RM were, as they say, streets ahead of Athleti in this match. Barely a contest. If Benzema had any sort of form it could have been 5 or 6 to nil.

Sad how soft modern hockey players have become.

Agreed. I’m aware he throws in the “probably” caveat in the first sentence, but the fact that all Real has to do is lose one of their final six games, something entirely possible, means this result is far from meaningless. Plus Real now knows they have to win every game to stay in control of the title race. What a…

The idea that this was a meaningless Clasico is the dumbest take ever.

So a win that put Barca even with Real in the table is meaningless?

What are you talking about, the league race is now coming down to the wire as a result. Madrid will be stretched thin and face dangerous opponents while Barcelona have a bunch of easy matches. A double is in play.

PG’s final 3 attempt...

This really hits it on the head for me. We’re in an era where everyone is an armchair expert, so it’s refreshing for someone to come out and state something honest, accurate, and blunt.

What do you mean failure to spend? In the last 3 seasons, they’ve spent £30 million on Xhaka, £35 million on Mustafi, £17 million on Perez, £12 on Gabriel, £11 million on Chambers, £16 million on Welbeck…

Would you rather make the playoffs every year or make them intermittently and with constant board room/front office drama?
The case that someone can come in and do better than Wenger with what’s there, hasn’t been made, for me.

I’d argue that a new manager will see them out of Wednesday night football for a lot longer…

My Dad grew up in eastern Kentucky, about 80 miles up Highway 27 from Frozen Head. He ran all through high school, and even got a cross country scholarship to a school in North Carolina. Like most people from rural Kentucky, going to college 200 miles away was about 195 miles too far, so he dropped out, came back,…

I really feel bad about already hoping the Ball brothers will be busts in the NBA. But it’s all about the dad.

Stadium is not a problem. The owner Andrew Hauptman had every right to fix the field under the lease agreement but refused to. They chose not to in order to try and break the lease. He could have fixed the field and then deducted the cost from the rent they pay.

“Bad for a while” undersells the Fire. They’ve been dead last in the league for two straight seasons, and have been patently boring while doing so. The stadium in Bridgeview is a lesson in bad public funding schemes on par with the NHL’s Coyotes in Glendale. The debt on the park has sunk the suburb so badly that, a…

This is far too conservative, and I’m nervous we’re setting impossible expectations for CP22.

I think he goes scoreless in the first leg, and then puts in 12 in the second. Monaco’s high-flying, goalscoring magic will result in an 11-0 first leg... then UEFA will decide to just give USA the World Cup trophy in the…

I think it’s ridiculous you have Pulisic getting a hat trick in each leg. Please be more realistic about this kid.

Oh god. I saw this headline and my heart sank, thinking “Something this clickbaity, snarky and lacking in thought can only be from Katharine Trendacosta.”

Billy, when will we get Greg Howard on ArsenalFanTV? Especially now, when AFC sucks donkey dick? You’re a football media luminary, can’t you make that happen?

Waxed Chelsea 3-0 @ the Emirates earlier in the season before Santi got injured.

Kroenke, the Board, Arsene, it would be nice if they had some ambition for once. The stadium debt was a reasonable excuse for those years, but when the club is paying Walcott 140K a week, charging the highest prices in the PL and gawking at their best players wanting to be paid on par with their value I really can’t…