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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 34m

Rice & MLS are both too slow, neither are feeding Odegaard. Saka & Madueke should absolutely swap wings. Havertz looks more effective when he’s drifted wide… Lots to do.

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 22h

Switching from iPhone to Android might be the worst life decision I've ever made

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

That Merino goal. Whisper it………. Bergkamp

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Jude Bellingham has 60 fucking caps for England? 60 caps, at 23? Hes gonna hit 200

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If someone told me Eze doesn’t actually like football and treats it like a 9–5, I’d believe it. His game just screams “I’ll get to it when I get to it.” A frustrating lack of urgency.

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I feel like every club Slaven Bilic has ever managed plays exactly like this

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If there’s one good thing coming out of this City mess, it’s the respect going Wenger’s way. The banter era did a lot of damage to his legacy, particularly in how he was viewed from outside Arsenal. I think history will start to correct that now (& rightly fucking so).

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I think I’ve got this right. Man City are not state owned or state funded, except they are state funded through sponsorship, but also are not state funded. The state has no involvement in Man City, while simultaneously being involved in Man City. Seems clear

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

How fucking stupid are Newcastle fans? How do they look at the state of LIV Golf (alongside other failing PIF investments) and think: “Yeah, I absolutely trust those guys with an unlimited bankroll to run my football club.” Morons

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

People are calling this a dark day for football - I think it’s a fucking great day for football.. Buzzing

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What happens when you run out of billionaires willing to risk their personal wealth on football clubs? You get into PE (like Chelsea) and that’s why there was so much uproar over Infantio’s plan to sell off FIFA. PE would be the end of football

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Some of the chat on the other platform is excruciatingly painful. People don’t understand the difference between personal wealth & private equity. The argument for unlimited spending seems to be: “It doesn’t matter if the owner pulls the funding, we’ll sell to another billionaire”

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Start gathering up all the books in the world, shine them up real nice, turn them sideways and fucking lob the lot at Manchester City. Fuck em

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🎙️Perspective of the Enemy🎙️ Justice will be served Hammering City Playing devils advocate Fuck Chelsea as well Roadhouse open.spotify.com/episode/60Qo...

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Justice will be served

Perspective of the Enemy · Episode

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Enjoyed this. Just wasn’t long enough…. But they’ll plenty more opportunities to hammer into Man City

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The impact of City’s alleged cheating is genuinely immeasurable Every player signed, every goal scored, every point accumulated, every sponsorship deal agreed, every new fan acquired, every trophy won. All of it came at someone else’s expense. No punishment could ever truly account for the damage

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You can love MLS but also accept he’s not ready to play CM week in week out for a team who wants to win a PL & CL..

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

MLS is a bit of a liability in MF. Hes got a lot of developing to do..

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In the history of the cosmos, has any institution ever been wrongly accused of 115 separate cases of alleged misconduct? Come on now Citeh

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is excellent, the best article I’ve seen….. Would read again.

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s basically the equivalent of lobbying Howard Webb to assign Michael Oliver to your games. What Man City have done for 10+ years impacts millions of fans (the custodians of football) across Europe. What they’ve taken away, can never be replaced. Throw every fucking book at them

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

FWIW, I don’t think the Juve chat it remotely comparable They were relegated for lobbying refereeing designators, not bribery. Ultimately, They tried to influence the outcome of games using “friendly” referees across 2 seasons City have illegally influenced the outcomes of EVERY game for 10 years

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

So what do we do now? Are teams supposed to turn up for work against Man City & pretend like nothing has happened? You wouldn’t sit across the table from Bernie Madoff in 2008 and go: “right then lads, business as usual”

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Not sure I’d be sending Dowman out on loan but if we are, we should prioritise Serie A. He’s not gonna get his legs broken by some oaf in Italy…. It’s a bit slower, but still tactical & technical (& it’ll be great life experience for him)

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I don’t have any stats to back this up but I don’t feel like we are creating lots of chances in the PL. I feel like we are creating lots of moments (just before the chance) but failing to execute. Feels like small margins yet again.

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This is why Pep didn’t fancy Cole Palmer. Hes a sunshine footballer. Hes not cut out for high intensity, high pressure, high stakes football week in week out.

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Imagine Saka had this exact same chance on the other flank? I know where that ball is ending up.

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Oh, and in addition to the below: Saka is still playing on the wrong wing!!

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Didn’t see any of the game because I’ve been away in Marbella playing golf (humblebrag) But I reckon I can guess exactly what that game looked like without Saliba & with Rice @ 6 against a super aggressive high press.

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This Gyokeres performance is actually quite sad. Even in his shittest games, he always looked like he wanted to be out there. Tonight, he’s moving like a man who doesn’t want to be on a football pitch..

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Merino is a ridiculous footballer. One minute he looks like he’s wandered onto the pitch by accident, the next he’s dropping shoulders like a prime Busquets

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Carling Cup R3 is my favourite fixture on the calendar. 90 minutes of football where I don’t give a single fuck about the outcome. Low stress, pure vibes. Lovley stuff

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Max Dowman puts grown men on their arses without touching the ball. He does them with the eyes. Thats not a skill you see very often.

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Can you link me to to the piece please. I know someone who fairly well connected to the shenanigans of youth football. Sounds like carnage

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

United fans will take this JJ Gabriel news as damning indictment of the club (& understandably so perhaps) But the youth market is all kinds of carnage at the minute. Huge fees, huge money, huge incentives are being dished out. It needs more regulation imo…

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🎙️Persepctive of the Enemy🎙️ Flying Solo. The cluster fuck derby Foden red card Why Haaland’s goal was given Talksport refereeing Chelsea are an unserious team Liverpool and Barcola open.spotify.com/episode/1oND...

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Flying Solo

Perspective of the Enemy · Episode

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It wasn’t an error of judgement it was an error of will. Refereeing decisions are not based on the laws of the game, they’re based on the referees willingness to apply the law. They wanted to give City the goal so they asked the wrong question to justify it: “Did Fernandez touch the ball”

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The weekends football discussion will be dominated by referees. It’s exactly what that big bald stiff idiot Howard Webb wants

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Carrick is toast. He’ll do well to last the season

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Honestly, PGMOL genuinely believe they’re part of the reason the PL is promoted as the best league in the world They think they’re part of the show & Michael Oliver is a perfect example. No time to think or consult VAR, It’s a snap red card that puts him front and centre

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’m doubling down on my DeZerbi take. He’s a weird guy, a shit communicator & a bit of a prick. I fully expected him to lob players under the bus when things started going wrong, I didn’t expect it a few weeks in. He’ll be gone by the end of the season

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Somewhere there’s an alternate boxing TL where Connor Benn is actually good. A fighter who came up through the levels properly, a fighter who went through the domestic & European scene before jumping to world level. Instead, we get this version.

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Oh Mikel…… You’re not wrong but don’t do it, we got the 3 points. Let this go.

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Incredible 3 points but I do think we need to manage these officials better. It’s not just the crowd you have to silence when you play under the lights up north, it’s these piss-poor referees as well.

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Just wait for the 7 minutes of stoppage time incoming.

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Macho 🇨🇾 @machogrande1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Legit think Gabriel annoyed the referee when he went down clutching his face. John Brooks got very animated about Gabriel leaving the pitch for the full 60 seconds. A couple of minutes later, he awards one of the most homer penalties in Premier League history.

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