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  1. El Zen
    Yeah, I hate to say this was my initial instinct too, but I am scarred by my own experience.
  2. El Zen
    They probably do, and they probably will, and as long as HSV f*** up every year I’m fine Such a close and interesting league, though. Lots of massive clubs Hertha and Schalke struggling early doors.
  3. El Zen
    St. Pauli off to a decent start in Zweite. Their form since last winter break and the new head coach took over is promotion form. Could it actually happen?
  4. El Zen
    An Oslo restaurant is doing The Bear themed brunches, so today I’ve had a four course meal of fennel salad, Sidney’s omelette, Mikey’s family spaghetti and an ice cream sundae. Farking delicious.
  5. El Zen
    I’m within spitting distance of our drum for Vålerenga games, and I hardly notice it tbh.
  6. El Zen
    That’s probably true. Sadly.
  7. El Zen
    Nope, that’s just not true. The drum is only there to amplify the singing and help people keep the right pace.
  8. El Zen
    Agreed.
  9. El Zen
    It’s still a team full of internationals. Should be more than enough quality in there to do better.
  10. El Zen
    Nah, these players should be good enough. Can’t blame Emery for giving them a chance. Just a shame they haven’t taken it.
  11. El Zen
    Chambers just doesn’t have it.
  12. El Zen
    Scrap VAR Go back to a common sense and spirit of the game understanding of the offside rule.
  13. El Zen
    Mostly the former, of course, but the monthly bill is about 40 per cent higher than it was a year ago.
  14. El Zen
    I’m definitely feeling it. The mortgage bill alone is now eating north of 60 per cent of my take home salary every month.
  15. El Zen
    I was meant to be over for the Palace game, but couldn’t afford to fork out the total cost for plane tickets, hotels etc. That’s something I’d normally be able to do at least twice a year, but now I wasn’t even close to being able to cover the cost without dipping into my savings.
  16. El Zen
    Made it uncomfortable, but for long periods we played them off the pitch. Deserved to win.
  17. El Zen
    Everywhere. I hate it. Absolutely hate it.
  18. El Zen
    Congrats, @StefanAVFC. So happy for you, mate. The more serious I get with my new GF, the more I realise I’m gonna have to do all of this again. Or rather, I get more and more certain that I want to do all of this again. Crazy.
  19. El Zen
    I’m not sure I’d want a 25 yard screamer in to the top corner being called offside because of a player being off out by the corner flag. But broadly speaking, I agree, if you’re close to the ball, you’re active. This used to work just fine with very little cunfusion. What an absolute mess we’ve made of this game.
  20. El Zen
    I’d argue it has made it worse through still frame photos and slo-mo, where you can find «handball violations» out of context. And the problem with the offside rule isn’t so much the lines, as how we’ve suddenly redifined the whole rule to protect the refs, to the point where nobody understands the rules anymore. Not even the refs.
  21. El Zen
    Football refereeing, with or without technology, will never be perfect, never be entirely objective, never black or white. The rules of the game must be applied through a lense of subjective interpretation. Football will never be entirely «fair», referees’ decisions will always be debated and questioned. You try to achieve the unachievable by taking away the most important ingredient in football as a spectator sport: spontanious emotion. Not only that, the introduction of VAR has resulted in a reinterpretarion of the rules, to the point where they’ve become almost meaningless. I have no idea what handball is anymore. I have no idea if something is offside anymore, except the most clear cut cases. It’s become absurd, and it’s all we seem to talk about on a monday now. Scrap it!
  22. El Zen
    Hah! Try Norway
  23. El Zen

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    Wait. This is the internet? I’m disappointed. I thought the internet would have lots of naked women, instead all I get is moaning and fish puns?
  24. El Zen
    Because I want to have the best possible conditions to create a good atmosphere when I’m a travelling supporter, and because I want as much atmosphere in the stadium as possible. It’s much more fun to sing against an away stand in full voice, it makes me up my own game. I firmly support fans’ right to support their team as best they can, and giving them the best possible conditions to do so, home and away. That solidarity needs to exist across alliegiences. Ultras liberi.
  25. El Zen
    Travelling fans should have the best conditions possible. It’s what we would want when we travel.
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