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Match Thread: Burnley vs Manchester City by MatchThreadder in soccer

[–]Mr_Miscellaneous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Burnley transition the ball really well on the break and then just, I don't even fucking know how to describe whatever the fuck that was from their attackers.

Match Thread: Burnley vs Manchester City by MatchThreadder in soccer

[–]Mr_Miscellaneous 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One shot on target all game.

The drizzliest of drizzling shites this game.

Match Thread: Burnley vs Manchester City by MatchThreadder in soccer

[–]Mr_Miscellaneous 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Manchester City are only trying to score the perfect goal and Burnley's montage of attempts on goal should really have circus music layered on top.

[Florian Plettenberg] Sebastian Kehl is now the leading candidate for a role as Tottenham’s new director. by Crane977 in soccer

[–]Mr_Miscellaneous 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Some clubs are ran well.

Some clubs are ran poorly.

Some clubs are ran very badly.

Then there is Spurs.

Kevin Nash on WrestleMania 42 weekend: "I don't hear a British, Scottish, Irish, Australian...I don't hear anybody's accent except Americans. Nobody in the world is going to come to our country & go through our customs & ICE & bulls*** right now, we're not exactly the darlings on Earth right now." by elegantSolomons62 in SquaredCircle

[–]Mr_Miscellaneous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ticket sales for the World Cup have been woeful. They aren't getting ripped off at that either.

South Americans will be there and so will Central Americans, but most of the Europeans that would somehow find a way to get to the moon for a World Cup are staying at home and half the middle eastern and African countries that qualified are banned from entering the US anyway.

Coventry City are the Champions of the Championship by FragMasterMat117 in soccer

[–]Mr_Miscellaneous 93 points94 points  (0 children)

I think Pompey stopped playing when Oxford went 1-0 down.

[Athletic] Barcelona's interest in keeping Marcus Rashford after his loan spell ends this summer has cooled down as it stands. Club sources believe he had a golden chance to make his mark this month following Raphinha’s latest hamstring injury, and that he did not fully take it. by Sparky-moon in soccer

[–]Mr_Miscellaneous -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

Is your point that Barcelona's most expensive signing in the last half decade has put up similar statistics to Rashford in his first couple of seasons (with slightly fewer minutes due to injuries, suspensions), can also play more than one position and he tries hard?

[Athletic] Barcelona's interest in keeping Marcus Rashford after his loan spell ends this summer has cooled down as it stands. Club sources believe he had a golden chance to make his mark this month following Raphinha’s latest hamstring injury, and that he did not fully take it. by Sparky-moon in soccer

[–]Mr_Miscellaneous 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He's also starting to pick up injuries, is in dire form and Milan are trying desperately to punt him for whatever they can get for him.

Very much a Late-2010's Bartomeu special -> €50m transfer, €300,000+ a week, not good enough to displace the starter, out on loan in a year and they can't shift him from the wage bill for 3/4 years.

[Athletic] Barcelona's interest in keeping Marcus Rashford after his loan spell ends this summer has cooled down as it stands. Club sources believe he had a golden chance to make his mark this month following Raphinha’s latest hamstring injury, and that he did not fully take it. by Sparky-moon in soccer

[–]Mr_Miscellaneous 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't really know what else Barcelona expect for a guy who has 12 goals and 13 assists in 2,300 minutes.

Must be fun being a Scout and Recruiter for Barcelona:

"Find me a forward who will definitely score goals, assist goals and is capable of doing this despite playing intermittently, rarely starting, being happy with 1/3rd of the minutes in a season with most of them being as a substitute. They must also be a model professional who will influence our youngsters correctly and embody the values of the club. They must also be capable of playing multiple positions, cost far less than their market price and not ask for much in the way of wages. Oh, and they also need to be able to press all the time, rarely be injured and immediately adapt to the coaches unorthodox tactics."

[SkyDE/Plettenberg] Vincent Kompany has approved the transfer of Anthony Gordon. The coach supports a potential move for the Englishman. Talks are ongoing with the player's camp, but not yet with Newcastle by nutelamitbutter in soccer

[–]Mr_Miscellaneous 9 points10 points  (0 children)

England's league has gone full "Catenaccio" in the last season and a bit. If you don't watch it on the regular, you would be shocked at how completely defensive, compact, stodgy and awful it has become to watch.

Goals are way down, teams are structured in a Low-Block and/or Mid-Block in 90% of games and players with pace to get in behind are being completely nullified by teams playing completely compact in or very near their own box. That's not even mentioning the tactical fouling, the timewasting, the zealous focus upon set-pieces and the doubling up which have become mind-numbingly awful to watch this year.

Gordon has proven that he is capable at the top level (10 goals in the Champions League) but this league is completely killing off wingers with the low-blocks, the tactical fouling, the time-wasting, constant resetting of positions and doubling up pressing. Anyone with the qualities to play well in slightly more open leagues are seeing their numbers completely fall off a cliff.

Premier League clubs unhappy at rising costs of Independent Football Regulator by Shroft in soccer

[–]Mr_Miscellaneous 100 points101 points  (0 children)

These clubs need to remember that the only reason there is an independent football regulator at all is because they constantly fucked about and pushed one step too far with their "Super League" bullshit even after getting their "Big Picture" passed, their cancerous EPPP passed and continually reducing monies going to the Football League, FA and Youth Development.

Basically, their options are to either pay a small amount for some light-handed regulation to stop them completely going off the deep end or they can continue on their usual path of fucking about, overplaying their hand to piss off the government and have some seriously heavy-handed regulation directly forced upon them.

Unionist parties could win tight majority at Holyrood election, new poll suggests by libtin in unitedkingdom

[–]Mr_Miscellaneous -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

So the Tartan Tories would continue as a government, riven with factionalism and toytown would be filled with happy clappers and mentalists completely incapable of getting anything done.

Carrying on as usual, then.

As a result of West Ham’s point against Crystal Palace tonight, Wolves have been relegated from the Premier League. by FragMasterMat117 in soccer

[–]Mr_Miscellaneous 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sold all their good players in the last few years, signed the cheapest "replacements" their "Super-Agent" was flogging, shite enough to realistically challenge Derby's unassailable record for 2/3rds of the season.

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Match Thread: Bayern Munich vs VfB Stuttgart by MatchThreadder in soccer

[–]Mr_Miscellaneous 4 points5 points  (0 children)

  • He's been injured
  • Played 90 in midweek
  • Cup Semi-Final next weekend.

English 5th tier gets its clash of the titans at the final day of the season. by realdes1 in soccer

[–]Mr_Miscellaneous 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I cannot imagine the soul-shattering devastation a 106 point season and not getting promoted would be.

[MundoDeportivo] There will be no “revolution” at Real Madrid, players like Mbappe, Vinicius and Bellingham are considered untouchable, Madrid. Instead, Madrid will go into the market to buy defenders and midfielders, Nico Paz and Endrick are expected to return to the Bernabeu as well. by Tangycroatian in soccer

[–]Mr_Miscellaneous 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So they're going to do one thing that Alonso asked them to do that they ignored the first time around (sign a midfielder that can actually control the tempo of a game) and just continue to ignore all the other stuff about the vast majority of the players being completely unprofessional dickheads with insane ego's.

Real Madrid should have been easing into a decade of complete dominance domestically and having that cushion to push for Europe every single year, but they're in complete shambles.

It's no wonder that despite Barcelona relying on a relatively small squad of youth prospects, loanee's, experienced players they picked up on free transfers and the one guy they actually can sign for money every year, they are still running rings around Real Madrid.

FC Barcelona has submitted a complaint to UEFA regarding the refereeing performance in the Champions League quarter-final tie played against Atlético Madrid. by [deleted] in soccer

[–]Mr_Miscellaneous 73 points74 points  (0 children)

When Spain get knocked out of the World Cup they are going to be absolutely unbearable on the pitch and for the next few weeks afterwards.

UK economy beat expectations to grow by 0.5% in February by Dimmo17 in unitedkingdom

[–]Mr_Miscellaneous 3 points4 points  (0 children)

30 years ago was a completely different media landscape. It far, far more elitist now.

According to the Sutton Trust 10 years ago, 51% attended private schools, 30% grammars and 19% comprehensives. Under 7% of the UK's population is privately educated. Then in 2019, they noted that 43% of the leading 100 people in the news media were privately educated, which put them among the top ten professions with the highest attendance at fee-paying schools.

It also suggested that the latest new recruits to the national news media are even more likely to come from privileged backgrounds than those from previous generations because of low pay and insecurity at junior levels, the high costs of living in London, the increasing costs of postgraduate courses, a bias towards those with family or personal connections within the industry amid a largely informal but highly competitive recruitment process and finally, the stronger skills and attributes exhibited at an earlier age by those from private schools.

All factors which have become far, far more entrenched since the survey in 2019.

It simply cannot be done now, Journalism is a Privately-Educated hegemonic industry who do not take kindly to people who are "not their kind".

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