Open Thread: April 22, 2025

Your Tuesday Edition of the Daily Merengue

The Open Thread/Daily Merengue is a place where you can discuss anything and everything related to football. Feel free to discuss the topics presented here, or start your very own discussions! The Open thread will be posted every day by one of the mods you’d love to treat to a movie night: Valyrian Steel, Felipejack, Kung_Fu_Zizou (AKA KFZ), Juninho and, of course… yours truly.

So.. Apparently, we’ve Won the Laureus TotY Award

And no. It doesn’t count as a trophy in the context of our discussions…

For those wondering, it is a trophy awarded to teams who showcase a very high level, but it doesn’t only feature football clubs. For example, McLaren F1 team was also in the running. Not sure how you compare oranges to onions, but I’ll take it… Given the past few months though, you’d say McLaren were a better candidate…

Hmm…

So, could the departure actually be coming sooner than expected? Oh well, we’ll just have to wait and see. Look, I know everyone’s attention (including mine, most of the time) is on the future. Yet, do remember, the season’s not over just yet. Our biggest shot at a trophy is this Saturday. Against a team nobody thinks we’ll beat at that! That’s enough excitement for the next few days. Me myself? I’m hoping for at least a small injection of joy before Carlo inevitably does depart.

Now, Madridistas….

I Want to Play a Game…

Since it’s more than likely that we get a new manager… Doooo tell me… Who do you want? I’m giving Xabi and Klopp as the first two options, considering that they are the two names most thrown around.