bad football

thebaz

Who do you think plays the worst football in the Premier league - I think its a tie between Stoke and Blackburn .
I was really enjoying the start of the new season , the quality , the competitivness , but the route one bombardment of Stoke and Blackburn , is like a poor low quality GAA match. Then Stoke wonder why they are always at the end of Match of Day - no one but Stoke fans want to watch it - much more respect for West Brom who actually try and play some football.

And to prove I am not biased, my own club Everton , the school of Science , can be hard on the eye under Moyes, in fact my own in interest in the team , has weakened since the glory days of the 80's , and the new conservative style of football was employed.

everton

gimmick

Bolton.

JPA

Stoke of course.

Zonda999

Another vote for Stoke City...

Helix

villa

JPA

Helix wrote: »

villa

I set my watch to your reply.

Helix

its true tho

Stargate

My FF team

ADTR

Stoke.

MagicMarker

Arsenal.

*shifty eyes*

Otis Driftwood

9 times out of 10 Im bored to tears watching Liverpool play.

Seaneh

Stoke or Blackburn.

JerryHandbag

I found it very hard to get excited about watching the highlights of Stoke v Birmingham this morning. Very hard indeed.

LuckyLloyd

nedtheshed wrote: »

9 times out of 10 Im bored to tears watching Liverpool play.

mike65

Well someone had to troll the thread!

Birmingham v Bolton is the sort of game that lights the screen up.

Sorry I what I meant to say was that Birmingham v Bolton is the sort of game that you'd set light to your screen to avoid

matrim

nedtheshed wrote: »

9 times out of 10 Im bored to tears watching Liverpool play.

About 2 years ago I would have agreed but for the last year or so they are playing much more watchable football

I find Hull very hit and miss, sometimes they can be good to watch but other times they are just awful

Mr. Presentable

Define worst. What you've described is teams playing to their strengths. If all you can afford is cloggers.......

What ticks me off is when you see the supposed "Quality" sides resort to route one, it's referred to as "The long pass"

Otis Driftwood

mike65 wrote: »

Well someone had to troll the thread!

I presume thats directed at me.

How is it trolling?

Because Liverpool have a huge fan base?

I personally find watching Liverpool play boring.

Nothing trollish about that Mike.

Just my humble opinion.

mike65

Okay but of all the teams you could have picked like Brum or Bolton or Stoke you picked Liverpool who scored nearly 3 goals a game on average for the year 2009 and are led by Torres and Gerrard.

Just seems strange, still horses for courses.

Stargate

mike65 wrote: »

Okay but of all the teams you could have picked like Brum or Bolton or Stoke you picked Liverpool who scored nearly 3 goals a game on average for the year 2009 and are led by Torres and Gerrard.

Just seems strange, still horses for courses.

van listeroy

Helix

nipplenuts wrote: »

Define worst. What you've described is teams playing to their strengths. If all you can afford is cloggers.......

What ticks me off is when you see the supposed "Quality" sides resort to route one, it's referred to as "The long pass"

as i said

villa

loads of resources, decent young players, manager stuck in the mid 1990s who likes the long punt

MisterAnarchy

There are lots of bad footballing sides in the Premiership.
Birmingham,Stoke and Bolton are probably the worst.
They can barely string 3 passes together.
Its baffling how some of these guys are professional footballers .

Karmafaerie

nedtheshed wrote: »

9 times out of 10 Im bored to tears watching Liverpool play.

That must be because Liverpool score more goals than anyone else.
Goals ruin football.

Otis Driftwood

mike65 wrote: »

Okay but of all the teams you could have picked like Brum or Bolton or Stoke you picked Liverpool who scored nearly 3 goals a game on average for the year 2009 and are led by Torres and Gerrard.

Just seems strange, still horses for courses.

The thing with the likes of Stoke is that they are grinders.Most of the time they get stuck in and play gritty football.It may not be pretty alot of the time but I enjoy it.They are a physical and hard team and remind me of Vinnie Jones era Wimbeldon.The game has become so sanitised its refreshing to see this type of team.

I watched the Spurs/Pool match last Sunday and fell asleep during it.Its been a long time since that happened watching any game.

But as you said,horses for courses.

thomond2006

I love Arsenal tbh. Their six goals vs Everton were sublime.

West Ham under Zola play good football too. Cole's goal vs Wigan (I think) last season sums them up.

Bad football? Liverpool can be pretty bad, but they have got better imo.

I suppose Stoke, Hull and Bolton are worthy candidates.

dyl10

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

There are lots of bad footballing sides in the Premiership.
Birmingham,Stoke and Bolton are probably the worst.
They can barely string 3 passes together.
Its baffling how some of these guys are professional footballers .

That's a very typical comment of someone who has never played football themselves, to any decent level.

MisterAnarchy

dyl10 wrote: »

That's a very typical comment of someone who has never played football themselves, to any decent level.

If only you knew .You are way off the mark M8,way off.

thebaz

nipplenuts wrote: »

Define worst. "

Best would be most Brazillian teams and current Man Utd., Arsenal or Barcelono -

Worst would be a lump it up the middle at a big target man , rejoice at throw ins to lump it in again and hope for best. Stiffle creativity by getting as many men behind the ball as possible, stop the other team playing in order to draw and serve up a poor form of GAA - I guess Stoke fit the bill best - regret they stayed up and the Baggies went down -

Frisbee

Bolton. They're a plague on football

Stargate

Football is about results these days not creativity , Where you are in your table reflects everything now ,who you can buy , who you can sell etc etc and not how good you pass the ball . I love football, but yes there are a few boring teams and a few boring matches but i love footy ,.... its a funny ole game :D

Bandit12

nedtheshed wrote: »

9 times out of 10 Im bored to tears watching Liverpool play.

9 out of 10 times idiots fall for posts like this.:rolleyes:
Stoke

Handsome Bob

nedtheshed wrote: »

I presume thats directed at me.

How is it trolling?

Because Liverpool have a huge fan base?

I personally find watching Liverpool play boring.

Nothing trollish about that Mike.

Just my humble opinion.

I don't think you watch Liverpool play regularly tbh. If you did, you would acknowledge in the latter stages of last season Liverpool arguably played the best football last season. They scored goals for fun.

You brought up the game last Sunday against Spurs to back up your argument, a Spurs team that is arguably one of the biggest pressers in the league. So I'll forgive Rafa in that case for being "cautious".

On topic, personally I don't to like to say that any team plays badly. Some teams put nine men behind the ball because in truth, they'd be off their head to play "attacking" football because they'd be butchered.

dyl10

Stargate wrote: »

Football is about results these days not creativity

Football has always been about results.
The debate is whether playing attractive football is more effective than direct football.

JerryHandbag

Liverpool boring? Maybe a few yrs ago, but certainly not these days...last season - goals flying in from all angles, late comebacks (Portsmouth away comes to mind)...always goal threats, gave United one hell of a run for their money....boring absolutely not!

Bandit12

JerryHandbag wrote: »

Liverpool boring? Maybe a few yrs ago, but certainly not these days...last season - goals flying in from all angles, late comebacks (Portsmouth away comes to mind)...always goal threats, gave United one hell of a run for their money....boring absolutely not!

Down with this sort of thing

stovelid

It's all super.

8-10

stovelid wrote: »

It's all super.

Yeah let's be glad it's back!