Trabzonspor played most of the top 6 and most of the bottom 6, now it will mostly face mid-table 6 teams (and Fenerbahce) in the remaining of the first half of the season. Is that good or bad? Given how Trabzonspor play I’d say this is the perfect mix of teams as they do not park the bus and have the ambition to attack (with the exception of the more prudent Erzurum and Alanyaspor).

It’s not only about winning the CL, but style of play and team identity matter too. The claustrophobic and anti-football way Arsenal played with vs PSG in the CL Finals (25% possession and 1 shot on target) diminish your team’s chances of gaining credibility.

believe I can fly I believe I can touch the sky I think about it every night and day Spread my wings and fly away

PL 26/27: I looked at the teams Liverpool played (1 team bottom 5) compared to City (4 teams bottom 5), Arsenal (3 teams bottom 5) and Chelsea (0 teams bottom 5). Too early with only 8 games played, but City had the easier start, Chelsea tougher, Arsenal easier journey ahead in the first half of the season and Liverpool the most balanced.

In 2026: ▫️Voted Bayern player of the year: Olise ▫️Voted Bundesliga player of the year: Olise ▫️Voted England player of the year: Bellingham ▫️Voted Champions League best player: Kvaratskhelia ▫️Voted World Cup best player: Rodri ▫️Ballon D’Or winner? Harry Kane. The Ballon d’Or is a media award where the narrative to select the winner is decided by elite media and the voting is done by 100 media personalities carefully selected by the elite media. In 2025 the media narrative was “you have to win the champions league” to win the Ballon d’Or. Salah and Raphinha had outstanding individual seasons, but when Liverpool and Barcelona exited the CL the media told us their chances were over. Salah came 4th and Raphinha 5th. The fact that Salah arguably had the best season in the PL history, broke many individual PL records in the best league in the world to help his club win its second league title in 35 years were all muted by the media. In 2026 the media narrative shifted to “goals involvement is the key criterion” to win the Ballon d’Or. England, World Cup favorite, lost to Argentina with Kane having a horrible game and not even playing vs France in the 3rd position decider, Bayern a Champions League favorite exited, but the whole media narrative was about G/A. Some even mentioned Kane helping Bayern win the Bundesliga as if Bayern didn’t win 13 of the last 14 trophies. This post is not anti-Kane as he deserves recognition for his outstanding career and amazing talent, but it is also important to recognize that the Ballon d’Or is a biased and manipulated award.

Omar Berrada jumped Man City’s sinking ship for Man United’s sinking ship. Jinxed.

Liverpool vs Brighton: - Brighton the closest in the PL to a Bundesliga team - Araujo’s Liverpool contract a matter of time - This is Alisson’s last season at Liverpool - Gakpo today had a game out of 25/26 season - We need an Araujo for the LB position - Kerkez should be our new Kostas (backup & cup games) - Ayari could’ve had a hat-trick - Isak is playing recently like Liverpool’s Inzaghi!

Gakpo is having a game out of the 25/26 season.

1 hour poll: Man United will sack Carrick whether this week or before the international break, so who will replace him?

30 minute poll: Liverpool’s best player in 1st half vs Brighton:

Liverpool dominating and Brighton rattled. Two shaky moments, but it’s mostly all Liverpool. Brighton is the closest in the PL to a Bundesliga team!

Some articles feel like from a year ago. I did check the date to make sure it is new, but idiots with nothing to say and the right connections have to justify their wages so they share with us this diarrhea.

Looks great. It feels as if Tommy Hilfiger designed a sweater for a tennis player (fresh, relaxed, preppy, clean). I wish Trabzonspor’s Salah Collection Box looked like that.

Can’t wait for the day when Rio and Nyoni are consistently in the starting lineup.

On the hypocrisy of Carragher: Cole Palmer has been awful for 2 years with some random good games in between, but Carragher never criticized Palmer while targeting Florian Wirtz. Carragher even portrayed Palmer as a victim. As Carragher is the closest thing in football punditry to a sleazy politician willing to say anything to stay relevant and be the center of attention, he’ll probably finally criticize Palmer to protect himself. By the way, I have been critical of Wirtz, but this is about Carragher’s hypocrisy and favoritism.

The writing was on the wall once Real Madrid signed Mourinho. Mourinho likes control, low risk, not losing possession and defensive solidity. He’s also a dinosaur media personality more than a creative coach at this stage of his career. Trent on the other hand is high risk / high reward. By design he has high “possession lost” numbers due to all the long balls, switches and crosses. Also, we know he’s not the best defensively. At Liverpool the team was built to platform him and Salah for years, but this is not the case at Madrid. Dumfries provide Mourinho with a compromise he likes. Trent will either return to Liverpool (doubt it) or join a club like Chelsea.