Football (Soccer) Thread

[FunkMonk]

Nice to see Emile Smith Rowe receive more plaudits in the media after bossing today's game against Villa. Kid owns bones and is going to go far. Arsenal are really lucky to have two of their own playing at a high level with such huge potential going forward. Feels good to be a supporter. 

[Zoupa]

Aren't you folks like 14th?  You were before the game anyways 

[FunkMonk]

Aren't you folks like 14th?  You were before the game anyways 

Early days for league standings still 

Realistically I think most Arsenal supporters think 6th is the absolute ceiling this season. Sad compared to the old days but it's a beginning of a really nice project full of young and likeable players. Whatever happens with Arteta, the team I think is in a good place.

[Sheilbh]

[spoiler]Rafa out[/spoiler]

[FunkMonk]

[spoiler]Rafa out[/spoiler]

 

I didn't see the game but I saw the score and, I mean, what else is there to say?

[Zoupa]

[spoiler]Rafa out[/spoiler]

I wish we could trade coaches, I'd give Nuno for Rafa any day of the week...

[Josephus]

It's fun hating Man Utd.

[FunkMonk]

Only thing left to do is laugh.

Hahahahahahaha 

[Zoupa]

Spurs being Spursy again today. What a bore this game was. The whole system is meant to feed Kane, but then Kane is invisible 75% of the games he plays. I don't know if he's not trying or if he plateau-ed a couple of years ago and he's on the decline. Trade him for Bernardo Silva and some cash and be done with it.

Without a move during the winter window, I see Tottenham finishing 8-10th.

[Admiral Yi]

Nice defending by Kane. 

Chelsea!

[Josquius]

I've been thinking with the Newcastle take over.

Its interesting they become the most hated team in the world, in the hands of a brutal dictator, right as it starts to become notable that top level footballers are taking an interest in progressive issues.

I wonder whether they'll have any would-be signings turn them down for moral reasons?

I can just see the makeup of their future team now....not a Brit amongst them, just a gaggle of foreign mercenaries on big wages.

[FunkMonk]

Solksjaer is going to be sacked and United are going to get Conte, aren't they? Fffffffffuuuu

[Liep]

Solksjaer is going to be sacked and United are going to get Conte, aren't they? Fffffffffuuuu

Yes, it'll be interesting to see who they hire in 2023 though.

[Sheilbh]

Solksjaer is going to be sacked and United are going to get Conte, aren't they? Fffffffffuuuu

Yes, it'll be interesting to see who they hire in 2023 though.

As we're in the banter timeline, surely the return of the Moyesiah after he gets West Ham into the Champions League

[Sheilbh]

21 year old Aussie footballer Josh Cavallo comes out:
https://twitter.com/JoshuaCavallo/status/1453240548404367370?s=20

I think that makes him the only professional footballer in the men's game globally who is openly gay. Lots of messages of solidarity and support from clubs and famous players around the world which is nice to see.

When Spurs were playing Newcastle a lot of fans were wearing the scarf of the Spurs LGBT fans group - and I suspect that's something we will start seeing at a lot of clubs. In part because they want to beat up on Newcasle/Saudi which is fair enough, but it's also I think quite a smart and positive way to make that protest.

I've said it before - and we are miles from where we should be (which is what the women's game is like) but I think the Euros shifted things in terms of men's football and LGBT rights. I don't know if it happened everywhere and with every country, but I got that sense from at least Germany, England and the Netherlands where there were quite prominent displays of solidarity at ifferent points plus the normalisation of things like the rainbow armband. Still baby steps but something that I think is really positive.