appledan posted:

a bad poster yall posted:

Just get from mate. "Chelsea signed Moses, Arsenal want Jesus, And United have Judas." - Genius

R. Mute posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_OC2McnF50

Mickolution posted:

https://vine.co/v/h3AEgvPOVJ7

Eboracum posted:

Eboracum posted:

https://vine.co/v/M73iYj5DbqB

Olewithmilk posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fapene1wpX0

ephex posted:

Ninpo posted:

idk

chuggo is BACK posted:

ARABIC TROLL FOOTBALL

Fag Boy Jim posted:

Did We Just See the End of Borussia Dortmund’s Hipster Football Dream?

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There’s a script to it that’s developing, though: A club with some not-quite-astronomical amount of money and maybe some history stumbles onto a lunatic-brilliant manager, signs the right undervalued players, and develops young talent. The club tastes success, the manager loses some of his best players, the team buys even better replacements, the team continues to punch above its statistical and financial weight, but then those new best players leave, the coach eventually and understandably gets fed up — and then he leaves, too. It’s happening at Dortmund, it’s going to happen in some capacity to Atletico, and get far enough ahead of yourself and you can already picture it happening at Juventus (the stripes!) and Liverpool.

Calling Liverpool or Juventus, with seven European titles between them, “hipster” symbols might seem like wearing sneakers with sweatpants and thinking you’re on some avant-garde poo poo, but normcore exists for a reason, after all. One year it’s yellow and black lines, then it’s red and white. The specific fashions change by the season, but the ideas stay the same: The way to succeed, for most teams today, is to fend off the inevitable for as long as they can. Because eventually, Klopp and Reus won’t be able to help. They’ll be on the other team.

Fag Boy Jim posted:

I don't even know what the criterion of a "hipster" football club is, Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in the history of Germany. I don't want to think about this.

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I'm actually researching the possibility of a less wealthy team achieving success in soccer. All my research points to Association Football in almost every league besides the MLS and the A-League to be pretty financially deterministic.

Recently I have taken a liking to Fulham. They play a cheerful brand of lovely low league football. But the truth is, achieving success in association football without throwing stacks of money around is almost impossible.

After all, just like John Henry (owner of Liverpool and Boston Red Sox) says, contracts don't really matter in this game. Moneyball style success is possible in baseball because the contracts are extremely firmly binding. Mike Trout can't just walk away from his contract and go to the cross town Dodgers. But Wayne Rooney can just threaten to walk away to go to Manchester City unless United gives him a bigger contract.

But hey, looking at the debt levels present in the association football world, I laugh at the "rich" teams spending money they don't have. When the footballing order collapses in a few years due to the unsustainable levels of debt, the financially prudent will inherit the world!

Baldo di Gregorio posted:

Europhilic Allure would be a good name change for someone

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How many shits can you possibly give about soccer (excuse us, “football”), cricket, or other hooligan-based sport? Well at Fado Irish Pub, the answer is more than any upright primate should. Ignore your wife and children all day like a badge-wearing deadbeat while you stuff your gullet full or beer and bar foods slow-cooked with cheap beer. Come night, celebrate your team’s victories or drown your sorrows with the nearest only-willing-because-she's-inebriated female. The divorce papers will be waiting for you when you get home.

shark-bitch5000 posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92DT-SYONsw

jyrka posted:

No idea if they're being sarcastic or they're serious or they're pretending to be serious to keep their American jobs?!

Chris de Sperg posted:

Jokes are supposed to be funny.

sassassin posted:

Lots of comments that it is the FA's fault for not pouring money into grassroots.

The FA has put more money into grassroots than any other FA in the world.

It's the reverse snobbery culture in this country that's the problem.

The team last night was full of Liverpudlians from v. poor background & low IQs.

FA should create a college system similar to US in partnership with private schools.