Men's Soccer (Football) Thread (Archived) Soccer • Page 679

Damn that volley for Villa was going into the corner if it wasn't blocked

 

I’ve never rooted for PSG that hard before lol

 

Not massively enjoying the precedent set by the home teams today.

 

Szczesny eventually had to lose as a starter for us. Glad it was in a game that "didn't matter" as much.

 

Wait, were we not all rooting for Villa in that tie? Did I miss the memo that PSG suddenly aren’t a reprehensible bullshit club up there with City and Chelsea?

 

They are. But I still hate Arsenal more lol so I am rooting for the toughest road possible for them.

 

This is a wonderful chant

 

Americans still trying to figure out how rivalries work...

 

Ngl, I would bite your hand off for a 1-0 loss tonight.

 

Arsenal I’m begging you to not mess this up

 

It’s been brought up previously, but anyone with even a baseline understanding of college sports in America should totally get it, fan culture is much closer to mirroring the European/South American football fan culture.

 

Yeah I’m a big college sports fan, but I mostly think sports rivalries are dumb, personally

 

I like rivalries. I like college sports. I get it. But singing about another team at every game is not the same thing that happens in college rivalries lol

 

Arsenal sings about us as part of a rivalry. I call it corny as part of the rivalry. It’s all good.

 

What did Nico do? I like your kit.

 

I’ll sing about Spurs and Chelsea being shit until I die, and I find it funny when they do the same to us. It’s nothing personal. Guess it’s just a cultural difference.

 

The Rest Is Football interviewed Hector Bellerin, and it’s a brilliant interview. Touches on politics, activism, climate awareness, and his career as a whole. He’s the most articulate footballer I can remember and the information on how Arsenal & Betis have been learning from Forest Green is very interesting.

He’s set up a campaign group to promote less kit wastage too

Home - Green Football's Great Save

 

US fan who doesn’t give a shit about most sports and I think it’s very amusing.

 

how familiar are you with the politics of college football lol

 

I'm pretty sure Tottenham fans were singing "Are you watching Arsenal?" on the way to the CL final in 2019?

It's just part and parcel of the rivalry.

I think the NLD stuff gets amplified a lot more because Arsenal/Spurs have been much more competitive than any other derby rivalry in the league over the last twenty years? (City/United has been uncompetitive, Liverpool have been miles away from Everton).

I am dreading today's game lol

 

If only Spurs fans were thinking of us when they did the poznan to celebrate losing a game to Manchester City.

 

I am excited to see what excuses get lined up next year when Arsenal don’t win the title again tbh

 

Now now, don’t be bitter. Just enjoy our pain tonight.