NorthernLights24 Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Watching the USA-Spain game and the thing that really gets on my tits at the moment is when a player wags their finger at a linesman when they are flagged offside. Seems such a disrespectful and childish thing to do. Also throw ins. I hate it when players run about 10 yards up the pitch from the ball went out while taking a throw in and also the countless foul throws that never get punished. Link to comment
TheChimp Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Those stupid horns at the USA v Spain game. Ruins all games. Except the Copenhagen game. Link to comment
Oklahoma 1903 Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Defenders at corners not even watching the ball only intent on blocking the attacking team. Link to comment
Guest LondonScottish Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Fans with drums.Over-zealous stewards wanting to be police.Seat numbers, not letting you sit where you want.Players back chat to refs. They should make it like rugby; back chat and the free kick moves ten yards. Link to comment
Oklahoma 1903 Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Defenders holding off or obstructing forwards to let the ball run out for a goalkick. Link to comment
tutankamun Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Defenders at corners not even watching the ball only intent on blocking the attacking team. or similarly when the ball is running slowly out for a goal kick, the defender is sometimes no where near the ball only intent on blocking the striker getting to the ball. also when a team is winning with a few minutes to go they take the ball into the corner to waste time by just keeping it there. there should be a law against that. Link to comment
dunc_afc Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Also throw ins. I hate it when players run about 10 yards up the pitch from the ball went out while taking a throw in and also the countless foul throws that never get punished. This really really annoys me, if you want to be known as a pro footballer you should be able to do something simple like take a throw in. Also the fact that assistant refs always wait for the ref to indicate who has the throw before putting their flag up, what is the point? Link to comment
chaos_defrost Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Players going down FAR too easily Players feigning injury Taking ages to take a throw in, corner, free kick When a player goes down right next to the touchline but refuses to move a couple of yards to let the game restart When a team plays the ball out for a throw in when a player is injured and the other team give them the ball back by launching it back as close as possible to the corner flag for a thrown in The ball goes out for a goal kick at one side and the goal keeper wastes time by taking the goal kick from the otherside Players waving imaginary yellow cards at referees Could probably think of heaps more but I still love football! Link to comment
dunc_afc Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 lol, nae going to be long before this turns into another anti-Mackie thread now Link to comment
Sonoftherock Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 I also hate it when British commentators over-pronunciate foreign names.... I quite often watch online streams of Serie A fixtures, and there is a Scottish guy working for a particular channel who is probably the worst offender I've ever heard. Jonathan Pearce was at it tonight too..... Valen-"th"-ia and Ca-"th"-orla I'm no expert on the Spanish language, but I'm certain the Spanish "c" and "z" are not pronounced in the exact same manner. If you're going to attempt the pronunciation, at least make sure your getting it right! Link to comment
Brochdoll Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 I also hate it when British commentators over-pronunciate foreign names.... I quite often watch online streams of Serie A fixtures, and there is a Scottish guy working for a particular channel who is probably the worst offender I've ever heard. Jonathan Pearce was at it tonight too..... Valen-"th"-ia and Ca-"th"-orla I'm no expert on the Spanish language, but I'm certain the Spanish "c" and "z" are not pronounced in the exact same manner. If you're going to attempt the pronunciation, at least make sure your getting it right!Im not an expert either but f-n-d knows some Spanish and, from what I can remember, Murcia and Chorizo are both pronounced with a th I think. Prob not the case for all c's and z's I guess Link to comment
Maguire89 Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Im not an expert either but f-n-d knows some Spanish and, from what I can remember, Murcia and Chorizo are both pronounced with a th I think. Prob not the case for all c's and z's I guess I'm sure that right, a ''c'' like in Valencia is pronounced as a ''th'', and a ''V'' is pronounced as a ''B'' (Balenthia). However the ''v'' is still pronounced as a ''v'' in (David) Villa because of the double-''l''. Link to comment
fatshaft Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Defenders at corners not even watching the ball only intent on blocking the attacking team.Interesting take on defending there young Oki. Link to comment
fatshaft Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I also hate it when British commentators over-pronunciate foreign names.... I quite often watch online streams of Serie A fixtures, and there is a Scottish guy working for a particular channel who is probably the worst offender I've ever heard. Jonathan Pearce was at it tonight too..... Valen-"th"-ia and Ca-"th"-orla I'm no expert on the Spanish language, but I'm certain the Spanish "c" and "z" are not pronounced in the exact same manner. If you're going to attempt the pronunciation, at least make sure your getting it right!Even worse when they under-pronounce a name, Motty on one of the FIFA games is imortalised pronouncing Stelios Gianakopolous (Gee-Ann-a-kop-o-lous) as (jan-ka-polous) Link to comment
got12 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I also hate it when British commentators over-pronunciate foreign names.... I quite often watch online streams of Serie A fixtures, and there is a Scottish guy working for a particular channel who is probably the worst offender I've ever heard. Jonathan Pearce was at it tonight too..... Valen-"th"-ia and Ca-"th"-orla I'm no expert on the Spanish language, but I'm certain the Spanish "c" and "z" are not pronounced in the exact same manner. If you're going to attempt the pronunciation, at least make sure your getting it right! depends on region. spanish spoken in barca will be like Balensia (valencia) but in madrid will be Balenthia thank f**k my D in beginner's spanish finally came in handy! probably got it wrong tho haha! Link to comment
got12 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 how about when they mispronounce scottish teams EVERY week. forefaaar instead of forfar! :thumbs: Link to comment
Jaws Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I also hate it when British commentators over-pronunciate foreign names.... I quite often watch online streams of Serie A fixtures, and there is a Scottish guy working for a particular channel who is probably the worst offender I've ever heard. Jonathan Pearce was at it tonight too..... Valen-"th"-ia and Ca-"th"-orla I'm no expert on the Spanish language, but I'm certain the Spanish "c" and "z" are not pronounced in the exact same manner. If you're going to attempt the pronunciation, at least make sure your getting it right! Thought it was embarrassing hearing Jonathan Pearce trying to pronounce them right. Just say Valencia as it looks, who gives a f**k about the "th". Leave that to the Spaniards. Link to comment
tainboy Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 best one for mis-pronunciation was archie mcpherson (who I rate as the 2nd worst commentator after that tosser motson) talking about Jermain Defoe. His way ' yer-man Daff-owe' Link to comment
StandFr33 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Big clubs seeing a half decent player do well for a season or 2 at a small club, before suddenly deciding to buy him out of the blue......claiming at the press conference that he wasnt bought as a squad player, then benching him till hes so downbeat he has to request a transfer after a season or 2 in oblivion. Not mentioning any teams like............. Link to comment
Ernie McCracken Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 When a team plays the ball out for a throw in when a player is injured and the other team give them the ball back by launching it back as close as possible to the corner flag for a thrown in I f**king hate this bullshit - play to the whistle, the referee will decide if the game needs to be stopped. classic example - motherwell player goes down, motherwell retain possession and attack afc, AFc win possession and then retard Derek Young kicks the ball out for the injured player! Link to comment
chaos_defrost Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I f**king hate this bullshit - play to the whistle, the referee will decide if the game needs to be stopped. classic example - motherwell player goes down, motherwell retain possession and attack afc, AFc win possession and then retard Derek Young kicks the ball out for the injured player! Or when a player goes down, the team have a good advantage and are attacking. The attack gets broken up and then the team expect the ball to be played out! Link to comment
minijc Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 David "f**king" Pleat, he annoys me when it comes to football, also players that do not sing their national anthem, disgusts me, the other night Not one of the Spanish player sung theirs. Link to comment
Sonoftherock Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 David "f**king" Pleat, he annoys me when it comes to football, also players that do not sing their national anthem, disgusts me, the other night Not one of the Spanish player sung theirs. I think you can let the Spaniards off in this instance: La Marcha Real ("The Royal March") is the national anthem of Spain. It is one of the few national anthems in the world to have no official lyrics. Link to comment
NorthernLights24 Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 I think you can let the Spaniards off in this instance: Can't believe Minijc got a bite with such poor bait. Link to comment
minijc Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 OOOFT, I expect better from you SOTR. Link to comment
Sonoftherock Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 :thumbs: Dearie me.... I didn't see that one coming! Thought it was a genuine mistake! It's very unusual to have a national anthem without lyrics! Link to comment
fine-n-dandy Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Im not an expert either but f-n-d knows some Spanish and, from what I can remember, Murcia and Chorizo are both pronounced with a th I think. Prob not the case for all c's and z's I guess I'm sure that right, a ''c'' like in Valencia is pronounced as a ''th'', and a ''V'' is pronounced as a ''B'' (Balenthia). However the ''v'' is still pronounced as a ''v'' in (David) Villa because of the double-''l''. From what I mind, Z is pretty much always pronounced th & C (when followed by an i or an e) is also pretty much always pronounced th.V is b or v I'd say it's prob 50% of each.ll is almost like we'd say y (as in yellow)n with the wee thingy above it is like the first n in our onionA is like our we'd say ahE is like we'd say A like in the word aimI is like ee, as in eelO is like oh like in operate but not open (mostly)U is often like oo like a monkey noise J can be like ch in our loch. (yous maybe mind Barajas airport, pronounced baaraachaas)R is rrrrrrrrrrrolled a lot like in ScotlandQ as i'm sure most ken is like k as in Que pasa, Quetal etcThere is a lot of variations but these are main ones I mind for now Link to comment
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