bookd.
Man City1 - 0Tottenham
yo it's crazy how we literally won this
Austria3 - 1Israel
feeling the need to log another entry about this match: while i understand the action taken by the administration of bookd to moderate the chat mostly around israel, i would be remiss to not say something (serious, i’ve made plenty of jokes). football is inherently political. israel is committing a genocide. criticizing israel is not antisemitism. joking about israel and their inability to do anything but slaughter children is not antisemitism. while antisemitism does exist around the topic, i don’t agree fully with the decision to potentially lock all chats involving israel. i’m palestinian, living in america. i am only writing this whilst sitting on my couch in detroit because of geographical luck and the sacrifices of my family throughout generations. there are thousands of children and young people who do not and will not ever have this luxury. there are thousands of children throughout palestine and the greater levant who had their dreams stolen, either by amputation or death; dreams as small as one day playing football with their friends on a pitch without the threat of bombs or snipers. i think of these children every time i’m watching a match or talking to my friends about the game or in the stands. they deserved to live as we do. obviously, it’s not that serious here. this is a football app. however, i think shutting down everything around the discussion of israel and their football team is wrong and sends a strange message. again— rationally, i understand the decision. however, i cannot support what feels like a blind deflection of the responsibility that comes with handling this sort of subject matter. shoutout toni and olivia for all they do, but free palestine till it’s backwards. israel is committing a genocide, and we cannot let anyone forget or turn a blind eye to it. 🇵🇸 (forgive any strange wording here, i’m a bit fired up)
Everton2 - 2Man United
Maitland Niles in stoppage time for no reason whatsoever
Everton
Ipswich0 - 2Liverpool
The Liverpool I've wanted to see is finally here! The first half had us bag our two winning goals very early on, with Isak being supplied brilliantly from Gakpo. Seeing these two alongside Wirtz co-operate together so well tonight was very fun, especially with the struggles all three players had last season. The second half had us slow down significantly, I'm not too big on it but at least we're doing this kind of play while we're ahead for once. Barcola got a runout during this half too, and his pace and skill looked exciting from the admittedly brief glimpses he got to shine with the ball at his feet. Other things I would like to point out are Szoboszlai learning to play deeper, he did it initially starting at DM and kept at it when he moved to the RW later on. Munoz, who started in that position, still looks brilliant and I think should be starting and playing there as much as possible. With the RB position, Iraola's risky decision to move Araujo in there paid off tremendously. He looked sharp at the back all game, and I think the physicality of the league and less eyes on him from the lack of armband wearing him down will make him back into the star defender he was a few years ago. Andoni's arrived in the way his predecessor did: a 2-0 away win at Portman Road. This time around though, I'm hoping to see some intensity, physicality and (of course) some more trophies come in over the next couple of seasons.