QWK KCKS is our way of helping you get your day started with a refreshing blast of football culture right in your face.
| PHOTO: WHO CARES IF THEIR GOVERNMENT IS EVIL? THEY NEED LOVE, TOO. |
North Korea needed fans, so these Brits stepped up. Because somebody had to. (Reuters)
| ROBERTO, YOU ARE SO THE MAN…CINI. WHERE AM I? TOTALLY BLACKED OUT THERE. |
Bad jokes aside, Roberto Mancini still has some skills. // Passport Soccer
| MORE LIKE RECREATIVO HELL-NO, AM I RIGHT? HEH? HEH? |
Polka dots aren’t for everyone. Especially not football clubs. This is just disrespectful. // Off the Post
| SCREW TRYING NEW THINGS. IT JUST INEVITABLY MAKES YOU LOOK STUPID. |
Here are some Madrid players trying their hand at baseball. Or, rather, a terrible approximation of baseball. Overhand, boys. // Dirty Tackle
| PHOTO: HERE’S GARETH BALE WITH HIS GOLD MEDAL FOR BEING A LYING SHITE. |
I kid, I kid. Gareth did win a medal though, and a tiny trophy, as Man of the Match in Spurs’ preseason game against the New York Red Bulls. Clearly he’s too hurt to be playing in the Olympics. (Getty Images)
| BAD PHOTOSHOP IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT TO HUMAN EXISTENCE. I’M SURE OF IT. |
Because why the hell not, here’s a Catalan newspaper’s poorly shopped picture of Neymar in a Barca kit. // 101GG
| I’M A RED PEPPER SQUID GUY MYSELF. BLACK PEPPER SQUID IS RUBBISH. |
Man City is in Malaysia for presason, and ate something call Black Pepper Squid at the Palace of the Golden Horses. Sounds amazing. // Futbolita
| OF COURSE CARLES PUYOL HAS PERFECTLY SMOOTH LEGS. HE’S MAKING UP FOR THE HAIR. |
I don’t understand, at all. // Kickette
| PHOTO: IT’S THE ATLANTA ’96 JACKET THAT TRULY MAKES THE LOOK. |
This Team GB fan went all out. Well done. (Getty Images)
| NOW I KNOW THERE’S A TEAM GUAM. AND THAT RYAN GUY IS GUAMESE. GUAMIAN? GUAMITE. |
The New England Revolution’s Ryan Guy will play for the Guam national team, which is a thing. // KUAM
| ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER STORY ABOUT ARSENAL STUMBLING THROUGH THE TRANSFER MARKET. |
Arsene’s got some thoughts on the whole mega-rich-clubs-taking-all-the-good-players thing. // Bleacher Report
| ACTUALLY, NO, NO ONE HAS TO. THERE’S NO LAW THAT EVERY TEAM HAS TO HAVE A CHEERING SECTION. |
Though that’s probably a law the UK would consider passing. It’s really not that far from the hate speech laws that make it necessary to put John Terry on trial for being an asshole. “Pity” is such a terrible reason to cheer for someone. Follow us and like us. But not out of pity.
