So the Canadian MLS teams appear to be closing in on being able to relocate back to Canada from exile in the USA. Notably, Canada is not going to let unvaccinated people cross the border.
So, Montreal had to trade Erik Hurtado to get rid of him because he wont get vaccinated:
i'm glad they just told him to pound sand and traded him instead of sticking up the dumb dumb
I mean, he literally wouldn't have been able to play any of their home games so getting rid of him is the best approach. He's an aging forward whose best ever season is 5 goals.
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i'm glad they just told him to pound sand and traded him instead of sticking up the dumb dumb
I mean, he literally wouldn't have been able to play any of their home games so getting rid of him is the best approach. He's an aging forward whose best ever season is 5 goals.
oh yeah but also i'm jaded enough that if you said "the club was going to do something really stupid and expensive and bad for them for exactly zero benefit" i'd have gone "yeah checks out"
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Yes, if “it” is absurd pre-tournament over-hyping of a team followed by under achievement
anyway the only Euros I care about is the Europa Conference League with the qualifying rounds kicking off tonight
we're playing Stjarnan of Iceland
we're in good form and have won 4 of our last 5 while they've lost 4 of their last 6. Obviously you can't really base much off form but it's probably the best we could have hoped for going into this
I have never liked FH Hafnarfjordur.
Bunchapricks.
anyway the only Euros I care about is the Europa Conference League with the qualifying rounds kicking off tonight
we're playing Stjarnan of Iceland
we're in good form and have won 4 of our last 5 while they've lost 4 of their last 6. Obviously you can't really base much off form but it's probably the best we could have hoped for going into this
I have never liked FH Hafnarfjordur.
Bunchapricks.
the stream provided by the Icelandic lads was absolutely unwatchable
they had those AI cameras except it wouldn't track the ball, just a flag the home fans were waving
also the commentator was in the stands with the fans instead of the press box so you couldn't hear him
it was a tenner for the stream and i'm still mad about it
Yes, if “it” is absurd pre-tournament over-hyping of a team followed by under achievement
ITV have got Matterface and Dixon back on commentary duties for Sunday, which feels like trolling. I might switch over at half time to see Keane scowl at something but that’s it.
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Yes, if “it” is absurd pre-tournament over-hyping of a team followed by under achievement
It's always worth checking out Keane when he's on pundit duty, just so you can say you were watching the day he finally snapped live on air and went on a studio wide rampage with the severed head of Mark Pougatch.
Right, so. As a Pole, I am obviously in need of a team to support other than "flaming meteor and sinkhole 2021" for the finals.
England has... Everything but the team, if I'm honest. So that's a problem. (Laser pointers, you utter...)
Italy dives like Cousteau, and I still haven't forgiven them for that ridiculous World Cup final against France. (No, jackholes (What's Italian for "jackhole"?), it is not "strategic" to attempt to win by enraging your opponents into penalties. It's being a dick.)
I was hoping for Denmark, since hey, Denmark, but no such luck. So what's my least worst option, apart from a meteor knocking the entire stadium into an unexpectedly deep sinkhole that then fills with lava?
Edit: I will absolutely accept arguments based on utterly trivial details such as "shoe style". England currently is ahead due to "not being Italy" and having parts of their island with machines named "David Plowie".
My primary reason for anti-English support, ironic tribalism aside, is that if they win a major tournament I dread that moment someone drops the hot take of of how this all justifies Brexit.
My primary reason for anti-English support, ironic tribalism aside, is that if they win a major tournament I dread that moment someone drops the hot take of of how this all justifies Brexit.
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No again, but secretly you think yes but don’t want to jinx it
I root for the place where I would most want to live if I had to move, so Gli Azzurri it is.
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everything else aside (and that is a lot of things!!) i would like italy to win for spinazzola
after a great season he was on track to have a breakout tournament and propel his career into the limelight and it sucks seeing a bullshit injury curtail that
it was really great seeing all the italian players chant his name after the semi-final win against spain
My primary reason for anti-English support, ironic tribalism aside, is that if they win a major tournament I dread that moment someone drops the hot take of of how this all justifies Brexit.
I dunno if letting the dumbest take possible by someone whose opinion you don’t respect in the first place determine who you support is the way to go.
The vaccination program has been used to justify Brexit, that don’t mean I’m rooting against it.
My primary reason for anti-English support, ironic tribalism aside, is that if they win a major tournament I dread that moment someone drops the hot take of of how this all justifies Brexit.
I dunno if letting the dumbest take possible by someone whose opinion you don’t respect in the first place determine who you support is the way to go.
The vaccination program has been used to justify Brexit, that don’t mean I’m rooting against it.
I know they could get ammo for Brexit from stale porridge oats, I'd rather they not get something that could maybe fit in a gun. Not make it easy for them.
Yes, if “it” is absurd pre-tournament over-hyping of a team followed by under achievement
For once the England team itself actually represents some of the best aspects of us. It's pitiful how rarely that's been the case in my lifetime, but Southgate and his squad have managed to do it. From charity work to taking the knee to (so far) keeping a very significant distance from certain politicians who shall remain unnamed here, these particular players and this particular manager are a credit to the decent part of what's left of this beleaguered country.
For once the England team itself actually represents some of the best aspects of us. It's pitiful how rarely that's been the case in my lifetime, but Southgate and his squad have managed to do it. From charity work to taking the knee to (so far) keeping a very significant distance from certain politicians who shall remain unnamed here, these particular players and this particular manager are a credit to the decent part of what's left of this beleaguered country.
i wrote about this earlier in chat but a bunch of the players are bad, actually
you've got Walker breaking covid rules to have an orgy the week his manager's mother died of covid, grealish breaching covid rules to go to a house party that he then drunk drove home causing a crash, John Stones stalking his ex, Pickford assaulting someone on a night out, Kane repeatedly and deliberately trying to injure opponent players, Maguire drunkenly attacking police officers in Greece and that's before you get to the less egregious stuff like Foden cheating on his missus when he had a young child at home literally the first time he got called up and TAA soliciting sex from a woman who was 7 months pregnant when she asked him for a shout-out for her boyfriend
there's like, 3 players who've gone above and beyond for charity and honestly it really feels like there's a massive PR push to capitalise on Rashford's image when he's barely played a half of football the entire tournament (which, as a United fan, I'm delighted with. He should have skipped the whole thing and gone for the surgery he desperately needs)
Southgate seems chill though
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issuing correction on a previous post of mine, regarding the England manager Gareth Southgate. you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to them"
FishmanPut your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain.Registered Userregular
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On a personal football note, you know you're having a good game when one of the opposition blatantly fouls you in front of the ref and accuses you of being a ringer from the first team.
Yes, if “it” is absurd pre-tournament over-hyping of a team followed by under achievement
The England team is usually pretty silent and careful not to upset anyone, maybe uttering cliches in post match interviews, showing Hello round their house, or pleading not guilty on a charge of affray. And the tabloids either kick them and write racist articles about players like Sterling or use them as jingoistic avatars to push their xenophobia when they’re doing well.
Taking the knee, Rashford’s charity stuff and being vocal about tackling racism has made them more of a political target, so they’ve been getting boos (enough to make the Scotland team not take the knee and instead rather wimpishly settle for “standing” to display their commitment) and tons of shitty press from the shitty press. And that in turn has made them a political target for the left, who see an opportunity to hold them up as avatars of a more diverse and less xenophobic country and yes probably quietly ignore the drink driving and so forth if they can use the team as a stick to beat Johnson, the tabloids and push progressive ideas.
But still, they didn’t have to take the knee before every match. I’ve read more than one article from a person of colour talking about how important an example they think it is that they’ve done so, how it made them feel included and seen in a supporter’s culture that doesn’t usually make room for them.
That comment by Southgate sucks but I’m not gonna say it cancels out the good stuff he’s said and done. He’s not perfect.
David_TA fashion yes-man is no good to me.Copenhagen, DenmarkRegistered Userregular
A national chain of steak houses has started to promote one of their entrees as "almost as cheap as a penalty at Wembley", in case you're wondering how we're holding up over here.
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No again, but secretly you think yes but don’t want to jinx it
For once the England team itself actually represents some of the best aspects of us. It's pitiful how rarely that's been the case in my lifetime, but Southgate and his squad have managed to do it. From charity work to taking the knee to (so far) keeping a very significant distance from certain politicians who shall remain unnamed here, these particular players and this particular manager are a credit to the decent part of what's left of this beleaguered country.
i wrote about this earlier in chat but a bunch of the players are bad, actually
you've got Walker breaking covid rules to have an orgy the week his manager's mother died of covid, grealish breaching covid rules to go to a house party that he then drunk drove home causing a crash, John Stones stalking his ex, Pickford assaulting someone on a night out, Kane repeatedly and deliberately trying to injure opponent players, Maguire drunkenly attacking police officers in Greece and that's before you get to the less egregious stuff like Foden cheating on his missus when he had a young child at home literally the first time he got called up and TAA soliciting sex from a woman who was 7 months pregnant when she asked him for a shout-out for her boyfriend
there's like, 3 players who've gone above and beyond for charity and honestly it really feels like there's a massive PR push to capitalise on Rashford's image when he's barely played a half of football the entire tournament (which, as a United fan, I'm delighted with. He should have skipped the whole thing and gone for the surgery he desperately needs)
Southgate seems chill though
I’ll give you that the Walker, Grealish, Foden, TAA stuff has slid from the collective consciousness far too easily, and does highlight a blindspot for bad behaviour when its accompanied by sporting achievement. Particularly Foden, which at the time had me incensed.
Maguire and Pickford I’m more inclined to pass off as unlucky, since people have been fighting on nights out since time immemorial. Maguire especially, since it sounded like particularly unsavoury set of circumstances.
The Southgate quote is unfortunate, and feeds into that whole ‘2 world wars and 1 world cup’ thing. Its not wholly untrue though, and that sentiment not unique to that fixture.
A national chain of steak houses has started to promote one of their entrees as "almost as cheap as a penalty at Wembley", in case you're wondering how we're holding up over here.
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So, Montreal had to trade Erik Hurtado to get rid of him because he wont get vaccinated:
I mean, he literally wouldn't have been able to play any of their home games so getting rid of him is the best approach. He's an aging forward whose best ever season is 5 goals.
oh yeah but also i'm jaded enough that if you said "the club was going to do something really stupid and expensive and bad for them for exactly zero benefit" i'd have gone "yeah checks out"
I have never liked FH Hafnarfjordur.
Bunchapricks.
the stream provided by the Icelandic lads was absolutely unwatchable
they had those AI cameras except it wouldn't track the ball, just a flag the home fans were waving
also the commentator was in the stands with the fans instead of the press box so you couldn't hear him
it was a tenner for the stream and i'm still mad about it
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England has... Everything but the team, if I'm honest. So that's a problem. (Laser pointers, you utter...)
Italy dives like Cousteau, and I still haven't forgiven them for that ridiculous World Cup final against France. (No, jackholes (What's Italian for "jackhole"?), it is not "strategic" to attempt to win by enraging your opponents into penalties. It's being a dick.)
I was hoping for Denmark, since hey, Denmark, but no such luck. So what's my least worst option, apart from a meteor knocking the entire stadium into an unexpectedly deep sinkhole that then fills with lava?
Edit: I will absolutely accept arguments based on utterly trivial details such as "shoe style". England currently is ahead due to "not being Italy" and having parts of their island with machines named "David Plowie".
An Olympic medal would somehow justify Brexit.
after a great season he was on track to have a breakout tournament and propel his career into the limelight and it sucks seeing a bullshit injury curtail that
it was really great seeing all the italian players chant his name after the semi-final win against spain
I dunno if letting the dumbest take possible by someone whose opinion you don’t respect in the first place determine who you support is the way to go.
The vaccination program has been used to justify Brexit, that don’t mean I’m rooting against it.
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I know they could get ammo for Brexit from stale porridge oats, I'd rather they not get something that could maybe fit in a gun. Not make it easy for them.
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i wrote about this earlier in chat but a bunch of the players are bad, actually
you've got Walker breaking covid rules to have an orgy the week his manager's mother died of covid, grealish breaching covid rules to go to a house party that he then drunk drove home causing a crash, John Stones stalking his ex, Pickford assaulting someone on a night out, Kane repeatedly and deliberately trying to injure opponent players, Maguire drunkenly attacking police officers in Greece and that's before you get to the less egregious stuff like Foden cheating on his missus when he had a young child at home literally the first time he got called up and TAA soliciting sex from a woman who was 7 months pregnant when she asked him for a shout-out for her boyfriend
there's like, 3 players who've gone above and beyond for charity and honestly it really feels like there's a massive PR push to capitalise on Rashford's image when he's barely played a half of football the entire tournament (which, as a United fan, I'm delighted with. He should have skipped the whole thing and gone for the surgery he desperately needs)
Southgate seems chill though
issuing correction on a previous post of mine, regarding the England manager Gareth Southgate. you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to them"
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Taking the knee, Rashford’s charity stuff and being vocal about tackling racism has made them more of a political target, so they’ve been getting boos (enough to make the Scotland team not take the knee and instead rather wimpishly settle for “standing” to display their commitment) and tons of shitty press from the shitty press. And that in turn has made them a political target for the left, who see an opportunity to hold them up as avatars of a more diverse and less xenophobic country and yes probably quietly ignore the drink driving and so forth if they can use the team as a stick to beat Johnson, the tabloids and push progressive ideas.
But still, they didn’t have to take the knee before every match. I’ve read more than one article from a person of colour talking about how important an example they think it is that they’ve done so, how it made them feel included and seen in a supporter’s culture that doesn’t usually make room for them.
That comment by Southgate sucks but I’m not gonna say it cancels out the good stuff he’s said and done. He’s not perfect.
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I’ll give you that the Walker, Grealish, Foden, TAA stuff has slid from the collective consciousness far too easily, and does highlight a blindspot for bad behaviour when its accompanied by sporting achievement. Particularly Foden, which at the time had me incensed.
Maguire and Pickford I’m more inclined to pass off as unlucky, since people have been fighting on nights out since time immemorial. Maguire especially, since it sounded like particularly unsavoury set of circumstances.
The Southgate quote is unfortunate, and feeds into that whole ‘2 world wars and 1 world cup’ thing. Its not wholly untrue though, and that sentiment not unique to that fixture.
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(They invaded Poland)
Seriously though, I'm wondering which outcome will be more insufferable, winning or losing?
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He is definitely good social media value
Stubbed my toe this morning -> Englaaaaaaand!
Mason Mount has a cunty face
the pure air of Don’t You Know Who My Father Is
I’ve heard literally nothing negative about him as a person but he’s still the worst of the lot
Yes.
Presented without comment. Screenshot is from a British newspaper's website.
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