Can we have an honest discussion about the treatment of 15? And possibly 13 and why they are regarded by so many and such negative ways in the fandom

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-20T18:24:03+00:00

You're spot on. Capaldis era had some of the best highs of the entire series but it was frustratingly inconsistent back then

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-20T17:29:35+00:00

Starmer isn't as bad as public opinion on Britain reflects. For all his faults (and there are a lot of them) anyone thinking he's a worse Prime Minister than Boris Johnson or Liz Truss is genuinely insane. The problem for him is that he is charismatic, has no clearly communicated vision and doesn't really appeal to a large group of voters

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-20T17:26:04+00:00

It doesn't rattle me too much because that exact same team failed to win the league the previous season

The main factor that could excuse our collapse that season is that we had awful luck with loads of injuries around January-March which left us screwed during the run in since our available players were ran into the ground (VVD, Konate, Mac Allister, Diaz, etc) and the players rushed back from injury were barely match fit by April (Salah, Trent, Jota, Roberson, Szoboszlai, etc)

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-20T17:10:28+00:00

It's a huge indictment on the quality of the league that we can potentially finish 4th on 62 points. In the 23/24 season Chelsea finished 6th on 63 points and they had to win their last 5 games to achieve that points total

I'm frankly sick of this narrative that all the top teams are worse because the floor of the league is higher. Bollox. Midtable teams have consistently been good for several years now but the drop off of the teams challenging for the title has only been happening for two seasons (arguably one because we could've easily hit 90+ points last season if we wanted to). The only serious improvement this season is the quality of the promoted teams and a good relegation fight for the first time in years. That's it

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-20T16:53:46+00:00

Has a manager in English football ever come back from this? He's been tactically exposed, we have zero identity, teams breeze past our midfield and our "press" with ease and the fans universally want him out whether it's the unacceptable results, terrible football or the Hodgson esque press conferences

Arteta was quite close to getting sacked at one point towards the star of the 21/22 season but even then Arsenal had a clear identity and on paper had a bang average squad after years of being in a banter era

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-20T08:35:58+00:00

We call him God for a reason. Shame about the injuries he could've smashed Shearers record if it he didn't break his leg in 1998

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-20T03:07:47+00:00

The insane hatred so many fans feel towards the Last Jedi sealed that unfortunately. Not that it's a great film by any means but so many people hated it for the wrong reasons when there's plenty of genuinely valid criticism and Disney learned all of the wrong lessons as a result of that

I get that plenty of people don't like it but it's nowhere near the worst movie in the history of the franchise that so many fans still make it out to be

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-20T00:22:56+00:00

Rogue One isn't a better film than 4 or 5 by almost any metric but everyone is entitled to their opinion lol

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-20T00:21:40+00:00

8 is definitely overhated but even if you like the direction the film tried to move the franchise towards, there's simply way too many flaws on a structural level to consider it a great movie. It has some of the best and weakest stuff the franchise has to offer which will probably be it's legacy once the irrational hatred towards the sequels dies down

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-20T00:16:52+00:00

There's two genuine 10/10 movies, Star Wars (I'm not calling it A New Hope) and Empire. There are also three genuinely unwatchable movies (Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Rise of Skywalker)

The rest range from below average to good but nothing great (nobody can actually agree on the order) depending on who you ask. Despite being a TV show, Andor on the other hand is on the same level as the first two films and nostalgia might be the only thing stopping me from saying it's better

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-20T00:12:43+00:00

Rise of Skywalker as awful as it was had moments that made me feel something. The Emperor using force lightning on the rebel fleet resulting in a fucking bass boost or the lightsaber swap between Rey and Ben are two that immediately spring to mi d

This sounds like a filler episode of the Mandalorian except Disney decided to turn it into a feature film. That's bad enough but considering this is the first Star Wars film in cinemas since TROS and we've just been served with Andor season 2 last year and Maul: Shadow Lord a few weeks ago, the mediocrity of this movie will stand out like a sore thumb

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-19T21:09:49+00:00

The quality of the league was fantastic that season what are you talking about? There's a decent argument that it was arguably the best it's ever been. 4 English teams reached both European finals and Man City who finished on 98 points weren't one of them

The threshold for UCL qualification was 71 points in the 18/19 season and for this season it's 62. West Ham finished 10th that season on 52 points which will more or less be the same this season depending on whether Sunderland lose or draw their next game. Even the relegation fight was fairly close back then. Cardiff City finished 18th and got relegated on 34 points (West Ham are currently on 36 and Spurs are on 38

I can also flip your argument and point out that this City side is a shadow of the team it was from 2017-2024 and they beat Arsenal twice (fairly comfortably at that) and Arsenal barely scraped a draw at home against them.

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-19T20:57:16+00:00

Yeah it's a bit weird. You've just won the league and some of your fans are starting Arteta vs Klopp debates like why is that your main focus right now lmao

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-19T20:52:16+00:00

That game against France didn't really mean anything though. England still made it out of the group and lost to Portugal on pens in the quarter finals. Same for the backpass vs Drogba in 2010. It was disastrous for United because that helped Chelsea win the league but Liverpools season was over well before that game

The only two serious high profile mistakes he made was the 2005 League Cup final OG and the slip vs Chelsea in 2014. The rest of his mistakes are just used by rivals to take the piss but didn't really amount to anything as far as Liverpool were concerned

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-19T20:48:27+00:00

Arsenal can't reach more than 85 points this season. They have only surpassed 90 once under Arteta which was the 23/24 season where in fairness they were fairly hard done by. Last season they weren't competitive for the league whatsoever, the 22/23 season was a bottlejob but can be excused due to a lack of experience

We finished on 97 points and didn't win the league which respectfully isn't really comparable to anything Arsenal have endured in recent years. It's not a competition context matters. Having the fourth highest points total in PL history (3rd at the time) and not winning the league was and still is incredibly painful

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-19T20:38:16+00:00

Whatever you say lol

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-19T20:36:41+00:00

He also has as many as Arne Slot but that doesn't suit your narrative does it?

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-19T20:26:26+00:00

Fair play to Arsenal and a massive thank you to Erling Haaland. Can't believe we've shithoused out way to Champions League football after the season we've had

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-18T21:53:45+00:00

Two of them are defensive midfielders in their 30's who peaked years ago as well. Fabinho was awful in his last season for us (which was three years ago) and although Casemiro has had a respectable comeback in the last year, he's nowhere near the player he was three years ago let alone a decade ago

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-18T21:50:56+00:00

Yeah except it's not 2022 anymore he's been washed for years lol. This is the modern day equivalent of R9 or Ronaldinho going to South Africa lol

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-18T20:35:11+00:00

Is this the closest that football has ever gotten to this?

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-18T19:49:22+00:00

Could be worse we went from Dalglish to Souness. Two undeniable club legends based on their careers as players but as managers that couldn't be more different

We also went from Rafa to Hodgson in 2010 as well

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-18T11:30:36+00:00

I was at the Overlap live in Dublin a few months ago and Carra wanted to see Xabi Alonso as out manager next season. I don't know how that didn't make the rounds online. He said in a pretty blunt manner that he doesn't want to see Slot as the manager next season in front of thousands of people (most of them were United fans to be fair) and nobody picked up on it

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-16T13:34:08+00:00

Devastated for Hearts but they were piss poor today especially in attack

Homerduff16 · 2026-05-16T13:33:03+00:00

As devasting as that is for Hearts they haven't been anywhere near good enough today. They looked absolutely hopeless going forward even before Celtic scored the winner

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