@iUmer12 You do realise he doesn't organise the tests in which he plays, most bowlets through history are going to be home bullies, that's why it's called having home advantage
@OmegaLuke Centrebacks are fine, plenty there I'd say that could realistically be there (colwill, branthwaite, quansah, guehi, heaven), Trafford is goal is the hope, but yeah absolutely buggered at striker
@TavernFootball In many bars around the ground as well, it's well known that if you show that you have a tattoo of two hammers crossed, you're given a free round for that day, they're deeply respectful for symbols like that
@JonathanJWagner@therealTM_1@RealSkipBayless Yes, this is definitely something which definitely needs the wise input of a fucking yank, football as a sport just couldn't survive without your sage opinions could it, how has it done for 150 years
@jakemalasek@JackMac Yeah bang on, football is extremely famously an 11v0 sport, shocking how players can concede goals when not even playing against anyone
@dilanesper I would love to live life like the Americans do, with the sheer power of their willful ignorance to the reality of the rest of the world as well as their moronically conceived notion that they exist as the centre of the world, must be nice
@saurabh_42 What more did you want him to say? He's a professional cricketer who's team he's captaining has been bashed around, and what he's said is pretty effusive praise. Any more and you're basically asking for idol worship
@JameswhufcJones@p4nzo29 This definitely isn't a racist take but it's just wrong, it's probably overwhelmingly likely they know a fair bit about arsenal given that since they can't go to games, they probably try and compensate with their knowledge of the club
@DeafMango If he couldn't have done much more to build a case for a call up, then he probably is never going to get that call up. Good player but needs to go up a fair few more gears before playing for England
@PissPot180@nufcpb Yeah but show me a single international fan who says they're a better fan than a local, that whole discourse is coming from the locals. Everyone supports the same club, one group can go to the games,the other wake up at 3am to watch the games, it should be a unifying thing
@Bealeionaire I'm lucky to be from London and be able to see Chelsea play regularly, but who am I to think less of a fan from say Japan or Australia who gets up at 3am to watch us play. They're 100% a different fan to me, like I have a different connection, but to call it lesser isn't right
@Bealeionaire But that's the thing, I completely agree with you that international fans are different supporters, just by virtue of geography and access. But the majority of the discourse appears to be that they're lesser fans, and that's where I think it goes too far
@rickyleegriffi@MannyUTFR And to be clear, that applies both ways - the whole 'im a better fan than you are' argument is so insanely stupid - the idea that you could share a connection with someone 7000 miles away should be something good, not something to use as a one up
@rickyleegriffi@MannyUTFR Yeah but there's also probably a type of connection that international fans have that local fans don't, it's absolutely not for any fan to say that one connection is better than the other just because they have the privilege of being born in a particular place over another