RAWK goes into Meltdown 21/22 Edition

The Mitcher

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I am so fecking tired of the term sportswashing. Yes, they're laundering bad domestic policies and crimes in their home state, which have never ever been covered in western media, by becoming huge figures in the western media and having those same things criticised.

They're rich dickheads who want to shake hands with Guardiola and buy Messi
I have never heard this term before, what is sportswashing?
 

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I have never heard this term before, what is sportswashing?
Its where you get a sport thats dirty and corrupt like football and wash it clean with soap, water and mostly money like City, Newcastle and PSG's good guy owners.
 

PedroMendez

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I am so fecking tired of the term sportswashing. Yes, they're laundering bad domestic policies and crimes in their home state, which have never ever been covered in western media, by becoming huge figures in the western media and having those same things criticised.

They're rich dickheads who want to shake hands with Guardiola and buy Messi
well. you explained perfectly how it works.
 

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I mean everything is fair and all that buy including the premier league part is a bit small-time from us, football wasn't invented in 1992.
Football was not invented in 1992, but it can be argued that it was reinvented...

With the launch of the Premier League in 1992, the biggest rule change ever in football also came into play... the back-pass rule.

So it can be said that the Premier League was the start of the modern era of football.

22 English teams started the 1992/93 Premier League campaign on zero points. United had the most points by the end of the season and won the first Premier League title. A league title that represented the start of the modern era of football.

There is nothing small time about being the first English team to win the Premier League.
 

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Football was not invented in 1992, but it can be argued that it was reinvented...

With the launch of the Premier League in 1992, the biggest rule change ever in football also came into play... the back-pass rule.

So it can be said that the Premier League was the start of the modern era of football.

22 English teams started the 1992/93 Premier League campaign on zero points. United had the most points by the end of the season and won the first Premier League title. A league title that represented the start of the modern era of football.

There is nothing small time about being the first English team to win the Premier League.
I will remember that next time I wanted to banter with Liverpool fans :D

Anyway thank goodness we're still at the top of the food chain in England, fir now at least.
 

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1-1 and 2-2 v Chelsea
3-3 v Brentford
2-2 twice v City,
2-2 at home v brighton
3-2 loss to Moyes West Ham
1-0 defeat to leicester who have been dreadful this season
2-2 twice v Tottenham.

Plenty of what ifs there for Liverpools management,players and their supporters and knowing just one win from those ten fixtures would have won the title for them.
 

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1-1 and 2-2 v Chelsea
3-3 v Brentford
2-2 twice v City,
2-2 at home v brighton
3-2 loss to Moyes West Ham
1-0 defeat to leicester who have been dreadful this season
2-2 twice v Tottenham.

Plenty of what ifs there for Liverpools management,players and their supporters and knowing just one win from those ten fixtures would have won the title for them.
Could easily make a similar list for City.

If Mahrez scored the penalty last week, the league was over, for example.
 

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1-1 and 2-2 v Chelsea
3-3 v Brentford
2-2 twice v City,
2-2 at home v brighton
3-2 loss to Moyes West Ham
1-0 defeat to leicester who have been dreadful this season
2-2 twice v Tottenham.

Plenty of what ifs there for Liverpools management,players and their supporters and knowing just one win from those ten fixtures would have won the title for them.
Wonder if Michael Oliver reffed any of those games ...
 

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1-1 and 2-2 v Chelsea
3-3 v Brentford
2-2 twice v City,
2-2 at home v brighton
3-2 loss to Moyes West Ham
1-0 defeat to leicester who have been dreadful this season
2-2 twice v Tottenham.

Plenty of what ifs there for Liverpools management,players and their supporters and knowing just one win from those ten fixtures would have won the title for them.
 

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There was some poem written by a scouser on skysports before kickoff. I'm sure most heard it. It was pure RAWK cringe. The only line missing from the poem was "half of 4 is 2". That's more realistic.
 

big rons sovereign

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There was some poem written by a scouser on skysports before kickoff. I'm sure most heard it. It was pure RAWK cringe. The only line missing from the poem was "half of 4 is 2". That's more realistic.
The fact that sky and the BBC don't get their colossal wankfest makes it all the better.
 

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Its where you get a sport thats dirty and corrupt like football and wash it clean with soap, water and mostly money like City, Newcastle and PSG's good guy owners.
So using football to make these dubious regimes look better?
 

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When will the gif drop with them thinking Villa have equalised? That brief happiness is pure joy for the rest of us.
 

Rightnr

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1-1 and 2-2 v Chelsea
3-3 v Brentford
2-2 twice v City,
2-2 at home v brighton
3-2 loss to Moyes West Ham
1-0 defeat to leicester who have been dreadful this season
2-2 twice v Tottenham.

Plenty of what ifs there for Liverpools management,players and their supporters and knowing just one win from those ten fixtures would have won the title for them.
This might not be the thread for it but MotD showed they only got draws against the other top 4 teams this season (City, Chelsea and Spuds). One more win and they would be champions.

Oh well.
 

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Never mind them not winning the league, this supposed 'Greatest Liverpool team ever' couldn't even manage consecutive 5-0's against us.

5-0 and 4-0 is not quite the same as what we did to them back in 1946 in consecutive matches...

Anfield - 16th Feb 1946
Liverpool 0-5 Man Utd

Maine Road - 11th Sept 1946
Man Utd 5-0 Liverpool

9-0 isn't as good as 10-0 is it? :D

Failed quadruple isn't as good as the proper Treble is it? :devil:
 

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Imagine just how sweet yesterday would have been if the covid season had been null and voided like it should have been :(
Meh....if a tree falls down, and there is no one around, does it make a sound??

Similar here, if a team lifts a trophy and there is no one around to see them lift a trophy, have they really lifted a trophy??
 

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The hysterical posts on there criticising Wolves for having the sheer cheek to actually try and give them a tough game yesterday, were hilarious.

One them of said that the Wolves fans turning up to Anfield, should have been excited about the prospect of witnessing a Premier League trophy ceremony there after the game.
 

MUW4Eva

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The hysterical posts on there criticising Wolves for having the sheer cheek to actually try and give them a tough game yesterday, were hilarious.

One them of said that the Wolves fans turning up to Anfield, should have been excited about the prospect of witnessing a Premier League trophy ceremony there after the game.
This is Wolves we are talking about, the same Wolves that have had some of the most legendary teams in the history of our game, and not forgetting players?

They should be the ones being honoured, deary me, once again Liverpool fans show themselves up for ignorant people that a lot seem to be.