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[Transmogrified Tiger]

MLS has a Saudi problem

Not sure what this means, Messi gonna sign with Newcastle?

No, with Ronaldo

But the quoted tweet is about Messi and his current (Qatari owned) club?

[stitchface]

was responding to his comment on his Miami tickets

[Elon Musk]

joao felix looked great in his 60 minutes today. flying around, trying cheeky megs and backheels. great synergy with havertz. Really felt positive about it. Didn't go over 60 minutes though because he got a straight red for a two-legged challenge. Love to be a chelsea fan

[soccer10k]

You can take the man away from Diego Simeone but you can’t take the Diego Simeone influence out of the man.

[wolf stansson]

Chelsea always seem like they’re just looking for a reason to fold. Give them any reason to lose their horsefeathers and they will.

[stitchface]

while I can appreciate Leeds tries to play fast, their organization is a bloody mess, which results in them losing.

[soccer10k]

I'm going to need an explanation as for why this isn't offside on Rashford. I get that he didn't touch the ball but why does that matter? He's clearly involved in the play, the pass was to him and him alone, and he runs alongside the ball for 15 yards. In the instances where an attacker is in an offside position standing between the goalie and the guy taking the shot, they still call that offside if the offside guy is obstructing the view of the goalie even if he never touches the ball.

[stitchface]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H795iD2JAuM

I'm going to need an explanation as for why this isn't offside on Rashford. I get that he didn't touch the ball but why does that matter? He's clearly involved in the play, the pass was to him and him alone, and he runs alongside the ball for 15 yards. In the instances where an attacker is in an offside position standing between the goalie and the guy taking the shot, they still call that offside if the offside guy is obstructing the view of the goalie even if he never touches the ball.

Yea, that was some kind of [expletive]. And the announcer is a complete idiot. I mean, they call offside on forwards if they pressure the back - how that isn't involvement is beyond reason.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Chelsea’s front office is just three agents in a trench coat, change my mind

[stitchface]

Chelsea’s front office is just three agents in a trench coat, change my mind

I thought it was just Boehly?

[Elon Musk]

I feel like Boehly reads those "chelsea monitoring so and so" [expletive] pink slime transfer stories and goes "first im hearing of this! better get the money together!"

[soccer10k]

1st half Spurs have 4 shots, 2 on target. 2nd half in the first 10 minutes they have 4 shots, 3 on target. It doesn’t make sense why they can’t play like that right from the start and the only thing I can think of is that’s how Conte wants them to play. They do it at home and on the road, against good teams and bad, in the league and the UCL.

Also, LOL Lloris.

[stitchface]

What the hell is wrong with US Soccer that we now don't have a coach? Ridiculous. And I sure hope they aren't eyeing Marsch. After watching Leeds, I really am not impressed.

[bukie]

January roster announced. Some exciting names here...and Arriola and Acosta.

[stitchface]

1st half Spurs have 4 shots, 2 on target. 2nd half in the first 10 minutes they have 4 shots, 3 on target. It doesn’t make sense why they can’t play like that right from the start and the only thing I can think of is that’s how Conte wants them to play. They do it at home and on the road, against good teams and bad, in the league and the UCL.

Also, LOL Lloris.

I think you may want to find a new team to cheer for

[soccer10k]

What I need is a manager who is willing to set his team out to attack from the start of the game rather than waiting for the second half.

39 goals scored in the league this year. Only 12 of those in the first half, 6 at home and 6 on the road. 15 goals in the second half at home, 12 goals on the second half on the road. Game after game they do nothing in the first half. He sets them up like they're a bottom 5 squad playing on the road against a top-6 team. Prior to today they'd scored 1 1st half goal in their last 10 games.

Could have had ten Hag before the 2021 season. Instead they stupidly went with their 12th choice then fired him after 17 games. Outside of a good 10 game stretch to end last year it's been a disaster since they fired Poch.

[wolf stansson]

There just isn’t a more competitive athletics competition in the world than the premier league. Spending, infrastructure, coaching, branding, and of course talent. The margin for error is incredibly thin and the city dynasty is a) extremely well run, b) had a five year head start on developing all of those things.

It makes it very hard for the other clubs to stay the course like arsenal did. Arsenal is in this position almost entirely because they don’t spend the same as Chelsea, United, etc. is it sustainable when the super spenders start coming for Odegaard, Saka, etc? No. They’ll regress. And the spurs/Chelsea/United model of hitting reset at manager every 18 months until they hit on a perfect fit doesn’t work. I think this is just life in the premier league now. It’s f’in tough.

[UMFan83]

Don't think Everton is going to be able to stay up this time. Man what a mess. At least they'll have the best stadium in the Championship

[wolf stansson]

Hahahaha

[stitchface]

https://twitter.com/cbssportsgolazo/status/1617195170566475780?s=46&t=PEE2C4ASvT-BGS9Y8co9mg



Hahahaha

Crazy game - that was the fourth time Dortmund took the lead and the second time in about 3 minutes of the game.

[stitchface]

There just isn’t a more competitive athletics competition in the world than the premier league. Spending, infrastructure, coaching, branding, and of course talent. The margin for error is incredibly thin and the city dynasty is a) extremely well run, b) had a five year head start on developing all of those things.

It makes it very hard for the other clubs to stay the course like arsenal did. Arsenal is in this position almost entirely because they don’t spend the same as Chelsea, United, etc. is it sustainable when the super spenders start coming for Odegaard, Saka, etc? No. They’ll regress. And the spurs/Chelsea/United model of hitting reset at manager every 18 months until they hit on a perfect fit doesn’t work. I think this is just life in the premier league now. It’s f’in tough.

I think this a problem throughout sports - coaching instability does not help a team compete. Klopp, Arteta, Pep all given a longer leash and it has paid off for the club.

[wvcbxl]

The joys of cup soccer will be on full display in France tonight as the stars of PSG travel north to face US Pays de Cassel, a bunch of amateurs that play in a regional league six levels below Ligue 1. The game will not be at the Cassel municipal stadium for obvious reasons - it's basically a grass pitch without any stands for spectators and I guarantee the PSG stars would simply refuse to use the kind of dressing rooms they have at those facilities. So the game will be played at the stadium of Lens (capacity: 38,000) which is ... sold out for a hostile "Nordiste" welcome.
I know the town (I grew up just across the border) and will be rooting for an upset.

[stitchface]

The joys of cup soccer will be on full display in France tonight as the stars of PSG travel north to face US Pays de Cassel, a bunch of amateurs that play in a regional league six levels below Ligue 1. The game will not be at the Cassel municipal stadium for obvious reasons - it's basically a grass pitch without any stands for spectators and I guarantee the PSG stars would simply refuse to use the kind of dressing rooms they have at those facilities. So the game will be played at the stadium of Lens (capacity: 38,000) which is ... sold out for a hostile "Nordiste" welcome.
I know the town (I grew up just across the border) and will be rooting for an upset.

random question - how is that border determined? It's so convoluted but there doesn't seem to be a river there. Is just the result of thousands of years of wars?

[wvcbxl]

random question - how is that border determined? It's so convoluted but there doesn't seem to be a river there. Is just the result of thousands of years of wars?

That’s about right - Cassel is a traditional Flemish town that only became France in 1678 under Louis XIV.

[stitchface]

random question - how is that border determined? It's so convoluted but there doesn't seem to be a river there. Is just the result of thousands of years of wars?

That’s about right - Cassel is a traditional Flemish town that only became France in 1678 under Louis XIV.

It would be fun to grab a beer and compare European perspective to American. Will have to be here though - not a fan of Belgian beer.