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  • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Emi Martinez is heading to Chelsea. Temperament-wise it’s a perfect match. Martinez is a bit of a jerk. Chelsea is a jerk club.

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      18 days ago

      I do wonder what would’ve happened if we went with him instead of Leno.

      But yeah. I mean, hard to be worse than Sanchez, so he’ll be fine probably. Though it would be extremely funny if that transfer didn’t work out for either party.

  • stylusmobilus@aussie.zone
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    18 days ago

    We don’t get much luck in draws and the like do we?

    Anyway, we’ll beat this batch too. We did last year.

    • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world
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      18 days ago

      I really hope we get a result against Real Madrid. One of the kids I coach is a Real fan and keeps telling me they are better than us. Well, he hasn’t said that since I pointed out that a) we won the best league in the world while his team didn’t win their league, b) we only lost the CL final on penalties and his team didn’t even make it to the CL semis. But still, I don’t want that debate to open up again soon.

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        18 days ago

        I still can’t get over that CL loss. That corner we were denied just before halftime still eats at me.

        I have to get over it. I hate being fuckin robbed though.

      • Astrealix@lemmy.worldM
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        18 days ago

        I feel like Declan Rice made two very good arguments against Real Madrid being better than us.

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          18 days ago

          Merino made a good argument too.

          And then there was the ‘remontrada’! Oooh the big scary remontrada at the Bernabeu! Lol! Saka and Martinelli each made a good argument there.

  • SuBounty@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Rumours of Endrick to Arsenal. Now that is a signing from a spanish club this season I can get excited about.

  • Astrealix@lemmy.worldM
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    18 days ago

    Shakhtar Donetsk will be playing their CL home games at Stamford Bridge. At that point is it even a home game?

    Like obviously they can’t play in their own stadium or their Lviv one or even in Ukraine in general but surely there’s a stadium closer to Ukraine they could’ve used lol

    • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world
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      18 days ago

      I’m going to assume it’s the UK governments attempt to stick it to Russia and show support for Ukraine. But yeah, that’s a hell of a commute.

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        18 days ago

        I mean, I’m all for it, and some rare props to Chelsea for it. But yeah, I just don’t understand why they aren’t playing in like, Germany or Poland lol.