[Closed] Hate football?

What world cup? The soccer one?

I don't particularly dislike football. I just dislike everything that goes with it. Tim Lovejoy, people down the pub making noises like they're all being simultaneously pleasured etc.

see this thread for all you need to know.

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/football-who-cares

its just another way to entertain myself, life is boring football keeps me busy. Hate it or love it its just a hobby.

The problem I have is with the people who think it's more important than real life.

It's just a game. Get over yourself.

Welcome to the misery guts thread!

Tribal homo eroticism for the masses. imho

I detest football, footballers, their friends, families, neighbours. I detest every brand that supports football and every shareholder investing in that business.

I hate any animal that is in any way associated with any club or national team as a mascot and hate all other animals of a similar genus.

Also, any colour used in team colours are detestable and they can all go to burn a slow death in hell.

Ohh, and come on England

From what I can gather, even the football fans hate Lovejoy.

[i]The problem I have is with the people who think it's more important than real life.

It's just a game[/i]

See you're wrong there! To people who are "into" football, its so much more - it's their main form of social interaction, amongst other things.
To professional footballers and all that is related, it's not "just a game", obviously.

I can't stand watching it, mainly because they f%^&ing cheat all the time. But I really like playing it.

I think Mr Woppit LOVES talking about football. Maybe secretly watching it as well? 😉

tron - Member
From what I can gather, even the football fans hate Lovejoy.

Pretty much.

Despise it. So much so that I'll even watch big brother before accidentally channel hopping thru a footy channel.
Why does a few footy games take more time than the entire Olympics, which has way more sports? And why is footy so special that it can call itself *THE* world cup, as if it's the only sport in existence?

/rant Someone wake me up next month when it's all over.

And why is footy so special that it can call itself *THE* world cup, as if it's the only sport in existence?

FFS get over yourself, you should be cheering on England, you are lucky that your country is at such a great stage, I'd love Scotland to be there but we're shit, even that fanny at 10 downing street has a George cross flag flying

Why does saleem want us to subject ourselves to paying attention to an activity we CLEARLY despise? Strange chap. Must be a Scotch-ish thing...

Hate it more than anything ,
Bunch of useless overpaid pussys .... lame excuses all the time , like ive bruised my big toe , or ive chipped a nail ....
How can anyone be worth 100k a week !! FFS
cant wait until we get knocked out and get back to normal..
Rant over

The world series also has Canadian teams in it iirc.

Let's not get side-tracked. This is about dumping on soccer.

I hope to God they get knocked out in the first match - why prolong the agony. Football as a sport makes me feel sick to the bone ... utter sh*te!

Im proud to be ENGLISH, and I dont need an infalted pig-bladder and bunch of panzies to remind me of that!

phew cheers 🙂

The world series also has Canadian teams in it iirc.

I hope to God they get knocked out in the first match

The first match they play you clever tw*t!!!

Ditto Molgrips!! I love football and everything about it............COME ON ENGLAND!!

you should be cheering on England

Sure in the extremely unlikely event that England win, I'd be happy, in exactly the same way I'd be happy if the English team wins the tiddly winks world cup, or an English player wins the snooker world championship, but I won't "support" or "cheer on" a team for a sport that bores me in to a coma for a month.

England win? .... ddddrrrrreeeeeaaaammmmm on chaps, that bunch of panzies will get whipped in the first match they play. At least thats the bet I placed yesterday in the bookies!

The first match they play you clever tw*t!!!

No need to be narky just because you were wrong.

The first match they play you clever tw*t!!!

They can't be knocked out in that one either. 😆

lol 🙂

What very angry people... cheer up only 63 games left to endure 😀

ACE!

Club football - no interest.

World cup football - slight interest if we get far.

In other words, no interest.

Meat pie, sausage roll, come on England, score a goal!

tron - Member
From what I can gather, even the football fans hate Lovejoy.

Pretty much.
+1

only 63 games left to endure

if it were me though, with that many games, I'd just stick the whole lot in one group and make them play round robin and the winner is the one with most goals. then there won't be the pointlessness of playing 90mins, extra time and then having to kick a ball at the goalie because they'd still not scored any goals.

Rest assured my tv will not, under ANY circumstances, have any programme that has any connection with football on it. Ever. I'd rather suffer a migrain; I can take painkillers and lie in a quiet darkened room for a couple of hours.

I was wondering to myself if football forums moaned about mountain bikers................ and concluded that mountain biking is probably way off the radar of most die hard footy fans..

Football players:

Overpaid ballerinas who act like they've been shot in the face every single time somebody goes near them.
They argue with the ref about EVERY SINGLE LITTLE THING.
They can't keep their hands off each others' wives and girlfriends.
They cheat, they deceive, they act. And yet football is still called "the beautiful game".

Couple that with (some of) the fans - there is a proven 30% increase in domestic violence in the UK during the football world cup. Police all over the country are on a higher state of alert for domestic violence, as well as public disorder offences. Pubs all over the country are subjected to drunken louts, shouting abuse and profanities at anybody who DARES to support a team other than England, or who claim not to be interested in football.

This can only happen with football. Take rugby for example. The rugby World Cup, and the Six Nations sees people of various nationalities, sat together, drinking together, having a good time together, regardless of where they're from or what shirt they're wearing. No acting on the pitch, no abusing the ref and, if in doubt, the benefit of a video ref to make sure of any uncertain decisions.

It's nice to see the St George's flag flying (even though I'm welsh!), and people out supporting England. It's just such a shame that the minority of football fans, who are complete tools, give all the others such a bad name. I'm not going to go near a pub when there's an England game on. I'm not entirely sure how welcome a Welsh rugby fan would be in a pub full of IN-GER-LUND fans.

Poofs game.

today i considered banning any mention or inference of this event in the shop.

not football fans at TBC.

What p*sses me off is when you meet new blokes (i.e. new job, social gathering etc) and it becomes known that you (I) have no interest in wendyball and you get "that" look of barely-disguised contempt and are clearly regarded as not a proper bloke, and henceforth get ignored.

Pr!cks, it's only a bunch of overpaid goons chasing a likkle ball about.

(admittedly a bunch of middle-aged blokes tearing around on horrendously expensive bicycles may not be a whole lot better...)

What I don't understand is people who have a ****athon over the tour and are probably on here whining about football, I'm pretty sure it won't happen the other way around. Get over yourselves accept some people like it and just don't watch it if you don't like it. Next you'll want Steve Peat as Sport personality of the year...

What I don't understand is people who have a ****athon over the tour and are probably on here whining about football, I'm pretty sure it won't happen the other way around. Get over yourselves accept some people like it and just don't watch it if you don't like it. Next you'll want Steve Peat as Sport personality of the year...

you're just cross i aint coming to the alps with you aren't you?

I'm over it, we upgraded you with forky. Not coming to the pub left me miffed.

meh. well there is next year. i am there next year. i might even book now.

btw - forky aint an upgrade. he Hi 5's worse than me.

No one hi5's worse than you. A sad but true fact. Yer bird is an awesome highfiver.

Loathe football now. Used to go to matches in my teens (family tradition). London club, just in case anyone wants to know. 🙄

Would like a trial period as a WAG ... any vacancies do you reckon?

Football-free zone at C_G Towers for a week ... then my son arrives. Of course, once he starts bellowing, that bl**dy baby next door will scream even more. 👿

The government is worried that mens penis's are getting smaller. To find out how great the problem is they have asked all men with penis's smaller than 3 inches to put a white flag with a red cross on their car 😀

Mr Woppit - Member

Poofs game.

Does that mean you're for it or against it?

Or neither?

[i]I'd rather suffer a migrain[e]; I can take painkillers and lie in a quiet darkened room for a couple of hours[/i]

not hard to tell that you don't actually get migraines then

I'm visiting my sister and partner this weekend. He's an avid fan and seems to think that I may in the remotest way be interested in what is going on at the world cup.

I'm not entirely sure if he gets the message - I don't even know which of these commentators he's talking about. Maybe I'll pretend to go to sleep in the England game tomorrow.

Footballers are not overpaid. Those earning £100k plus a week will be amongst the best in the world at a sport played by hundreds of millions of people. Football is a multi billion pound industry, so it follows that those at the top will be paid handsomely.

I don't get it, but then I've never been any good at playing it!

Dez - you coming to the IOW with us this year?

Pete

RichPenny - Member

Footballers are not overpaid. Those earning £100k plus a week will be amongst the best in the world at a sport played by hundreds of millions of people. Football is a multi billion pound industry, so it follows that those at the top will be paid handsomely.

Interesting, I didn't think Sir Fred Goodwin or any bankers are over paid since they are the best at what they do. Same for most CEOs.

I may pay a passing interest but not that bothered. What I don't get is that people just watch it and not play it in any form at any level. At least with biking I particiapate and compete myself and the watching is just something extra.

"What I don't get is that people just watch it and not play it in any form at any level"
And I like watching porn, but that doesnt mean I'm sha****g Jenna Jameson does it? And Woppit - "poofs game"? I never had you pegged as the macho type love. I really shouldnt have to say this on a mountain bike forum, but here goes. YOU NEED TO GET OUT MORE.

And Woppit - "poofs game"? I never had you pegged as the macho type love.

To be honest, I was hoping for a bit of a stronger reaction, really. Must have sunk into one of the occasional STW "tolerance potholes"... 🙁

After yesterdays match, it's clear that there are also hundreds of England football fans out there who are CLEARLY much better than Rob Green, and who should all be stuck on a plane and sent over to SA immediately.

And what's the betting that ALL of England's shortcomings and failings in the World Cup get traced back to one thing - the mistake yesterday by the keeper.. Those football fans sure do like a scapegoat.

I did end up going to the pub yesterday to watch it, and as I was going for about my millionth pee of the day (bloody Strongbow), a guy tried to strike up a conversation in the loo (as you do). He asked me what I thought about how the game was going. I said that, to be honest, I wasn't all that bothered, as I was more of a rugby fan, and was just here with a few mates. The fact that this was said with a strong Welsh accent couldn't have helped really, as I was then looked at as if I'd just grown a second head, then told that I "was in the wrong place then".... Why was I... ? It's a pub, I wanted a drink.... Sounds like the right place to me! T**t.

I may pay a passing interest but not that bothered. What I don't get is that people just watch it and not play it in any form at any level. At least with biking I particiapate and compete myself and the watching is just something extra.

See you're wrong there! To people who are "into" football, its so much more - it's their main form of social interaction, amongst other things.

I used to watch my son play football, but gave that up because I just couldn't abide the idiotic undignified behaviour from too many of the people on the touch line. Or the cheating and fouling from the opposition, or the jeering nastiness from some of the opposition's supporters. Or the incompetence/bias of some of the ref's These numbnuts just have no concept of sportsmanship, but hey, that's football! A game which attracts some of the stupidest people in existence.

They take it [u]too[/u] seriously and get [u]too[/u] stressed! Earlier this year, one spectator at my son's club actually died from a heart attack at the side of this pitch! He died being too stressed over a football game!?!? What a monumental waste!

It's great when your team wins, but the atmosphere when they loose is painful. No fun at all!

Conversely, cricket is vastly more civilized. You rarely experience "gobshite" or animosity. It's a game where luck plays less of a part and individuals get a better chance to show their mettle.

He died being too stressed over a football game!?!? What a monumental waste!

Yeah right. More like he died from having heart disease.. heart attacks can be brought on by excitement of ANY kind, you've got to be kidding trying to link that specifically with football.

WTF was that post for? Heart attack because of football my hairy arse!

Can I just say, more world cup football please!

I went out for a road ride this morning and it was fantastic! No near misses, no crazy overtaking then turning left antics, no wing mirrors nearly clipping me. I presume all the football fans were still in bed after spending all night on the lash.

I think I may well have identified the shit driver demographic.

England all the way to the final, yay!