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edeneb

Do you think it would have helped if Potter played Aubameyang to score goals?


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I think he has tried that but he's disappointed too often in front of goal


de_coherence

No, their dysfunctional attack would look even more dysfunctional. Of all the horrible choices Chelsea have made in the past year, auba was the worst and most predictable one


infernoShield

better as a 9 than on the wings


BumbotheCleric

The chances of Karius being average in the final are exactly zero. He will either win the game singlehandedly or lose the game singlehandedly


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_deep_blue_

I doubt he’ll see being shite and losing the final as a “win”.


deception42

So Apple is tonight airing three MLS preseason games on their MLS Season Pass service as a test run ahead of the season starting a week from today. There were a few issues so far (incorrect color for a team on the scoreboard graphic and audio mix) and... they fixed it? Like, within minutes? Is this normal? Cause if this is how it's gonna be for MLS for the next ten years, it's going to be very exciting.


DuckBurner0000

I’m a little worried about how locking the league behind a streaming service is gonna affect its growth but Apple really seem to be going all in on making the league grow, I’m excited


leemont

Don't think there's a top team that relys on one player as hard as we do with vini. There has to be attacking options signed in the summer.


BendubzGaming

I'm not sure whether to interpret this as you forgot Kane or you don't count us as a top team


TheSmio

If you're talking purely about attack then we're Rashford FC


BurningDeadPassion

'Arrold Kane FC


Elemayowe

Beat me to it, if he gets injured I don’t know where we’re scoring from tbh.


TheSmio

Garnacho and Bruno would have to score some goals with Weghorst and Sancho/Antony doing the dirty work. Wouldn't score nearly as much though.


leemont

That's a good shout


No_Zookeepergame6482

https://twitter.com/josipfcb93/status/1627048430261399552?s=46&t=GoqH-t54U8eMSDsAM3VOSg Lewandowski 3 match ban for touching his nose Vini:


infernoShield

!flair :Germany:


infernoShield

miserable twat so fucking afraid of losing that you switch allegiances now you're masking it by switching to a national team flair lmao


de_coherence

This is messed up man


sga1

u need picking up in the morning pal


infernoShield

not when watching Chelsea play is no longer enjoyable


Elemayowe

Wtf am I seeing here?


infernoShield

me questioning my plastic-ness, except I'm too tired from last game to switch to my old burner


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infernoShield

I forgot my burner password


gameboii2020

Man's fighting himself


infernoShield

*slaps face* why you even relinquish your support for [insert club here] *slaps face again* in favor of another club *slap no. 3* just because they play out of sorts and can't win shit after world cup *slap no. 4* makes you look like a whiny little plastic *slap no. 5* don't give up on the club, give up on the people ruining it


just_another_jabroni

Demons be hitting different


infernoShield

lmao everybody loves a bit of self-criticism until they forget their burner at home


RUUD1869

Potter is doing such a poor job that even Brighton are doing better without him. Did he even have them near top 6 at all in the past? Chelsea should sack him and bring in someone like Enrique


Ezekiiel

Not like Potter put the pieces in place for Brighton be in that position is it? I agree he should go though, crazy he was given the job in the first place.


LampseederBroDude51

In 2018/19, Valencia and Getafe were fighting for a CL spot Now, they will be playing a relegation six pointer on Monday.


4dtakes

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ELDXdckXUAAW-Xo.jpg


just_another_jabroni

No UCL?


FaustRPeggi

[https://i.redd.it/d7o3kzr6h0ja1.jpg](https://i.redd.it/d7o3kzr6h0ja1.jpg)


4dtakes

Going to the city ground and getting a point against this forest super team has aged extremely well


_cumblast_

POV: You're Graham Potter


Gytarius626

[This moved me I cannot lie](https://twitter.com/TheAnfieldAlert/status/1622662728019058697/video/1)


ChibzyDaze

Did not need to see Firmino samba his way through our defence like that again lol


gbx7

Babe you drunk again?


Gytarius626

Yes


Mediocre_Nova

So many back post crosses. Love that kind of goal


_cumblast_

Based as per usual.


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4dtakes

Statpaddison


Elemayowe

Man gets a flattering 4-2 and is out here throwing shade. Get back to the ends.


BI01

ends 😭😭, clubs been first all season bar 2 days


CoverEyesInHorror

Flattering? We were poor in the first half but created loads of chances afterwards. Probably wouldn’t have needed to win in such a dramatic fashion had we been a little better with our finishing.


VinceRussoShoots

The previous Southampton Manager got more wins in his last 20 games than Graham Potter lmao


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Chelsea over spent by 60M for Pulisic


guy722

They spent 60M for Cucrella They spent 60m for Kepa They spent 80m for Havertz They spent 60m for Kouilbaly They spent 75m for Fofana Chelsea has overspent on almost all the players they've bought for the last couple of years.


[deleted]

Wasn't Kepa 100M? I'm talking dollars


EmSoLow

That they did


Loeffellux

and we all called it as well at the time ... I don't think I can remember reading a single comment where someone was genuinely sad that pulisic left for the amount that we got from it.


BI01

Boehly is the type of guy to sack potter just because its trending on twitter ffs


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Mediocre_Nova

Are we talking current Mourinho or past Mourinho? I feel like this sub still considers him a top manager for some reason when he is very clearly not as good anymore.


okcomput3r

Mourinho would not give a shit about leaving players out and isolating them. Not sure whether that would be a good or bad thing


Foriegn_Picachu

Y’all are laughing now but when we win our group of the conference league in 2025 it won’t be so funny


TheBestSleuthEver

So I was thinking about this yesterday, that not many teams are going for players that did well during the WC. Is this a new trend where clubs go for players that perform during the season in league football instead of one hit wonders during a world Cup?


Circle_Breaker

The world cup was in the winter. Less players move in the january window.


Striking_Insurance_5

I think it has more to do with most clubs being more careful in the January window. It’s a bit hard to judge because we’ve never had a mid-season World Cup before. It could be a new trend though like you said, now that data-driven scouting is more and more popular.


guy722

Nah.I think it mostly had to do not being over the summer. A team like Brighton isn't going to sell Caicedo/McAlister without getting a replacement first. Outside of Gakpo/Enzo/Gvardol which younger player was really available?


Cold-Conclusion

Too early to judge as many transfers happen in summer window.


[deleted]

The only "one hit wonder" I can think of is James Rodriguez but only because of his injuries


Aaronsmiff

Another day of praying for Matin Tyler's downfall is nearly over. Miserable bastard needs to retire.


Kyle_Walker-Peters

Sounds like he’s commentating his own funeral


Aaronsmiff

"Ohhh and it's... in. They've scored. There will be a VAR check though" If I ever get that miserable about football, hunt me down and kill me.


gbx7

He's not great but certainly better to listen to than fucking Peter Drury


Elemayowe

Drury is massively overrated. There aren’t many good commentators about right now.


VinceRussoShoots

Disagree


gbx7

Fair. I just don't like my commentary to be this over the top bullshit that tries to make every little thing Into this glorious piece of poetry. Drury is fine for a match or two but then he just gets tedious. That's just me though. Hopefully, someone comes along that has the same energy as Martin Tyler did a while back


VinceRussoShoots

He doesn't make every little thing into poetry. I think this has been overexaggerated by some users of r/soccer. He gets pumped up when players score a winning goal/break a record/equalise in the last few minutes, other than that he commentates normally.


matbezlima

Why didn't Scarpa play today?


FaustRPeggi

It was a day to dig in, resist pressure, and try to counter. A lot of us were calling for him to come on for Danilo who was struggling, but Cooper's game management proved to be excellent.


Houssem-Aouar

Since the World Cup Arsenal have had the second hardest schedule and United the 18th hardest and we're still ahead by 8 points. I don't know where their smugness comes from.


dumpystumpy

Ever thought that we just ran though all the hard fixtures already dumbass.


Houssem-Aouar

Lol


RUUD1869

Lol in the first half of the season, United had the hardest schedule while Arsenal had one of the easiest. Plus United have been playing every 3 days while Arsenal have been having 1 week breaks because they can’t be arsed to compete in cups


okcomput3r

\*because United couldn't top a Europa League group


RUUD1869

I’m sure we would have had the strongest team in our group were PsV instead of Sociedad and the referee knew the handball rules. I’m sure you can understand the ramifications of bad decision judging by you and your fellow fans reaction to a 5cm offside decision against Brentford


okcomput3r

This waffle doesn't change the fact that you're playing more games because you couldn't top your Europa League group. PSV are also better than Sociedad


RUUD1869

Yes the 4th best team in Netherlands is better than the third best team in Spain. You clearly know a lot about football When was your last European trophy mate? Are you even the biggest club in your city? Lmao


okcomput3r

So touchy. Once again, this doesn't change the fact that you're playing more games because you couldn't top your Europa group


RUUD1869

Actually I take that back. PSV is better than Sociedad. I’m just happy my old pal RVN got a win over you for old times sake 😂😂😂😂😂


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RUUD1869

We didn’t need to beat them you clown. A draw was sufficient and that’s what would have happened if the referee knew the rules. I’m sure you know all about that based on how much you lot like to scrutinize refereeing decisions for other clubs


Houssem-Aouar

Damn should have drawn them at home then 😔 that's even worse


RUUD1869

Yeah. Anyway, at least we have a multiple major European trophies so we’re not imposters to the whole “big club” conversation lmao


Houssem-Aouar

👀


DisgruntledJarl

Looks like you're a standard troll looking for fights lmao


miles-gloriosus

I mean it was some pretty efficient trolling tbh ngl


Houssem-Aouar

I'm not trolling, I just understand why Yanited fans keep acting like they're above both City and Arsenal? It's just baffling to me


gbx7

>Yanited


Houssem-Aouar

>gbx7


Hyer244234

Late night /r/soccer discussion post: Which PL managers are bottoms and which are tops? Tops: Arteta Howe Conte Moyes Bottoms: Guardiola Klopp Potter Rodgers


SteinerElMagnifico42

44 year old seamus coleman still swashbuckling and scoring goals down the right. Is this 2023 or 2012


[deleted]

The hate for Argentina and Dibu is so strong that people wait for any excuse to call him out


mountainsky9

Some people were definitely desperate for him to have any form of a mistake so they can call him an average keeper


RUUD1869

Well he is. He had a good World Cup but there’s a reason he’s still at Villa. Plus he’s brought it in himself. I don’t really care much about what he does but I can see why people can get wound up by him


BurningDeadPassion

I won't call him average. He definitely can be a starting GK for most of top 4 clubs in top 5 league. Some of the goals he conceded in club football has more to do with Villa defender not doing the best defending rather than him getting exposed. If you watched last game vs Arsenal you'd see that. First goal was Tyrone Ming's with perfect lay off header right to Saka's feet. Second goal was a perfect strike by Zinchenko which is unsavable by even top 5 GK in the world. The last goal was just unlucky. If it was on target and slightly lower he would've parried it. And yeah he's inviting all the banters and he addressed this. He's not fazed by it. He knows what he does and he knows what's coming his way. He has that elite mentality. The reason he's still at Villa is because he's not a twerking piece of shit just because he had a good WC like a certain Argentine.


Putrid_Loquat_4357

I'm not sure he starts for any team currently in the top 10 of the Premier league except for maybe spurs and that's just because lloris is washed and needs replacing and there's no way you'll replace him with a keeper of martinez's quality. He's an average premier league keeper, probably like the 12th or 13th best.


BurningDeadPassion

Lmao sure buddy. First season at Villa he equalled the existing record of 15 clean sheets. Best GK for 2 major cup tournaments. "probably like the 12th or 13th at best". Reddit with it's ridiculous takes at it's finest.


DisgruntledJarl

After the way Martinez acts, are you really surprised? If you're giving it, better be prepared to take It


WaleedDaGoat7

It is understandable. After how Martinez behaved in WC and Argentina was helped by refs/FIFA to win the WC, I don't blame any one for disliking them


[deleted]

You're in denial buddy


[deleted]

And just like that, the dench quote from Frimpong yesterday has aged like milk


HappyMeerkat

?


[deleted]

He said we don't have the ambition or drive to win the league after our loss to city


just_another_jabroni

You still have another City match tbf


[deleted]

Fairly put but it's a race not a boxing match. We beat Leicester home & away in 15/16 and finished second.


G0rtarPlayer

Tom Hanks said he was confused about the areas of England but chose to support Aston Villa because it sounded like a holiday resort. Prince William is also bizarrely an Aston Villa fan. I have nothing else to add your honour.


AgentTasker

> Prince William is also bizarrely an Aston Villa fan. > > That's because as a kid he was wandering around the garden of his house and came across one of the security guards who he was most friendly with watching his team, Villa, on T.V. and it became a regular thing they would do together, leading him to also become a Villa fan.


Kyle_Walker-Peters

That’s kinda cute ngl


E_V_E_R_T_O_N

Didn't David Cameron claim to support them too


Loeffellux

seems to be the go-to "see, I'm an *actual* football fan, just like you at home" club


Zacatecan-Jack

That and West Ham


Aaronsmiff

Them or west ham, he forgot which one at one point haha


Jabari313

And he's been a Villa fan for 14 years? Lmao I love it


twillems15

What’s going on with graham potter then


dizzybala10

He's got Todd's kids


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Todd's tots


AnnieIWillKnow

I've reflected on it, and I now believe that on the basis of the away kits on show today, Arsenal deserve to win the Premier League over Man City Arsenal's is Champions League, City's is Isthmian Premier


Elemayowe

Ngl arsenals is clean. Something about stripes irks me but City have got a solid one this year as far as away stripes are concerned tough choice. White looks cleaner though ;)


TorreiraWithADouzi

I almost never buy kits because they’re so expensive but I got the Saka away kit for Christmas and it looks fucking beautiful


dizzybala10

City's away kit reminds me of train tunnel signs.


Jabari313

I've noticed that Darwin is significantly better at volleying a football than striking a rolling one. Comparing his resume of volleys to shots off the ground it's a huge difference, he strikes volleys incredibly cleanly but generally only strikes a rolling ball well first time. Honestly don't think he scores the chance today if it's on the ground.


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Icyhemorrhage

As someone who has probably watched nearly half of Madrid’s games this season in La Liga I’d say they are very beatable and to not be too nervous. On the other hand, its you guys. Liverpool have been atrocious in defense. Its hard to imagine Vini and Benz not eating you alive.


dizzybala10

You've been shit this season but make no mistake, you've still got some world class players in that team of yours so absolutely. Madrid haven't quite got going this season yet either so.


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It's a champions league knockout tie, you should always be nervous


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[deleted]

2 goals isn't some insurmountable obstacle


Midnight_Maverick

Just seen that Moises Caicedo earns 3,500 GBP per week at Brighton. That seems incredibly low for a PL player. I had no idea, and it totally puts into context why he wanted a move in January. The pay raise would have helped immediately improve the quality of life of every single person in his family, which he said is very big. I almost feel like Brighton should offer him a pay raise now to keep him happy. I can't imagine it's easy knowing you could have had a twenty-fold increase in your salary (assuming he would earn around 60kpw, but it could have been even more, like 80-100). Yes he could get his move in the summer, but he is thinking about his family and how he can help them now (I've been to Ecuador and seen quite a few of the sort of villages and neighborhoods where he'd have grown up, people are generally happy but they really don't have much besides extremely basic housing and a some food on the table). Being able to send each of his family members back home an extra couple of thousand dollars per month would have gone an incredibly long way, and who knows what can happen between now and the summer. So really don't think anyone can fault him at all.


700n10nk

He's only in the PL because Brighton took a chance on him though isn't he. Plus he's on 15k a week so I think he'll survive the extra 6 months.


zrk23

those extra 6 months with the pay increase would be more money than 99% of Ecuador is making in their whole lives its a massive difference. you 100% wouldn't pass out a new job for that money just because your past one hired you out of college or something


700n10nk

He's only getting those offers because Brighton took a chance on him though. I would trust and respect Brighton given they aren't asking for much, and like 390k for 6 months is crazy money anyway


fatinternetcat

you’re one of his 10 brothers and sisters, aren’t you?


Ch1ck3W1ngz

Is this a copypasta?


Midnight_Maverick

No lol


BrexitDog

> Just seen that Moises Caicedo earns $3,000 per week at Brighton. He doesn't


Midnight_Maverick

Sorry, 3,500 GBP Edited


BrexitDog

No, he's on like £15k a week, it's still pretty low but it's no excuse to try to force a move on social media at the end of a transfer window, especially when your club is trying to push for a European spot


Midnight_Maverick

I'm seeing the 3,500 figure as well as the 15,000 figure. Weird.


EusebioKing

Fucking hell everyone was crying about how he needed his move to feed his 80 brothers and sisters, the cunt is earning 15k a week and complaining? I thought he was on academy player wages, embarassing to force a move then


TorreiraWithADouzi

Players forcing moves for wages is pretty much always laughable. They’re already making boatloads most of the time, the difference is like being pretty wealthy to insanely fucking wealthy.


zrk23

what is 15k compared to 100?


EusebioKing

I don't care, he has a contract and is on absurd wages compared to any average joe, its bizarre being painted as some poor kid going hungry like i've seen here. If he wants to force a move to win titles or whatever at least go with that, not with "needing the money".


zrk23

his contract can be bought for a ridiculous amount of money. that's how football works


Mediocre_Nova

And no one wanted to pay the ridiculous amount so he didn't get his move. That's how football works


Ch1ck3W1ngz

[the Bundesliga teams english twitter accounts are fucking funny](https://twitter.com/borussia_en/status/1626984046784835589?s=61&t=gGVIw2OMFWg7aymr27pCbw)


Mediocre_Nova

I've seen some bad takes in these threads but this is definitely up there as one of the worst


Gyshall669

No this is awful. Less of this, please


wonderful_mixture

They're cringe


el_rompe_toyotas-19

LaLiga teams should take notes, EN accounts are always lame asf while the Spanish ones are quite enjoyable.


Espantadimonis

Aguirre has been a break glass in case of emergency manager for a while now but glad to see how well Mallorca are doing. Ahead of Villareal and Osasuna, I think their home form isn't sustainable but maybe we see them in conference league next season


snake_case_enjoyer

Polish commentators were acting as if Fulham beating Brighton was a massive surprise yet they were equal on points before the game. Fulham played more games though mind you


b3and20

brighton are in better form I think but also at home, also if you watched the game brighton clearly got robbed, fulham did a total job on them


dizzybala10

Weird one because I think even though Fulham are pushing for Europe, people still think of them as a yo yo team. I expected us to give them a good game last week and they mugged us off and should have won by 3-4.


TruestRepairman27

Don’t think I’ve ever heard Kyle Walker speak before


nask00

Wasn't he on Britain'a got talent or something ? You should watch that - hear him speak, hear him sing


dizzybala10

Having finally seen him in person, he's actually scarily quick when he full on sprints, even though he's getting on a bit.


Princecoyote

Would say he's got a bit of a soft voice with a good northern accent.


AnnieIWillKnow

It's very Sheffield


Brashmate

Sorry but how tf has a keeper like Navas ended up at forest?


dizzybala10

He wanted to play first team football and wasn't going to get in over Donnarumma, plus he wanted to test himself in the Premierleague.


BI01

spurs are brain dead for not going for him, would have had a massive impact on getting CL.


Mediocre_Nova

Lloris got injured after the window closed tbf. While he's definitely worse this season I don't think we'd completely bench him for Navas


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Psg squad management and prem money


NovemberBurnsMaroon

Because he's played 2 games all season


LDQQXDJ

Why are we bad?


TruestRepairman27

Watching MOTD: A) how did Nketiah not return? B) Martinez 😂


Lethal-Sloth

Watching MOTD now, City-Forest game. City miss a chance, commentator says 'close shave that' (immediate cut to Pep rubbing his head)


Brashmate

Honestly, I still can’t believe we are in a title race and are top of the league. Who’d have thought we’d be where we are this season


big_swinging_dicks

What’s going on with Toney, how long will it take for him to get a ban/be let off? Seems to have really died down


FaustRPeggi

FA are timing it for maximum Thomas Frank meltdown, which I approve of.


Clivey101

r/championship moment


Cawn123

Real Madrid fans, what was your reasoning behind chosing to support Madrid? Serious question, no malice x.


The_Dumblebee

Reason: googled which club is the most successful in the world so every other clubs are a lesser team and I can shit on them for being not successful 😎. Truly fell in love with the club after seeing their trophy count 😍


EusebioKing

Not a single "its my local", tragic


staedtler2018

Ronaldo Nazario


Dicey12

When I started playing soccer my coach told us we should watch the sport more so we can better understand it. Real Madrid were a fun team and my friends were Barca fans so it was even better that they were rivals.


Loeffellux

don't know why you're getting downvoted. Yes, this sounds like a typical US fan origin story (doesn't help that you called it soccer) but at least you've actually played the game to a certain degree lmao


Mr_XemiReR

Cousins supported it + Cristiano


reisaphys

Either Spanish, plastics, or Spanish plastics.


el_rompe_toyotas-19

Didn't choose, my grandpa and father just passed it down to me.