Tag Archives: Liverpool

The Premier League Preview 2023/24

Posted on 11/08/2023 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Life ceases to be interesting if you lose the capacity to be surprised. If Donald Trump is never brought to trial, would you be surprised? Or, if Trump went all Budd Dwyer and killed himself on TV if he’s brought … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged Arsenal, Arteta is a metrosexual cosplayer, Aston Villa, Bayern Munich, Brendan Gleeson, Brexit, Budd Dwyer, Burnley, Champions League, Chelsea, Cunt fucking kids, Donald Trump, Erik Ten Haag, Everton, Financial Fair Play, France, Fulham, Germany, Harry Kane, In Bruges, Italy, Karim Benzema, Kenilworth Road, Kylian Mbappe, Lee Anderson's son is a vegetarian, Liverpool, Luton Town, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mohammed bin Salman, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, Paul Heckingbottom, Premier League, Priti and Suella are cunts, Ralph Fiennes, Saudi Arabia, Sean Dyche, Spain, Thursday Night Wankers, Todd “Burger Me” Boehly, Tottenham Hotspur, United Kingdom, Wolverhampton Wanderers, YouTube | Leave a comment

So much of modern football feels fake, but Relegation Day is still as authentic as it gets

Posted on 27/05/2023 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Douglas Murray, who, let’s just say, has some glib descriptions of twentieth century nationalism, was on better form when offering an anecdote on Lex Fridman’s podcast about advice to writers. Namely the cynical propensity writers have to view events in … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged Alex Ferguson, Championship, Chelsea, Douglas Murray, England, English football, Everton, Football, Going down you cunts, Hull City, Leeds United, Leicester City, Lex Fridman, Liverpool, Manchester City, Newcastle United, Peter Risdale, Premier League, Relegation Day, Sam Allardyce, Sociology | Leave a comment

The Premier League Preview 2022/23

Posted on 31/07/2022 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

We’re fast approaching the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Yeah, psyched for it. Remember when Qatar was awarded it? The world was very different back in 2010. Crappy 3G smartphones. Alex Ferguson was still managing Manchester United. Prince and Leonard Cohen … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged Abu Dhabi, Andy Carroll, Antonio Conte, Arsenal, Aston Villa, £100m Gucci ambassador, Bernardo Silva, Boris Johnson, Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion, Burnley, Championship, Chelsea, Christine Hamilton, Clickbaitism, Covid, Cristiano Ronaldo, Crystal Palace, Darwin Nunez, Donald Trump was just a reality TV cunt in 2010, Dover, Erik Ten Hag, Erling Haaland, Everton, Farhad Moshiri, Fletching, Frank Lampard, Frenkie De Jong, Fulham, Gabriel Jesus, Gammon-Tory Brexit, German substitute teacher, Granit Xhaka, Groundhog Day, Jackson Pollock, Jurgen Klopp, Kylie Jenner, Latvia, Leeds United, Leicester City, Leonard Cohen, Liverpool, Liz "cheese" Truss, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mikel Arteta, Moldova, Moriarty, Negativity, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, Pegging, Peter Oborne, Prince, Prince Andrew being a teflon nonce, Qatar 2022 World Cup, Raheem Sterling, Real Madrid, Richarlison, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Southampton, Thomas Tuchel, Thursday night wankerdom, Top Four Trophy Twattery, Tottenham Hotspur, Ukraine, West Ham United, West London, Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 Comment

My manifesto to save football from itself

Posted on 31/01/2022 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

It’s fitting that a significant section of society and its institutions should begin to emulate the behaviour of the government it elected. Still, while too many did, most didn’t vote for Boris Johnson. And no wonder, even before being elected … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged Alexandre Gaydamak is a thief, An optimist pessimist and fatalist walk in to a bar, Arsenal, Aston Villa, before acting impulsively. Take Everton, Boris Johnnson, Brucie Bonus, Bundesliga, Cheating, Chelsea, Chris Wood £25m!, Commie, Coronavirus, Derby County, European Super League, Everton, Farhad Moshiri is clueless, FIFA, HMRC, Journalese clichés, Juventus, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mike Ashley is a fat bastard, Newcastle United, Omricon, Premier League, Professional sycophant Mike Riley, Shredding your prostate, Siriacha sauce, Spurs being Spurs, Sugar daddies, Sustainability, Trophy for finishing fourth in The Championship, VAR | Leave a comment

By ratifying the Saudi takeover of Newcastle United the Premier League has lost control over its future

Posted on 31/10/2021 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Back in August I wrote that the Premier League’s blocking of the Newcastle takeover was arbitrary, cruel and inconsistent, given they’d already let another sovereign wealth fund belonging to a country with a questionable human rights record buy Manchester City … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged 1992, Abu Dhabi, beIN (lower case b you heathens), Bradford fire, Champions League, European Super League, Financial Fair Play failure, Gary Neville needs to take a break and we need a break from him, Get back on telly Delia, Greedy cunts, Hillsborough, Iraq, Jamal Khashoggi, Leonard Cohen, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mike Ashley is also fat, Newcastle United, Premier League, Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Roman Abramovich, Saudi Arabia, Sky's homogenisation of football, Stalinist purge, The Future, UEFA, Whataboutery cunts, Yes Kim Jong-un is fat | Leave a comment