Prick of the Week No. 34: The Harry Kane Transfer Saga
The Summer of Kane is going to make last year’s Sancho Saga look positively joyous. We’re already annoyed.
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Prick of the Week No. 33: Sorry not sorry, it’s the Glazers!
Another week, another European Super League-based prick. Bonus: this time, there’s two!
Prick of the Week No. 32: Souness and his ‘facts’
You can have your own opinions on the Man United protests, but you can’t have your own facts.
Prick of the Week No. 31: Perez, official spokesb*stard for ESL
It was tough identifying a single prick among the vast array of pricks in a record-breaking week for prickery…
Prick of the Week No. 30: The Game’s Gone
It has gone, the game. Football. The game. Our game. The one we loved. The one we grew up watching. It has gone.
Prick of the Week No. 29: Juan Cala and how not to handle a race row
A miserable one this week, with a growing scandal that isn’t going to go away.
Prick of the Week No. 28: Aidy Boothroyd and ‘impossible job’
Even if it is an “impossible job” it must be possible to do better than Aidy Boothroyd, surely.
Prick of the Week No. 27: Conspiracies and penalties
Harry Kane was fouled for a penalty and yet there are more conspiracies. Football fans are special.
Prick of the Week No. 26: Tardy Aubameyang and the fall-out
Acting a prick in a way that makes other people act like pricks is bad prickery.
Prick of the Week No. 25: Football’s cartoonish supervillain Andrea Agnelli
Andrea Agnelli’s ideas are, almost always, entirely absurd and nakedly geared towards big club success.
Prick of the Week No. 24: Conspiracy theorist Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer donned his tinfoil hat after Man United’s draw at Chelsea. Prick.
Prick of the Week No. 23: Roy Hodgson and self-serving warnings
He’s a good and kindly old man. This week, though, he was also kind of a prick.
Prick of the Week No. 22: Harry Maguire dons his tinfoil hat
Harry Maguire had a very odd day on Sunday, forgetting all his football training and then also his media training.
Prick of the Week No. 21: Referee death threats and that
Sending people death threats makes you a prick. Surely we can all agree on that. But how did we get here?
Prick of the Week No. 20: Southampton go full Gareth Keenan
Don’t lose 9-0. Definitely don’t do it twice. And definitely don’t then complain about the ref.
Prick of the Week No. 19: Finally it is Harry Redknapp
It’s taken 19 weeks, but Harry Redknapp has finally PFMed his way into the list.
Prick of the Week No. 18: Lionel Messi finally loses his sh*t
In which we call the greatest footballer of all time a prick…
Prick of the Week No. 17: Bruce, Ashley and Newcastle misery
There were lots of pricks this week. Great times. Unless you’re Newcastle. Then it’s sh*t.
Prick of the Week No. 16: Football’s Covid rulebreakers
Professional footballers: please stop breaking Covid regulations. Or at least stop posing for photos when you do.
Prick of the Week No. 15: Leeds Twitter and the Carney Code
Leeds’ social media bods had to know what would happen after *that* tweet. They were pricks to press ahead.
Prick of the Week No. 14: Arteta goes full AVB/Rafa/Fantana
They’ve done studies, you know. Against Everton, Arsenal win 60% of the time, every time.
Prick of the Week No. 13: Danny Drinkwater booting a child
We were short of ideas this week. Then Danny Drinkwater booted a 16-year-old. Thanks, Danny.
Prick of the Week No. 11: Head injuries and football
Football is behind just about every sport other than boxing, where the point is literally to concuss each other.
Prick of the Week No. 10: Liverpool’s army of Buzz Killingtons
In This Most Unpredictable Of Seasons, it turns out that the best team with the best manager are the best.
Prick of the Week No. 9: Ademola Lookman and the ‘Panenka’
Sometimes the prick is an actual villain, or something unpleasant. And sometimes it’s a funny penalty miss.
Prick of the Week No. 8: Roy Keane, leadership, and disrespect
Probably not since the first wasteful Mourinho selection has there been a more likely eventual PotW.
Prick of the Week No. 7: The bleak misery of 5.30pm Monday PPV
It seems to have been assigned solely to WBA. But the 5.30pm Monday PPV slot is particularly horrid.
Prick of the Week No. 6: Pickford, Richarlison and…
Pickford, Richarlison, twitter dot com, Liverpool fans (yes, yes, #NotAllLiverpoolFans), Morgan. All pricks.
Prick of the Week No. 5: The Big Six and Cartoon Supervillainy
Project Power Grab may over-reach and be doomed in its current form, but it’s still definitely a prick.
Prick of the Week No. 4: Needy, attention-seeking Deadline Day
Deadline Day barged in on Monday, swinging its dick around. Who invited you?