Football (Soccer) Thread

[celedhring]

Also Spotify Camp Nou 

They need all the money they can get. 

Our wage cap is currently *negative* - as in we should get players to pay the club for playing in order to balance the books 

[Josephus]

Final round of CONCACAF qualifiers starts up in a week and a half.

Mexico, Panama, and Costa Rica? We got this. Just glad we are not playing that soccer juggernaut that is Canada again.

 

[Zoupa]

All is well in the world. 

[FunkMonk]

Yeah, still men vs boys out there vs Liverpool. Arsenal had a great first half but couldn't convert their chances and then made dumb mistakes in the second half. The usual story against the top sides.

This leaves the door just slightly open for Manchester United to sneak into 4th, but I'm not expecting them to be consistent enough to keep pace with Arsenal. We'll see.

[Zoupa]

I'd be ecstatic with 5th. Spurs have been so inconsistent that my early prediction of 8th still holds. 

[FunkMonk]

I'd be ecstatic with 5th. Spurs have been so inconsistent that my early prediction of 8th still holds. 

Spurs still have an outside chance at 4th but only if Arsenal totally collapse, which being a long-time Arsenal fan I'm telling you is completely possible 

We'll see if Arteta really has changed the culture at Arsenal, then. 

[Josquius]

Everton vs Newcastle just took an interesting turn.
To quote my gf "oh wow we can watch football more often if its this exciting".

Guy with a stop oil t shirt chained himself to the goal post and took forever to cut him off

I wonder whether this will be counter productive for his cause with certain types looking to make a culture war about environmental matters particularly targeting football fans.

[FunkMonk]

A protestor tied himself to the goalpost at Everton-Newcastle 

#EVENEW https://t.co/iiDQK7nq9n

[Sheilbh]

From Twitter - this guy must have been waiting for his moment to shine in so many games over the years

[The Larch]

From Twitter - this guy must have been waiting for his moment to shine in so many games over the years

He brought up that whole thing for a plastic strip that could be cut with a pair of regular scissors? 

[Sheilbh]

He's brought those bolt-cutters to the game for the past 40 years and by God he's going to use them

[Josquius]

"There's my job as Club Bolt Cutter Guy officially secured for the next decade"
He thought.
Then he took half an hour to do it.

[The Larch]

Champions League QFs

Chelsea - R. Madrid
Man City - A. Madrid
Bayern - Villarreal
Liverpool - Benfica

[The Larch]

Europa League QFs

RB Leipzig - Atalanta
Braga - Rangers
West Ham - Olympique Lyon
Eintracht Frankfurt - Barcelona

[FunkMonk]

Arsenal won a tough away game after 3 games in a week. Fatigue obviously set in in the second half but the boys pulled through. Still can't quite believe I'm  seeing a tough, durable Arsenal side grind out a win.

I like to check United reddit after a good result and half of them are wishing Arteta would come to them 

Strange days indeed.

Top 4 Trophy is still on.