sports

[thorn hornet]

Forest knocked out by Burnley

Blackburn destroyed Harrogate 8-0

Lets see who we draw

ANTWERP GOAL

2-1

[hasty basin]

Rip Balkan

[thorn hornet]

I had a vision

[hasty basin]

Last time I had a vision it was horrible

Never again 🙏

[thorn hornet]

Fab said he dreamed of a Blonde footballer joining Chelsea

Bro was told about Palmer in his dreams

He said he only sleeps for 4 hours during the window

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1696989511522091299?t=UGExo4QEhazllM9Kojw_-g&s=19

Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano)

BREAKING: Brighton are closing in on Ansu Fati deal as Barça are prepared to accept the formal proposal received on loan 🚨🔵 #BHAFC

Ansu Fati has accepted Brighton as destination — De Zerbi, key factor.

Final green light soon and then here we go ⏳🇪🇸

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Twitter · Aug 30, 2023, 8:53 PM

HUH

[hasty basin]

Well mine was of a stadium collapsing so um I hope that doesn't happen

[hasty basin]

Spurs want him so

[thorn hornet]

So Helena was wrong

[hasty basin]

Lol

[thorn hornet]

99% done LOL

[hasty basin]

https://x.com/nocontextfooty/status/1696975930881667159?s=46&t=CCMkll4_RIdELlq5LthWXg

Out Of Context Football (@nocontextfooty)

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Twitter · Aug 30, 2023, 7:59 PM

[thorn hornet]

I hate people who think they are "journos"

Because they have like 3 sources

[sweet tree]

nah that's crazy

[hasty basin]

Nah but Fabrizio's life seems so stressful

[thorn hornet]

Real journos are Ornstein and Fab

[hasty basin]

Mf has Exhaustion level 5

At this point

[thorn hornet]

Imagine working so hard to pull something out just so a random guy from twitter to call you a tap in merchant

Which I did

[hasty basin]

Lmaooo

[thorn hornet]

He broke Tavares news this window

Which is something

Timber,Raya,Rice and Havertz were ALL from Ornstein

[hasty basin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MENT2CUCQbo&ab_channel=SkySportsFootball

Please please please give us an easy team

That or Man city

[thorn hornet]

Give me City

[hasty basin]

I wanna go out easily or win easily

[thorn hornet]

Rakow knocked out

[thorn hornet]

I wanna get knocked out soon

Shit cup

[hasty basin]

Well I'd take winning it

Won't happen but

[thorn hornet]

Rangers knocked out

Aek done too

[sweet tree]

it seems like Helena tweeted it before

so she wasn't wrong

seems like a Hijack

[hasty basin]

Huh

I thought she said Spurs deal was 99% done

https://vxtwitter.com/FIBAWC/status/1696817451386724496

[sweet tree]

https://twitter.com/HelenaCondis/status/1696989054456209492?t=IX2WmQtLOlP6JxSCh9Nbdw&s=19

Helena Condis Edo (@HelenaCondis)

Cambio radical‼️‼️‼️‼️

Ansu Fati se va cedido al Brighton‼️‼️

Cae Tottenham. Ampliamos locura en @partidazocope

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Twitter · Aug 30, 2023, 8:51 PM

[hasty basin]

God we're awful

[sweet tree]

2 minutes earlier than Fab

[sweet tree]

well it's a complete u-turn

[thorn hornet]

Fabrizio types really fast I'll give him that

[sweet tree]

Brighton over Spurs tho

he'll likely play more with Brighton and they're good ig

[thorn hornet]

This reminds me of when we snapped up Trossard infront of Spurs

Good times

Never change Spursy

Never change

[dim ledge]

They got Richarlison

Had a great world cup

Top tier striker

[hasty basin]

And they're doing it while he's striker

Which, fair play

[thorn hornet]

That 99% coming in clutch lol

[thorn hornet]

Hey he matured

He's not taking his shirt off anymore

[hasty basin]

Character development

Welp it was a nice run

But I think it's over

[celest zephyr]

Uhhh that’s brutal

[hasty basin]

Canada has

111 +/-

That's NUTS

[celest zephyr]

I know it’s lovely

[hasty basin]

Shai my goat man

[celest zephyr]

Not a fan of having to play Spain and then Brazil though

[hasty basin]

Brazil isn't actually that good

Spain well yeah

[dim ledge]

https://vxtwitter.com/LombardiHimself/status/1696993182112993615?t=6Z7CW6n-AcS3bNE87cunOA&s=19

@proud coyote @celest zephyr

[celest zephyr]

Groan got Latvia as well

Well Canada just beat them in the second half

So it’s all good I guess

Really just want to qualify for the Olympics in 2024 man

It’s been so long and they were one ot away last time around

[celest zephyr]

Thank god

[dim ledge]

As if it wasn't obvious lol

Random Redditor blowing smoke take 38406

[celest zephyr]

It was going to be like trading tj watt or Travis Kelce rofl

Beyond dumb

[hasty basin]

We got Stoke

[thorn hornet]

We got Brentford lol

Fuck it we ball

Chelsea Brighton

[hasty basin]

Lmao

Newcaslte vs City

Tihs early now

On

[celest zephyr]

I’m going to be so mad if trey lance balls out on the cowboys

Man giving up on the guy and then the cowboys being good is just going to be insufferable

[dim ledge]

We got Leicester

[honest umbra]

fati to brighton @sweet tree

[robust grotto]

I really dislike them avoiding those 4 Canadian teams

Timmy Stützle especially. That’s sad mad

[sweet tree]

yh seems like it's done

[dim kettle]

That one jackass who thought 3 Duck games and 5 Shark games was a good idea.

Now these channels will have Pikachu shock face when nobody are watching them.

[celest zephyr]

Or 12 flyers games rofl

Those are going to be snoozefests

[dim kettle]

The only plus though. I won’t have to sit through an ESPN broadcast for any Flames games

[celest zephyr]

Tbh if you have ESPN+ its a blessing in disguise

Espn broadcasts are ass

[dim kettle]

It is. Only way I’m watching the Bolts this year

[robust grotto]

12 flyers games, no big deal

[dim kettle]

Gotta milk the one-sided Pens Flyers beef after all

[robust grotto]

It’s the keystone rivalry on espn !

[dim kettle]

Wouldn’t be surprised if they promoted the Wings and Avs rivalry before realizing they don’t even play in the same conference anymore

[celest zephyr]

At least i can watch the bruins train wreck on national tv

Thanks ESPN

[smoky fable]

https://vxtwitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1696992616737300796

[honest umbra]

I’m rooting for Brighton in PL now

[celest zephyr]

Or maybe a young qb needs someone to throw to? Or a security blanket???????

God the colts are a shitshow on wheels

[dim kettle]

God damnit, Ballard. Luck and Richardson are two different QBs ffs

[celest zephyr]

Why Ballard hasn’t been fired yet is beyond me

[dim kettle]

Luck was generational. Richardson is raw and needs to be developed.

[celest zephyr]

Even still its not like it wouldn’t have helped

But no Ballard loves throwing his players under the bus while ignoring their oline falling to pieces, one of the worst pass receiving cores in the league and their best player asking out

[dim kettle]

rn Richardson is being set up for failure on paper. Props for actually starting the rookie QB unlike a certain coach on the west coast though. But Richardson is gonna struggle a lot this year.

[celest zephyr]

He’s done for

Dude is throwing to pittman jr, Alec pierce and Isaiah McKenzie

[dim kettle]

Allen had to deal with it. All that matters is how he develops from it.

I just don’t trust Ballard to build a roster around him

[smoky fable]

I think Ballard should be gone

He's had his chances

[smoky fable]

Why?

[dim kettle]

He should’ve been fired alongside Reich.

[dim ledge]

LOOOOOOOL

[celest zephyr]

what a dumbass

oh i forgot the colts blew a 33-0 lead lol

[zealous crow]

european football is better

[hasty mesa]

I think Colts are prepared for growing pains

But they love Richardson

I hope for the best for them

[weak gull]

Lol, they gave luck nothing but TY Hilton and said figure it out…he retired early

Now take a raw qb, (not a very polished product like luck was) and take away someone who relieves pressure…wtf🤣

Not only relieves pressure but does everything you’d want a young qb to have in his back. Good in pass pro, solid receiver and great back in general

[dim kettle]

Even Hilton was a no name before Luck elevated him

[weak gull]

Hilton was good coming out, he was no named because he went to FIU. He was gonna be good…maybe not as good without luck but he would’ve been good elsewhere

I’d argue luck and ar have equally shit weapons atp. One guy really for each

But that’s besides the point

[dim kettle]

Just was a dumbass comment by Ballard smh.

[weak gull]

Point is this is really sad to watch. You can’t make that comparison

Like you’re taking what is likely a top 3 back when healthy from him and thinking that won’t impact him. That would impact anyone for the most part, let alone a rookie

[dim kettle]

Sounds like a GM holding onto his job for dear life. He drafted the QB. But the Bears weren’t afraid to fire Pretty Boy Pace’s ass after drafting Fields. Your job is not safe, Ballard

[honest umbra]

Fati + likable team and players

[weak gull]

Yeah Idc what anyone says. This is a debacle rn. One could say backs shouldn’t get paid but I just think the colts are being kinda stubborn and dumb rn

Scary investment yes, but that’s a big blow

Easy to replace and being able to replace are different, and we saw the difficulty to replace last year.

[smoky fable]

Ah that does make sense. Hope Fati does well in the loan spell.

[smoky fable]

Just wonder how Nelson will perform this year. Wasn’t to his best from what I remember.

[weak gull]

I think he will step back up, tough to say though

[robust grotto]

Source - trust me

@dim ledge

[short flame]

Congratulations

[robust grotto]

You would’ve like Hagelin when he was younger. Such a fun player

Not a scorer by any means but there was a solid 3/4 year stretch where he was the fastest guy in the league. Played with so much heart

[dim ledge]

i miss him

[short flame]

That’s fun

[robust grotto]

Yeah he was cool man

[dim ledge]

I miss Dan Girardi

[short flame]

Let’s hope he enjoys his retirement

[rustic ore]

https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1696989646687805944

Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate)

#Colts GM Chris Ballard gets asked at the very end why they aren't paying Jonathan Taylor:

"We won 4 games last year."

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Twitter · Aug 30, 2023, 8:53 PM

https://tenor.com/view/omg-really-wow-oh-facepalm-gif-16773216

He did not just say that

[rustic mountain]

How in tf is that at all JT's fault

Bro you're the gm you put together the team

JT did well inspite of your shit show

Sorry meant despite

[rustic ore]

I use them interchangeably so you’re good

[smoky fable]

He’s on the hot seat

[dim kettle]

Yet you’re not the one cutting your own pay, Chris

[celest zephyr]

Oh so the bears can get rid of all of their good players cuz they won 3 games last year????

Right so they should trade fields instead of paying him in a year cuz they sucked

🙄

[dim kettle]

It’s as if bad GMs are terrible at taking accountability and would rather throw players under the bus

[celest zephyr]

Oh no I can’t possibly be bad at my job!!!!

Same reason why the jaguars should boot Balke out right now

Dude sucks ass and I’m amazed he’s still kicking

[dim kettle]

Give it 2 years.

He’ll be gone

[celest zephyr]

Ballard will be gone in another year

[smoky fable]

https://vxtwitter.com/ArizonaFBall/status/1697037151555527080

Feel bad for the players listening to this

[rustic mountain]

[honest umbra]

that’s pretty good

[rustic mountain]

Just was a bit inconsistent after a while

[dim kettle]

After BA left, it pretty much did become a mess.

[weak gull]

NOT TO MENTION JT WAS HURT TOO

Played in 11 games and was in 2 of their wins lol

I can’t believe how shitty the colts are being toward this man

They CLEARLY TANKED

For fucks sake

[dim kettle]

But according to the NFL, teams don’t try to tank.

[weak gull]

Man…I’m glad this situation is actually just exposing how JT is a valued back and should be paid but the colts don’t want to have to set the market

[proud coyote]

I don't think they should pay him

[weak gull]

That’s fair, everyone is scared to pay backs

But to sit here and then ask for crazy trade value cause you know how good he is but won’t pay him…it’s all bs to me

I think he’s at the age and the colts are in the situation that they should pay him

But it’s fine to be on either side, I’m more pissed at the Colts basically wanting the cake and to eat it too

[proud coyote]

the reality is they're going to trade him and are just doing their due dilligence as they should

I don't think they're going to sit on him and not pay him

[weak gull]

Well when you go to trade him and ask for waddle and other crazy shit idk who the hell you think you’re trading him to

You can ask for a lot and do what’s smart, but that just isn’t realistic at all. No negotiation is coming of that

[proud coyote]

I just air on the side of caution for all these trade talks as shit is never how we see it, and random details get blown out of proportion

I don't think the colts intended to trade him unless they were getting a ridiculous offer, and will just accept the third round comp pick

if he plays enough before the deadline for them to trade him there, huzzah same deal

[smoky fable]

A little tougher with him on PUP though

to showcase him

[smoky fable]

His draft selections are worse

[weak gull]

Well if he actually gets traded he’s going for more than a 3 imo. irsay and Ballard have shown they are two ass clowns imo

I tend not to listen much, but I fully feel like JT is just being treated pretty shittily especially after the Ballard comment. Payment or not

JT single handed won them the raiders game last year basically if I recall

Fine to not pay him but they talking too much. I would pay him in their shoes though.

[hasty mesa]

You don’t pay backs

You pay offensive lineman

It’s just that Irsay has gone a particularly nasty path about it

[weak gull]

You can pay backs lol

Is it ideal…no…can you still win if you do? Yes

End all be all it’s a QB league

[hasty mesa]

You can still win

It just may make it harder

In terms of cap

[weak gull]

It’s going to be harder for the colts to win now (the next 2-3) without JT lol

[hasty mesa]

It’s gonna be hard with or without JT

[weak gull]

The time of his contract would be 1 year left if they paid him

[hasty mesa]

Remove the toxic FO and Irsay for a second

You’re the Colts GM

[weak gull]

I’m paying Taylor

[hasty mesa]

You see a raw prospect in Richardson

[weak gull]

I answered this

[hasty mesa]

I would try to get good trade value out of Taylor

Something reasonable though

And build up the trenches on both sides of the ball

[weak gull]

I’m paying Taylor for 3/4 to be with Richardson. Most of their linemen will have contract years once that contract is up anyways

[hasty mesa]

I fundamentally disagree with the idea that Richardson needs Taylor for his development

Actually wait

What are you paying Taylor

[weak gull]

I did not say need

[hasty mesa]

Cuz that matters

[weak gull]

I never said he needs anything but it’s better to have lol

The colts have who? Michael fucking Pittman

[hasty mesa]

Obviously you prefer a good back

But at what cost

It’s just more cost effective to pay Olineman

[weak gull]

12 mil a year for a quality security blanket (a back who is good at all 3 phases) when there is hardly anything else or anyone else who needs to get paid

Cause I’m sure JT could come down from 14 he wants to 12

[hasty mesa]

12 mil 2 years is my max prob

[weak gull]

I already expressed their linemen contract situation. And if they want to increase from the 24th best o line based of win rate last year they need new linemen anyways (draft/trade/FA)

That runs the same time as a JT contract timeline

The colts likely want value…that’s fine. But I’d rather give my qb something to work with being this raw

[hasty mesa]

If the idea is the Colts have no one to pay since their team is complete cheeks right now sure

Pay Taylor

[weak gull]

That’s not what I said at all lol

[hasty mesa]

What I mean is like

There’s no one who needs to be paid really

Besides Taylor

Idk the details of the Colts

[weak gull]

They look like crap on offense without JT

Obviously crap QB situation, but I’d deem JT to be a payable back

[hasty mesa]

Fair

I think all the teams starting Rookies rn are in interesting spots

It’ll be fun to see

[weak gull]

Everyone says “it’s the o line” but Indy’s o line regressed heavily last year. And if it wasn’t for the Texans game, Zach moss looked awful behind it too

Not every backs position is plug and play is all, I feel JT does bring them value outside the standard back. Which is why I’d pay him on top of what was previously said

[hasty basin]

That's a great draw for us

[smoky fable]

On a cold rainy night in Stoke

[hasty basin]

I can do it

Beat them with Scott Parker, we can beat them with anyone

[thorn hornet]

Even if he's on loan I think Raya will be able to play

Against Brentford

Cup games don't count

[hasty basin]

So Travers plays against us

[thorn hornet]

I'm gonna do a draw predictions

We will draw

Sevilla
Milan
Gala

[thorn hornet]

This is a fun CL year ngl

Fun teams like Union, Lens, Antwerp and Braga

Also PSV there after a long absence

[short flame]

Let’s just hope it’s not during a cold rainy Wednesday night at stoke

[thorn hornet]

Bonucci to Union lol

Gravenbech might go to Liverpool

[burnt cedar]

Napoli Copenhagen Celtic

[sweet tree]

ban pot 3

nvm ban pot 4

[burnt cedar]

I like pot 4 tbh

[thorn hornet]

Nketiah called up holy shit

[burnt cedar]

Some nice away days

[thorn hornet]

Well deserved

[burnt cedar]

Pound for pound pot 4 might be harder than pot 3

[thorn hornet]

Still no White

Rice and Saka also there

[dim ledge]

What the hell does Nick Pope need to do ffs

[thorn hornet]

Also why the fuck is Henderson there

[dim ledge]

Captain is captain

[thorn hornet]

And Maguire

[thorn hornet]

He's gonna get booed everytime he gets the ball

[thorn hornet]

Also no Bowen

[burnt cedar]

https://swissfootballdata.shinyapps.io/draw_generator/

[short flame]

Union Magdalena?

[short flame]

Always Bayern

I wanted to get a second opinion so I did my own draw and surprise it’s Bayern again

[hasty basin]

Holy shit

[hasty basin]

That's good

[thorn hornet]

Cracking draw

[hasty basin]

Arsenal buy Kvara later? 👀

[thorn hornet]

Arsenal are kinda broke rn maybe next year

[hasty basin]

Rn Napoli wouldn't give either

Next year they might break apart

[thorn hornet]

https://twitter.com/kayakaynak97/status/1697240440398114870?t=zch6LQFH8-k0ATR2U0sYWg&s=19

Kaya Kaynak (@kayakaynak97)

#AFC still hopeful of completing some exits before deadline day but worth baring in mind that Turkish, Portuguese and Saudi windows close later than the English one. Could well impact deals for four players.

Story 👇
https://t.co/18bRFW6XBi

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Twitter · Aug 31, 2023, 1:30 PM

[thorn hornet]

100% they gonna

[hasty basin]

Selling gonna continue

[hasty basin]

It's so annoying because Napoli is a wasted potential of a club

Run awfuly and amazingly at the same time

[thorn hornet]

I still can't belive that we can't get rid of Lokonga,Holding, Pepe and Cedric

[hasty basin]

Moneyhungry, but has great scouts for finding players

Maybe later

[thorn hornet]

ADL is questionable

I know they will all go on dry loans to fucking Turkey

[dim kettle]

https://twitter.com/bnightengale/status/1697255832159953388?s=46&t=6zYeacLKll2-c8XNBTdvnA

Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale)

The Chicago White Sox make it official: Chris Getz is their new GM

Twitter · Aug 31, 2023, 2:31 PM

[weak gull]

Hope the gators lose today

[fluid moat]

what time is the draw

ok got it

I think I can watch it

[short flame]

@robust grotto

[robust grotto]

Idk what this means tbh

[thorn hornet]

Hypeee

Please don't draw Bayern

[sweet tree]

nice

ucl final will be in wembley

that's cool

[hasty basin]

Yeah

We have to host one at some point, our stadium is actualy amazing

Held the U21 euros final

[sweet tree]

which stadium

[hasty basin]

Mikheil Meskhi stadium

We had the supercup there

Sevilla vs Barcelona lol

[sweet tree]

oh I remember that game

[hasty basin]

Oops not the Meskhi stadium my bad that's another one

Boris Paichadze

[sweet tree]

when messi scored 2 freekicks lol

[hasty basin]

Yeah lol

[sweet tree]

pedro late winner

goddamn

[hasty basin]

Crazy game

[sweet tree]

it ended 5-4

[short flame]

I think highest amount of received fouls

[sweet tree]

oh

lol I was like huh

[sweet tree]

it looks like napoli stadium a bit

[hasty basin]

54k capacity not bad

Could be improved

[sweet tree]

not really a fan of Olympic stadiums

apart from Olympiastadion

I dont like the stadium barça plays in currently

lol

[hasty basin]

Oh yeah

[sweet tree]

tho I'd say it's fine

2025 is in Allianz Arena

[hasty basin]

Great stad

[sweet tree]

maybe Camp Nou will host one after the renovation

I imagine Bernabeu will get one again

[thorn hornet]

@sweet tree who are you hoping to get?

[sweet tree]

u lot

but honestly I don't really mind

[thorn hornet]

Wanna see Trossard magic again huh?

[sweet tree]

anyone is alright

[thorn hornet]

I only hope to avoid Bayern

[sweet tree]

from pot 3 I guess PSV, never seen Barça play them before I think

tho if we get a light group, I'm chill

[hasty basin]

Im hoping Napoli get a prem team

[fluid moat]

Give Napoli or Inter a group of death

[robust grotto]

Ooo true

[fluid moat]

Real Madrid Arsenal Inter Porto group we will be there

[burnt cedar]

We can’t get Madrid

Same pot as us

[sweet tree]

yeah they're both pot 2

[burnt cedar]

I want Napoli

[fluid moat]

I haven’t even looked at the pots yet lol

[burnt cedar]

Looked again and all 4 teams are in pot 2

[fluid moat]

Oh literally every team I picked is pot 2 I just realized

[short flame]

Why do they target Jeff

[sweet tree]

no way

lool

yeah all the best teams in the first 2 pots

3 and 4 has okay and mid teams

[thorn hornet]

We 100% gonna draw PSG

And I would be fine with that

[fluid moat]

Pot 2 is stacked

[thorn hornet]

Idgaf about City ro just let me see the groups

Thank you

I'm not clapping fuck off Pedro

[robust grotto]

It’s not that they target him but he’s speedy and he’s light

He gets the puck a lot bc of his speed. He finds space on the ice. People the have to take bad tripping penalties to take him down

[short flame]

He deserves better

[thorn hornet]

Me rn

[short flame]

Like Messi in the mls. They need to add rules to protect Jeff from fouls

[short flame]

Arsène I miss you

[thorn hornet]

The sound quality is so fucky

[fluid moat]

I can’t listen to anything they are saying so this is useless to me get picking already

[short flame]

Where are you watching the draw?

[fluid moat]

Uefa website

[short flame]

Thanks

[hasty basin]

Let's go Bayern

[fluid moat]

Bayern is first

Alright who’s with Bayern now

[short flame]

They had to remind everyone arsenal hadn’t been in in 6 years

[sweet tree]

BVB PSG

[fluid moat]

Where is arsenal going

Group A

Do it

B

With Sevilla

[hasty basin]

Sevilla omg

[thorn hornet]

B

Sevilla

Nice

[fluid moat]

Manchester United fans are relieved

[thorn hornet]

Very nice

[fluid moat]

Atletico is next

[short flame]

No Bayern

[sweet tree]

Arsenal Sevilla

[fluid moat]

Atletico is with Feynoord

Very good for them

United now

[sweet tree]

tears watch us get em

[burnt cedar]

Sevilla

[fluid moat]

They have to be top half so you can’t

BAYERN

[hasty basin]

LOOL

[thorn hornet]

Looool

[hasty basin]

BAYERN let's fucking go

[fluid moat]

[thorn hornet]

They are fucked

[short flame]

Well united can focus on the league

[sweet tree]

Bayern United

nice

[hasty basin]

Oh god

Poor Leipzig

[fluid moat]

Man City got Leipzig

[hasty basin]

City again

[fluid moat]

Jesus Christ man

[sweet tree]

LOOOL

[thorn hornet]

Leipzig City

[fluid moat]

They win it again

7-0 btw

[thorn hornet]

Can't be serious

They always get easy groups

Inter next

[fluid moat]

Fuck

Inter got Benefica

God damn it

[hasty basin]

Im getting Haaland

[sweet tree]

so we get Porto

?

[short flame]

Nice Cuadrado vs benfica

[sweet tree]

that's cool

[fluid moat]

Yup Porto

That’s good

Real Madrid are with Napoli

[hasty basin]

LET'S GOOOO

KVARA

FUCKIGN COOK

[thorn hornet]

Bring me SS Nazio

[hasty basin]

Kvara is vs Carvajal man

This is so GOOD

[burnt cedar]

Sevilla dropping into the Europa league so we’re halfway there

[fluid moat]

ez win for Barca

[sweet tree]

shakhtar

[short flame]

Group H is a nice little group

City getting an easy group

[sweet tree]

who

[thorn hornet]

PSV

[fluid moat]

Oooh

[thorn hornet]

Again

[fluid moat]

Group B is looking nice

AC Milan

Give them group F or G please

F

HAHHA

[thorn hornet]

F group of death

[burnt cedar]

PSV FFS

[short flame]

That’s a good group

[burnt cedar]

They beat us last year

[sweet tree]

PSG BVB ACM

[fluid moat]

Who’s D

Oh Salzburg

[short flame]

Easy group for Cuadrado

[fluid moat]

Lazio group E

[thorn hornet]

We barely beat them at home too

[fluid moat]

Fuck them up boys

[thorn hornet]

Simmons ran the show

[fluid moat]

Can’t even beat Lecce and Genoa

[thorn hornet]

Give us something like Young Boys

[fluid moat]

Group they asses

[thorn hornet]

Who am I kidding we getting Sociedad

[short flame]

2 la liga sides?

[hasty basin]

I'm so happy with this Napoli draw

[sweet tree]

Braga with Madrid & Napoli

Copenhagen with Bayern & United

[thorn hornet]

We are in most Europa League group ever

[thorn hornet]

Oh yeah I forgot

[short flame]

Let’s go for Celtic

[sweet tree]

Newcastle or Sociedad in that PSG group, i need it

or Gala too tbh

[short flame]

Sociedad first

[sweet tree]

that's a decent group

[short flame]

Holy shit group F

[hasty basin]

THAT GROUP

IS NUTS

[fluid moat]

GROUP F IS FUCKING STACKED

Holy shit

Milan are fucked

[sweet tree]

LETS GOOOOO

OH NY

group of death right there

[fluid moat]

TONALI VS MILAN WE WILL BE THERE

[short flame]

Bayern has no competition

[hexed galleon]

THIS IS INSANE

THE SCRIPT IS INSANE

[sweet tree]

that's nutty

[hexed galleon]

Relax hojlund is gonna own tommy tushitter and harry no trophies despite going to bayern kane

[fluid moat]

Lolololol Bonucci is fucked

[sweet tree]

Napoli and Madrid ez group

[fluid moat]

That’s what you get

[hexed galleon]

Tonali vs milan

Is INSANE

[sweet tree]

give me young boys!

damn

[fluid moat]

Man city has the easiest fucking group of all time they’re winning it again

[short flame]

Oh we get the random team

[sweet tree]

City easy ass group

bruddah

[robust grotto]

Bro

[fluid moat]

They literally beat their toughest opponents 7-0 last year

[robust grotto]

@dim ledge

[fluid moat]

[sweet tree]

I've never seen them in a hard group

[thorn hornet]

Holy shit

Yeah we got Lens

Got Lens

[fluid moat]

Inter got a Europa league group man

Get out

[thorn hornet]

Ahhh most Europa League group ever

[sweet tree]

CELTIC PLZ

[hexed galleon]

Tonali vs Milan

[sweet tree]

that's not a bad group

[thorn hornet]

Should be walk in the park except maybe PSV

[honest umbra]

Did you guys see group F?

[sweet tree]

we get Antwerp

[hexed galleon]

If we get knocked out im never watching football again

[sweet tree]

yeah fate

[honest umbra]

bro mala we got a easy group for once lol

[hasty basin]

EVeryone in group F is stronger than City's opponents 💀

[short flame]

Conference at best

[sweet tree]

lightwork group

[hexed galleon]

Galashitthebedasaray and copen the definition of mid hagen is not beating us

[fluid moat]

Barca has a good group

[honest umbra]

like if we can’t make it out of group with this group

we don’t deserve it

[sweet tree]

nah we will

[thorn hornet]

Time to do some more predictions

[honest umbra]

bro group F Is insane

[sweet tree]

Group D is decent

Group F is wild

[hexed galleon]

City caught rigging red handed

[honest umbra]

group a isn’t the easiest group either

PSV and lens play hella well

[hexed galleon]

We'll make it out easily

Second though

[fluid moat]

Group F is crazy man

[hexed galleon]

GLORY GLORY MAN UNITED

[fluid moat]

Every single game is a huge one

[thorn hornet]

We need to top this group

No excuse

[hexed galleon]

Group B is interesting

Group F is actually fucked up thoighb

[thorn hornet]

Can't wait to see Holding and Elneny start away at Sevilla

[hexed galleon]

Group B is gonna be
Arsenal
PSV
Sevilla (they go on to win the Europa)
Lens

imo

PSV and lens can always change in the end

[fluid moat]

Dude if Juve were in the UCL that would’ve been our spot

[thorn hornet]

PSV are good but they might lose Bakayoko

[fluid moat]

Maybe the -10 was a blessing in disguise

[sweet tree]

Group D & F the best ones

[hexed galleon]

All these interesting groups then you got

Group G

Fucking rigged

[sweet tree]

A ain't that bad either

[hexed galleon]

Group B is def better than D

[sweet tree]

Gala away is usually a bit of a nuisance

[thorn hornet]

D is decent

But yeah

It is better

[hexed galleon]

Galas not doing shit to rasmus goatlund and marcus rashy

[thorn hornet]

Icardi will

[hexed galleon]

please tell me the group stages arent in less than a month

PLEASE

[burnt cedar]

I can’t escape the europa league

They’ve given us the biggest Europa league group ever

[sweet tree]

oh I overlooked group B

[hexed galleon]

We cant play without varane and it doesnt seem like were going for todibo just yet

[sweet tree]

but honestly I expect sevilla to flop as usual

[hexed galleon]

Ill kms if we dont pull off amrabat and todibo after the draws

[sweet tree]

[thorn hornet]

Sevilla 3rd is the most obvious pick

[sweet tree]

ye

[hexed galleon]

Sevillas getting third and winning the europa

[thorn hornet]

Lens ain't shit

[sweet tree]

PSV coming 2nd

Lens are decent too

[burnt cedar]

Psv lost simons

And lens lost half their squad

[thorn hornet]

PSV not gonna take them lighty they good

PSV rn are better than Ajax

They getting Lozano too

[honest umbra]

I got Bayern Man U, Arsenal Lens, Real Madrid Napoli, Inter Benfica, Atletico Lazio, PSG Newcastle, Man City Leipzig, Barca Porto

Sevilla def ain’t making it out

Group F actually had me scratching my head for 5 mins

that has to be the hardest group ever right?

[fluid moat]

Hardest one I can remember in a long time

[honest umbra]

I don’t think PSG are that good but they have Mbappe

[fluid moat]

We would’ve been in Milan’s spot of there was no point deduction

[sweet tree]

I got sociedad over benfica

[burnt cedar]

Newcastle and PSG are going through

[honest umbra]

that what I feel

[fluid moat]

Tonali vs Newcastle is something I didn’t even consider before this draws

[honest umbra]

but if milan and dortmund went thru

[fluid moat]

I love it

[honest umbra]

wouldn’t be surprised? No

[fluid moat]

Sorry, Milan*

Not Newcastle

[burnt cedar]

He might change teams half way you never know

[honest umbra]

you’re allowed to change teams?

isn’t deadline today?

[burnt cedar]

Didn’t look too happy to leave Milan

Might just go back on the plane with them

[honest umbra]

Yea they forced him out

Shite management

I’m just glad Barca has a easy group for once

[sweet tree]

A: Bayern United
B: Arsenal PSV
C: Madrid Napoli
D: Inter Sociedad
E: Atletico Feyernoord
F: PSG AC Milan
G: City Leipzig
H: Barça Porto

that's my predictions

honestly think ACM could get 2nd

[hexed galleon]

Think PSG Newcastle

[fluid moat]

This was doubt agent Tonali and Milan’s plan all along

[hexed galleon]

Milan was full of surprises though

So im not ruling it out

[fluid moat]

They get the group of death and he helps them out from another team

[thorn hornet]

Lens ruined red white theme of the group

[honest umbra]

Lens wear red though don’t they?

[thorn hornet]

Red and yellow

Sevilla,PSV and Us all wear red and white

[honest umbra]

Why don’t they just sub the yellow for the white?

Pep won coach of the year

Ain’t no one surprised

Thoughts?

[sweet tree]

not a fan really

glad aitana won best player

[burnt cedar]

Finishing top 8 is so pointless

You just don’t have to play an extra tie

[sweet tree]

I guess what I dont like about it mostly is the play-in tournament thing

[burnt cedar]

But you’re still in the last 16

9-24 is way too big a chance to quality to the next round

[fluid moat]

Pointless change

Just makes thing more confusing

[honest umbra]

yea she was awesome all year

won WC too

[honest umbra]

it’s def kinda like a net safety zone for big teams lol

to make sure more of them get in

[sweet tree]

yeah I think Prem is getting an extra ucl spot

[fluid moat]

Vsing Vini and Kvara good luck Bonucci

[honest umbra]

where is bonucci?

[fluid moat]

Is it based on this season or last season

The 5 spots thing

[sweet tree]

union berlin i think

[fluid moat]

Union Berlin

[honest umbra]

also I forgot to say this but Union Berlin is nice

Loool

WTH!?

they have bonucci??

that’s so random lmao

[fluid moat]

There was this whole fiasco with Bonucci and Juve

They told him he wouldn’t be with the squad at all and he kinda flipped out

[sweet tree]

I'll probably have to see how the next UCL plays out before I judge but yeah I don't like it, having all the teams in 1 big group and every one of them will have randomized fixtures. Some might have a harder schedule than the other and that could make them not reach top 8. I don't think it'll be balanced in regards to who plays who. But yeah the extra knockout round to qualify for the ro16 is lame.

[rustic ore]

https://vxtwitter.com/DougKyed/status/1697289703438037004 @rustic mountain

I thought 19 would’ve been slick but 6 isn’t bad

[honest umbra]

if I was ever changing numbers, doing it by 1 would be so funny

yea “I don’t wanna be 61, I wanna be 62”

[broken ledge]

Farmers

[honest umbra]

Who’s getting farmed?

[broken ledge]

Arsenal

[robust grotto]

Too much red, blech

[broken ledge]

Joking lol

[honest umbra]

They all actually wear red lol

And someone said all wear red and white except lens which is red and yellow

[broken ledge]

But I can see arsenal fighting for top spot

[honest umbra]

They will get top spot

It’s the second spots that’s spicy

[sweet tree]

doesn't sevilla usually wear White

[honest umbra]

full white kit yea

but u can see red lines

I guess lol

[broken ledge]

White and red stripes

I think

[sweet tree]

yeah their home kits are always white

nah

they don't use stripes

[broken ledge]

Ohh

[honest umbra]

when we getting joao squared mala?

[sweet tree]

I kinda don't want him

but if it's loan I guess it could happen

not sure I haven't been following the Saga too closely

wait which joao

cancelo?

I think that should be done soon

felix idk

just gotta wait for the announcement

[rustic ore]

https://tenor.com/view/farm-farmer-farming-silly-lol-gif-5336356

[sweet tree]

cancelo would be nice, watching roberto play the other day was kinda yikes

[rustic mountain]

I mean if he gets a pick 6

Pick 6 by 6

Can't hate it

[rustic ore]

Indeed

[rustic mountain]

Knew that Barringer would change

9 is Judon lmao

[hexed galleon]

Hojlund scoring a hat trick against his brothers club

They knew what they were doing when they gave us copenhagen

[solid dagger]

The only entertaining group is the Milan one ngl

Idk if it's just me but almost all of them feel kinda underwhelming for some reason

[sweet tree]

too many mid teams

and yeah Group F is the best one

[solid dagger]

It might be bias since we're not in there but there's only a couple of exciting groups for me

[sweet tree]

I guess any one of those could go through

[solid dagger]

All the other ones feel like they're settled already

[sweet tree]

that's how it usually goes

[solid dagger]

Usually there's always that one group that looks like a Europa League group, this time it feels like that but even more

But again I can't say anything since we are not going to play any European competitions this season

[sweet tree]

Group E looks like an Europa League group + Atletico

[solid dagger]

Group B as well

[sweet tree]

tbf Group B was in Europa league last year

[solid dagger]

Group D too even tho Benfica and Inter did well last season

[hexed galleon]

Benfica and Inter is not a europa league group

Inter got fucked by romelu greatest defender of all time lukaku

Benfica reached quarters

Group A is also interesting ngl

Although United are qualifying

[solid dagger]

I know but I still have that mid 2010s Inter engraved in my brain and I can't let that go

[short flame]

Why are both stars?

[dim kettle]

NFL is the Cowboys

[short flame]

Where’s the cowboy?

[dim kettle]

[short flame]

That’s misleading

[dim kettle]

Hey, fits their seasons the last 27 years lol

[honest umbra]

that’s why I said squared

meant both of them

I def want cancelo

idk how I feel about Felix

[short flame]

Full of stars?

[dim kettle]

Always misleading

[short flame]

Little cheats?

[dim ledge]

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1697308004259963319?t=WJ_Zk53gbM1BbXQ32-QkKw&s=19

Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano)

Ryan Gravenberch to Liverpool, here we go! €40m plus €5m in add-ons, 5 year deal, he will fly to Liverpool this evening 🚨🔴 #LFC

Agreement in place and medical tests booked.

Deal was negotiated by Jose Fortes Rodrigues from Raiola.

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[burnt cedar]

Where’s he playing

[dim ledge]

6

For sure

6'3 and physical

[burnt cedar]

Noooo

He’s gonna be so wasted there

He’s so much better at lcm

But you’ve already got 2 cms

That’s why it felt weird

[dim ledge]

Yeah I mean

I could see a situation where we have a double deep lying CM with him and Mac Allister

With Szobo playing more up

[burnt cedar]

Yeah would be much better

[dim ledge]

In a 433

[burnt cedar]

But lone 6 is gonna be unfair on him

[dim ledge]

I hope we can turn him around

Bayern wasted him imo

[burnt cedar]

He’s gonna need time

[dim ledge]

@mellow cradle

[burnt cedar]

Always liked him at Ajax

[dim ledge]

He'll be playing with his captain and Cody

So they can defo help him get up to speed imo

Of course Virgil is on a red rn because the prem refs are a joke lol

[burnt cedar]

Cody needs to get up to speed himself

[celest zephyr]

they don't cheat they just think they are going to win the sb(the big trophy)

[honest umbra]

I said this in another chat I’m in but geniuely believe endo/gravenberch is a really good window even over having Caicedo or lavia

[celest zephyr]

but yet they don't

[burnt cedar]

If Liverpool get Phillips he’ll start over Endo

[honest umbra]

The man city player?

[burnt cedar]

Endo is nice and tidy but I can’t see him adding much more than that

[burnt cedar]

Yeah he’s linked to them on loan

[honest umbra]

They kinda just need nice and tidy

Don’t know why pep would do that

[dim ledge]

Endo ideally will be Milner 2.0

[honest umbra]

Though he is known for letting players leave if they wanna

[dim ledge]

I don't think we get anyone else

[honest umbra]

England called Phillips up too

[dim ledge]

But if we get like, Phillips or Doucoure, I'll be impressed

[burnt cedar]

Liverpool still need another defender

Cb

[honest umbra]

They always do

[celest zephyr]

lewis back for another two

wouldn't be shocked if there's zero moves this driver market

[dim ledge]

We definitely need a CB but we won't go for one now. Probably winter. Will be shocked if we do

[honest umbra]

You reckon Eric garcia can join them?

[dim ledge]

Phillips just left on loan to Celtic

[burnt cedar]

Wouldn’t get into championship teams

[honest umbra]

Dang it

[dim ledge]

We evidently want Hincaipe

[burnt cedar]

Every time he’s linked to us my day gets ruined

[honest umbra]

Once inigo is healthy

Garcia won’t get any time behind Araujo kounde Christensen and him

Dw he’s Spanish so xavi believes in him too much

[thorn hornet]

Everytime Garcia gets linked with us a dog dies brutally

[burnt cedar]

One of the worst defenders I’ve ever seen

Shouldn’t be allowed to play the sport

[honest umbra]

He is a really good passer though

He’s woefully in the wrong position

[burnt cedar]

All it takes nowadays

[smoky fable]

Will be paying attention to that one. Seems like Barcelona didn’t get that bad of a draw at first glance?

[honest umbra]

his body is never meant to be a CB

[thorn hornet]

I rather have nothing happening on deadline day rather than Garcia

[honest umbra]

Very happy with our draw

[mellow cradle]

who

[burnt cedar]

Lowkey can see Barca getting bodied on them away days

[honest umbra]

if Barca don’t make it out, Xavi needs to be fired on the spot

[mellow cradle]

who ur talking about

[dim ledge]

Gravenberch from you guys to us

[mellow cradle]

bayern has the best center backs in the world

[honest umbra]

hello doen

[mellow cradle]

min jae will be ramos 2.0

[smoky fable]

Arsenal don’t seem to have that bad of a draw either.

[dim ledge]

KMJ is fantastic

[burnt cedar]

Upamancano can try to be Saliba 2.0

[honest umbra]

KMJ choosing Bayern over Man U made me happy

[burnt cedar]

Yeah it’s literally a europa league group, can’t complain

[mellow cradle]

honestly, when i heard minjae was gonna go to bayern, i was like "hold on a minute" watched a 15 minute montage

guy is fucking insane dude

[burnt cedar]

Wanted to play some of the bigger teams tho

[mellow cradle]

[thorn hornet]

https://twitter.com/afcstuff/status/1697307389626642753?t=j1gsYk2SvcgRuHUhExgAcA&s=19

afcstuff (@afcstuff)

Edu Gaspar on the transfer window: “As everyone saw, we made a strong strategy to be very proactive at the beginning of the transfer window & I think we did it. Now we are talking about trying to balance the squad a little bit better.”

“We keep talking to a few clubs, but so…

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[honest umbra]

You can play the bigger teams in the next round

[burnt cedar]

If they make it

[mellow cradle]

harry kane also good transfer on bayerns account

but they will not win CL

[honest umbra]

you can play Bayern next round

[mellow cradle]

because they dont have a playmaker

a good one

[burnt cedar]

Kane good enough playmaker

And scorer

[burnt cedar]

Done it for 10 years with no help

[honest umbra]

What about son?

[mellow cradle]

he is but kane would work better if he had a 10 behind him feeding him

[burnt cedar]

Yeah no help

[thorn hornet]

I remember getting linked with RDT and Morata on January deadline day a year ago

[honest umbra]

And what is musiala?

[burnt cedar]

Don’t forget Taremi

[thorn hornet]

And we signed Trusty

[honest umbra]

Is taremi still at Porto

[thorn hornet]

That cost us top 4, lack of activity

[honest umbra]

Am I gonna get to see taremi vs barca

[thorn hornet]

We needed a striker and Laca wasn't it

[mellow cradle]

de ligt and min jae will only be beatable by mbappe

this guy shoulda gone to real

[honest umbra]

Mbappe didn’t even beat upa last year

upa locked him up

[thorn hornet]

If he doesn't go to Milan then maybe

[honest umbra]

isn’t he almost 40 now

[thorn hornet]

31

I think

[honest umbra]

Same thing

[thorn hornet]

Yeah

Garcia bomba tomorrow

[short flame]

And they’re bad?

[celest zephyr]

decent to good usually

rarely at contender form since their last win though

[short flame]

When did they last win?

Not bad

[celest zephyr]

1996

49ers logic: let’s sign Sam darnold instead of giving the backup spot to the guy we drafted third overall two years ago. That’ll show him!

[weak gull]

It sucks but they just wanted value while they can get it.

I really wanted Lance to succeed in San Fran tho man

A Gators loss will cheer me up later

[thorn hornet]

https://twitter.com/ManagingBarca/status/1697320231977496818?t=squMAf2LyvqGn7PQcomoaQ&s=19

Managing Barça (@ManagingBarca)

🚨🚨🌕| BREAKING: Both Eric Garcia & Abde will STAY at FC Barcelona! It's 99% decided. @fansjavimiguel

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I GOT MY JOY BACK

[hasty basin]

Yeah lol no way that was happening

[sweet tree]

99%

[hasty basin]

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1697297044103110743?t=nNpyAp3J4Y54uKwTI9N44g&s=19

Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano)

EXCL: Tottenham considering possible move for Lloyd Kelly from Bournemouth in last 24h 🚨⚪️ #THFC

No formal bid/concrete yet as depends on outgoings, Spurs need players to leave.

Bournemouth would need to replace Kelly, not easy; also Eric Dier could be offered as part of deal.

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I will be there no matter what

[sweet tree]

footy journalism is so easy

[hasty basin]

Lmao

[mellow cradle]

that position oversaturated

with mid players

[thorn hornet]

99% strikes again

[mellow cradle]

at bayern

sadly

kimmich alright but not delivering anymore

he has to have some comeback arc

[short flame]

So they’re like the Canadiens of American football?

[mellow cradle]

until then residentsleeper player

[hasty basin]

Kimmich has good consistency for Bayern

Rare bad games

That whole Bayern team is complete now

I'm so confident in this team

[short flame]

Happy birthday coach

[solid dagger]

Bro that team is stacked

The attack is crazy

[short flame]

Canada national team coach just quit to be assistant manager of Toronto fc from the mls. What an odd decision

[rustic ore]

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1697277881414463805 @simple seal @weak gull

Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter)

Compensation update: TJ Hockenson is signing a four-year, $68.5 million contract extension that resets the tight end market, source tells ESPN. The $17.125 million annual average and $42 .5 million guarantee are the highest for a tight end in NFL history.

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https://tenor.com/view/sleep-money-gif-9679879

Yeesh

[weak gull]

He ain’t worth all that

They really out here paying mid tight ends this much bread

[rustic ore]

Not when they have JJ ready for a mega deal he's not

[weak gull]

Fucking cole kmet got a bag too

It makes no sense

[proud coyote]

there is a shortage of good tight ends atm

[weak gull]

There is

But there isn’t a shortage of mid ones tbh, still don’t know why cole kmet got that bag

Hock I get it but he ain’t that great either imo. Solid

[proud coyote]

I think the difference between a good/elite TE and a mediocre one is a lot more pronounced than a lot of other positions

kmet is young and pretty okay, so they felt they had to pay him

hock is a top 5 TE, same deal

the waller contract looks a lot better now, that's for sure

[rustic ore]

Anthony Richardson apparently named a captain for Indy

Dude ain't gonna be ready so the growing pains are gonna be severe for Indy this year imo

[weak gull]

Idk if he’s top 5 after Goedert last year

Healthy Waller is still pretty damn good but I get your main point

Just think TE’s are getting paid a bit much for being ok

[proud coyote]

I put him above Waller

below goedart

waller could change that this year, I'm just not sure if he will

[weak gull]

Fair enough

[rustic mountain]

Vinny it's too early to be snorting the copium

While I agree it's a lot of money, Hock is definitely up there as a tight end

Agree with Juba

[weak gull]

Copium? What would I be coping for

[rustic mountain]

You traded away Hock

[weak gull]

Hock was never top 5 at all

I wanted hock traded lol

[rustic mountain]

Interesting desire

[rustic ore]

Here's why I believe it's too much money, you're paying a guy who has never been and will never be your #1 receiving option THAT much money when you still haven't extended JJ yet

Tis cray cray

[weak gull]

We were never going to pay him and we clearly needed picks to rebuild at the time he was dealt

[rustic mountain]

I can understand the logic there

But I don't see Hockenson as mid by any means

[weak gull]

Hock has never been top 5

And if he is, the gap between him and the clear top 3 is substantial

[rustic mountain]

I do not agree tbh

[rustic ore]

Who would be top 5 TEs in the game rn? I mean Kelce is obvi #1 but if I had to guess I'd probably say some rotation of Kittle, Waller, Goedert, and Andrews

[weak gull]

Kelce
Andrews

MAJOR FUCKING GAP

Kittle
Goedert
Waller
Hock

[proud coyote]

mmm

major gap after kittle :D

I also have kittle 2nd

[weak gull]

If he could be healthy maybe

[proud coyote]

it's a bit overblown

kittle games the last five years