Great day for futbol. Saturday Morning thread now with more sectarianism!

Good morning all. I hope you’re all well this morning and if you have a hangover/bongover that it isn’t too severe.

Since I am filling in this weekend let’s have a look across Europe at the end of the season.

Serie A – It is Inter’s world and the rest of the clubs are just living in it.

Ligue 1 – PSG isn’t up by as much as you would think. They are up 3 on Lens but do have a game in hand. I admittedly put Ligue Uhhhhn on in the background when I am doing Saturday cooking/chores. It is a fun league.

Bundesliga – Bayern, always Bayern. They’re up by 13 on Dortmund. The usual. Funny thing is that I went to a game in Bayern and was 10th row in the Sudkurve from the pic above. The game I went to was during Oktoberfest at 9 pm. It was an incredible experience, the locals gave me a song sheet, and beers were plentiful. One of them gave me a Sudkurve scarf and I display it proudly on my wall. Alfonso Davies is hurt again which sucks balls for Canada this summer.

La Liga – Hahahaha fuck you Madridistas. There is a petition to get Mbappe out of there.

Eredivisie – Eindhoven is up by 17 pts.

Folks, twenty years ago I moved to Scotland to work at what was then The Westin Turnberry resort. You know who bought it and I don’t want to talk about that. Anywhoo, every Scot I would meet at work would greet me and then immediately ask me whether I supported Rangers or Celtic? My family is originally from Dundee and they were raised protestant. At the time both teams really sucked, and still do for that matter. Also during that time a Lithuanian gangster was in talks to buy Heart of Midlothian, or Hearts so that was moving the needle for me. Also they’re the protestant team in Edinburgh so that ticked two boxes for me. I then got to visit Tynecastle my 2nd week in the country to work and event at a sister hotel. It was old, shitty and absolutely beautiful. I was in.

I say all this because currently Hearts is in 1st place with 3 games to go. They beat Rangers last weekend in a game that nearly gave me a heart attack. Had that happened I would have been meeting BeerguyRob’s dad who was an ardent Hearts supporter. Hearts hasn’t won the league since 1960 and no team other than the Old Firm has won the league since Aberdeen led by Alex Ferguson won it in 1984. It is a big deal in Scotland.

This weekend Hearts plays away to Motherwell who have been damn good this year. This is a game where Hearts has to at least get a point. Next week they are at home to Falkirk, and the last weekend of the season they are away to Celtic and there is NO chance they win that game.

Also this weekend is an Old Firm Derby also at Parkhead. The sectarian in me knows for a fact that Rangers won’t lay down against the Hoops ever under any circumstance. It’s in their blood. That game is at 5:00 am my time, noon in Glasgow because the police have learned that the games have to be as early as possible or there will be more blood than usual.

On to England!

The early tilt is a good one for a meteor to hit.

Chelsea – Liverpool. The tenants of North Fulham have had an absolutely comical year. They won the Club World Cup and everyone thought that the billion dollar investment in players (seriously) would pay off in a run for the title. It didn’t quite work out that way as they are level on points with Everton and Fulham.

Liverpool despite all of the moaning that I hear from their supporters are safely in the Champions League and I think Slot keeps his job one more season. I will have to side with deci_litre and root for the Reds here. It is for the greater good Hippo.

Brighton – Wolves. Play well this week Wolves and not next week please. With the amount of Champions League positions that England could potentially get next year Brighton could be playing at minimum in the Europa league.

Sunderland – Man United. I’m not ready to live in a world where United is good again. Their supporters are insufferable and annoying. Sunderland stayed up, that’s cool.

Fulham – Bournemouth. Game of my season. This is it. If Mighty Whitey has a sniff at European football next season they MUST win this game. Bournemouth is playing kick ass football even after Semenyo left and their cooch said he was leaving at the end of the year. I will be in my basement pub screaming my face off interrupted only by rage walks with litrepug. If Fulham qualify for Europe on coach will stay and that is a good thing. Iwobi and Sessegnon are out which is a very bad thing.

Citeh – Brentford. For the love of all thing holy please kick the living shit out of the Bees. Get your 3 point Citeh then hope that West Ham does the best thing ever tomorrow. West Ham can simultaneously fuck over Arsenal, AND pass Tottenham in the relegation battle. If there is any futbol God in the world make it so.

That’s all I got. My life is now U9 futbol. 5 nights a week, it’s like a part time job. Recently I had a friend come and pugsit when we were in The Land of Blax whose daughter played for the Whitecaps U16 and U17 teams and then last year decided she didn’t want to play anymore. My friend said she didn’t know how much she missed taking her to practices and games. This year I’ve taken that to heart and am enjoying shuttling Alison Jr around town. Most of the pitches in my side of the city have a view of the mountains so it is great.

Also, its Mother’s Day tomorrow up here, not sure about down there. Get your shit together if you haven’t already. Mom’s are the best. Heh.