I’ll admit to being naive. I genuinely thought there was a chance that when Chris Klein’s contract expired this year, the Los Angeles Galaxy might actually let him go. When it was revealed the club had cheated under his watch (and in spectacular “Galaxy-under-Klein” fashion, still failed regardless), that he himself would be suspended, & […]
Read more "So You Didn’t Think We Should Boycott, Huh?"How does one critique a game, while holding the view that in this particular case, revealing the merest detail beyond the opening five minutes, would be to inexcusably tarnish a would-be player’s experience? I’ve never played a game quite like Outer Wilds. Rarely does a game succeed so completely in what it’s trying to achieve. […]
Read more "Outer Wilds"The Alien franchise, Metallica, the Walking Dead & the Los Angeles Galaxy: all things that used to be far better than are now. With some of these, there is debate as to where things went wrong. “Alien3” or “Resurrection”? “The Black Album”, “Load” or did things truly start to falter with “…Justice”? Did TWD jump […]
Read more "#KleinOut"I looked on, nerves quivering as once again, Los Angeles FC surged towards the Los Angeles Galaxy goal. We were deep into an extraordinary eight minutes of injury time, the score poised at an anxiety-inducing 2-1 to the Galaxy. Finally, the resistance broke. The ball hit the back of the net. LAFC fans rejoiced. My […]
Read more "Oh, The Hilarity – El Trafico 2022, Part 1"So, as often goes the story, England again suffer heartbreak at the hands of an elite national team, via a penalty shootout. Just like Southgate in 1996, Beckham in 1998 & Ronaldo in 2006, I see some of you have picked out your scapegoats for what has been England’s best ever European Championships performance. From […]
Read more "To the Scumbag Contingent of England’s Fan Base"Before I start, this piece is essentially about attitudes around the world towards men’s football. I’d be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge the huge success that the USA Women’s National Team has had but there’s a very different dynamic between the US and other nations with regard to the women’s game. In that case, America […]
Read more "Why Are the US Men’s National Team the Most Hated in the World?"This morning, I woke up to see that the Outgoing President had tweeted this: While this may lose me followers, I think it’s time I addressed this outside of the limited framework of social media. While I’m probably more positive on President Elect Joe Biden & Vice President Elect Kamala Harris than some, my priority […]
Read more "80m People Didn’t Vote For Biden (or My Clickbaitiest Title Ever)"Before I begin, I’d like to state the fairly obvious and point out that I don’t know former footballer and recently-employed head coach, Jurgen Klinsmann. Away from the world of football, he might be wonderful. For all I know, he may be as warm and tender as a perfect cut of filet mignon, as generous […]
Read more "Klinsi’s Coaching Failures: Surely a Pattern?"What do Landon Donovan, Omar Gonzalez, Giovani Dos Santos, Romain Alessandrini, Jonathan Dos Santos and Cristian Pavon, all have in common? Every single one of them was under 30 when they signed their first Designated Player contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy. Let’s get something out of the way right off the bat: we who […]
Read more "The MLS “Retirement League” Hand-Wringing Continues"The Glazer family: majority owners of Manchester United and among a large section of the club’s support, about as popular as a beat-boxer at a eulogy. For nigh on a decade-and-a-half, the LUHG (Love United Hate Glazer) movement have been doing all manner of things in protest of their ownership, from donning the green and […]
Read more "Man United bin Salman Link: Hating Glazers Above Loving United?"
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