Football (Soccer) Thread

[HVC]

Why spend so much fighting a stupid libel case when you're guilty. I get it if pretending to be innocent saved your job or something, but she had nothing to lose.

[Admiral Yi]

"It's sad to think someone who I have accepted to follow me is betraying [me] for either money or to keep a relationship with the press."

Nothing is sacred.

[crazy canuck]

Why spend so much fighting a stupid libel case when you're guilty. I get it if pretending to be innocent saved your job or something, but she had nothing to lose.

Hard to say what the outcome of the case will be based on that news story.

[crazy canuck]

"It's sad to think someone who I have accepted to follow me is betraying [me] for either money or to keep a relationship with the press."

Nothing is sacred.

Followers aren't what they used to be.

[Zoupa]

I hate football

Jesus fucking Christ me too.

[FunkMonk]

So is Kurt Zouma just going to keep playing for West Ham?

[mongers]

So is Kurt Zouma just going to keep playing for West Ham?

Someone should offer to show him around Twickenham rugby stadium, once there they should try and drop kick him over the uprights. 

[FunkMonk]

https://youtu.be/hNxwqAy_JZA

Really interesting and honest interview with Mohammed Elneny, a fringe player at Arsenal but one who has stuck around since the Wenger days.

[Sheilbh]

So is Kurt Zouma just going to keep playing for West Ham?

Have to admire Moyes unvarnished honesty/saying the quiet bit out loud when asked if they'd suspend Zouma: "No, because he's one of our better players"

[Zoupa]

3 league losses in a row for Spurs. Conte talking about lowering expectations. We've been awful, awful, awful defensively. We're missing Dier badly, Sanchez and Davies are so hesitant and WHY IS CONTE TRYING TO PLAY DOHERTY ON THE RIGHT. All he fucking does is pass the ball backwards.

[celedhring]

Why are you following Spurs, if I may ask? 

[Zoupa]

I used to follow Toulouse back in the day and loved Sissoko and Aurier, which were both at Spurs til recently. Sissoko got moved to Watford and Aurier to Villareal though 

[celedhring]

In "I'm back to hating football" news, we're losing the Barcelona Derby 

[The Larch]

So, how much do you love Luuk de Jong right now? 

[FunkMonk]

Arsenal were supposed to play (lose) to Chelsea this weekend but that got pushed because Chels were busy winning some scrap trophy. Meanwhile, all of Arsenal's rivals for 4th dropped points, leaving Arsenal fans in a weirdly optimistic mood about taking 4th.

538's model gives Arsenal a greater than 50% probability of qualifying for the CL so now I'm fairly certain Arsenal will not qualify