TheBigAristotle posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv4SpjMinlQ


This needs to be seen:

"If you haven’t yet grasped why American soccer’s penchant for ripping off European fan culture without any of the history or tradition from which the real culture emerged is so embarrassing—think MLS team names like Sporting KC and D.C. United, or incidents like New York Red Bulls “ultras” tossing garbage bags at and scrapping with fans of their blood rivals NYC FC, a team that was invented out of whole cloth about three weeks ago—then these shrieking, bouncing jabronis attempting to show off just how Real Soccer Fan they are by shouting quite simply the stupidest chant of all time, one ostensibly inspired by their undying love for Atlanta United, a brand new, tradition- and history-free expansion franchise that somehow has engendered such devotion without playing a single competitive match, should make the vexing nature of it all viscerally clear:"

ONE loving SENTENCE.

trem_two posted:

https://twitter.com/acampbell68/status/836839273882087425

advanced statsman posted:

lol this is good

African AIDS cum posted:

Vice did an article about that guy and MLS geek fans maybe you all have already seen it https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/aaaa-flag

Gigi Galli posted:

https://twitter.com/ReidTheGame/status/839602736161243136

I lol'd

Brony Car posted:

Bad? Good? I can't tell.

Brony Car posted:

https://twitter.com/fkhanage/status/841371974022635525

Brony Car posted:

https://twitter.com/fkhanage/status/841371974022635525

Brony Car posted:

https://twitter.com/fkhanage/status/841371974022635525

Brony Car posted:

https://twitter.com/fkhanage/status/841371974022635525

Brony Car posted:

https://twitter.com/fkhanage/status/841371974022635525

Brony Car posted:

https://twitter.com/fkhanage/status/841371974022635525

Brony Car posted:

https://twitter.com/fkhanage/status/841371974022635525

jyrka posted:

Are we supposed to know who Rober Gabi from Zimbabwe is?

trem_two posted:

wrong thread? perhaps yes

https://streamable.com/i83mh

trem_two posted:

wrong thread? perhaps yes

https://streamable.com/i83mh

trem_two posted:

wrong thread? perhaps yes

https://streamable.com/i83mh

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So I've been thinking about Wenger amidst all of this carnage and uncertainty and I've noticed that Wenger is basically following the plot of Dune and the fourth book in the series God Emperor of Dune.

Stop now for spoilers, but since the book was published in 1981 I'll keep going. In God emperor of Dune, the emperor Leto II atreides assumes power and gradually his reign turns into a dictatorship, lasting four thousand years. The population is not allowed to prosper or develop, no one is allowed to express yourself, it's a dull slow reign. This is what it's starting to feel a bit like now, not overly disastrous, but just mind numbingly dull.

However, it becomes clear after the God emperor is finally killed that he had a plan all along. His plan was to keep the people stuck, frustrated and drive then crazy with the boredom, so that when he is finally overthrown humanity will break out of their restraints and be driven by the need to spread their wings and fullfills their potential. By keeping them tied down for so long he made humanity fullfills their potential.

Perhaps this is Wenger's plan all along, by keeping is in a monotonous ok but not great cycle , repeating the same press conferences etc, we will break all of our restraints when he leaves and fullfills our potential. Sorry i was bored at work and had to share this thought.

TLDR: Wenger is the spice worm emperor of Dune.

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I'm a relatively new Arsenal fan. Born in the USA, I never was and never have been surrounded by people in love with the beautiful game. When I was younger I played "soccer" as we call it here, and didn't like it. That's why I was so shocked when I fell in love with this club. I was 13 at the time (I'm 16 now) and I was over at a friend's house. This friend of mine was (and still is) a massive Manchester United fan, and he convinced me to watch a game. We had a mix up with the times, and it turned out that ManU was playing the next day, so we decided to turn on an Arsenal game instead. It was our 1-0 win over Tottenham, the one where Rosicky scored in the second minute. Watching that rocket of a goal, the first goal I had ever seen live, was the start. I had originally planned on supporting United with most of my friends, but that one goal convinced me otherwise. I elected to be a gooner, and I've been one ever since. Arsenal FC didn't just become my football club, it made me fall in love with the beautiful game. I went from being a casual observer of English football to watching league games in all the top five leagues in Europe along with Portugal, Mexican, and American league games as well as supporting my poo poo national team, although I have enjoyed the woman's success. I watch YouTube videos on football. Top tens, happenings in world football, stories about all time greats and more. I've learned about and watched all time greats for the fun of it. Football is a huge part of my life and Arsenal is the biggest part of my football world by far. Tuning into Arsenal games every week and seeing all 18 players present dragging their feet on the field, laughing when we concede on the bench, and putting up shambolic results has been nothing short of awful. When it comes down to it, players win games, but managers win seasons. Look at our 03/04 season. Bergkamp and Campbell helped of course, but Wenger's organization and good choices are really what won us that season. Look at Chelsea this year! One managerial change and their top of the league! Sure the signing of Kante has helped loads as he has won the blues some games, but Conte is winning them the Premier League. I have buckets of respect for Wenger. When I make my first trip to the Emirates, I wanna see a statue of him out there waiting for me. He's done so much for this club, he's changed English football for the better, but at this point he has so much less to offer. We have the same manager and the same tactics. Wenger will stubbornly do all this his way, and his way isn't working anymore. Our ticket prices are significantly higher than all, if not most major clubs on the continent. We should NOT be losing 3-1 to West Brom. We should NOT be losing 5-1 to Bayern Munich TWICE IN THE SAME YEAR. We should not only attract top quality players like Koscieleny, Ozil, and Alexis, but we should be able to KEEP them. Wenger is still working the transfer market like it's 1999. Big clubs need to make big signings to compete. At this point, Arsenal is hardly the club it once was. If we want to compete with the best, we need to be the best. Ospina, Monreal, Iwobi, and Coquelin, are not players that should be starting against the best teams in Europe except maybe Iwobi once he matures. At this point we may as well be equivalent to Everton in the league. When it comes down to it, it doesn't matter how we all want Wenger to leave. We shouldn't have to wait to win the Premier League with him one more time or wait to finally win the Champion's League with him in order to league. Wenger, when it comes down to it as an employee. An employee that isn't doing his job well enough. He needs to leave for the good of the club. I just hope we can win the FA Cup so he can have a good memory from this truly awful season.

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EvilHawk posted:

When I was younger I played "soccer" as we call it here, and didn't like it

wicka posted: