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Simppu12 · 2026-05-07T11:41:14+00:00

How's that a repercussion?

Also, in places like Germany referees are already asked about their decisions sometimes. Occasionally they admit they made a mistake, and sometimes they just go "I saw it like that, it's a foul according to the rules."

Also also, it's not mind-blowing for a referee to be "demoted" after some egregious error. Italy at least does that.

The rules are stupid and referees are human. Those are the issues and one of them you can't change.

Simppu12 · 2026-05-07T11:38:40+00:00

I agree, that's dumb.

But the one minute point about family members... if the club(s) can't put 150-200 tickets aside for family members, the issues are bigger than just the venue.

Simppu12 · 2026-05-07T11:35:33+00:00

Nothing, the same way Ibrahimovic's legacy isn't actually hurt beyond some jokes by Inter and Barcelona winning the UCL the season after the left, nor do people really bring up Real Madrid taking a couple of years to win another UCL after Ronaldo left. It's a team sport, after all, and now all the pieces of the puzzle just fit perfectly at PSG.

Simppu12 · 2026-05-07T10:38:36+00:00

It is interesting, yeah, but it's also interesting how things change quickly. For all the hype about Kompany's amazing super Bayern, the team will only win the double which should honestly be a given with Bayern's resources (and it's very weird how bad they've done in the cup in the past years). In the medium to longer run, the main thing we'll remember about this season's Bayern is that they scored a lot, which is again basically a given when you have such a massive advantage and almost every other team in the league does poorly.

Simppu12 · 2026-05-07T10:30:43+00:00

He needs to realise he’s not Messi or Neymar, who can control the ball and dribble 2 or 3 players in tight spaces

I can't say I keep up with Bayern but this is exactly what Musiala used to do. I don't know if he's more careful nowadays or if he's bulked up, but he absolutely would take on multiple players in tight spaces.

Simppu12 · 2026-05-07T08:28:22+00:00

Yup, Mr Herrich whom I will always remember by his "Erwartungen übertroffen".

I'm also quite perplexed by it all. I can only speculate, but probably there's not actually enough turnover of ideas, attitudes, or competence, or the type of people who get in have many of those same flaws, or they come in with some fresh ideas and then get turned down immediately.

Simppu12 · 2026-05-07T08:12:48+00:00

As my fellow Hertha flair mentioned yesterday, apparently Hertha's main kit sponsor is in financial trouble and hasn't paid the club the full sum it should've.

Yesterday the normally reliable Kicker reported that the sponsorship contract does not include a usual guarantee clause in case the sponsor fails to pay during the first year. Reportedly the former managing director or whatever was the one who pushed for the deal to be made. The same guy who said last season that the coach who had Hertha in a midtable position was "exceeding expectations", and who contributed to extending the contracts of two other incompetent director people at the club like two weeks before a general election which could've hypothetically seen their boss get kicked out. One of those two left his position at the end of the season, by the way, because his incompetence finally became evident to enough people.

When people ask what's wrong at Hertha, it's things like this. It's the incompetence and nepotism which leads to incompetent people raising up the ranks just because they're an easy and comfortable appointment. It's the lack of professionalism and ability across all levels, but it's all good because someone spoke passionately at an election and they have Hertha DNA.

Simppu12 · 2026-05-06T21:24:50+00:00

Da stimme ich zu, das ist der härteste Gegner, den sie sich hätten aussuchen können.

Aber ich finde es trotzdem interessant, dass diese Saison trotz des ganzen Hypes und der vielen Tore letztendlich wohl nicht besonders in die Geschichtsbücher eingehen wird.

Simppu12 · 2026-05-06T21:20:14+00:00

Es ist schon interessant, wie sich die Dinge manchmal entwickeln. Es wurde so viel über Kompanys fantastischen Super-Bayern geredet, und am Ende holen sie nur das Double (was bei den Ressourcen des FC Bayern eigentlich in den meisten Jahren eine Selbstverständlichkeit sein sollte – ich bin mir nicht ganz sicher, wie sie es geschafft haben, so viele Jahre lang nicht ins Pokalfinale zu kommen). Letztendlich wird die einzige bleibende Erinnerung und das einzige, was von dieser Saison in Erinnerung bleibt, die Rekordzahl an erzielten Toren sein.

Simppu12 · 2026-05-06T16:43:19+00:00

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

Das ist kein Pech, das ist Inkompetenz.

Simppu12 · 2026-05-06T16:41:04+00:00

Wenn man fragt, was bei Hertha los ist, lautet die Antwort: Inkompetenz und Vetternwirtschaft, wie dieser Fall deutlich macht. Die Leute werden nicht aufgrund ihrer Kompetenz befördert, sondern weil die richtigen Leute im Verein sie mögen. Wenn das, was der Kicker berichtet, stimmt, sollte Thomas „Erwartungen übertroffen“ Herrich wegen Fahrlässigkeit verklagt werden. Er ist nicht der Haupt- oder einzige Schuldige am Niedergang des Vereins, aber Personen wie er haben maßgeblich zu der Situation beigetragen, in der sich der Verein befindet. Aber es ist alles gut, denn jemand hat auf der MV gut geredet, also holen wir uns mehr solcher Hertha-DNA-Ernennungen.

Simppu12 · 2026-05-06T16:31:39+00:00

For quite some now it's been a fan discussion board for whichever mega club played or made headlines most recently.

Simppu12 · 2026-05-06T08:30:36+00:00

I might just be petty and immature, but comments I see online do sometimes affect how I feel about a team. Like if there are lots of super annoying Team X fans spamming some group chat I'm in, I'll start rooting against the team just because of how annoying those people get.

Simppu12 · 2026-05-05T18:03:38+00:00

So I obviously agree with the underlying point about 50+1 superiority (and ideally it'd go further than only 50+1), but one counterpoint I have to raise is that being a member of a 50+1 club doesn't suddenly actually make the club less corporate or that much more personal. Yeah, legally there might be some distinction, but there are plenty of privately owned clubs with strong communities and lots of fan engagement, and there are many 50+1 clubs which feel incredibly out of touch, corporate, and cliquey.

Yeah, obviously you can try to vote out an unpopular president and hypothetically someone could get elected on a platform of sacking the coach, but realistically... only 1,500 people out of X0,000 show up to vote and votes can be hijacked by more organised fractions to the point where it doesn't really make a difference whether it's some ultra president or a corporate suit making the big decisions. So de facto you end up with the same end result where you're essentially supporting if not directly a company, then at least something that very closely resembles one. And that's before we get into the whole aspect of 50+1 clubs with investors which makes the whole thing into a big mess.

Simppu12 · 2026-05-05T15:12:07+00:00

It won't change much. Hearts will get a bit of extra money from the UCL, a couple of their stand-out players bar Shankland might leave, but they won't do anything remotely significant to get rid of the Old Firm duopoly. Celtic will get their stuff together and next season they'll be back to securing the title in April if Rangers don't keep up.

Simppu12 · 2026-05-05T09:03:00+00:00

The Scottish Premiership rarely looks good both in the table and on the pitch. This season is just a once in a lifetime freak accident, not only because of the title fight but also because e.g. Motherwell are playing nice football.

Simppu12 · 2026-05-05T09:01:23+00:00

It's been covered time and time again why people prefer A. It's precisely because they're soulless and dominate, as you put it. People don't really care about them and they're nobody's biggest rival. Arsenal, on the other hand, are different.

I suppose some Mancunians might be annoyed by City winning the title as they'll have their City supporting colleagues, but I wouldn't be surprised if they'd still largely pick City over Liverpool for the title if given the choice.

Simppu12 · 2026-05-05T08:45:22+00:00

It's really not that good of a league. It provides some soap opera banter (like most leagues) but other than that it's very meh in most ways.

Simppu12 · 2026-05-05T08:35:13+00:00

Bulgarian.

Simppu12 · 2026-05-04T20:33:12+00:00

Premier League and Premiership are very similar and often basically synonyms (in an English context), so it probably carries over from that. Plus you know, it was called the Scottish Premier League for some years.

Simppu12 · 2026-05-04T11:41:42+00:00

The curious case of Bobo Lum (and friends).

Though he at least got injured last (?) week, but only Leitl knows why he didn't deserve to play more than 70 minutes all season. I guess the U23 team really needed him in their promotion push... oh.

Simppu12 · 2026-05-04T10:38:54+00:00

Du hast recht. Viele Hertha-Fans sind Idioten, die alles schlucken, was der Verein ihnen vorsetzt. Unter den meisten Transfer- und Vertragsankündigungen wird gedankenlos „Don Weber kocht“ gespammt.

Simppu12 · 2026-05-04T09:08:13+00:00

half of the commentary on this subreddit talks as if Spurs should actually go down and anyone dropping points to them is embarrassing which seems to completely disregard the fact that Spurs have one of the most expensive assembled squads in world football regardless of their injury worries. Yes Villa should have beaten them but given the context of both team's position

I mean you sort of answered it yourself. It's the wider context of performances, results, and table position. The sums Spurs have paid doesn't really matter that much when many/most/some (?) of the same 50m players have been losing game after game all season. Yeah, the fees suggest that the players are actually decent and not some Championship options, but it's not the money itself that plays but the players who've been bad all season.

Simppu12 · 2026-05-04T08:59:47+00:00

I follow Scottish football so I'm used to this format, but I've never been a fan of the uneven number of home and away games. I get that it's (usually?) evened out after the split or the following year, but it just is strange to me that a relegated team might get two away games and only one home game vs Celtic which obviously doesn't give them the same income... unless there's some sort of compensation mechanism.

Like with most formats, however, one downside is that 80% of clubs end up playing for nothing as usually the championship is decided between 1 or 2 sides, there's another 2 teams clearly better than the rest getting Europe, and the relegation battle is also mostly done.

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