If you actually "follow the anger", it only leads to one place!

Who is the angriest person on the show? Why, it's Roy "Faaack" Kent!

And what does he do when he's angry? He goes, "faaaack!"

And who does this benefit? Phoebe and her swear jar!

By now, with how much swearing Roy has done, Phoebe must be rich enough to buy the club several dozen times over! And that's exactly what she's doing! Mystery solved!

A lot of people think there's something nefarious going on with the scheme, but this is exactly the kind of inspirational switcheroo the show likes to pull! It turns out, Phoebe is buying up the shares 'cause she wants to be just like Rebecca! In season 5, she and Rebecca are going to run the club together, it's going to be magical!

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EberhartAtlas

Phoebe using her swear jar earnings to institute a hostile takeover of Richmond is unironically better than most of the "theories" being thrown around in this sub.

Gayfetus [OP]

It’s a friendly takeover! She and Rebecca will run the club together!

EberhartAtlas

Until her heel turn in the season 5 finale, setting her up to be main villain of season 6! The final showdown of the series will be a penalty shootout, Ted vs. Phoebe, winner gets Richmond!

vivvav

And then in comes Trent Crimm with the steel chair!

Ishvallan

My gawd! Ted Lasso is broken in half!

But what's this. He's. He's back on his feet. And he's wearing shades. It isn't. By gawd it is! Its Led Tasso! Led Tasso is here!

moderatorrater

This is The Rickmond Way...to kick your ass!

bv310

Honestly, I bet Trent Crimm can hit a solid frog splash off the top rope

Catcoffeecat

Finally a theory I like! Go, Phoebe!

Mean-Lynx6476

You win. Best theory by far!

sorafell28

I like this theory cause it’s silly

JohnnyKarateX

If Roy had a billion lbs to spend on 49% of Richmond he could have gotten a car that actually worked.

Gayfetus [OP]

He would have a billion to spend if he didn't have to pay them all to Phoebe!

wimpires

That's the wrong kind of lbs mate

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Ishvallan

Ted lived there for years and still talks about pounds in lbs

Previous_Buy1601

Rich people throw money at “cool” tech that’s buggy as hell as early adopters. They’re just as stupid as the rest of us, if not moreso.

FungusGnatHater

That's what happened. He abandoned the car that didn't work with plans of buying a new one.

notAfathersDay987

....have you met men before?

Calm_Distance9517

Billion lbs of what? 😂

wycliffslim

Sterling

Calm_Distance9517

In this economy!?

michelhallal10

The ex-City winger now weighs HOW MUCH?

ApatheticAbsurdist

But he spent the money on shares so he had to have his convict friend set him up.

alba-jay

What does Roy have billions of lbs of to exchange for stocks in Richmond?!??

theandroid01

I will give you a shit ton of cash for your scooter

That was hilarious

JohnnyKarateX

Isn’t that what British people use for money? They keep talking about how many pounds of things they have.

alba-jay

We use £s or pounds

Lbs is not how we spell out our currency lol

SorbetWeary2137

Doesn't 1£ note weigh exactly one lbs? That's why they're called that, right?

BigLittleBrowse

Yes our currency is pounds and pence. But you don’t write it as lbs, that’s only used for weight. The symbol for pound as a currency is £

Material-Hawk3918

It’s annoying how obvious this is yet they are making smart people like Rebecca and Higgins act oblivious

pinwroot

We really need a Ted Lasso okbuddy sub so we can have more memes like this lmao

My suggestion for the name is [r/okbuddyhiggins](r/okaybuddyhiggins)

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DrowninFishy

Yeah that’s a solid idea. Create it for us. Be the hero we need.

pinwroot

Someone has seemingly parked the sub now that I mentioned the name idea hahaha

GinaHannah1

Makes sense. Because she’s a minor, she has to purchase shares via proxies in suits.

Gayfetus [OP]

Exactly! It’s not because of any skullduggery! And of course Phoebe is offering people spa treatment ‘cause she’s nice!

philsie02

Edwin Akufo

NorthTempleStreet

Reasonable guess. But there hasn't been a "checkov's gun" moment this season to even remind us that the character exists.

DakotaXIV

Zelda had a gun though 😮

NorthTempleStreet

Zelda's gun LOL

philsie02

There wasn’t a “checkov gun” in season 3 for his appearance either. And we got a brilliant episode.

HoneyBadgerC

I still think it's Zelda, but I wouldn't hate getting to see Sam Richardson on my screen again

FujiFudo

If it turns put to be Zelda or Akufo - I am praying with all my heart that Higgins and Rebecca actually already know and are setting Zelda up.

AStrangeNorrell

I'm angry every time Zelda's onscreen so case closed I think

seanprefect

Rupert is a red herring, he’s forbidden from owning AMC Richmond. It’s Zelda

DakotaXIV

I called that from almost the get-go of this season. They let her in way too close and too fast for something to not be happening behind the scenes

seanprefect

She specifically targeted them at the first meeting. I wouldn’t surprised if she put the asshole agent up to his stunt.

tenebre

Best theory yet!

t_huddleston

Case closed. Good work, Columbo

No_Trade1676

Well just one more thing…

thighd

Is Roy actually angry or easily annoyed/frustrated and comfortable sharing that feeling?

UnfairExcuse6360

So here is a question, (aside from being a tv show and plot and all that) why would there not be a right of first refusal built into the shares so that just such a situation doesn’t occur? I googled ROFR and it explained that most shares include such a clause so that the company doesn’t lose control. Any finance and or British (even better if both) people want to reply?

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FerrickDune

It’s Bernard and his distaste for bad breath

Definitely-Not-Luke

This is fantastic, I can’t wait to watch

mirthymoon

Who came onto the show insulting the group they were invited to speak to? Who aggressively shot a gun at a party for fun? Who introduces people as friends then tells them to their face how much they are despised? 🫣

AngryBillsFan

Fuck it we ball

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Pink_Samwise_Gamgee

I thought she said follow the anchor? Anger makes more sense lol

HoneyBadgerC

I thought she said follow the wanker

Vast_Percentage1537

I thought she said Anchor too! 🤣

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Gayfetus [OP]

'Cause she ain't no snitch!

https://giphy.com/gifs/hM5au6CO46lP2

ameliagabble

who was Keeley's old boss in S3? Maybe it's her.

some1inAustralia

Oooh, Jack. Maybe, Zelda is working for Jack? Zelda likes being around people who have money and/or influence.

thrwczimapos

This conspiracy theory is soo good and funny that it makes me regret I don't have people in real life who share the love for ted lasso like me!!

PM_me_veiny_arms

Just rewatched the episode where Zelda is introduced and when she's talking to Keeley/Rebecca, she says, "never underestimate the power of anger." I'm thinking it's her, or is that too obvious?

TheEmpressDodo

No.

ErrorOfFate

I have seen literally no one bring up Edwin when talking about this. I’m also suspicious of Zelda, but she may be a red herring as it seems obvious.

Edwin Akufu is the only person in the series that has been hellbent on bringing down Richmond. Why is no one I’ve seen talking about this?

abbyleondon

Clearly, he’s a possibility, but I just don’t think they’d bring him back a third time
it’s tired

KeyOk6948

Just rubbish

andrey_not_the_goat

Didn't know Kent had the Braithwaite and Flamini money.

NoLemon5426

It won't be Rupert or Zelda.

Both are too obvious, either to the show's characters (as with Rupert to Rebecca & Leslie & everyone else) or to the viewers (Zelda.)

I don't think it's Roy, though.

Nate?

Alice? Is that possible as a coach? She's angry.

Who knows.

Cannonballbmx

Jamie Tart with all his new found alcohol money.

NoLemon5426

It could be.

Vancelan

I'm very strongly convinced that it's Mae.

She runs a successful business so has access to money, is savvy, has the pub boys who she can dress up in suits as patsies, is prominently present at the matches since the start of the season, was at the shareholders' meeting, and had the women's team cause a brawl in her pub (which made her angry). 

So she has reason to be angry, and she was very quick to distract the pub boys with coins (to stop them from talking). She basically confessed to Leslie why she's doing it, but he didn't catch on. 

I suspect though, that the big reveal will be that's she's not angry at the womens' team, but at the other shareholders and how they dismissed womens' soccer at the shareholders' meeting at the start of the season. So she has decided to start buying them out.

I think the writers are doing a bait and switch, by making it sound like whoever is buying up shares is doing it out of malice and anger towards Richmond, while really it's anger directed towards MEN and how they treat womens' football. It would be super on theme for this season.

Mae is not trying to sabotage Richmond. She's trying to support the womens' team. She believes. 

Rich-Wrap-9333

I don’t think owning a pub gives you access to the kind of money needed to buy a football club.

LIslander

Players are rich, owners are wealthy. There is a massive difference

Gayfetus [OP]

Players are rich, owners are wealthy, but Phoebe towers above all!