5 stupid things about soccer I've learned since the World Cup returned to America:
1. No one knows how much time is really left;
2. Players headbutt just because they can;
3. The entire yellow/red card thing is based on ridiculous presumption two opposing dudes running full speed at a ball should be able to do so without risk of injury.
4. Offsides is called anytime things get exciting.
5. The object of the game is so meaningless, they regularly send folks home with tie games.
We Dubliners were once so proud of the city’s main boulevard, O’Connell St. It was elegant & orderly. Now it’s been critiqued by a leading tourism guide as derelict, neglected & squalid. What happened to Dublin’s centre? My Irish Independent column 2/07.
Roberto De Zerbi can come across spiky.
But, in football terms, he brings gentrification.
When he moves into your club, nice things tend to follow. This remains one of the principal reasons to hire him. Making signings for a club, providing they’re ones De Zerbi approves of, becomes significantly easier.
If you get a player in front of De Zerbi, all that’s left to do for the clubs is to agree a fee. He has a pull that few coaches possess.
@JamesHorncastle on the allure of De Zerbi - and why Tottenham Hotspur are benefiting ⤵️
🔗 https://t.co/lGJZrm2P0j
actually we all live inside harry kane's mind. he's just some random idiot dreaming he's the greatest ever england player. this also explains various other social and technological developments
I don't take tweets down just because people don't like them. If you're "one of our own" in a sporting context, you play for Ireland.
Nobody ever said Eoin Morgan was "one of our own" when he captained England to win a Cricket World Cup. He got called a traitor instead.
Would Aer Lingus get the same reaction if they flew all of Declan Rice's cousins out to the states to watch him play DR Congo this evening? I doubt it. And he's got a better claim to be "one of our own" (though he's still not).