Never thought I'd say this, but I miss r/soccer. It was so busy and filled with shitposting and goal gifs that it was a great distraction. In comparison, the football community here on Lemmy is virtually dead. And even the few things in there are very pro-Man United, pro-Spurs, and anti-Arsenal.

At least c/Gunners is fantastic - much better than the reddit equivalent. Not a ton of people here, but enough to keep it active. And the folks here have good, insightful contributions and are a good laugh.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I am not an arsenal fan per se but I am subbed to this community because it is the only football community active here on lemmy. c/soccer is just so dead. I appreciate you guys for being able to actually create a functioning community here

[–] ThePowerOfGeek 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Cheers. Yes, there aren't too many functional club communities here. From what I've briefly seen, the Nottingham Forest one is active (kudos to them). But I'm not too familiar with any other active ones (though there probably are some others).

It's rough to start a new community. You have to reach a critical mass of engaged regular users (I think at least a dozen or so), and have some of them dedicated to posting quality content regularly (credit to Astrealix and a few others here for that).

Then if the community continues to grow, you have to traverse a while bunch of new migration challenges to balance it community engagement with content quality.

I hope more club-based communities flourish on Lemmy. Because rivalries make things interesting, and other communities sometimes offer interesting new perspectives.

[–] Astrealix 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just checked, Forest's is just a bot. It's just a ghost.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh, haha. Nevermind then!

[–] Astrealix 4 points 9 months ago

Liverpool is the other one I know of that has more than like, one person at most.

[–] Astrealix 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

oh pish posh I've done nothing, you all are the reason this place exists and continues to exist. We need more though. Imma go check out the Forest one, didn't realise it was!

[–] nuggsy 5 points 9 months ago

I'd say we're kinda like ouroboros then. I feel like you help create a consistent structure that provides a platform for the community to flourish.

[–] Astrealix 4 points 9 months ago

I saw Bolton Wanderers just made one, hopefully people will join that but I doubt there's enough people to be honest.

[–] Astrealix 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Liverpool's is too, sometimes? I think?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No that has got like only 2 people active. I used to try to jolt the Bayern community into life but after receiving no traction on several posts in a row I just stopped trying. I see the Liverpool community go towards the same path. Hopefully c/Liverpool's situation improves in the future.

[–] Astrealix 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

You're a Bayern fan then? I do think if there's clubs that can do it it's gotta be us / Liverpool / Manchester United with the massive extremely online Anglophone fanbases lol.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I am Bayern fan but I am hoping that arsenal wins the league which I is why I am here.

I do think if there's clubs that can do it it's gotta be us / Liverpool / Manchester United with the massive extremely online Anglophone fanbases lol.

The problem is there is no German speaking community for Bayern Munich either. It is just that people from the fcbayern subreddit never moved to lemmy - the height of irony that fanbases who have fought for the right to have control over the club are sticking with a platform over which they have no control

[–] Astrealix 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

tbf there's not much control here either, it's just that this platform isn't actively doing a bunch of shitty exploitative stuff lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Well you can whip up your own instance though, offering you near complete control

[–] Astrealix 1 points 9 months ago

Yea for sure. I'm not bothered lol

[–] Astrealix 2 points 9 months ago

Oh, just checked, c/reddevils has got a few people. Not nearly as sizeable as us I think but it's got activity.

[–] nuggsy 2 points 9 months ago

This is nice to see. Welcome! :)

[–] nuggsy 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I just had a thought... what if we spent a day only posting in c/football... I didn't say it was a good one.

I agree with you though. I burnt myself out on sport a long time ago. I used to watch a bit of everything until I hot a wall and stopped everything completely.

I started following again around the end of the Wegner era and now I usually only stick with Arsenal related content. r/football was how I kept up to date with stuff.

But, I'm glad c/gunners is active and with a range of people with open minds (at least I try to)

[–] ThePowerOfGeek 4 points 9 months ago

Haha, yeah that doesn't sound like a good day!

But... it's a good idea in general. It might be worth regularly posting some good articles over there. I think I've posted a couple of general things, but I don't think they were received too well. But eh, worth another try.

[–] Astrealix 3 points 9 months ago

Don't care enough to make c/football properly a thing lol.

[–] Astrealix 4 points 9 months ago

Definitely, Twitter and Bluesky aren't good replacements. Not good enough, anyway.

[–] nuggsy 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I've been watching highlights on the Palace V ManU game and United do not look cohesive in so many aspects. Their defending and goalkeeping aside, it didn't look like they knew their roles for some of their set pieces.

On one of their free kicks, Eriksen is telling the United players lined up in the attack what to do. I know the team discuss what roles/tactics they are going to use, but it didn't look like anybody knew what they were supposed to do.

You can see Eriksen giving Evans instructions, then Garnacho, then he steps away from the ball to go tell Antony and others lined up instructions. And even after that Evans looks kinda clueless on where he should stand. Give him the benefit of the doubt and maybe he was just trying to position himself according to the defensive line.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is really interesting analysis. From looking at their lineup I assumed their defense was the weak point. But that's not what you're seeing, and given that you watched some of the match, I trust your judgement.

I'm not surprised Eriksen was trying to call the shots. He was/still is a quality player with a good footballing brain. I guess Mainoo, Hojlund, and Garnacho are still young so they'd need guidance. Rashford doesn't seem to give a shit any more (can't blame him in this case). And Antony 'beyblade fidgetspinner' is just an idiot, so no amount of instructions will penetrate that thick skull to the empty space within. I'm not familiar with the others.

I really hope their morale stays in the basement this weekend. If so, and if we stay focused in defensive midfield, and don't have any brain farts in defence, there's a very reasonable chance we can thrash the ever-loving shit out of them.

[–] nuggsy 2 points 9 months ago

I'm no expert, and it was only highlights, but it just stood out. To me, it looked like Eriksen was trying to set up for the attacking set piece in the moment, which maybe indicated it wasn't one they ran drills on or practiced.

I guess, also to the point you made, they seem to be short on leaders, which is something we suffered with for a while too.

There's so many reasons this should be an easy fixture. But it is Manure who have a player or 2 who can pull shit out of their arse and have it turn to gold.

[–] nuggsy 2 points 9 months ago

Thinking about the space between the United defence and midfield, this could be a game Martinelli could do well in with his pace

[–] Astrealix 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Some good news btw: this weekend will be the last we have to wear this horrible radiation kit lol

[–] nuggsy 3 points 9 months ago

I don't think it's as bad since I first saw it, but I still really don't like the kit, lol. It was different though?

I think my favourites from Addidas are still 21/22 blue lightning 3rd kit and 19/20 bruised banana away. There have been some other really quality jerseys, though, but those are the ones I've worn the most.

Also, because I have Ødegaard on the 21/22 one xD

[–] MHPengwingz 3 points 9 months ago

I'm about to get it for half off at Adidas someone stop me pls 😂😂😂

[–] Astrealix 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Harry Kane lol.

[–] MHPengwingz 3 points 9 months ago

The schadenfreude is hilarious

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Some guy on reddit about Wayne Rooney - "He'd be a great appointment for a League 2 team, proven track record at taking teams to League 1"

[–] nuggsy 2 points 9 months ago

I had to look up what that meant. Brilliant xD

[–] MHPengwingz 3 points 9 months ago

Hahahaha Bayern

[–] Astrealix 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

In other news, just watched the last appearance of River Song. Or the first, timeywimey and all that. I know what's up with her vaguely cuz I've read the wiki, but that was still a great two-parter. Getting to the end of Tennant now.

[–] hangonasecond 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So good. You're still in for so much good stuff. I'm caught up but have to wait 2 days to watch the ep coming out this weekend because me and the missus are working opposite shifts

[–] Astrealix 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm gonna watch it anyway probably, haha. I haven't watched the first appearance of the Fifteenth but I assume I won't need to? New series and all that. Gonna take those the long way around.

[–] hangonasecond 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah given its basically a reboot you're probably okay. I would save the recent specials for when you're up to them, you might be missing a bit of context for the new series I guess but there's just so much in them that is so fantastic when you've seen the rest.

Just depends on your preference!!

[–] Astrealix 3 points 9 months ago

Eh, I don't care about spoilers anyway — spent enough time wiki diving back when I wasn't planning on actually watching and I still remember some stuff (plus I just like wiki diving so sometimes I still do lol)

[–] nuggsy 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Is that the 'Silence in the Library' and 'Forest of the Dead' episodes? If so, one of my favourite episodes. Kinda creeped me out a little when I first watched it.

[–] Astrealix 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's very good. I'm disappointed that in all several hundred years he got he didn't manage to think of a way to give her back a real body after uploading to CAL though...

[–] nuggsy 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I take your point. That is very doctor-esque though, lol

But that could be one of those "fixed" points in time where his hands are tied. Because doesn't she help keep things running? I've forgotten what CAL did

[–] Astrealix 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

CAL is the library core thing

[–] nuggsy 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Right, I thought so. She essentially saves it. I want to say that maybe there's no way of reversing what happened, but there are so many possibilities and universes that it seems impossible there isn't some solution.

Which kinda leads me back to it being a fixed point in time. Which also feels like a bit of a cop out excuse

[–] Astrealix 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Then again, Doctor Who is not one for continuity lol.

[–] nuggsy 2 points 9 months ago

Yeeeaahh... you're not entirely wrong there, lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Seen that clip of Fulham players flying kites on their training pitch. Congrats Man City I guess.

[–] sensiblepuffin 1 points 9 months ago

None of their final 10 matches have any particular reason to try.