The Soccer Thread (Version 9)

His players certainly don't seem to respect his choices in substitutions. Higuain lost it when he was pulled today.

 

Nice result for Burnley but the stalling tactics at the end were almost comical. Half the team was stricken by cramps in the final 10 minutes. Thank god for the miracle sponge!

 

Some teams are better at the dark arts than others. ManU were a master class for 25 years.

 

United were dirtier than they were cheap. Miss the days when Keane, Scholes or Vidic would leave a little extra in a tackle. Now it’s just Matic or Jones grabbing a player as they speed by them.

 

Teams 3-6 in the EPL got a collective 1 point this weekend

 

Chelsea Twitter was lighting up like USMNT Twitter during another loss to a Central American team -- shithouse team, anti-football, a disgrace to the sport, etc. All the while, you know in their heart of hearts they'd be perfectly cool with it if Chelsea needed a point to win the league (or, at this point, stay in the Champions League places). Oh, the joys of being a sports fan.

 

Burnley absolutely shithoused, but they were only able to shithouse because the score was 2-2 after 24 minutes. Chelsea had 66 minutes to stop it.

 

Southampton just scored six seconds into the game against Watford, so that's about how my sports week is going. Fuck. Fastest goal to start a game in PL history.

 

I missed it. How's that even possible?

 

Did Watford’s keeper have a stroke and collapse?

 

Cathcart takes the opening kick, tries to boot it through, hits off Shane Long instead, bounces perfectly backwards, and he's off to the races.

 

Correction: 7.69 (nice) seconds into the match for that Long goal.