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Where sports Fandom has gone wrong...and how it's hurt sports fans. A thread using football (the sport my fellow Americans call soccer) as the vehicle for discussion.
December 27, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Where sports Fandom has gone wrong...and how it's hurt sports fans. A thread using football (the sport my fellow Americans call soccer) as the vehicle for discussion.
Liverpool fans...especially @mobyhaque.bsky.social
Is Indykaila in any way legit? Just seems like the account is pretending to have sources.
To be fair, it isn't immediately obvious that "legit" football media who have Club and agent sources that use them as PR/market making is any more "legit."
Is Indykaila in any way legit? Just seems like the account is pretending to have sources.
To be fair, it isn't immediately obvious that "legit" football media who have Club and agent sources that use them as PR/market making is any more "legit."
December 25, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Liverpool fans...especially @mobyhaque.bsky.social
Is Indykaila in any way legit? Just seems like the account is pretending to have sources.
To be fair, it isn't immediately obvious that "legit" football media who have Club and agent sources that use them as PR/market making is any more "legit."
Is Indykaila in any way legit? Just seems like the account is pretending to have sources.
To be fair, it isn't immediately obvious that "legit" football media who have Club and agent sources that use them as PR/market making is any more "legit."
Liverpool FC posting the story about Isaac being surprised by Virg and Mo greeted me this morning. I'll repeat...Virg and Mo on Christmas.
Dang it. We all loved the Isaac story...but knowing a little something about how social content teams this wasn't a random "what feels best on Christmas post.
Dang it. We all loved the Isaac story...but knowing a little something about how social content teams this wasn't a random "what feels best on Christmas post.
December 25, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Liverpool FC posting the story about Isaac being surprised by Virg and Mo greeted me this morning. I'll repeat...Virg and Mo on Christmas.
Dang it. We all loved the Isaac story...but knowing a little something about how social content teams this wasn't a random "what feels best on Christmas post.
Dang it. We all loved the Isaac story...but knowing a little something about how social content teams this wasn't a random "what feels best on Christmas post.
First...Merry Christmas to all who celebrate.
Next...the chorus of Liverpool "transfer" accounts is hysterical. Their latest laugh is picking up a story that says Liverpool want to sign Randal Kolo Muani from PSG.
A forward. We have six. And the least productive has double the goal involvements.
Next...the chorus of Liverpool "transfer" accounts is hysterical. Their latest laugh is picking up a story that says Liverpool want to sign Randal Kolo Muani from PSG.
A forward. We have six. And the least productive has double the goal involvements.
December 24, 2024 at 10:13 PM
First...Merry Christmas to all who celebrate.
Next...the chorus of Liverpool "transfer" accounts is hysterical. Their latest laugh is picking up a story that says Liverpool want to sign Randal Kolo Muani from PSG.
A forward. We have six. And the least productive has double the goal involvements.
Next...the chorus of Liverpool "transfer" accounts is hysterical. Their latest laugh is picking up a story that says Liverpool want to sign Randal Kolo Muani from PSG.
A forward. We have six. And the least productive has double the goal involvements.
40% ish into the season, Liverpool LWs are on pace for 33 goals and 8 assists. The Strikers are on pace for 40 goals and 15 assists. Salah is Salah. Chiesa looks bright and fit and we have a pair of very promising young forwards in-house. So why are fans talking about forwards in the January window?
December 23, 2024 at 10:55 PM
40% ish into the season, Liverpool LWs are on pace for 33 goals and 8 assists. The Strikers are on pace for 40 goals and 15 assists. Salah is Salah. Chiesa looks bright and fit and we have a pair of very promising young forwards in-house. So why are fans talking about forwards in the January window?
Cole Palmer is a good footballer. No doubt. But life's a bit different when the Premier League knows you. I mean...he's no Mo Salah.
December 22, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Cole Palmer is a good footballer. No doubt. But life's a bit different when the Premier League knows you. I mean...he's no Mo Salah.
4 points clear with a game in hand at Christmas. Extraordinary depth at every position...all of them. And a fraction of fans are still wetting themselves about transfers. We have the best squad in Europe friends. #YNWA
December 22, 2024 at 8:14 PM
4 points clear with a game in hand at Christmas. Extraordinary depth at every position...all of them. And a fraction of fans are still wetting themselves about transfers. We have the best squad in Europe friends. #YNWA
Liverpool: Top of the Prem and Champions League, and into the Caraboa Cup Semifinals. World Class facilities. Zero financial jeopardy. Below median ticket prices.
Some Liverpool fans: Our owners suck.
Some Liverpool fans: Our owners suck.
December 21, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Liverpool: Top of the Prem and Champions League, and into the Caraboa Cup Semifinals. World Class facilities. Zero financial jeopardy. Below median ticket prices.
Some Liverpool fans: Our owners suck.
Some Liverpool fans: Our owners suck.
Liverpool: 24 games, 52 goal involvements from the wings and 13 from center forward (who also triggers the press.)
Some Liverpool fans: Let's replace the guy we bought after he tore up the Primera with a guy a year older...because he's tearing up the Primera.
Some Liverpool fans: Let's replace the guy we bought after he tore up the Primera with a guy a year older...because he's tearing up the Primera.
December 21, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Liverpool: 24 games, 52 goal involvements from the wings and 13 from center forward (who also triggers the press.)
Some Liverpool fans: Let's replace the guy we bought after he tore up the Primera with a guy a year older...because he's tearing up the Primera.
Some Liverpool fans: Let's replace the guy we bought after he tore up the Primera with a guy a year older...because he's tearing up the Primera.
Andy Robertson: match ratings between 6 and 8 for the whole season, with his best performance coming against Real Madrid, and his worst performance coming after he took spikes to his right knee.
Some Liverpool fans: We need to buy an out of form Alphonso Davies to replace him. (And Kostas Tsimikas)
Some Liverpool fans: We need to buy an out of form Alphonso Davies to replace him. (And Kostas Tsimikas)
December 21, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Andy Robertson: match ratings between 6 and 8 for the whole season, with his best performance coming against Real Madrid, and his worst performance coming after he took spikes to his right knee.
Some Liverpool fans: We need to buy an out of form Alphonso Davies to replace him. (And Kostas Tsimikas)
Some Liverpool fans: We need to buy an out of form Alphonso Davies to replace him. (And Kostas Tsimikas)
Just so irritating...the nonstop whinefest by so-called fans about Fenway Sports Group. According to these children, the group who took a debt-ravaged club with failing infrastructure and no on-field success and turned them into serial winners with world class facilities are bad owners.
December 21, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Just so irritating...the nonstop whinefest by so-called fans about Fenway Sports Group. According to these children, the group who took a debt-ravaged club with failing infrastructure and no on-field success and turned them into serial winners with world class facilities are bad owners.
Liverpool has a struggling fullback with a squad player and a really interesting academy prospect behind him. FSGOUT and TransferMarket addicts say buy a new one.
But if we did, Trent Alexander Arnold would never have played for Liverpool.
But if we did, Trent Alexander Arnold would never have played for Liverpool.
December 20, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Liverpool has a struggling fullback with a squad player and a really interesting academy prospect behind him. FSGOUT and TransferMarket addicts say buy a new one.
But if we did, Trent Alexander Arnold would never have played for Liverpool.
But if we did, Trent Alexander Arnold would never have played for Liverpool.
This note for fellow Liverpool fans on what an expensive failure really looks like. Jack Grealish's final two seasons at Villa (which sold 115 FC on a British record transfer,) saw him score 17 goals...combined. Darwin scored 18 last year...and played defense.
December 19, 2024 at 11:09 PM
This note for fellow Liverpool fans on what an expensive failure really looks like. Jack Grealish's final two seasons at Villa (which sold 115 FC on a British record transfer,) saw him score 17 goals...combined. Darwin scored 18 last year...and played defense.
Well...I just had my first crypto/stock analyst/obvious bot account try and follow.
Ugh.
Ugh.
December 19, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Well...I just had my first crypto/stock analyst/obvious bot account try and follow.
Ugh.
Ugh.
Why do fellow Liverpool fans insist we buy young talent playing in the Eredivisie, Primera, or Brazil instead of our own young talent on loan in the Championship or Scottish Premiership a go? Barcelona were successful on the field and balance sheet when LA Masia was filling half their squad.
December 16, 2024 at 11:46 PM
Why do fellow Liverpool fans insist we buy young talent playing in the Eredivisie, Primera, or Brazil instead of our own young talent on loan in the Championship or Scottish Premiership a go? Barcelona were successful on the field and balance sheet when LA Masia was filling half their squad.
Gutted for Pep Lijnders. I've no idea if there's a good manager there undone by circumstances in his two stints, or if being an elite backroom staffer is his ceiling. I do know that FSG decision-making seems solid.
December 16, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Gutted for Pep Lijnders. I've no idea if there's a good manager there undone by circumstances in his two stints, or if being an elite backroom staffer is his ceiling. I do know that FSG decision-making seems solid.
Alright Reds...what lineup fo you want to see against Southampton, and what lineup will we see? #YNWA #CaraboaCup
December 15, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Alright Reds...what lineup fo you want to see against Southampton, and what lineup will we see? #YNWA #CaraboaCup
Shocked to see a Manchester derby be a snoozefest between two mid table squads won by a string of errors. The errors courtesy of Matheus Nunez, bought for big money to sit on the bench. Terrible game for 85 minutes, terrible pass, terrible tackle, terrible non-attempt at a goal line clearance.
December 15, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Shocked to see a Manchester derby be a snoozefest between two mid table squads won by a string of errors. The errors courtesy of Matheus Nunez, bought for big money to sit on the bench. Terrible game for 85 minutes, terrible pass, terrible tackle, terrible non-attempt at a goal line clearance.
Reds fans on Merseyside and watching games outside of the U.S. count your lucky stars you don't have to listen to Stephen Warnock broadcast our games. Absolutely terrible and so desperate to appear impartial he absolutely batters the Reds in commentary.
December 14, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Reds fans on Merseyside and watching games outside of the U.S. count your lucky stars you don't have to listen to Stephen Warnock broadcast our games. Absolutely terrible and so desperate to appear impartial he absolutely batters the Reds in commentary.
Arteta is a Mourinho regen, which is problematic given Mourinho's tactics are obsolete. But this guy, with more squad investment during his 5 years than Klopp had in his first five, has a trophy with the squad he inherited...and nothing else. Klopp had three plus the Super Cup and Community Shield.
December 14, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Arteta is a Mourinho regen, which is problematic given Mourinho's tactics are obsolete. But this guy, with more squad investment during his 5 years than Klopp had in his first five, has a trophy with the squad he inherited...and nothing else. Klopp had three plus the Super Cup and Community Shield.
I love when outfits like ESPN (the worldwide misleader of sports) publish articles/interviews with titles like, "Why Soto Chose The Mets."
Because they offered him 3/4 of a billion dollars.
There. Article done.
Because they offered him 3/4 of a billion dollars.
There. Article done.
December 12, 2024 at 11:05 PM
I love when outfits like ESPN (the worldwide misleader of sports) publish articles/interviews with titles like, "Why Soto Chose The Mets."
Because they offered him 3/4 of a billion dollars.
There. Article done.
Because they offered him 3/4 of a billion dollars.
There. Article done.
Number of Ptemier League goals scored by Club Legend Bobby Firmino across three seasons from 2019 to 2022...20.
Number of Premier League goals scored by Darwin Nunez in his first nearly 2 1/2 seasons...22.
#perspective #YNWA
Number of Premier League goals scored by Darwin Nunez in his first nearly 2 1/2 seasons...22.
#perspective #YNWA
December 12, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Number of Ptemier League goals scored by Club Legend Bobby Firmino across three seasons from 2019 to 2022...20.
Number of Premier League goals scored by Darwin Nunez in his first nearly 2 1/2 seasons...22.
#perspective #YNWA
Number of Premier League goals scored by Darwin Nunez in his first nearly 2 1/2 seasons...22.
#perspective #YNWA
So...I went to that other place after Liverpool went on the road against a team in the top half of of LA Liga and playing for their Champions League lives. We won. So of course the general consensus of "fans" is to bash our center forward. God some of my fellow Red's fans suck. #YNWA #Darwin
December 10, 2024 at 8:28 PM
What is the value of a January signing to Liverpool? A forward (particularly a winger) can make an impact. Maybe a CB. Other positions require a lot of time to learn patterns of play. @mobyhaque.bsky.social #YNWA
December 4, 2024 at 5:17 PM
What is the value of a January signing to Liverpool? A forward (particularly a winger) can make an impact. Maybe a CB. Other positions require a lot of time to learn patterns of play. @mobyhaque.bsky.social #YNWA
Liverpool fans...relax and put down your "FSG pitchforks." We don't know what's been done behind the scenes on Mo, Virg, and Trent. We know that Real Madrid's media proxies are planting stories. Mo is a brilliant chess player who doesn't want to play in Saudi, and other clubs lack budget.
December 2, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Liverpool fans...relax and put down your "FSG pitchforks." We don't know what's been done behind the scenes on Mo, Virg, and Trent. We know that Real Madrid's media proxies are planting stories. Mo is a brilliant chess player who doesn't want to play in Saudi, and other clubs lack budget.