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Ben6899

CiB wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

CiB wrote:

Ashley Young. What a waste of oxygen. Farkin diving cheat.

He isn't on his own. Diving is very prevalent in today's game. Unfortunately.

Bollox. Man Ure sadly are good enough to win properly, to show how it should be done, to set the example. Instead they've shown in the last week that to get that all important first goal from which there's no way back for clubs of the stature of villa, QPR etc, the answer is to dive on the floor like a pansy, making sure that you stretch the left leg out to ensure that at least an appearance of contact can be inferred. United's impending PL victory this season is soured and lacking in credibility after this farce and last week's. I was hooping for an exciting run in, or at least an example of how the best team won it in the end. That's all gone now. It's down to who can con the ref the most. Fark em.

I spend a bit too much time these days watching under 14s and under 9s football and it's there, the play-acting, the theatrical over reactions, the rolling about clutching the left ankle after a gentle nudge in the back. Clubs at the top should be setting the standard and being part of the solution, not the root cause of the problem.

Diving in football is no different to RLJing. Just because everyone else does it doesn't make it right.

But Ashley Young is not the only player that does it. That's a correct observation on my part so to respond initially with "bollocks" is a little off.

CiB

Ben6899 wrote:

But Ashley Young is not the only player that does it. That's a correct observation on my part so to respond initially with "bollocks" is a little off.

No. I thinks it's bollox to hide behind the argument that everyone else is up to it therefore picking on Young is unfair. Ashley Young by cheating & diving has effectively won the Premier League title for united. I maintain that as a quality player in a quality team he should be above this sort of play-acting & cheating. My elder boy - the man u fan - is livid at him for his repeat diving performance, as he thinks that it gives the rest of the planet reason to hate man u that little bit more, and to dismiss their victory as hollow. He's right too. it does.

Like I said, it's like trying to excuse RLJing. Unpopular group of people do something that annoys the t1ts off the majority, but somewhere someone can come up with a justification for it.

Nothing personal Ben, I just don't like united, and i also don't like cheating. Put them together and what do you end up with? A rant, that's what.

Ben6899

CiB wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

But Ashley Young is not the only player that does it. That's a correct observation on my part so to respond initially with "bollocks" is a little off.

No. I thinks it's bollox to hide behind the argument that everyone else is up to it therefore picking on Young is unfair. Ashley Young by cheating & diving has effectively won the Premier League title for united. I maintain that as a quality player in a quality team he should be above this sort of play-acting & cheating. My elder boy - the man u fan - is livid at him for his repeat diving performance, as he thinks that it gives the rest of the planet reason to hate man u that little bit more, and to dismiss their victory as hollow. He's right too. it does.

Like I said, it's like trying to excuse RLJing. Unpopular group of people do something that annoys the t1ts off the majority, but somewhere someone can come up with a justification for it.

Nothing personal Ben, I just don't like united, and i also don't like cheating. Put them together and what do you end up with? A rant, that's what.

Aah. It's a bit clearer now. You thought I was trying to defend the diving. I wasn't doing that at all, just pointing out that he's not the only player to do so. Unfortunately.

I'm a United supporter and it does annoy me that if United win the PL this season, ABUs will look back to Ashley Young's two assists this week and last. However I know United have probably deserved it overall this season and I care very little what any other sets of supporters think.

And, yes, nothing personal at all. I just enjoy a good tete a tete now and then.

rick_chasey

I can think of worse offenders.

CiB

Rick Chasey wrote:

I can think of worse offenders.

That's like claiming to know worse murderers though.

rick_chasey

At least united still had to put the ball in the goal. Something chelsea don't have to do it seems...

dhope

Rick Chasey wrote:

At least united still had to put the ball in the goal. Something chelsea don't have to do it seems...

Speaking of which.

Spurs.

Argh.

EKE_38BPM

dhope wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

At least united still had to put the ball in the goal. Something chelsea don't have to do it seems...

Speaking of which.

Spurs.

Argh.

The wrong headed half of North London do seem to have gone very quiet recently.
Perhaps its something to do with form over the last ten games.
Spurs ten points from a possible thirty.
Arsenal twenty seven (27) from a possible thirty.

Harry for England? Spurs fans must be saying "Yes please, take him."

Kieran_Burns

People who *talk* about sport in a rants thread

GTFO!!!!

Ben6899

Having to explain to a 25yr old that going to bed with a candle lit might not be the greatest idea one will ever have.

merkin

Have you had an offer from a 25 year old girl to turn down the lights, light a few candles and go to bed? At which point you start offering fire safety advice? :shock:

Ben6899

merkin wrote:

Have you had an offer from a 25 year old girl to turn down the lights, light a few candles and go to bed? At which point you start offering fire safety advice? :shock:

Not quite.

davis

Ben6899 wrote:

merkin wrote:

Have you had an offer from a 25 year old girl to turn down the lights, light a few candles and go to bed? At which point you start offering fire safety advice? :shock:

Not quite.

25 year old fella, then?

Ben6899

davis wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

merkin wrote:

Have you had an offer from a 25 year old girl to turn down the lights, light a few candles and go to bed? At which point you start offering fire safety advice? :shock:

Not quite.

25 year old fella, then?

Fella, yes. But in a slightly different set of circumstances.

Tricycleboy

Tricycleboy wrote:

lbs actually made my gears worse- they were running spot on when i went in, so why did they fiddle with them. And i'm not convinced i actually needed a new bb.

bunch of muppets. not sure i'll go there again.

To add insult to injury, while give the bike a good clean today i discovered the BB they put on was a Deore cheapy. When i asked for and paid for 105 (they didn't have an Ultegra to match the rest of the gruppo). While it works, i can feel the difference and how rubbish it is. It says 'MOUNTAIN' on it- and on a BMC Pro machine, thats pretty much a travesty.

Not happy.

EKE_38BPM

Tricycleboy wrote:

Tricycleboy wrote:

lbs actually made my gears worse- they were running spot on when i went in, so why did they fiddle with them. And i'm not convinced i actually needed a new bb.

bunch of muppets. not sure i'll go there again.

To add insult to injury, while give the bike a good clean today i discovered the BB they put on was a Deore cheapy. When i asked for and paid for 105 (they didn't have an Ultegra to match the rest of the gruppo). While it works, i can feel the difference and how rubbish it is. It says 'MOUNTAIN' on it- and on a BMC Pro machine, thats pretty much a travesty.

Not happy.

Ample cause for complaint.

jds_1981

Blooming red light jumpers on Strava. Lights are part of the obstacles you have to deal with.
I suspect the current KOMhttp://app.strava.com/segments/1073240 (who looks to be fairly fast in his own right) has a touch of colourblindness. He does his run through on a Saturday where lights are often a lot better and traffic less, but I'm not convinced that over this 6.6km he encounters none.

Ben6899

Queue jumpers.

In the Sainsbury's under our offices and the queue is very long. A guy just steps into the queue in front of me (and there are easily 20 people behind me). I'm in London, I witness ignorance many times a day and the queue is moving quickly so I could have just let it go.

But I've been friggin about with a pile of messy invoices all morning.

To be fair to him, he duly f***ed off to the back of the queue when I told him. Still though; cheeky-fucking-cunt.

mudcow007

Ben6899 wrote:

cheeky-fucking-cunt.

come on now, dont hold back tell us what you really think of him

suzyb

argh my ear canal is itchy. I'm trying not to scratch since you're not supposed to stick anything in your ear smaller than your elbow but it's damn difficult.

rick_chasey

Ben6899 wrote:

Queue jumpers.

In the Sainsbury's under our offices and the queue is very long. A guy just steps into the queue in front of me (and there are easily 20 people behind me). I'm in London, I witness ignorance many times a day and the queue is moving quickly so I could have just let it go.

But I've been friggin about with a pile of messy invoices all morning.

To be fair to him, he duly f***ed off to the back of the queue when I told him. Still though; cheeky-fucking-cunt.

I do that.

Queue jumping that is.

If someone pulls me up it's a fair cop and I'll go to the back. I'll take my chances though.

Having said that, 40% of the time I haven't even noticed a queue (like the queues at the tube doors at Canary wharf. Genuinely didn't notice them the first time walked passed the queue).

veronese68

I'd been queuing to put my son in a Harrier cockpit at Brooklands, got to the front and some bloke just stood in front of him. I politely told him that he had just pushed in front of a 7 year old and asked if it made him feel big. He looked at me, shrugged his shoulders and turned away from me.
He left fairly sharply moments later, I can't remember what I said, but I certainly pressed the point home.

Ben6899

Rick Chasey wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

Queue jumpers.

In the Sainsbury's under our offices and the queue is very long. A guy just steps into the queue in front of me (and there are easily 20 people behind me). I'm in London, I witness ignorance many times a day and the queue is moving quickly so I could have just let it go.

But I've been friggin about with a pile of messy invoices all morning.

To be fair to him, he duly f***ed off to the back of the queue when I told him. Still though; cheeky-fucking-cunt.

I do that.

Queue jumping that is.

If someone pulls me up it's a fair cop and I'll go to the back. I'll take my chances though.

Having said that, 40% of the time I haven't even noticed a queue (like the queues at the tube doors at Canary wharf. Genuinely didn't notice them the first time walked passed the queue).

Queuing for the tube is unnecessary. The only rule which should be followed there is that one should let people out of the carriage before stepping in.

rick_chasey

Ben6899 wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

Queue jumpers.

In the Sainsbury's under our offices and the queue is very long. A guy just steps into the queue in front of me (and there are easily 20 people behind me). I'm in London, I witness ignorance many times a day and the queue is moving quickly so I could have just let it go.

But I've been friggin about with a pile of messy invoices all morning.

To be fair to him, he duly f***ed off to the back of the queue when I told him. Still though; cheeky-fucking-cunt.

I do that.

Queue jumping that is.

If someone pulls me up it's a fair cop and I'll go to the back. I'll take my chances though.

Having said that, 40% of the time I haven't even noticed a queue (like the queues at the tube doors at Canary wharf. Genuinely didn't notice them the first time walked passed the queue).

Queuing for the tube is unnecessary. The only rule which should be followed there is that one should let people out of the carriage before stepping in.

I'll queue jump anything. I actually *like* doing it. When I'm in the mood.

it's all about how you do it. Put some thought into it and I'd say 80% of the time, no-one notices - or at least, only notice when it's too late.

Got to pick you queues. The sandwich queue for the till isn't going to work.

Tricycleboy

Rick Chasey wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

Queue jumpers.

In the Sainsbury's under our offices and the queue is very long. A guy just steps into the queue in front of me (and there are easily 20 people behind me). I'm in London, I witness ignorance many times a day and the queue is moving quickly so I could have just let it go.

But I've been friggin about with a pile of messy invoices all morning.

To be fair to him, he duly f***ed off to the back of the queue when I told him. Still though; cheeky-fucking-cunt.

I do that.

Queue jumping that is.

If someone pulls me up it's a fair cop and I'll go to the back. I'll take my chances though.

Having said that, 40% of the time I haven't even noticed a queue (like the queues at the tube doors at Canary wharf. Genuinely didn't notice them the first time walked passed the queue).

Queuing for the tube is unnecessary. The only rule which should be followed there is that one should let people out of the carriage before stepping in.

I'll queue jump anything. I actually *like* doing it. When I'm in the mood.

it's all about how you do it. Put some thought into it and I'd say 80% of the time, no-one notices - or at least, only notice when it's too late.

Got to pick you queues. The sandwich queue for the till isn't going to work.

What do you mean you *like* doing it! This is a profoundly unbritish statement and I simply will not have it bandied around! You must stand in the pointless line, even if it takes far longer for all concerened. Order is maintained, beyond all rational sense.

That absurdly long, sullen and silent sandwich line, wherein all participants have resigned themselves to the fates of the gods in how long they will be there, makes me weep with pride to be (sort-of) British.

rick_chasey

In case enough people now don't hate me - I will also whiz past a car queue in another lane and cut in when it suits me.

Flyingbogey

Why not. Mrs B gives me grief for this but why create a traffic merge a mile before you have to when a perfectly good road would otherwise go unused ahead.

rjsterry

Rick Chasey wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

Queue jumpers.

In the Sainsbury's under our offices and the queue is very long. A guy just steps into the queue in front of me (and there are easily 20 people behind me). I'm in London, I witness ignorance many times a day and the queue is moving quickly so I could have just let it go.

But I've been friggin about with a pile of messy invoices all morning.

To be fair to him, he duly f***ed off to the back of the queue when I told him. Still though; cheeky-fucking-cunt.

I do that.

Queue jumping that is.

If someone pulls me up it's a fair cop and I'll go to the back. I'll take my chances though.

Having said that, 40% of the time I haven't even noticed a queue (like the queues at the tube doors at Canary wharf. Genuinely didn't notice them the first time walked passed the queue).

Queuing for the tube is unnecessary. The only rule which should be followed there is that one should let people out of the carriage before stepping in.

I'll queue jump anything. I actually *like* doing it. When I'm in the mood.

it's all about how you do it. Put some thought into it and I'd say 80% of the time, no-one notices - or at least, only notice when it's too late.

Got to pick you queues. The sandwich queue for the till isn't going to work.

Which confirms my contention that the Dutch don't have the first idea about good manners :P Next you'll be saying you 'don't get' cricket. :roll:

merkin

Pushing in smugly is probably not the best thing to do when you are only 6 stone dripping wet though. Sooner or later you will push in front of the wrong person on the wrong day and get unceremoniously thrown to the back of the queue where you belong.
Totally agree with the lane closure thing though. No point leaving an empty lane there for all the audis and bmw's to use.

SimonAH

Which is what causes the queue jam. Which is why I friggin hate that behaviour and will NEVER let people in who do that. And if you cut in line in front of me in a pedestrian queue expect to be publicly and loudly humiliated. Manners cost nothing and make life nice - it works on a trust basis and is ruined by the 1% who flout the convention.