Football (Soccer) Thread

[Admiral Yi]

Why do the Liverpool Chelsea clips I see refer to FA Cup something or other?  I can see that the results are not showing up in the PL standings.

[Agelastus]

Will Liverpool win another game this season?

I think this means they don't win the league at Goodison - thank Christ

It's too bad they're so far ahead already. The regularly scheduled Liverpool bust would have made the league much more interesting at this point in the season.

This has been coming since they came back from their "mid-season break"; they lost their "edge", and it has been very apparent in every game played since. There's only so far you can ride your luck. They are very lucky they haven't lost three games in a row.

I am honestly not surprised; I was and remain implacably opposed to "mid-season breaks" for any country where the weather does not mandate them.

[Admiral Yi]

Why do the Liverpool Chelsea clips I see refer to FA Cup something or other?  I can see that the results are not showing up in the PL standings.

I think I figured it out myself.  This is the same thing I asked about earlier, just that it's reached the stage where two PL teams are playing.

[The Larch]

Why do the Liverpool Chelsea clips I see refer to FA Cup something or other?  I can see that the results are not showing up in the PL standings.

The FA Cup and the Premier League are different competitions.

[Josquius]

Sad to see Liverpool faltering.
Will they be super Liverpool and throw away the title?
Probably not.
And I'm not sure whether that would be entertaining or not. Going to go, no, since it'd only be City otherwise.

[Josephus]

Sad to see Liverpool faltering.
Will they be super Liverpool and throw away the title?
Probably not.
And I'm not sure whether that would be entertaining or not. Going to go, no, since it'd only be City otherwise.

It's pretty much impossible to lose the League title; but Champions League seems very likely

[Admiral Yi]

Why is Rooney playing for a 5th division team?  Is he broke?

[Grey Fox]

He's an assistant coach there, iirc.

[Josquius]

Why is Rooney playing for a 5th division team?  Is he broke?

They're a comfortably second division team.

[Syt]

Vienna paper recently had in its sports section under "foreign leagues" a report of the Barnsley vs Reading game which confused me, because they usually only mention the top teams of the Premiere League.

Turns out that apparently there were some Austrians in the match.

[Josephus]

Why is Rooney playing for a 5th division team?  Is he broke?

A step up from his last team.

[FunkMonk]

Why is Rooney playing for a 5th division team?  Is he broke?

A step up from his last team.

[Grey Fox]

Why is Rooney playing for a 5th division team?  Is he broke?

A step up from his last team.

But you like the MLS 🤔

[Zoupa]

The MLS' technical level is just so, so bad. Lots of garbage passes, balls bouncing around, poor coverage defensively etc.

I remember when the Impact signed Alessandro Nesta for a year or 2. The dude was a million years old, couldn't run for shit but NOBODY got past him.

[Josephus]

Why is Rooney playing for a 5th division team?  Is he broke?

A step up from his last team.

But you like the MLS 🤔

I do.

But Rooney played for DC United