"To see a world in a grain of Wayne Rooney, an eternity in a robotvoiced YouTube tactics clip. To find yourself submerged in a vast rolling wave of information in the course of only seven rounds of Premier League games. As English football enters its latest international break it is a little startling to think we have had only 70 Premier League matches to this point, with 310 more still to go through the slog of autumn into spring."
"If it feels like more, this is to some extent a function of the Bald Fraudification of English football, the acceleration of the narrative arc. Careers must now rise and fall at alarming speed. The dominance of social media has created this relentlessly overstimulated hive-mind, a networked conversation that must always happen, that rewards and promotes the loudest and most scandalised voice."
English football has played only 70 Premier League matches so far, with 310 remaining through autumn into spring. The season’s first seven rounds have produced an accelerated narrative where careers can quickly rise or fall. Social media has created a relentlessly overstimulated hive-mind that rewards the loudest and most scandalised voices. The concept of 'Bald Fraudification' captures this dynamic, with an expectation of persistent critics. A symbolic moment occurred when Enzo Maresca passed a literal 'Bald Fraud Baton' to Arne Slot. The league is paused at an unusually interesting point with Liverpool top and several surprises in the top nine.
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