r/ShithouseSuperstars

Came across an old Kevin Campbell story about Rooney being involved around Everton’s first team at just 14.

It’s almost unthinkable compared to modern academy systems, especially with how strict safeguarding rules and structured development pathways are now.

It makes you wonder whether early exposure to senior environments like that actually helped accelerate players back then, or whether it would just be seen as too risky in today’s game.

Do you think any player at 14, could join the premier league in today's day and age and dominate, the way Rooney did for Everton?

We all know that it is difficult for any Portuguese not to be a master of Shithousery, and that the Uruguayans taught the world how to do it.

Half of the Argentine team, Rudiger, Cucurella etc. are also going to feature, but who will become the new Van Bommel, Sergio Ramos or Diego Simeone - i.e. the one who either breaks English hearts by being a better cheat, or breaks Yamal's ankle?

Looking back, that 2010 semi-final at Camp Nou felt less like a normal tactical battle and more like a psychological fight between two managers at their absolute peak.

Once Inter went down to 10 men, the entire dynamic of the tie shifted and everything became about control, emotion, and how both sides reacted under pressure.

Mourinho kicked prime Barcelona out and won the UCL vs Bayern that year.

Do you think Mourinho actually got the better of Guardiola in that tie mentally, or was it simply Inter executing a perfect defensive plan & can you expect this version of Jose, if he does come back?

For me, Lukaku’s interview while still at Chelsea absolutely nuked the goodwill he had left there. One interview and suddenly everyone went from frustrated to completely done with him. What’s the funniest or most self destructive example you remember?

Been going back through Oliver Kahn’s 2002 World Cup run and I genuinely don’t know if we’ll ever see another goalkeeper carry a team like that again.

5 clean sheets, over 400 minutes without conceding, constant pressure games, and massive saves in almost every knockout round. Germany really weren’t that strong compared to some of the other teams there, but Kahn kept dragging them through matches.

Even after the mistake in the final against Brazil, he still ended up winning the Golden Ball ahead of Ronaldo, which says everything about how dominant he was that tournament.

If anyone ever wants to be a goalkeeper, just watch Oliver Kahn during the 2002 world cup and be amazed.