Tag Archives: Real Madrid

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 →

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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 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

Greed? Sure. But our indifference to UEFA’s decadence makes us equally complicit for the European Super League proposal existing.

Posted on 27/04/2021 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Though we’re loathe to admit it, Gordon Gekko was right. The proposed European Super League captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit and clarifies how we feel about greed in its most brazen form. Europe’s biggest and wealthiest clubs attempting … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged AC Milan, Ajax, American sports soccer franchise twats, Apathy and Pessimism, Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, BT, Champions League, Covid-19, Disingenuous soapboxing, European Super League clubs, Everton, ex-playing pundits with their lips suckered on the Sky Sports teat, fait accompli, Financial Fair Play, Finland, Gordon Gekko, Greedy fucking bastards, Gullible, Inter Milan, Largess, Leeds United, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Meritocracy, Porto, PSG, Real Madrid, Sky, Sky Sports, Slovenia, Soccer - YEAH!, Spurs as a founding member - laughable, Swiss model, UEFA, Wolves | Leave a comment