Tag Archives: Premier League

Arteta’s Arsenal – and why their methods are bad for the game

Posted on 30/03/2026 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

This Premier League season has been bleak. The quality of play is the worst in over a decade, and as a spectacle it has not been compelling. You have to go back to Antonio Conte’s insufferably dull Chelsea side winning … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged AC Milan, Antonio Conte, Arne Slot, Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Carlo Ancelotti, Champions League, Chelsea, George Graham, Grouse beaters, Islam, Judeo-Christianity, Jurgen Klopp, Lionel Messi, Liverpool, Long throws, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mikel Arteta, Pep Guardiola, Premier League, PSG, Real Madrid, Renaud Camus, Rugby Union, Spurs, Tony Pulis, VAR, Welsh, Zionists | Leave a comment

The Premier League Preview 2024/25

Posted on 31/07/2024 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Normally I’d leave writing this until the eve of the Premier League season in mid-August. The rationale – it gave me the most time to assess the state of each team before making a prediction. The flaw has always remained … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged Arsenal, Aston Villa, Bayern Munich, Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion, Bundesliga, Champions League, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Erik Ten Hag, Everton, Farmer's league, Fulham, Geopolitical toy, Idiotic fat-fuck American tourist running a football club, Ipswich Town, Jason Tindall is a Patrick Bateman knockoff, Jürgen Klopp, Juventus, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Martin Jol, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, Pep Guardiola, Premier League, Premier League Preview 2024-25, PSR, Real Madrid, Ruud Gullit, Serie A, Southampton, Thursday Night Wankers, Todd “Burger Me” Boehly, Tottenham Hotspur, Transfer window winners, West Ham United, Whiner transfer obsessed fans on Twitter, Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 Comment

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 sale of Chelsea FC – a referendum on what doesn’t matter

Posted on 31/03/2022 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Forest Gump winning the Best Picture Oscar in 1995 over Pulp Fiction and Shawshank Redemption seemed scandalous at the time, and it becomes more perplexing as time passes. Despite being nauseatingly sentimental, it has moments, and lines that have attained … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Sports | Tagged "Honest" American billionaires, Abu Dhabi, Boris selling his arse for oil, Brexit, British millionaires in the 90's seems a world away, Cabbage Patch Kid faced despot, Chelsea, Forest Gump, Geopolitical hypocrisy, Gesture politics, Manchester City, Newcastle United, NFT’s are a con, Oligarch, Premier League, Pulp Fiction, Roman Abramovich, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Shawshank Redemption, Sportswashing, Vlad Putin's facelift | Leave a comment