Mangala is becoming the epitome of the player who represents the worst in City fans—there’s nothing he can do to change the perception they have of him. He played well against Watford, he was fine vs. Everton, but he had a slow start to his career so he sucks forever. Same with Wilfred Bony, whose scoring at the same…

Great stuff here, Billy. The last line is what Pellegrini has been preaching once the Guardiola rumors became all but fact. I honestly don’t know how he could be handling this better—he was quoted as saying he hopes Guardiola does come to City because City is such a fantastic place to be, a great club to manage, how…

Absolute definition of the good shit +1

Again, this asshole made $234, 000 a year for being an asshole.

This is a wonderful answer. Thank you.

I’m in LA but not a fan of the NFL (bless you, Chris Thompson). Is it correct to assume the league won’t allow all three teams to relocate? And if that is correct, what happens to the odd team(s) out? Do they return to the cities they don’t want to be in to play in front of fans who, I assume, would hate them? Because…

0:16 Universal reaction.

What is meant, specifically, by fanservice? Inquiring mind and all.

That’s not bad.

Inevitably, Fiorentino Perez and Zinedine Zidane are going to clash, probably when Zidane insists on getting a strong defensive mid instead of the next flavor of the day scorer. Unlike previous managers, Zidane is well-ingrained at Real and has built up plenty of support within the organization. Real might finally…

That was amazing.

Was it ESPN pushing this or Hancock and the CFP? I would think ESPN would be doing everything they can to avoid putting the games on New Years Eve because, man, that is dumb.

We’re in the white pages.

So we have something in common regarding our employment history... (weeps)

Tim, we now know Haisley has made it because this post has been written about every soccer writer, ever.

I may have missed the post but what are some of the best books about sports (even if they were tangentially about sports) that one or all of you have read? Yeah, I know—selfish and probably lazy request but the holidays are one of my times to get into binge reading, I like your stuff (shameless sucking up and yet,…

Hers was one of the top ten. Of the final three, Florenzi’s was similar (long distance strike) and arguably more impressive; Lira (my personal favorite) was goddamn spiderman; Messi dribbled through about fifteen people (slight exaggeration) for the goal that will undoubtedly get the award.

I was always under the impression that Moyes was let go because he lost the locker room, that he’d still be there if the players were behind him. It’s why LVG is still there—the players still believe. Phil Jones said as much here.

“Nothing wrong with just looking at Weddle kids, amirite?”

Welcome to Deadspin, Kobe.