare are all superb joints. The city centre is probably the worst place for good pubs, Hillsbrough, Crookes and Eccy road are all better.

[Finnegan]

On 06/12/2018 at 18:20, Stadt said:

Similarly, “nobody wants to see scenes like this” when there’s aggro. I only watch football in the hope of disgusting tackles and brawls, good goals are alright but you’ve seen loads of them before 

 

You're watching the wrong sport. Try ice hockey or either rugby. 

 

Or Aussie Rules for that matter. 

[The Doctor]

19 hours ago, Stadt said:

The veneration of Wetherspoons by (mostly) students. Yeah they're mostly decent, cheap and have a good beer selection but there's so much more to pub culture than chain pubs that almost all look the same

It's amazing how they manage to make them all look bland and depressing when they get interesting buildings - e.g. the old one in Bradford used to be a Victorian bathhouse, one in Lincoln used to be a cinema - you've got different architecture to play with but it all still looks the same

[Max Wall]

'Championship level at best'

'He's no better than League 1 level'

 

Over repeated tripe.

[Izzy]

Over aggressive coaches for kids football teams.

The opposition coach this morning was the loudest, rudest, most intimidating one I’ve seen this season. 

Bollocking 9 year olds for playing like ‘fairies and netballers’ - what a cvnt.

You could tell the boys were scared of him and scared to make a mistake. I probably should have had a word but he was so wound up because we beat them.

Idiot.

[The People's Hero]

Similarly, grumpy experienced sportsmen and women who do all they can to obstruct entry to ‘their’ sport by kids and adults alike as new entrants. Your sport will die !

[Buce]

1 hour ago, The People's Hero said:

Similarly, grumpy experienced sportsmen and women who do all they can to obstruct entry to ‘their’ sport by kids and adults alike as new entrants. Your sport will die !

 

Sounds like somebody was blackballed by the bowls club...

[Buce]

When you click on a headline on BBC Football, ‘England paired with Scotland in World Cup’ and it turns out it’s the Women’s team. 

 

Does anybody care, really?

[The People's Hero]

53 minutes ago, Buce said:

 

Sounds like somebody was blackballed by the bowls club...

Haha - no. Just had someone today shout at a 7 year old lad I was coaching, for a minimal bit of jubilation after he’d finally nailed his delivery. Probably set the lad back weeks. 

[Corky]

10 minutes ago, Buce said:

When you click on a headline on BBC Football, ‘England paired with Scotland in World Cup’ and it turns out it’s the Women’s team. 

 

Does anybody care, really?

They've opened the article for comments, most of which will be people saying they don't care.

[Buce]

26 minutes ago, Corky said:

They've opened the article for comments, most of which will be people saying they don't care.

 

They’ve also clarified the headline. 

 

Who knew the Beeb reads foxestalk?

[urban.spaceman]

3 hours ago, Corky said:

They've opened the article for comments, most of which will be men saying they don't care.