The Soccer Thread (Version 13) — Winter World Cup Edition

And it's not going to get better. Look at what City had coming off the bench yesterday - Laporte, Phillips, Mahrez, Alvarez, Foden all probably start for Arsenal. (Well, probably not Mahrez.) Add in Bellingham this summer and the gap only widens. The only hope for the rest of the league is that Arsenal or Liverpool catch lightning in a bottle or Newcastle or Chelsea money-whip their way into contention.

 

Liverpool up 3-0 in 15 minutes on Tottenham. Whoooo.

 

Spurs have been so bad. They got lucky against United on Thursday as the game should have been 4 or 5-0 in the first half. You have to wonder if Kane sticks around to play in the Europa Conference League at best.

 

Now tied!

 

And now it isn’t!

 

That was pure uncut Spurs.

 

There are 3 teams on the pitch when Spurs play. The opponent, Spurs themselves, and Spurs Evil Twins.

 

Did the coach pull a hammy racing over to talk shit to the other team's coach?

 

That was just such a lazy and awful pass. I also have no idea how kicking someone in the head is only a yellow card.

 

Well, if we're going to go down - and believe me, we're going to fucking go down in flames given that we play three of our last four against the top six, including an evisceration to come at Citeh - might as well make it as farcical and hilarious as humanly possible.

Leeds United at its chaotic, fever dream best. Well done, management team. You took all of the sting out of relegation and made it funny!

Leeds strongly considering Allardyce appointment with Gracia's future uncertain

 

Family favorites' standings as of this morning:

AS Roma, Serie A, 6th

West Ham, EPL, 16th

Hertha BSC, Bundesliga, 18th (and on the bubble for Abstieg)

oof I say in three languages

oof

 

Big Sam to Leeds. Hilarious that they have completely changed their playing style repeatedly