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I imagine this is already being addressed by the xG boys as part of the Moneyball/Bet365/ThomasFrank collaboration.

I’ll tell you what. This Barcelona-Inter match is absolutely top drawer. Really fabulous. You’re absolutely right there.

For me, it's disappointing that Dave Rave has gone with Hannah Fry on BBC2, but fair play to him, he's made his mind up early there and for me, that's the most important thing and good luck to the lad.

Enjoyed Rio commentating that "How can you question this new format Champions League when it's producing games like this".

It's a semi-final Rio. Like there was last year. The year before that. Pretty much forever. You thick twat.

I wonder how many times Rio needs to jump the shark before someone decides he really is totally shit. The debacle at the end of the Man Utd game a couple of weeks ago should have been it. He seems to appear on every fucking channel. Is he trying to emulate the likes of Goldbridge on YouTube with inanity, idiocy and excitability to keep the eyeballs? If I want that (I don’t), I’ll watch a YouTuber.

Another Rio classic: "He'll be telling his grandchildren about this in 10-15 years, or however long it takes Yamal to have grandchildren."

Given Yamal is currently 17 years old, grandchildren within 15 years seems .... unlikely.

Not long back from Kettering where Harborough lost on penalties.

Kettering were the better side but after being 2 nil up on penalties after 3 we should have won it. Some horrendous penalties from both sides, 7 missed in total with Sandro dragging one badly wide.

And I know I’m feeling bitter but the ref was fucking shite, Kettering fans are inbred and the Kettering manager is a massive cunt.

Always been the case. Did I ever post about the time Ron Atkinson…?

Just seen that neither the ticket details nor even the kick off time for the cup final have been announced yet. Supposed to be two weeks on Saturday…

I’m not sure we really gave the Arsenal “tifo” (and that word is doing some seriously heavy lifting) the derision it deserved.
Rather like “North London Forever” it’s another pathetic attempt to create an “atmosphere.”

I’m not sure what’s worse: how crap these attempts are or how eagerly Arsenal fans seem to lap it up?

(I recognise the generous use of quotation marks here)

Agree totally. Those über-corporate flags that are waved by ground staff behind the goal every time they score have always aroused irrationally disproportionate anger in me, too. It’s football fandom done by the club committee, & it feels about as joyous & spontaneous as that makes it sound - i.e. not at all.

I agree. But isn’t it also only one step up from having piped-in music playing just before kick off so you know exactly when to sing the club’s ‘anthem’?

Yes, it is. I’ve never really subscribed to the cult of MoK.

But the contrast between what Forza do & that risible Arsenal tifo was pretty marked. I have heard (on the Totally Football Show) that Arsenal fans wanted to do something of their own but the club said “Naah, we’ve got this…!”