@Goalline posted:Wow, some serious stats there.😳
Seems Sane is playing really well these days for Bayern.
Duh...in a JV league...
They just spanked the #2 team in the league. Playing Harry Kane in that league is a clown show.
Bundesliga is a great place for Kane to win some silverware. Look what it has done for guys like Lewandowski, Sadio Mane, Coutinho. Less physical league, less parity. Won't get beat up in league games so will be fresher for CL matches.
It's definitely a quality league, but isn't Premier League, and still behind La Liga. Definitely better than Serie A and Ligue 1 for sure though.
Holy crap what a crazy fookin Norf London Derby...Spurs play 1/3 of the match with 2 reds, and it was still in doubt until 94th minute....Pastacoglu is a really good coach!
Damn...Spurs gonna Spur...double nut-punch in less than 7 days.
Big Ange is a hell of a coach...but they gotta address the shoddy defending pronto.
How many goals can France score in 72 minutes plus stoppage time against the 10 men of Gibraltar? 
@Chongo posted:Damn...Spurs gonna Spur...double nut-punch in less than 7 days.
Big Ange is a hell of a coach...but they gotta address the shoddy defending pronto.
Eric Dier is a disaster. Ange kept him out as long as he could. Cheap owners need to back this coach.
Seen that.
Dope.
I literally thought his teammates were gonna kick his ass.
It was gonna get ugly no matter what, but Dest made it a lot uglier than it had to be.
Jude Bellingham, at the age of 19, is making a mockery of the sport of soccer. Best player Ive seen this year. Crazy!
Never thought I’d watch Brian Laudrup draw our opponents with porno sounds in the background…
— Danish Scout (@DanishScout_) December 2, 2023
But here we are 😂pic.twitter.com/rv9uvi8n0K
JUST IN - German soccer legend Franz Beckenbauer dead at 78. pic.twitter.com/pUXr136U1K
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) January 8, 2024
RIP Der Kaiser! ❤️❤️❤️ The man turned the brutish center back position into a thing of elegance. I think he was the original sweeper.
When they name a move after you, you're a legend. RIP Beckenbauer!
Doesn't FIFA require the game to be played on natural grass? They played on grass in the old Silverdome in 1994, IIRC.
I'd like to see the OL try to play libero. Total Football in action, indeed.
@Fedya posted:Doesn't FIFA require the game to be played on natural grass? They played on grass in the old Silverdome in 1994, IIRC.
Yes. It was a point of contention when the Women's World Cup was held in Canada in 2015, and all the matches were on artificial turf. It's so hard on the legs.
When the Sand Crawler/Stapler/Bird Killer/US Bank stadium opened in 2016, they had Chelsea-AC Milan play an exhibition and they put in 590 rolls of sod over the turf (which was protected by a barrier). It was an assinine way to do it as by the end of the match (I was there) it looked like an over-grazed pasture, but it was grass rather than ACL-killer turf.
@Fandame posted:Yes. It was a point of contention when the Women's World Cup was held in Canada in 2015, and all the matches were on artificial turf. It's so hard on the legs.
When the Sand Crawler/Stapler/Bird Killer/US Bank stadium opened in 2016, they had Chelsea-AC Milan play an exhibition and they put in 590 rolls of sod over the turf (which was protected by a barrier). It was an assinine way to do it as by the end of the match (I was there) it looked like an over-grazed pasture, but it was grass rather than ACL-killer turf.
That was terrible. Women are way more susceptible to ACL injuries than men, and turf makes ACL injuries even more likely. The other reason not to play soccer on turf is the game looks unnatural. The ball bounces too high and close control on the dribble is more difficult, meaning more turnovers and an uglier game. There is a reason the EPL banned artificial pitches.
Watching everybody try to make excuses for Sam Kerr has been fun.
@Fedya posted:Watching everybody try to make excuses for Sam Kerr has been fun.
Her lawyers say she said "stupid white cop" instead of "white bastard." Either way, Kerr brought race into it. There's no excuse for it. Call the cop a "bastard," call them "pig," etc., but to bring race into it tells me more about Kerr than anything else. (I'm not a big Kerr fan at all, so...)
What do you expect when you bring in someone from Tottenham?
@Fedya posted:What do you expect when you bring in someone from Tottenham?
You brought in two(Eric Dier too) and today Neverkusen are Bundesliga champs.
Liverpool and Arsenal choke and now City are in the driver’s seat in the prem.
It's so nice to see every last EPL team out of the CL.
At least this doesn't happen in UEFA.
A row over a map of Morocco displayed on a football shirt deepened as the second leg of the Caf Confederation Cup semi-final between RS Berkane and USM Alger was called off on Sunday.
USM Alger refused to take to the pitch in Morocco because the strip the hosts were wearing showed a map of the country which included the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
Algeria, which cut off diplomatic ties with its North African neighbour in 2021, sees the extended map as a political provocation.
Morocco laid claim to Western Sahara in 1957, when it was still under Spanish colonial rule, and then annexed the territory in 1975.
The first leg on Sunday, 21 April had also been cancelled after Berkane had their kit confiscated by customs officials on arrival in Algeria and refused to wear an alternative shirt.
Pulling for a Bundesliga final because FUCK YOU UEFA!!!
Secondarily...FUCK YOU REAL! FUCK YOU PSG!!!
But it's going to be a PSG/RM final because FUCK YOU CHONGO!
Why do they do it when they know it's going to provoke another nation? They're just begging to cause an incident.
@Goalline posted:Liverpool and Arsenal choke and now City are in the driver’s seat in the prem.
Arse gonna win it because City will drop points at Spurs...we never win at Spurs, and Arse got goal differential in spades.
Total and complete shit show this season...getting rid of Gundogan and Mahrez, and not appropriately replacing them killed us. Haaland hurt for a while, Walker hurt for a while, we know Walks is nearing the end but have not been able to replace him appropriately. Rico Lewis is good...but he's a ways away.
Kalvin Phillips was a transfer failure.
Right now our best shot at silverware is FA Cup.
Fuck you, City. Get your shit in order and win the damn thing. I swear if Arsenal is allowed to win the damn thing…
Well, Spurs can do their part and not star Son...he seems to always kill City...
Spurs just happen to be City's bogey...we schooled Arse last year twice. We should be able to pull out a 1-0 or 2-1 win at Spurs...but I am just not confident.
Q: What's Red and White and goes "beep, beep, beep?"
A: Arsenal...backing into a PL Title
Spurs are playing like dog shit right now. This is a good time to play them.
Halfway to the Bundesliga final...Gotta think UEFA will not let that happen.
Pulling for my boy Leroy Sane!
Bayern doesn't need UEFA's help to screw it up in Madrid. 
@Fedya posted:Bayern doesn't need UEFA's help to screw it up in Madrid.
League and cup play is different enough that Bayern have a really good chance. Fuck Real!