Both the American Football and EPL versions of Monday Night Football have been largely awful so far this season.
But hey, there was hope this week, at least in the EPL! Swansea manager Bob Bradley, the first American to manage in one of Europe's top leagues, was in action! Surely Bradley, as an American, understands the importance of Monday Night Football being good more than anyone else!
The good: the game was wildly entertaining.
The bad: the game was also wildly awful.
That's fine, though, because we'd rather have fun, stupid soccer than good, boring soccer.
In the first ten minutes, we knew we were in for a treat.
Wilfried Bony scores against his old club | #SCFC #PLonNBC https://t.co/TtwjsVDGNB
— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) October 31, 2016
COME ON WILFRIED BONY. SCORE A GOAL FOR CITY.
Also in the first ten minutes, we knew we were in for a trick, because it's Halloween. And puns.
.@WayneRoutledge with the answer! | #Swans #PLonNBC https://t.co/H8F72cR7MN
— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) October 31, 2016
But the trick was really on Alfie Mawson, who had a day to forget.
Alfie Mawson with the costly error for Swansea City #SCFC 2 - #Swans 1 https://t.co/sYbyeZY7oT
— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) October 31, 2016
In the end, Stoke were just too much for the opposition. We can't believe we just typed that.
Wilfried Bony gets his second for #SCFC | #PLonNBC https://t.co/6mklSFcRDh
— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) October 31, 2016
COME ON WILFRIED BONY. SCORE A GOAL FOR CITY. AGAIN.
Poor Bob Bradley. The good news is if he can get this Swansea side to claw itself out of the relegation zone. The bad news is they are almost certainly not going to do that because they are really bad at soccer.
It's a good thing he's already bald because having to watch this Swansea team every day would be enough to pull one's hair out.
Contact The18 Staff Writer Sam Klomhaus at Klomhaus@The18.com or follow him on Twitter @SamKlomhaus
