Check out the Adeyemi goal for Dortmund vs Lille. If you love a sweetly struck daisy-cutter (think that Tiago Alcantara one vs Porto, but even better.)
The goal is pretty early in the video, but look for the replay angle at 37 seconds - just the most perfect football pie one could ever see!
Poetry in slow motion.
YT algorithm threw this at meâŠ
Dear Germaine,
Itâs Ok mate there is always a place for you back in the A League.
So we can all take the piss out of you in perpetuity.
Sincerely,
Karma
Why does my favourite J.League team always sign the biggest pricks from the A-League?
Theyâre just squaring the ledger after historically having too many SFC legends on their books.
Mara, 92 years young, is not ever missing from supporting her Spezia. Here, she is at the stadium for Spezia-Pisa in Serie B Italy. Passion has no age.
More ultra than you!
Can heartily recommend the Puskas in Australia film âAnge and the Bossâ if it gets shown anywhere after tonight. Hilarious stuff and a tremendous nostalgia trip for that late 80s early 90s period here.
At the risk of breaking protocol by quoting myself, and shilling over-enthusiastically, this has 2 more sessions now in Sydney, both at Palace Norton St, 3PM Saturday and Sunday. Good trailer on the filmâs site here:
Get behind films like this that tell the stories of our code (even if itâs Melbourne). Itâs funny, and itâs ours.
The contrast between what a figure Puskas in in our spot and the veneration proper football fans held him in, with the down to earth elements of where he lived, trained and coached (with seemingly no complaints whatsoever, or any sense of âdo you know who I amâ) is fantastic.
Highlights are: how much the likes of Paul Trimboli and Micky Petersen relish the stories and humour of the situation; the rudimentary brick bench area with chalked on ultras tags from Souths hard boys of the time; characters like âValâ his Aussie friend; his liberal use of Greek sign language to communicate with Hellas fans heckling him when things were bad; his body shape, an absolute inspiration for all the 120kg Uni students out there.
Anyhow, go watch it. You donât need to be an NSL-head to enjoy it, but those of you who remember those times must go. Itâs only 77 minutes, you wonât have a bored minute.
Went to the one in Norton Street on Monday. 
I liked it, made me a bit emotional. 
Is it me, or are penalties just getting more and more ridiculous? Just watched Ronaldoâs penalty miss in the National League and heâs literally stopped and you could argue his momentum almost starts to go backwards. I understand that he missed, but the question is, would it have counted had it gone in? With keepers not allowed to do anything to annoy a striker, still not sure why strikers are allowed to do what they want to annoy a keeper. The concept is just ridiculous.
As I understand it (and Iâm known to be wrong on many occasions), itâs the motion of the kick that is not allowed to stop.
The run-up isnât counted, so (again, if I understand correctly) in theory the taker could moonwalk ,pirouette or whatever in their run up, as long as they strike the ball in one forward movement.
That said, I 100% agree that the run up should be subject to the same rule, and that stuttered approaches should be outlawed.
Penalties should only be allowed to be taken in the Beppe Signori style.
Going by that, Ronaldo 100% stops when he does his little backwards step.
Penlaties are ridiculous these days. If a player can do that as a runup then keepers should be able to come off their line
Yup. Iâd like to see it trialed where the keeper can move as soon as the kicker does.
As much as Iâm in support of more rights for keepers, thatâs a little too much the other way. Every keeper will just charge forward, if they match a 4 step run up theyâll halve the distance to goal which will significantly cut what shots are possible
Wouldnât want a system where the keeper comes off the line. But if they require the keeper to pretty much stand still while someone is making the run-up, then strikers shouldnât be able to stutter their runup, simple as that. I understand itâs meant to be a punishment for an infraction that gives a player a good opportunity to punish the opposition, but when you way it up, itâs 100% too much favouring the attacking team at this stage.
