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Whatever you call it, simulation, diving, pretending, codding on (as Bob Stokoe allegedly accused Brian Clough of after shredding his cruciate) or just fooling the ref. But the game at the highest level now is just so stop start - you hardly get more than couple of minutes of actual football before someone is falling over and claiming they've been broken beyond repair. 
To the above, players feigning injury and refs then falling for it before the poor blossom is up and running the length of the field thirty seconds later (a la Suarez or Immobile).
But, more than any of these, or (with respect) anything else listed in this thread the one thing that has single handedly destroyed the modern game. The split team scarf. I think I'm a reasonable person and I do feel I am able to accomodate other people's opinions and beliefs but this one is just plain wrong, wrong, wrong.

Players who 'retire' from international football - especially those who announce it years after it has become apparent you ain't getting picked again. Joe Cole was the perfect example of this, the first thing I thought when I saw the announcement was "I didn't realise he was still playing".

Commentators who say "strong hands" every time a goalie gets a hand to a shot. What did you expect, that it was going to tear off?

Players who 'retire' from international football - especially those who announce it years after it has become apparent you ain't getting picked again. Joe Cole was the perfect example of this, the first thing I thought when I saw the announcement was "I didn't realise he was still playing".

Whatever you call it, simulation, diving, pretending, codding on (as Bob Stokoe allegedly accused Brian Clough of after shredding his cruciate) or just fooling the ref. But the game at the highest level now is just so stop start - you hardly get more than couple of minutes of actual football before someone is falling over and claiming they've been broken beyond repair. 
To the above, players feigning injury and refs then falling for it before the poor blossom is up and running the length of the field thirty seconds later (a la Suarez or Immobile).
But, more than any of these, or (with respect) anything else listed in this thread the one thing that has single handedly destroyed the modern game. The split team scarf. I think I'm a reasonable person and I do feel I am able to accomodate other people's opinions and beliefs but this one is just plain wrong, wrong, wrong.

Club sandwich?

Probably a 56 degree Cleveland Zipcore - sorry, I thought you said sand wedge.

Commentators who say "strong hands" every time a goalie gets a hand to a shot. What did you expect, that it was going to tear off?

OK - this might not be the place where much time is given to discussing fashion (save @David banging on about his new Apple gizmo) but Vivienne was, after all, a Derbyshire lass so she's worth it. And she so brought the ethos of punk to the clothing - it's hard to think that punk would have been anything of the shock it was without the clothing that went with it. Steve Jones on the BIll Grundy show with his 'boobs' t-shirt, Johnny Rotten singing Anarchy in his Mummy vest, the kissing Cowboys, all of it was driven by the art school brigades out of St Martins In The Field and led, so led, by Vivienne Westwood. An absolute icon of the time, the late 1970s would not have been the same without her. RIP Viv.

OK - this might not be the place where much time is given to discussing fashion (save @David banging on about his new Apple gizmo) but Vivienne was, after all, a Derbyshire lass so she's worth it. And she so brought the ethos of punk to the clothing - it's hard to think that punk would have been anything of the shock it was without the clothing that went with it. Steve Jones on the BIll Grundy show with his 'boobs' t-shirt, Johnny Rotten singing Anarchy in his Mummy vest, the kissing Cowboys, all of it was driven by the art school brigades out of St Martins In The Field and led, so led, by Vivienne Westwood. An absolute icon of the time, the late 1970s would not have been the same without her. RIP Viv.

OK - this might not be the place where much time is given to discussing fashion (save @David banging on about his new Apple gizmo) but Vivienne was, after all, a Derbyshire lass so she's worth it. And she so brought the ethos of punk to the clothing - it's hard to think that punk would have been anything of the shock it was without the clothing that went with it. Steve Jones on the BIll Grundy show with his 'boobs' t-shirt, Johnny Rotten singing Anarchy in his Mummy vest, the kissing Cowboys, all of it was driven by the art school brigades out of St Martins In The Field and led, so led, by Vivienne Westwood. An absolute icon of the time, the late 1970s would not have been the same without her. RIP Viv.

OK - this might not be the place where much time is given to discussing fashion (save @David banging on about his new Apple gizmo) but Vivienne was, after all, a Derbyshire lass so she's worth it. And she so brought the ethos of punk to the clothing - it's hard to think that punk would have been anything of the shock it was without the clothing that went with it. Steve Jones on the BIll Grundy show with his 'boobs' t-shirt, Johnny Rotten singing Anarchy in his Mummy vest, the kissing Cowboys, all of it was driven by the art school brigades out of St Martins In The Field and led, so led, by Vivienne Westwood. An absolute icon of the time, the late 1970s would not have been the same without her. RIP Viv.

I do agree with the GOAT tag for Pele. Maradona was great, Messi was/is great but Pele was revolutionary. He did things with a football that nobody had thought of before, he completely changed the way to attack. Before that time you just sort of rushed the opponent, Pele outsmarted them. He was and, while later generations may not appreciate it, always will be the best.

OK - this might not be the place where much time is given to discussing fashion (save @David banging on about his new Apple gizmo) but Vivienne was, after all, a Derbyshire lass so she's worth it. And she so brought the ethos of punk to the clothing - it's hard to think that punk would have been anything of the shock it was without the clothing that went with it. Steve Jones on the BIll Grundy show with his 'boobs' t-shirt, Johnny Rotten singing Anarchy in his Mummy vest, the kissing Cowboys, all of it was driven by the art school brigades out of St Martins In The Field and led, so led, by Vivienne Westwood. An absolute icon of the time, the late 1970s would not have been the same without her. RIP Viv.

I do agree with the GOAT tag for Pele. Maradona was great, Messi was/is great but Pele was revolutionary. He did things with a football that nobody had thought of before, he completely changed the way to attack. Before that time you just sort of rushed the opponent, Pele outsmarted them. He was and, while later generations may not appreciate it, always will be the best.

OK - this might not be the place where much time is given to discussing fashion (save @David banging on about his new Apple gizmo) but Vivienne was, after all, a Derbyshire lass so she's worth it. And she so brought the ethos of punk to the clothing - it's hard to think that punk would have been anything of the shock it was without the clothing that went with it. Steve Jones on the BIll Grundy show with his 'boobs' t-shirt, Johnny Rotten singing Anarchy in his Mummy vest, the kissing Cowboys, all of it was driven by the art school brigades out of St Martins In The Field and led, so led, by Vivienne Westwood. An absolute icon of the time, the late 1970s would not have been the same without her. RIP Viv.

OK - this might not be the place where much time is given to discussing fashion (save @David banging on about his new Apple gizmo) but Vivienne was, after all, a Derbyshire lass so she's worth it. And she so brought the ethos of punk to the clothing - it's hard to think that punk would have been anything of the shock it was without the clothing that went with it. Steve Jones on the BIll Grundy show with his 'boobs' t-shirt, Johnny Rotten singing Anarchy in his Mummy vest, the kissing Cowboys, all of it was driven by the art school brigades out of St Martins In The Field and led, so led, by Vivienne Westwood. An absolute icon of the time, the late 1970s would not have been the same without her. RIP Viv.

OK - this might not be the place where much time is given to discussing fashion (save @David banging on about his new Apple gizmo) but Vivienne was, after all, a Derbyshire lass so she's worth it. And she so brought the ethos of punk to the clothing - it's hard to think that punk would have been anything of the shock it was without the clothing that went with it. Steve Jones on the BIll Grundy show with his 'boobs' t-shirt, Johnny Rotten singing Anarchy in his Mummy vest, the kissing Cowboys, all of it was driven by the art school brigades out of St Martins In The Field and led, so led, by Vivienne Westwood. An absolute icon of the time, the late 1970s would not have been the same without her. RIP Viv.

OK - this might not be the place where much time is given to discussing fashion (save @David banging on about his new Apple gizmo) but Vivienne was, after all, a Derbyshire lass so she's worth it. And she so brought the ethos of punk to the clothing - it's hard to think that punk would have been anything of the shock it was without the clothing that went with it. Steve Jones on the BIll Grundy show with his 'boobs' t-shirt, Johnny Rotten singing Anarchy in his Mummy vest, the kissing Cowboys, all of it was driven by the art school brigades out of St Martins In The Field and led, so led, by Vivienne Westwood. An absolute icon of the time, the late 1970s would not have been the same without her. RIP Viv.

OK - this might not be the place where much time is given to discussing fashion (save @David banging on about his new Apple gizmo) but Vivienne was, after all, a Derbyshire lass so she's worth it. And she so brought the ethos of punk to the clothing - it's hard to think that punk would have been anything of the shock it was without the clothing that went with it. Steve Jones on the BIll Grundy show with his 'boobs' t-shirt, Johnny Rotten singing Anarchy in his Mummy vest, the kissing Cowboys, all of it was driven by the art school brigades out of St Martins In The Field and led, so led, by Vivienne Westwood. An absolute icon of the time, the late 1970s would not have been the same without her. RIP Viv.

OK - this might not be the place where much time is given to discussing fashion (save @David banging on about his new Apple gizmo) but Vivienne was, after all, a Derbyshire lass so she's worth it. And she so brought the ethos of punk to the clothing - it's hard to think that punk would have been anything of the shock it was without the clothing that went with it. Steve Jones on the BIll Grundy show with his 'boobs' t-shirt, Johnny Rotten singing Anarchy in his Mummy vest, the kissing Cowboys, all of it was driven by the art school brigades out of St Martins In The Field and led, so led, by Vivienne Westwood. An absolute icon of the time, the late 1970s would not have been the same without her. RIP Viv.

I do agree with the GOAT tag for Pele. Maradona was great, Messi was/is great but Pele was revolutionary. He did things with a football that nobody had thought of before, he completely changed the way to attack. Before that time you just sort of rushed the opponent, Pele outsmarted them. He was and, while later generations may not appreciate it, always will be the best.

I do agree with the GOAT tag for Pele. Maradona was great, Messi was/is great but Pele was revolutionary. He did things with a football that nobody had thought of before, he completely changed the way to attack. Before that time you just sort of rushed the opponent, Pele outsmarted them. He was and, while later generations may not appreciate it, always will be the best.

I do agree with the GOAT tag for Pele. Maradona was great, Messi was/is great but Pele was revolutionary. He did things with a football that nobody had thought of before, he completely changed the way to attack. Before that time you just sort of rushed the opponent, Pele outsmarted them. He was and, while later generations may not appreciate it, always will be the best.

I do agree with the GOAT tag for Pele. Maradona was great, Messi was/is great but Pele was revolutionary. He did things with a football that nobody had thought of before, he completely changed the way to attack. Before that time you just sort of rushed the opponent, Pele outsmarted them. He was and, while later generations may not appreciate it, always will be the best.