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Wearing gloves on a football pitch

valleynick66
valleynick66 Posts: 4,969
edited December 2015 in General Charlton
2 players for us today wearing gloves sums it up.

More interested in how they look than really how they perform. It's unseasonably mild and absolutely no need at all i.e. just want to pose rather than knuckle down as a team and fight for a result.

So much for the collective team spirit. No impression to me there was any rousing half time team talk or finger pointing to get players to step up.

At least show the supporters you care and are giving 100%. KF isnt helping but really can't the senior players step up and support the inexperienced youth by stamping some authority on the team?

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  • Fiiish
    Fiiish Posts: 7,998
    I know, what the hell was Hendo thinking wearing gloves?

    Carol out.
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,390
    Fox wearing gold boots is the biggest eyebrow raiser.
  • valleynick66
    valleynick66 Posts: 4,969
    Well he did try and take them off at one point running to the dug out and back again !!!
  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,972
    cafctom said:

    Fox wearing gold boots is the biggest eyebrow raiser.

    Wearing boots full stop. Sorry I am in evil mode at the moment.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,522
    edited December 2015
    Lol fucking gloves, what about some of those players in the 90's that always wore long sleeves? pussies the lot of them

    Plus have you seen Ba's ears? I'm not really in a position to comment on other people's appearance but by God are they trophy handles or what?! I doubt he cares how good he looks with gloves on

    If this was Solly and Cousins, the thread would read

    "Can't believe only two of our players have the intelligence to keep warm and wear gloves, they are leading lights in our team and set an example to the rest of them. It's not a fecking hardman contest its a game of football"
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Black boots, short sleeved shirts, no gloves - except the 'Keeper, or you can sit in the stand with the WAGS.
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,385
    Not on a par though with Diawara wearing gloves away at Chelsea on his debut in September when the temperature was 75 degrees
  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,050
    shirty5 said:

    Not on a par though with Diawara wearing gloves away at Chelsea on his debut in September when the temperature was 75 degrees

    Wasn't that a superstition/lucky talisman deal though? Still odd but more justifiable to me (who has far too many superstitions myself)
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,438
    Tar n feather the lot of em!!

  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,310
    Yup, Ba and Sarr wearing gloves really stood out. How the hell did Ba survive playing for Sunderland?

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  • daveydanger
    daveydanger Posts: 1,341
    I tried to buy a pair of black boots recently, turns out they pretty much don't exist anymore - at least not if you want recentish models.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Addickted said:

    Black boots, short sleeved shirts, no gloves - except the 'Keeper, or you can sit in the stand with the WAGS.

    I'll take the wags option
  • Norfolk_Addick
    Norfolk_Addick Posts: 2,289
    And they were all wearing shinpads. Man up ffffs.
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,493
    Did people have such strong feelings about gloves before social media? Can't work out if people's concerns have been heightened or just highlighted. Personally I don't give a toss and don't know why people care.
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,522
    Unless this is one of the odd remnants of muscular Christianity, I don't understand the British obsessions with gloves (or sleeves or snoods) on a football pitch. These are professional athletes, it's not their job to look tough, it's their job to ensure their bodies are performing to the best of their abilities. If that means they can conserve energy in their extremities by wearing gloves, so be it.

    Also, why does wearing gloves make them care about how they look?!?!?!

    To me, whenever this comes up it seems to be an offshoot of, or seemingly related to, jingoism. "Bloody foreigns coming over here all soft and such like" type stuff. Those bloody French and Spaniards and Germans and South Americas poofing up our game. What have they ever won??? Oh...."
  • CyrilDavies
    CyrilDavies Posts: 855
    killerandflash said:

    Yup, Ba and Sarr wearing gloves really stood out. How the hell did Ba survive playing for Sunderland?

    He didn't.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,451
    I agree that wearing gloves as a 'fashion statement' is not on .. at least they weren't wearing snoods .. thing is there are a LOT more problems with our shallow and callow squad other than their sartorial choices .

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