The Chinese super league starts this weekend and half of the league starts with point deductions bc of match fixing, sports betting and whatever sorts of corruption under the sun.
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There seems to be trend for a while of clubs in England being sponsored by weird betting businesses, some of which weren’t even allowed to operate in the U.K. Always wondered why so many betting firms were all over sportsball. Given some of the results in the upper echelons on football globally, you have to wonder sometimes if a lot more clubs, games and officials aren’t involved in match fixing. That’s entirely outside of the ‘fuck me, the ref is shit’ moaning that happens like clockwork at every game.
In the EFL Championship, Millwall continue to be doing the hilarious thing and challenging for one of the automatic promotion spots. Unless they really shit the bed in the last part of the season, they should at least make the play-offs. Everyone, please join me in a prayer to request the funniest fucking thing to happen to the Prem in years happens.
Ipswich and Leicester drew 1-1, proving that it really is possible for both teams to lose. Leicester are desperate for points after playing the most mediocre football all season and then having six points stolen from them by the big, bad football powers that be, for breaching profit and sustainability rules. Ipswich are desperate for points to also challenge for one of the auto promotion spots, and to prove that despite still being annoyingly good this season, they’re still capable of shooting themselves in the foot for fun and (lack of) profit.
And fuck Wrexham. I really hope they don’t make the play-offs for their stupid reality teevee Hollywood super cool and (entirely un-)relateable owners. I despise the bullshit media circus around them, and despise even more that this seems to translate into promotion for them every fucking season. The whole thing is fake and gay.
West Brom continue to struggle at the wrong end of the table. Sad times.