Zeb1886

[Don Draper @arsenalbarclays]

Man City charged with 115 breaches in Feb '23. Hearing concluded Dec '24. It's now June '26, still no verdict. 7 years since investigations began, 18+ months since the hearing closed. Meanwhile, the transfer market has gone crazy thanks to City.

[__YC9__ @__YC9__]

Spot on @EwenDCameron 👏

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

The Scottish Football Association (backed by the Scottish government) needs a full reboot of the game it governs. Being a small country is no excuse for repeated failures at international tournaments.

Scotland’s population stands at approximately 5.55 million. That is larger than Croatia’s 3.9 million, Uruguay’s 3.4 million. Both nations that have produced World Cup finalists, semi-finalists at major tournaments, and are consistent overachievers. Iceland, with fewer than 400,000 people, reached the quarter-finals of Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup through deliberate investment in facilities and a dramatic rise in qualified coaches. These countries prove that population size is not a destiny to failure. What matters is how a national football governing body organises its talent pathways, develops coaches, structures its competitions and better facility and infrastructure investment.

Scotland’s issues run way deeper than the occasional poor result. The SPFL remains predictably dominated by two clubs, limiting the competitive experience available to players and fans alike. Young talent often lack meaningful first-team minutes, with a gap between academy football and senior level. Hampden Park is one of the worst national stadiums in Europe. Coaching education and grassroots infrastructure lag behind the standards set by more successful small nations. And Scotland has lost its street football youth participation. Street football has been replaced with Xbox football. PE has dropped off the curriculum in many state schools. Scotland also has an obesity crisis.

Governance at the SFA has too often appeared reactive rather than visionary, with structures that prioritise short-term elite interests over long-term national development.

A reboot must be comprehensive. An independent review of the entire pyramid — from grassroots to the national team — should examine league formats, youth integration opportunities at clubs, grassroots participation and funding distribution. Expanding competitive opportunities in the top flight, mandating greater youth involvement at senior clubs, and dramatically increasing the number of UEFA-qualified coaches would mirror the approaches that transformed Icelandic and Croatian football.

Investment in performance schools, sports science, and a coherent national playing philosophy (as shown by the Netherlands for decades) could turn raw potential into sustained excellence.

Scotland possesses the raw ingredients: a deep football culture with a population who adore the game, talented individuals who succeed abroad, and supporters who deserve better than constant cycles of tournament disappointment. Other small nations have shown that smart systems, not sheer numbers, create success. The SFA now faces a clear choice. It can continue managing decline with occasional qualification highs, or it can embrace the difficult long term work of rebuilding the game from the ground up.

The rest of the world is not waiting. Scotland should stop making excuses and start building a football future worthy of its history.

[Zeb1886 @zeb1886]

@afcstuff @talkSPORT State of it.

[Zeb1886 @zeb1886]

@HLTCO First class prick. Always has been.

[High_chief Ogbuagu👨🏽‍✈️ @UMykeal]

PSG faced probably the best Mid block/Deep Block they’ve ever had to experience and looked absolutely clueless even as the ‘best attack ITW’

But on a good day, that’s a Sunderland or Brentford setup on a sunny afternoon in the PL

That’s what Arsenal faces 80% of the time

[Zeb1886 @zeb1886]

@pedroelchileno Make him captain. We go again.

[Zeb1886 @zeb1886]

@AnythingArs_ Explains alot.

[one @ONE_AMN]

Rival fans think a champions league loss takes away the fact that we won the premier league. It’s their new copium, this team is only getting started

[Zeb1886 @zeb1886]

@PalmsLDN Thick as pig shit.

[Zeb1886 @zeb1886]

@lewi23542 @WestHam_Central Needs his 4 quid engagement each month. Fat cunt.

[afcstuff @afcstuff]

COLD. 🥶🇸🇪

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

Bottle this feeling 🍾

[Jak @jak_heer]

See you at the parade, Mick.

[Zeb1886 @zeb1886]

@MailSport

[Daily Mail Sport @MailSport]

Forget 'Set Piece FC', Arsenal have won the title without '115 charges' lurking in the margins like Man City, without buying their own women's team like Chelsea, without petro-dollars behind them. That should be celebrated, writes IAN HERBERT https://t.co/z0bdODbQb3

[Zeb1886 @zeb1886]

@WestHam_Central Chins up, fatty.

[Marc @BlackScarfMarc]

A special shout out to Jamie O’Hara, Shay Given, Peter Schmeichel, Joe Hart, Gabby Agbonlahor, Chris Sutton, Gary Neville, that midget Rory div, and the dozens of others I’ve forgotten - all of whom have been doing their absolute bollocks the past few months, willing and praying hard for Man City to win the league.

Get fucked, all of you.

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS.

[Zeb1886 @zeb1886]

@YiddenAgenda @henrywinter Shouldn't you be more concerned about your team stinking their way to the Championship? CHAMPIONS. Get it right up you

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

This belongs to all of us.