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

[TobiOT]

if koulibaly goes to liverpool its a wrap

 

[Roberto Firmino]

Oh you think so huh?



"Just woke up"

That Barca comeback was nothing because Barca had Messi. Liverpool were missing 2 of their best players and still beat Messi. It's not close.

Tell it



We ain’t tolerating none of that fukk shyt

 

[NSSVO]

Yo wtf

 

[Sensitive Christian Grey]

if koulibaly goes to liverpool its a wrap

We've been rumoured with him?

Still need wingers, full back depth and a possibly a CM though

 

[Max B]

We've been rumoured with him?

Still need wingers, full back depth and a possibly a CM though

No he’s only been linked with united. Highly doubt you guys will get him

 

[JDH]

We've been rumoured with him?

Still need wingers, full back depth and a possibly a CM though

i think earlier in the year around january-february there were some rumours linking him to liverpool

 

[phcitywarrior]

Alisson vs Barca away,

Name a better duo

 

[ThrobbingHood]

Imagine a Tottenham-Liverpool final

Please don’t make me neg a fellow Gooner.

 

[ThrobbingHood]

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.)

Same way I feel about Chelsea too. I don’t know how anyone can be black and support either team... it’s like when I see black fans of the Celtics/Patriots.

 

[Max B]

The special one with a special input

 

[Trajan]

This is a good counter-argument. I do note two things:

1. The book was written a decade ago, so a lot has changed since then from what I can tell and you may be right that the imbalance is going away.

2. The authors of the book noted that if racist discrimination among clubs goes away, you'll see more black players who cost as much as equally-good white players (so like Pogba and VVD's cost).

So yeah, I see why you disagree and I see how maybe this idea might have been true even a decade ago, but not so much now.
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Even before that black players weren't strangers to big money moves breh. Check the transfer records in the 80s, 90s and 2000s. Ruud Gullit..Luther Blissett..Stan Collymore..Andy Cole..Denilson..Anelka etc

Before VVD you had Mendy, Walker, Rio, Thuram

 

[ThrobbingHood]

The special one with a special input

Best football pundit. I’d rather listen to him than Neville/Carragher any day of the week.

Wenger and Lampard are also great at it too.

 

[Roid Jones]

The special one with a special input

That 4th goal was straight Hackney marshes on Sunday morning status

 

[Roberto Firmino]

Honestly brehs now I've had some time to settle this shyt really crazy, just as a pure sporting event that was pretty special to watch, your own team even better, most nikkas be lucky to experience European magic like that once but for us it's just normal


Tonight
Istanbul
Olympiacos
Dortmund 2nd leg
Madrid 5-0 over 2 legs in 09
City last season
That crazy ass Uefa Cup final back in the day
Stevie coming on at halftime and getting the hatty against Napoli



I could go on and on my bro who supports city (real one no @Yayo Toure ) was giving me shyt all week about how it was over, I told him I seen it done against a better team than this Barca with a much worse team than we have now in a half, 90 minutes at Anfield is lightwork


Hearing the atmosphere, the way we were on them nikkas from the first kick, when that early goal went in you just knew it was never in doubt that's what European excellence and pedigree is right there, some of us have it

some of us are plastic and don't so claim it don't matter

 

[Montez]

Van Dijk Ballon D'Or agenda starts TODAY

I think he wins it. Liverpool need to bang that everyday here on out.