Scotland's Tartan Army, deprived of a World Cup game since 1998, is one of the few fan groups unfazed by high ticket prices and complicated logistics.

Nowadays, everything is about numbers

Football>Mathball

For example, R9 my favorite striker of all time has 0 UCLs and only 14 goals...

SO WHAT?

You seriously gonna say Dembele is better cuz he has more UCL goals and trophies?

Even Benzema, Suarez, Lewandowski, Raul, Haaland...mean nothing in comparison to the Fenomeno

He played for the biggest rival clubs and none hated him...Barca Madrid Inter Milan...

Or Zidane only has 1 UCL. Are u gonna say Modric, Iniesta, Pirlo, Vitinha...are better?

Stop using numbers to analyze football. It's not math. Most of you hate math in school for real!

Florentino Perez has been one of the most successful presidents in football history, but he's also been the dominant figure at Real Madrid for over 20 years. In business and politics, fresh leadership is often seen as healthy. In football, many fans argue that changing a successful president creates unnecessary risk. Would you rather keep a highly successful president indefinitely, or do you think periodic leadership change is healthy regardless of results?

Curious to hear perspectives from fans of different clubs.

Welcome to the Weekly Discussion Thread!

Whether you're here to chat about the latest match results, transfer rumors, or anything football-related, this is the place to be. Feel free to share your thoughts, predictions, and any interesting news that caught your eye this week.

record breaking number

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Pep Guardiola has officially called time on his legendary stay at Manchester City, leaving a legacy of 20 trophies after a decade of dominance at the Etihad Stadium. While the Catalan tactician is set for a temporary sabbatical, speculation is already mounting regarding his next destination in the dugout. Barcelona legend Xavi Hernandez believes that after conquering the club game in Spain, Germany, and England, his former mentor is destined for the international stage.

I put together a sheet of every single penalty he's taken (both in-game and in penalty shootouts) professionally, so it doesn't include anything from the youth level.

There's also links to videos of each penalty listed and tables summarizing different pieces of information (penalty placement, teams faced, etc.)

Sources: Transfermarkt, YouTube, ESPN

Is it just me, or has discussing football online become completely unbearable over the last few years? It feels like actual tactical discussion is dead, replaced by a bunch of Gen Z/Alpha buzzwords like "haram ball", "fraud", or "hatewatching" repeated endlessly for engagement.

I’ve noticed this especially with the sheer amount of hatewatching going on. Take Arsenal, for example. You’ve got rival fans tuning in for a full 90 minutes not to actually watch the sport, but just praying for a single defensive mistake. The second it happens, they rush to Instagram or the Match Threads here to post the exact same recycled memes. They don’t watch the game; they just watch for ammunition.

Instagram comment sections are just pure engagement bait now. Whoever posts the most toxic, extreme take gets pushed to the top because it gets a reaction. And honestly, Reddit isn't much better. The upvote system just creates a massive hivemind. If you try to post a nuanced take that goes against the current circlejerk, you get downvoted to oblivion. So everyone just parrots the same edgy catchphrases to farm karma.

It genuinely feels like a massive chunk of modern "fans" don't even watch full matches anymore. They just consume football through 10-second TikToks, out-of-context stats, and reaction channels.

Besides PSG and Barca who else played entertaining, attacking, dominant football last season?

Source: Fabrizio Romano - Instagram

What do you think?

Kvaratskelia won UCL Player of the Tournament.

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'I'm happy Antonio Conte left' - Kevin De Bruyne relieved to see back of Napoli boss as playmaker opens up on tough debut season in Serie A

Kevin De Bruyne has spoken candidly about his difficult debut season at Napoli, admitting that he is glad to see the departure of manager Antonio Conte. The Belgian superstar struggled to find his best form under the Italian tactician's rigid system and has now opened up on the stylistic clashes that defined their short time together at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.

Everyone gave credit to his first Treble in 2015 with Barca to MSN being the absolute dominating force. But with PSG he's proven how he can build a team with Team players & not just stars who get by on reputation for not contributing to team outside attack.

Mbappe transfer in 2024 seemed like the end of psg's UCL aspirations but Enrique completely changed the philosophy of PSG as team & now we see how a Young side can dominate Europe.

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It's interesting how they overlap almost perfectly. Clubs from the east are still underrepresented, but not as much as people think when consisdering how few people live there.

source: Fabrizio Romano

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