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When you see a headline of ‘Ian Wright sends clear two-word message to Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke as Super League collapses’, you hope for just a second that those two words were “f*** off”; after all, Tuesday night taught us that if we all scream “f*** off” loudly enough then grand but ludicrously shallow plans […]
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John W. Henry and FSG have delivered on their promise at Liverpool and ticked every box but one: not treating supporters like customers. They cannot claim there was no warning. It was in February 2016 when the first genuine misstep was made, when Fenway Sports Group experienced the real magic of Anfield and those […]
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The past 72 hours have highlighted three undeniable truths: Capitalist billionaires enjoy making money. There is strength in numbers. Football is a sport plagued by hypocrisies. I feel I should preface this article by declaring my staunch opposition to the ESL. While I concede an ESL-like competition is a natural progression, I cannot endorse it […]
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The Super League is not dead; not yet. Its collapse on Tuesday was a powerful victory for fans and their communities but it must be the start of something bigger. If not, it will simply return in another guise. We must act on this righteous anger; must capitalise on our renewed sense of power; must […]
Read More… from We have won this battle; now use that anger to win wars
Don’t let anybody tell you that football does not listen to fans when they unite and mobilise. Don’t let anybody tell you that football does not listen to the media when they react like fans. Don’t let anybody tell you that football does not listen to pundits who talk in revolutionary tones. Don’t let anybody […]
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It’s time for legacy fans to choose: walk away from clubs that won’t notice you’re gone, or be guilty by association? As ‘Legacy supporters’, for a long time many of us have strongly suspected that our worth to the clubs we follow falls somewhere between f*** all and slightly less. Many of us made […]
Read More… from What do legacy fans do now? Return the contempt?
Some may call him petty, or churlish, a hypocrite, even ill-mannered; the mask of ebullience has undoubtedly slipped this season. But said character defects can be excused as the unlikeable side-effects of a winner (or a bad loser). They may make you think twice about an impromptu game of Kerplunk, or insist that you’re the […]
Read More… from Klopp forgoes chance to be Churchill in war on ESL
When it came, it came just shy of midnight, a cherry bomb tossed nonchalantly into the sport and the door swiftly closed to the sound of skulking footsteps. The European Super League, the closed shop competition in the time of coronavirus and boarded-up businesses, the greed league that we all saw coming but didn’t do […]
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There was a moment towards the end of another soporific Manchester United first-half performance that really captured the mood of the afternoon. It wasn’t anything that happened on the pitch – very little did, really, for 45 minutes and 46 seconds after a narrowly offside Chris Wood appeared to have given Burnley a shock early […]
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“He really glues the team together and that’s a quality that is not easy for a striker. He’s got it.” Alexandre Lacazette has drawn widespread praise both for his recent performances and the powerful statement he made in the Europa League victory over Sparta Prague, and Mikel Arteta is well aware of the striker’s importance […]
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