⚽️The Footy Thread: Lock Thread

[sfc415]

Don't know if this was posted, but...Serie A fans back at it

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/25/football/lazio-anne-frank-antisemitism-football-serie-a/index.html

On Sunday, during a leading football match in Europe, fans of Italian club Lazio posted stickers around Rome's Stadio Olimpico depicting Holocaust victim Anne Frank wearing the shirt of city rivals Roma alongside anti-Semitic slogans.

The head of Rome's Jewish community, Ruth Dureghello, tweeted a picture of the stickers, writing: "This isn't the terraces, this isn't soccer, this isn't sport. Kick anti-Semitism out of the stadiums."

Hardcore Lazio fans, called "ultras," have a history of anti-Semitic behavior, while racism is still a problem in Italian football.

In April, Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari left the pitch during a top-flight Italian game after being booked for complaining of being abused by a section of fans.



Honestly, the lack of @$@$s given by some of these leagues has steered me towards the Premier League over the past few years. The quality of play might not be as high (although this year seems different) but at least racism and abuse are dealt with more severely in the PL, especially compared to bull @#$@ Serie A where this type of behavior happens and goes unpunished on a weekly basis.

 

[Armada]

New York up 3 now stay safe arstyle27

 

[Kimchi Papi]

When I traveled Europe working for my Uncle back in the day, Greece, Italy, & Russia were the most racist cities I’d ever been to.

 

[yankeesking92]

I'd like Mahrez to come to Barca

 

[Kimchi Papi]

I want no parts of mahrez at Camp Nou. I don’t like the heel turn after Heggsy FC won the league.

Don’t need a cancer like that in the locker room.

 

[arstyle27]

New York up 3 now stay safe arstyle27

Fire choked just like the Cubs. Freaking pisses me off.

 

[yankeesking92]

I want no parts of mahrez at Camp Nou. I don’t like the heel turn after Heggsy FC won the league.

Don’t need a cancer like that in the locker room.

He's still shown flashes of brilliance that I believe can definitely be built upon by having great players around them. Heggsy FC had one major person missing from it's Premier League winning squad, which was Kante who had a ridiculous year, look at what happened to the other club that he joined the following year. This year is a different story as most Chelsea players are betas and wine and moan about every little thing.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

^ We will agree to disagree my NT friend...

Coutinho's agent Kia Joorabchian was seen meeting with PSG technical director Antero Henrique in London earlier this week... They look like they got caught doing something.

 

[yankeesking92]

Haha you got it

That picture is gold, type of look that one has when their girl catches you doing something she asked you not to.

 

[jape]

BSG

 

[Kimchi Papi]

Nike footy commercials with Ronaldinho are classic... I'm geeked that Nike used Fela Kuti's in this piece. I just listened to this song (Alu Jon Jonki Jon) while working on a spread sheet earlier this week.



Ronaldinho penned a letter to his 8 year old self...

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/letter-to-my-younger-self-ronaldinho/

 

[ootherocoo]

PogBack!

 

[rolaholic]

Damn didn't know you were a Spurs fan @Belgium

PogBack!

Bailly back,Pogba back in training reinforcements are arriving right on time for some big fixtures

 

[eiddyfouw]

PogBack!

 

[eiddyfouw]

this new site refuses to let me be great with posting gifs.

 

[Armada]

For those that watch Serie A and have seen Lazio games how has Sergej Milinković-Savić looked? I've watched a few of his highlight videos and really like what I saw been rumors floating around of City keeping an eye on him

 

[SadBoi]

For those that watch Serie A and have seen Lazio games how has Sergej Milinković-Savić looked? I've watched a few of his highlight videos and really like what I saw been rumors floating around of City keeping an eye on him

He’s a tank.

 

[Thierry Henry]

When I traveled Europe working for my Uncle back in the day, Greece, Italy, & Russia were the most racist cities I’d ever been to.

 

[vtotheinay]

are you disagreeing with him? I have homies that hooped in all those countries and they all have said the same thing (black guys). Also most of them say France is pretty bad as well plus those 3

 

[Armada]

 

[PabloSanchez]

are you disagreeing with him? I have homies that hooped in all those countries and they all have said the same thing (black guys). Also most of them say France is pretty bad as well plus those 3

My guess is naming three different countries and calling them cities.

 

[jape]

from ronaldinho's letter to his 8 year old self

Think about what Dad said, to play free and to just play with the ball. Play with joy. This is something that many coaches will not understand, but when you are on the pitch, you will never calculate. Everything will come naturally. Before you have time to think, your feet have already made a decision.

Creativity will take you further than calculation.

What you’ll be most proud of, though, is helping to change football in Barcelona through your style of play. When you arrive there, Real Madrid will be the power of Spanish football. By the time you leave the club, kids will be dreaming of playing “the Barcelona way."

 

[dvsonm]

Muthaf*#kin' Dinho!

 

[LA Diggler]

Happy with that. Should be a win and a chance to see Jonathan Leko on loan from West Brom. Type of player Fergie would’ve signed

 

[rolaholic]

Muthaf*#kin' Dinho!

Man was arguably the most important Barca player since Cruyff, helped take them to the heights they've reached and make them as recognizable a brand as there is in footy today.

My fave era in footy has probably been when dude was the best in the world before the 2 aliens separated themselves from everyone.

Neymar's kept the joga bonito spirit alive at times but man,no one's been pulling off consistently the stuff Dinho used to every game. Had everyone and their mother practicing dribbling