To be fair to Markovic, he was signed by Brendan Rodgers to be a winger, and then the only time he was ever given to play was as a wingback in Rodgers’ flailing attempts to overcome the lost goals of Suarez and Sturridge. I mean, this was a team that gave Mario Balotelli serious minutes despite his doing absolutely…

Jesus. I don’t understand... what was anyone involved actually trying to accomplish on this play? If at any time either the 2nd or 1st baseman had just thrown the ball to 2nd base, it’s at least ONE easy out. The 2nd baseman is acting like the only way to get the runner is on a rundown when there’s forceouts at every…

Not sure how you can say there aren’t any ready-made replacements out there. Conte has been off for a year waiting for the Juve job to open up for him again. He had pretty similar levels of success to Allegri when he was there. Mourinho is also available, though I’m not sure if Ronaldo hates him or not, nor am I sure…

UEFA’s philosophy behind FFP (clubs not spending themselves into unsustainable debt) is very good, just as the implementation is piss-poor, as with most things FIFA- and UEFA-related. However, that doesn’t nor should it mean the rules itself are “dumb” nor does it mean Man City shouldn’t eat a heaping helping of shit…

Face it, Arsenal fans. It doesn’t really matter if the Gunners win Europa League and get a Champion’s League place or not. Kroenke is NOT going to plump for the more expensive players that Arsenal will need to get back to regularly competing for the Arsene Wenger Finishing in 4th Place Trophy. That cheap toupee…

Yeah, I can get behind that statement. That Messi wasn’t out there absolutely tearing strips out of his team is a failing on his part. Ronaldo is a giant prolapsed anus, but he’d have shown so much red ass in that game, you’d be able to see it from orbit.

I’m not so sure about all that. The way they played in the games, I’m sure I’d take Fabinho over Busquets these days. And Allison is every bit as good as Ter Stegen, if not better (so long as he doesn’t get overconfident and try to swinging dick walk everything out of his area instead of clearing it). I’ll take Andy…

Here’s a scorching hot take on Messi - he was the best player for Barca on the pitch in both matches. It sure felt like Barca’s entire game plan was “wait for Messi to win us the game.” Everyone else in Barca colors on that pitch deserves to eat a healthy dose of shit for either doing nothing of note whatsoever or…

The Premier League is super-blessed right now because it has what I think are the 3 best managers in the world plying their trade - Klopp, Guaridola and Pocchettino (don’t @ me). Guardiola has a resume that doesn’t need repeating and unlike Mourinho (who was amazingly gracious and positive in that clip), even on his…

There’s a difference between “diverse opinions” and “the opinions of a human scab of a person whose sucking void of a soul has so little compassion for people, he knows which acid to use in a bathtub.”

The MLS has too godddamn many clubs, period. Even if there was a glut of US talent (there isn’t), there’s still too many teams to spread that talent around evenly. Adding in the weird trade/transfer rules just makes that problem even more pronounced. I stopped watching MLS years ago because most of the games were just…

The third through sixth places in England should all be banished to the Europa League next season, because on league form, none of them have deserved a Champion’s League place. Tottenham’s injury woes would be a good excuse if they hadn’t decided to just sit out the last two transfer windows because they wanted a…

I guess it’s a measure of how Liverpool has improved in recent years. We’ve gone from worrying about every step Fernando Torres took on his hamstrings made of chewing gum to fretting about the solidity of Mo Salah’s skull.

I can safely say, “Fuck Predisone.” Just fuck it unto death. I took it and felt like I was a goddamn teenager as a middle-aged man. I don’t mean that in a good way, like a “I have a boner so large I feel like fucking everything and running a marathon.” More like “every emotion is a raw nerve ready to explode into…

Liverpool were clearly the better team. They bossed the game for about 80 minutes worth of the game. The unfortunate part was that other 10 minutes when Barca finished chances and Liverpool didn’t. The worst part was that if Barca didn’t have Messi, I don’t think those chances even exist. The two through balls that…

Lloris was a goddamn statue today.

Steve Smith was one of the all time great on-the-field (sometimes off) trash talker. He needs to learn as a “journo” that his job isn’t to compete with the players.

I think that trendline is probably a bit more flat.

To be fair, that black QB was Geno Smith so their coach and GM were just asking for it.

I’m sure Daniel Jones has plenty of grit, moxie and poise.