Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - We are SO back, the Premier League returns!

[Low End Derrick]

I am currently reading a book that covers the history of the game in England, and it's very clear about how hard it was for black players to break into teams and how openly racist people were toward black players. It also argues that because of continued discrimination and racism toward black players, buying good black players will be a canny move for teams who want to win on a budget because those players cost less due to racism.

And I look at Liverpool, which has definitely shelled out cash, but which also gets contributions from black players who aren't the cost of VVD like Winaldjum and Origi and that they're starting an African in their front three, and who are a club that most people agree has spent cannily even for such a big club (especially compared to the cash that PSG, Man City, and Man United have thrown around at the same time) and I truly believe that someone in Liverpool's executive knows that black players and any players from the African continent who aren't white are being badly undervalued because of racism and has taken advantage of that in the last few transfer windows and in their general player recruitment.

id agree, but most big european clubs nowadays have black players

 

[CEO of Morgan Industries]

id agree, but most big european clubs nowadays have black players

True, but they only play one or two most of the time that I see. Liverpool and Klopp play multiple black players in their preferred starting eleven and in reserve roles.

 

[Sensitive Christian Grey]

The YNWA with the team and the crowd brehs

 

[Premeditated]

What you mean why He should have had 2 goals in the first leg, anyway it's fukk Barcelona all day every day

he's the least of why they lost
Messi failed to show up when it mattered again and Suarez sukks

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

I am currently reading a book that covers the history of the game in England, and it's very clear about how hard it was for black players to break into teams and how openly racist people were toward black players. It also argues that because of continued discrimination and racism toward black players, buying good black players will be a canny move for teams who want to win on a budget because those players cost less due to racism.

And I look at Liverpool, which has definitely shelled out cash, but which also gets contributions from black players who aren't the cost of VVD like Winaldjum and Origi and that they're starting an African in their front three, and who are a club that most people agree has spent cannily even for such a big club (especially compared to the cash that PSG, Man City, and Man United have thrown around at the same time) and I truly believe that someone in Liverpool's executive knows that black players and any players from the African continent who aren't white are being badly undervalued because of racism and has taken advantage of that in the last few transfer windows and in their general player recruitment.

Nah.

 

[Givethanks]

breh
Madrid bout to poach Pogba and Hazard your league's two most talented players

Barca bout to retool and spend some nations gdp. Liverpool winning the finals but Liverpool are a historically strong champions league team and the current team has alot of dogs in them. These other English teams are not built for CL.
act like Liverpool isn't by far the best english team of all time in europe. when Bayern was doing great in the CL, nobody was talking about the dominant German league.


pl fanboys are bout to be on overdrive.

They don't know what's coming to them next year

When Getafe knock out Chelsea

 

[Trajan]

Course you nikkas still ain’t gonna give us our respect, Bobby F Baby out, Momo out, 3 down, against the ‘best ever’ concede one and we need 5, came out straight from the start let them know what time it was commitment drive skill from the start Robbo off at halftime, didn’t even need extra time and nikkas gonna claim they choked


Nah we ain’t having that today


Got most my Pool nikkas, anyone else I missed come get this rep

Ramadan Duas bro

 

[Rottweiler]

Imagine a Tottenham-Liverpool final

 

[Sensitive Christian Grey]

Imagine a Tottenham-Liverpool final

The Arsenal brehs support would be great

 

[Premeditated]

Never forget...

what does Dembele have to to with this?

and tbh Neymar at 21 playing for Barca was NOT better than Dembele(21) right now
Dembele has equaled his goal tallies that season while only playing half the minutes Neymar did. most of the time not in his preferred position. lets chat about it

 

[DlAMONDZ]

Imagine getting fired despite winning a double?

 

[Sukairain]

Wow, congratulations to Liverpool I thought they had no chance overturning a 3 goal deficit. Barcelona tell me more about the mental strength and leadership skills of the "GOAT" A Cronaldo led team would never crumble like that, surrendering a 3 goal lead. And Messi, this is the second time after Roma

 

[Max B]

 

[steadyrighteous]

Woooooooooooow

 

[FlyBoy718]

That squad and their manager are extremely likeable, and I root for them most of the time.

But Liverpool's white fans are terrible, and I've done enough reading to know that they've been terrible for a long time and have a reputation for racism, violence and destruction. I bet that's what turns a lot of folks off.

(Not counting the Everton and United fans who were born hating Liverpool because it's in their DNA.)

Respect breh. In truth, as an American who didn't grow up watching football, overcoming the racism embedded in football was the biggest reason I didn't get into it. I still remember that HBO Real Sports special about racism in European football(featuring Henry I believe). But eventually the beautiful game won me over. Ironically the past 6 years I've been following hardcore, Chelsea seems to have the most racist supporters by a mile. I found that interesting because it seemed like most brehs rooted for them or Arsenal. But I can't let racists ruin sports for me. I'm sure my favorite NBA and NFL teams have tons of racists fans as well.