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Still 2022 list, surely?

I sense quite a few of these are wishful thinking!!

I thought the Beeb had a specialist pronunciation unit (or did that get cut to pay for the diversity badwagon). If it still exists maybe they should spend some time teaching commentators and pundits how to pronounce Kevin de Bruyne's name by listening to one of their own favoured Belgian...

It's not fancy or jargon - it's incorrect!!

Talking of adverts - that one for "On the beach" with the soundtrack "The most wonderful time of the year" (which they take to mean summer holiday time!). They play it all year round and i'm struggling to settle on whether i find it more irritating in the summer or around Christmas. It also has...

I'm still none the wiser, sadly!

I'm guessing from the typeface that is from the Daily Mail? But FFS who thinks like that about anyone (maybe unless it is an ex-partner or someone who has murdered your entire family)?

Good synopsis TGP. But i would put Maradona into that category too. And probably everyone who has ever played, as it is so difficult to compare across eras, playing styles and law changes. I would definitely consider Pele and George Best as being all-time greats. I haven't taken a great deal of...

I thought it was pretty exciting in the first half when Di Maria was bossing the game (even though i hate the way he dived for his pen). Definite mistake taking him off so soon.

Micah Richards claiming that the WC Final was the best game of football he has "ever seen". Bullshit - it was topsy-turvy and there were some good goals, but not as good as the BBC are making out (in my opinion).

The thing i can't stand about the Netflix documentary is how much air-time and column-inches are given over to analysing it. I couldn't give a shit about them, and i would rather not be bombarded with the unavoidable coverage. If people want to watch it, watch it. But leave me out of it...

Presumably having a "mental health crisis" (or as we used to call it, he's homesick)

I've long thought that 'keepers are over-protected. You can't even jump alongside them without them getting a free kick. But this was just plain nonsense.

It's not the VAR people - it was the ref who reviewed it and thought it was a pen. He is a clown!

The woman currently commentating on the Oz v Danes WC match on 5Live. Fucking horrible voice. Turned off. I'll go without thanks!

One for the "Things that annoy you" thread - "False 10". WTF is that all about??? All bollocks!

He is one of the few who provides any movement into space off the ball, and some of his balls are exquisite (ooh-err, missus!)

Interesting POV, Alkhen, although that in itself was incredibly negative. However, i have a nasty feeling that England can only play front-foot, free-flowing football against mediocre opposition, which is why we finish top of the qualifying group. Faced with a half-way-decent side (if you can...

The people on football commentaries/analysis who use the term "one v one". Fucking HATE it, especially in a Manc accent! It's a one-ON-one you twats! Oh and what is it with the use of the word "group" in place of team or squad? They need to look up the definitions of team and group (i.e. a...

The issue is whether it is polite and proper to call something/someone by the name that they would prefer to be known by, and it is very much a hangover from colonialism and having an empire that we (the British) are worse than most at giving something a name that is easier for us to pronounce...