Well, you said:
"I can see this argument back in the days when 10 out of 11 players were British with the odd Irishman or Norwegian thrown in.
But nowadays? Couldn't care less"
So back in the day when the teams were made up of Brits you'd be happy for them to win in Europe. But now that our...
It potentially offers a gateway to the Europa League for average teams / teams outside of the elite.
I certainly wouldn't have been sniffy about it had we "only" qualified for the Europa Conference this season. In fact if it was offered at the very start of last season then I'd have bit your...
Agreed
If you were offered the choice of living in a depressing repressive desert dustbowl where your doris has to mince around wearing a tent all day, or going to MIAMI where its slut central ?
Bloody hell.
I'd rather be wanked off by Edward Scissorhands than go and live in one of those...
Does "sportwashing" even work ?
I mean, PIF can buy up all the major sporting events, athletes and players in the world. But everyone knows they are still a bunch of snide repressive violent medieval c*nts. What difference does throwing $2bn a year at Benzema do to change that ? It doesn't...
I've just got home from the westbound shitshow from the Palace Pier to the King Alfred. A totally empty and unused cycle lane poled off to my left, taking up what used to be the inside lane of a dual carriageway. RIGHT NEXT TO A PROMENADE CYCLE LANE, which was being fully utilised by cyclists...
Yep.
PIF now own 4 of the top clubs in the Saudi League -Al Ittihad, Al Ahli, Al Nassr and Al Hilal. So in theory they can decide who they want to win the League now, by shuffling their Galactico players around their clubs accordingly. Its like the UK government owning Man C, Man U, Liverpool...
I've got no beef with West 'Am. After all, they're practically a PL points ATM machine for us.
I hear Fiorentina are another team who are masters of the 'dark arts', and will likely try to shithouse their way to a win a-la Roma last week.
COYI
Fulham have such a dull kit and a shit badge, there's really not much you can do with it.
Its like trying to make beans on toast exciting. Best I can come up with is some grated cheese and worcester sauce. But its still just beans on toast. Dull.
Not sure about that. I don't think any cyclist goes out thinking "I'm not using that cycle lane, because everyone will hate me". Cycle lanes sensibly implemented are fine. But when councils shut off entire lanes of some of the most arterial routes in the city to accommodate bikes, its just...
I'm not demonising cyclists, far from it. I'm a cyclist myself.
I'm just not overly impressed with some of the hair-brained schemes that are inflicted on our major roads with a view to closing off entire lanes, deliberately clogging up the traffic in order to accommodate extra cycle lanes, in...
I really loved the recent All Quiet on the Western Front. Visceral, terrifying, unflinching and absorbing. Its a masterpiece.
However, the obvious answer is Top Gun: Maverick.