Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - The Slotification of Liverpool is nearly complete

[phcitywarrior]

They're reporting Big Vic got some facial fractures.

It’s less than ideal


Assuming everything goes to plan he should hopefully get some minutes before he leaves to join us and we have him back up to speed by the time the group is over

I’m hearing it’s about 2 months he’ll be out. I think at best we get him come end of group stage…

Time to get Taiwo Awoniyi slotted into the National team set-up ASAP.

 

[TobiOT]

 

[TobiOT]

 

[Low End Derrick]

I guess Man City is also a bigger club than United based on this metric?

Stop talking about things you know little of. It will help you in life.

Based on that metric, yep

 

[mastermind]

Of course. Man Utd are run purely to generate money

No league title since 12-13 season and no European Cup since 07-08 but they sell club branded toasters and that social media engagement is poppin

Meanwhile a club in their own city is taking over; building a super academy, state of the art training facilities etc.

You gotta stop trolling.

 

[Roberto Firmino]

I’m hearing it’s about 2 months he’ll be out. I think at best we get him come end of group stage…

Time to get Taiwo Awoniyi slotted into the National team set-up ASAP.

If it’s 2 months



I had seen a month they were talking earlier but I’ve seen some eye expert has said 6 weeks, so if he has the surgery tomorrow as reported that’s exactly a week before we kick off against Egypt



Any kind of setback would be catastrophic and I don’t even wanna think about it

 

[Montez]

 

[Hater]

Yeah right this board doesn't even know who Rangnick is

 

[FlyBoy718]

Steve Bruce 'would be very keen' on replacing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Man United | Daily Mail Online

Don't laugh too hard. U know these cacs fail upwards

 

[null]

Of course. Man Utd are run purely to generate money

No league title since 12-13 season and no European Cup since 07-08 but they sell club branded toasters and that social media engagement is poppin

Meanwhile a club in their own city is taking over; building a super academy, state of the art training facilities etc.

maybe you are not just sure how this club size thing works.

man city, chelsea, leicester and liverpool are all smaller than utd, despite winning the league more recently.

PSG is smaller as well.

these clubs are all smaller than AC milan too, who themselves haven't won anything major in years.

give it another 10 - 15 years then it will be close but right now, no chance.

this is not the USA where winning elevates no-name no-mark muppet franchises to the top table.

it doesn't work like that in football.

despite liverpool being out of it for 20+ years they remained and remain far bigger than man city, chelsea and the other pretenders.

a reordering of the football pecking order takes breeding. roots are deep and legacy counts for something.

like some UK MP's decry others for being "the type of family that buys rather than inherits furniture" you cannot buy class. you cannot buy legacy and you cannot buy greatness.

the royal houses of european football are very hard to shift and man utd and liverpool are the only english clubs at that level.

 

[staticshock]

I don’t watch soccer but this came across my YT feed and I watched the whole thing. That shyt has me dying



Also someone please tell me what the consequence was for what Balotelli did at 4:12. I would have cut his ass that same day & sent him to a team in the middle of Siberia

 

[THEREALBRAND]

Yeah right this board doesn't even know who Rangnick is

They’re going to think somebody is trying to troll them when his name comes up.


“Why the hell would we interview a wildlife cartoon ”

 

[The Observer]

I don’t watch soccer but this came across my YT feed and I watched the whole thing. That shyt has me dying



Also someone please tell me what the consequence was for what Balotelli did at 4:12. I would have cut his ass that same day & sent him to a team in the middle of Siberia

Looks like an exhibition game in the USA, so thats why he did the stupid move lol

 

[FlyBoy718]

maybe you are not just sure how this club size thing works.

man city, chelsea, leicester and liverpool are all smaller than utd, despite winning the league more recently.

PSG is smaller as well.

these clubs are all smaller than AC milan too, who themselves haven't won anything major in years.

give it another 10 - 15 years then it will be close but right now, no chance.

this is not the USA where winning elevates no-name no-mark muppet franchises to the top table.

it doesn't work like that in football.

despite liverpool being out of it for 20+ years they remained and remain far bigger than man city, chelsea and the other pretenders.

a reordering of the football pecking order takes breeding. roots are deep and legacy counts for something.

like some UK MP's decry others for being "the type of family that buys rather than inherits furniture" you cannot buy class. you cannot buy legacy and you cannot buy greatness.

the royal houses of european football are very hard to shift and man utd and liverpool are the only english clubs at that level.

This isn't exactly accurate. The Dallas Cowboys, the richest sports franchise in the world, haven't won a championship in over 25 years. The New York Knicks, the third richest team in the world, haven't won a title in close to 50 years. And they were terrible for 20 years for the most part until last year. shyt the New York Yankees, the second richest sports franchise in the world, haven't won or been to the World Series in 13 years. The American sports fan isn't as fickle as you presume.

 

[null]

This isn't exactly accurate. The Dallas Cowboys, the richest sports franchise in the world, haven't won a championship in over 25 years. The New York Knicks, the third richest team in the world, haven't won a title in close to 50 years. And they were terrible for 20 years for the most part until last year. shyt the New York Yankees, the second richest sports franchise in the world, haven't won or been to the World Series in 13 years. The American sports fan isn't as fickle as you presume.

steelers are man utd are they not? historically at least.

the mere fact that you can change names and keep a following or change location massively is very un-european football.

for pool and man utd even leaving anfield or old trafford would be a big problem for many fans

big club stadium names are not for sale.

there is no amount of money in the world that can buy you the glamour that real madrid's history gives them. the big names, the big records, the firsts in europe, the royal connection.

money cannot but that.

barca with ronaldinho and maradona. no amount of money can buy that shine. even winning the champions league 10 years in a row would not equate to what those great names have given the club. maradona defeating the english after the falklands war ... c'mon now.

charlton, best and law ain't being touched by anything city of chelsea have because of the cultural totems that they are associated with. england winning the world cup. best being the 5th beatle the leaders of the brittish invasion into the USA in the decade of love post WWII. law and 'em winning the first england european cup. and then you have SAF being the greatest, beckham, ronaldo's shine raising united's profile right when football went to da moon. you can't surpass all those great societal reference points with a trite few years of trophies. you just cannot.