Football (Soccer) Thread

[Syt]

Putting on Crystal Palace v West Ham in the background.

"Wait a sec, that stadium looks familiar ...." 

https://ted-lasso.fandom.com/wiki/Nelson_Road_Stadium

(No, I've never really followed Premier League much  )

[Syt]

 

[Duque de Bragança]

Lazio already had the Roman eagle on the jersey I guess. 

[Josquius]

Jesus Spurs.

Did Harry Kane recently visit a museum and knock over a mysterious urn or something?

[Josephus]

3-0 not even 15 minutes in.   Lol

[Sheilbh]

Spurs fans chanting that they want a refund

[Zoupa]

I hate my life and I hate all of you and I hate the FUCKING SPURS

[Josephus]

So I quit watching at 3-0

😁

[FunkMonk]

As disappointed as I am with Arsenal not winning the title, I find the comfort of Spurs being Spurs like a warm, safe blanket      

[Josquius]

I stopped watching at 3-0 too, had other things to do.
Looks like spurs made a go of it only to lose last minute.

[FunkMonk]

I hate my life and I hate all of you and I hate the FUCKING SPURS

COYS!

[FunkMonk]

Chelsea look abject on the pitch. They have Bournemouth, Forest, City, United, and Newcastle left to play. Will they get another win the rest of this season?

[Tamas]

Chelsea look abject on the pitch. They have Bournemouth, Forest, City, United, and Newcastle left to play. Will they get another win the rest of this season?

I cannot see how. Fingers crossed we don't get relegated.

[Tamas]

While obviously Bohley is a terrible owner of epic proportions, articles like this are starting to grate on me: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/may/03/chelsea-frank-lampard-arsenal-premier-league

This guy is trying to make the Chelsea story to be about a soulless corporate approach naturally failing in the high-spirit world of football, with I think a hint of "foreigners (Americans) can't get this".

This is really rich (haha) in a league where basically every major team is owned by a dubious oligarch or oil sheikh, and which is utterly dominated (I am not sure dominated is a strong enough word) by non-local (as in non-English) talent and skill at every position from players to coaches.

[Sheilbh]

It's not unique to Ronay writing about Chelsea. Here he is on Manchester City ("a hard regime's soft power project"):
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/apr/27/manchester-citys-perfection-is-laced-with-coldness-and-unease

Or on Newcastle pointing out that it's fine that Russia's invasion raised questions about Abramovich's ownership, but what about Yemen and Newcastle:
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/mar/11/shouldnt-someone-in-football-also-care-about-the-war-in-yemen-just-a-little

Ronay and I think a lot of football writer's (and fans) default position is that money is ruining the game. Not the only area, but one of the areas where lots of people would like to simply be Germany. Sky Sports and BT Sports do plenty of the "BEST LEAGUE IN THE WORLD EVER!" stuff - the Guardian (and other papers) do more mournful for the corporatisation of yet another area of life.