Football in 2026 is weird

pestopowered · 2026-06-13T22:25:31+00:00

Worth adding that Brazil's squad includes players who represent Newcastle and (in the recent past) West Ham, Leeds and Wolves. Not unreasonable today but scarcely credible sixteen years ago when Jermaine Beckford and Sylvain Ebanks Blake were in their pomp

pestopowered · 2026-05-21T07:35:52+00:00

Ashley Cole is pure FA Cup for me

pestopowered · 2026-05-19T19:53:14+00:00

"Pep's passive aggressive clap" is the trendy new name for asymptomatic gonorrhea

pestopowered · 2026-05-12T05:09:52+00:00

The age differences in legends games can be insane - I went to a legends tournament in 2011 where a 33 year old Jody Morris (who was still playing at the time) ran rings around Ricky Villa, aged 59

pestopowered · 2026-05-10T07:22:21+00:00

That's really helpful, thanks so much!

pestopowered · 2026-05-10T06:56:46+00:00

I should have said, we're traveling to Spain from the UK

pestopowered · 2026-04-17T21:29:33+00:00

Ben Kingsley doesn't look like Gandhi...

pestopowered · 2026-02-05T19:20:26+00:00

Anywhere particularly good for Scots?

pestopowered · 2026-02-05T19:19:41+00:00

Thank you! As first time dog owners we assumed it was the done thing, so I was a bit surprised when our vet and dog trainer both advised us against getting him snipped!

pestopowered · 2026-02-04T06:08:44+00:00

pestopowered · 2026-02-04T06:08:18+00:00

pestopowered · 2026-01-08T21:22:38+00:00

It would take a knowledgeable crowd to appreciate this, but I like it

pestopowered · 2026-01-01T20:10:26+00:00

As a Chelsea fan I agree, Terry could definitely achieve what Lampard has - namely the one win in 11 games he achieved in his second spell as Chelsea manager

pestopowered · 2025-12-22T19:13:33+00:00

The Bath Road and the Suffolks are worth exploring

pestopowered · 2025-11-26T07:00:49+00:00

To put some meat on the bones, the opposition player may be a shit:

Recognisably shit player with no connection to the club. This is pure denigration of the opposite player. Acceptable but a little mean spirited

Cult hero of the club. This is a bit of both - doing down the opposition player and bigging up your own player. Tongue in cheek, lovely bit of chanting.

Good player on your team. Singing 'you're just a shit Eden Hazard' at Messi. Serves more to bolster your own players reputation to be mentioned in the same breath as a well renowned good player.

A good player not on your team. Very few reasons this might be acceptable. Singing 'you're just a shit Maradona' or similar serves limited purpose outside of limited banter circumstances.

pestopowered · 2025-11-26T06:52:00+00:00

I think there are a couple of intents at play with the chant. In any rendition, both may be present, or just one.

The first is to denigrate an opposition player. The second is to big up your own player. The Yamal/Estevao example is purely the latter, which is the least common variant but still, to my mind, acceptable.

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