Goonernation
@goonernation.bsky.social
Gooner, following the Arse since 1978. Telling it like it is or like I see it anyway. Married to APS ♥️❤️
As if you couldn't love Mikel Merino anymore. 😍https://www.theplayerstribune.com/mikel-merino-epl-soccer-arsenal-spain
To the People Who Carried Me | By Mikel Merino
I looked at the people I love, and I thought, I cannot ask any more of life.
theplayerstribune.com
"The people I feel sorry for are the City fans, they didn't ask for any of this" City Fans
I don't know if people understand the scale of the transfer spending that certain clubs have done since 2020 (data from Transfermarkt). If you look at the net spend (purchases - sales) you get one picture of the way teams have worked (or failed) in the market:
Interesting thread about the way media treats people differently.
Emma Monk@monkemma.bsky.social · 3d agoOK, there is something very, very weird going on in the press right now. It certainly appears, from the outside, as if certain people are being very much protected in a way that was not afforded to certain other people! Let's start with the facts around Lola Salem... 🧵1/
But I thought they had a "comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence"
Whilst this is good, I think it's more pressing that they change the rules so their president can't be a self serving corrupt despot 🤷🏽♂️
The Athletic | Football@theathleticfc.bsky.social · 2d agoFIFA, led by its president Gianni Infantino, suspended a ban for Balogun after a call from U.S. President Donald Trump during the World Cup. www.nytimes.com/athletic/769...
I have never seen coverage of a live trial, one involving allegations of multiple sex attacks on multiple women, framed in a more distasteful way. It's not 'Fame under fire' it's a rape trial. And it involves actual women. And this from the *checks notes* BBC
These horror movies are getting to be a bit much
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d agoNow that is quite a photo. (Credit: Doug Mills / New York Times)
The nuggets about the lack of referees from the London area is crazy, there is just no way that the largest population center produces ZERO qualified referees that can do PL matches. | Ask the Ref: Was Gravenberch’s red card correct? www.nytimes.com/athletic/768...
"English nationalist citizen journalist" is just a convoluted way a saying racist cnut. The police should investigate, surely they have commited a crime of some sort 🤷🏽♂️
arnie@arnie.bsky.social · 2d ago'content creators' is some choice of words here
Kate Scott showing more courage than anyone on Sky or TNT sports to call out the City cheating 😂
"The people I feel sorry for are the City fans, they didn't ask for any of this" City Fans
They said William Saliba wasn't in the team pic. I couldn't have that, so I fixed it via good old fashioned Photoshop, none of this generative Ai bollocks.
It’s great when you can afford to only bring on your best players at 64 mins. But we’ll be up against a team who will only bring theirs on in February.
James Benge@jamesbenge.bsky.social · 3d agoSome very quick thoughts from tonight. Sometimes good depth wins you games. Sometimes good depth sets a game up so that your best players can win the match quickly.
Arsenal’s first two UCL matches this season xG 5.9 for 0.6 against Shots 42 for 9 against Touches in opp box 101 for 11 against
At this time when football has been stolen by liars & cheats; the national game wrecked; it’s important to honour Ken Friar; his humour, his decency, his respectful manner but always with a mischievous twinkle. He knew for twenty years what Arsenal were faced with and he always did the right thing.
every single senior player in man city's premier league registered squad signed their current contract after the 115 charges were made
