It wasn’t the not going mad, it was the barely acknowledging it as if it was some trivial practice match. It seemed rather disrespectful.
If I remember rightly, Luton ran us close in that game. Never underestimate anyone.
Well we scored 5 against them. I had absolutely no problem with his celebration. Watch it again: he high-fives withe team-mates - he just doesn’t run around. It’s Steven George Gerrard, he’s scored so many iconic goals and he’s entitled to decide a goal doesn’t merit a big carry on.
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Actually, wasn’t that the one where Alonso scored from our half. Gerrard was going to give him a bollocking until it went in. Now he did celebrate that.
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This one was gay.
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We don’t generally bite penises.
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There’s always a risk from beginners in any orientation.
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I heard one of my colleagues refer to Everton fans as biters, I’m suddenly very glad I hadn’t looked up why they have that nickname on a work computer 
I always thought is was because they were bitter about our success. Have I missed something over the past 30 years?
That golf one yesterday was cunty
It’s very iconic though!
Thumb in the mouth. Cunts
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Bobby’s different ones.
Love him, but he had the weirdest celebrations I’ve seen in football.
Special in many ways.
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I hate all opponent goal celebrations
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Unless they turn out to be ruled out by VAR then you can have a laugh.
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That one where Tsimikas mimed shagging Virgil was gross.
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It’s a very Greek kind of humour. I can understand people not knowing about it/getting it feeling cringy…
If you read a translation of the Greek chants during the 2004 Euros, you’ll be very puzzled.
We were rolling on the floor laughing though, the atmosphere was unique.
Also, the derby teams in Greek leagues (whether football or basketball), such as Olympiakos and Panathinaikos, hassle each other with chants in a totally different spirit compared to Premier League teams etc.
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I sort of want you to explain and I kind of want you not to.
What is the humourous element of simulating buggery of a teammate?
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They have to pretend they’re not enjoying it
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It’s very hard to explain (pun intended).
Euros 2004 chants paint a bigger picture to put this celebration in context:
“Show them the fatal dick, Charisteas” (You won’t believe it but “fatal dick” rhymes with Charisteas).
“You have a dick like insert well known porn star’s name, Karagounis” (again, something rhymes in Greek there)
“You haven’t wised up, you haven’t wised up, got fucked in the premier, got fucked in the final” (to Portugal)
Maybe pointing you back to the ancient Greek amphorae could put it in historical context?
Maybe Tsimi was playing Zeus in this celebration?
I’m sure Van Dijk was just as startled at first when he did it in training, but then Tsimi showed him the Amphorae and he got used to it (I mean the humor).
Ah, forget it, it’s a cultural galaxy apart, there’s no point trying to explain…
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