sports

[robust grotto]

true - so if they don't sign in the offseason.. they still could at any moment in the season.. but at some point there is a cut of for the playoffs. good catch

tbh i have to read it! haven't seen

[desert palm]

Huh

[robust grotto]

i just know he announced he's not re-signing after this deal, right?

[desert palm]

Right he announced that he is finished after 2029

[robust grotto]

good!

[desert palm]

I’m also talking about his statement regarding the jerseys and having a start time and deadline for free agency during the off-season

[robust grotto]

didn't he call the trophy " a piece of metal " at one point?

[desert palm]

During the off-season

[desert palm]

Yes

Regarding the 2017 Houston Astros scandal

This was in the beginning of 2020 when he was trying to calm the other fan bases

[robust grotto]

Oh. Hang on, I did not see the one about the jerseys

[celest zephyr]

Ah yes the best solution is to devalue the trophy handed out for winning the league

[robust grotto]

LOL my bad, you posted... I'm tired

[celest zephyr]

That’s such a smart idea

[desert palm]

Rob Derpfred

[robust grotto]

literally me anytime I bring it up

[robust grotto]

let's hope a better person gets the job lol. but telling people in 2024 that you're leaving in 2029 is a weird move

[desert palm]

https://x.com/evandrellich/status/1758255233614962735?s=46&t=d36qv7NfDz7hB3yFI6m9Kg

Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) on X

Rob Manfred is done as commissioner in January 2029.

"You can only have so much fun in one lifetime. I have been open with them (the owners) about the fact that this is going to be my last term."

Twitter · Feb 15, 2024, 10:21 PM

[celest zephyr]

Fun? If you count ruining the sport as fun then sure

Lots of fun

[dim kettle]

Fun? Almost the same energy as someone saying "And nothing of value was lost," As their house is burning down.

[desert palm]

The arguments for ruining the sport itself probably go to Bud Selig then Rob Manfred

[dim kettle]

Bud was there too.

[fleet orbit]

Fuck you Rob

[desert palm]

But Manfred did not help with player relations and especially public relations and some of the more questionable moves

Ghost Runner, etc.

However, I will defend the pitch clock

[dim kettle]

What a revolutionary concept, Bud. A second WC slot.

[desert palm]

And even the rescheduling of the interleague games

[fleet orbit]

Why is bud selig in the hall of fame when he’s a profiteer off the backs of players who are banned for steroids under his watch that he made money off of

[desert palm]

I think he was put in as an executive, which is a different type of election

[fleet orbit]

His lack of handling of the Astros was unforgivable

[desert palm]

That is true, but that’s more so public and player relations

[dim kettle]

Bud get's credit for being such a revolutionary in the game with things like the second WC spot when other sports were doing that years before baseball touched it.

[desert palm]

😂

[fleet orbit]

The nfl had 2 for ages , nba had 8 teams for ages , nhl for ahes@

Ages

[desert palm]

The second wild card was just a fancy game 163 anyways

It wasn’t even a series

[fleet orbit]

Baseball had a far too exclusive postseason as is

[dim kettle]

Just shows how out of touch baseball has been for so long

[desert palm]

I do like the expansion to 12, but it needs to be kept at that way in my opinion

I’m not a fan of the NBA and NHL overblowing of the postseason

Play in is a disgrace to anything I’ve ever heard

[dim kettle]

Hopefully by the time the next commissioner comes in, they'll actually do something about the BS unwritten rules.

[fleet orbit]

The nba postseason was fine until the play in, the play in tournament is so stupid

[desert palm]

It’s not even recorded as part of the postseason or even as part of the regular season

[dim kettle]

The NHL playoffs in anyone's game to win.

[desert palm]

How does that make any gosh sense?

[dim kettle]

They're not much joke teams in those playoffs.

[fleet orbit]

The nhl playoffs is prettt bonkers

[fleet orbit]

It doesn’t because the play in tournament doesn’t

[robust grotto]

hockey is the best

[desert palm]

Baseball playoffs are amazing imo

[fleet orbit]

Nhl playoffs are good for a lot of the same reasons March madness is

[dim kettle]

The NBA you have a case there's a lot of garbage teams in the playoffs. 7th and 8th seed basically are jobbers before and after the play in crap

[desert palm]

No one predicted Diamondbacks versus Rangers come on let’s be honest here

Especially Diamondbacks

[desert palm]

That’s exactly what I’m thinking

[fleet orbit]

The West 7 and 8 are usually decent the East not so much

[desert palm]

Once MLB expands to 32 it’s gonna be four divisions each

Four division winners 2 wildcards most probably

[dim kettle]

Gonna be interesting where teams like the Rays will be after that

[fleet orbit]

MLB playoffs have been trending up for years

[fleet orbit]

Are we positive that’s coming?

[desert palm]

Technically speaking, expansion, talks are not gonna happen until Ray and athletics finish up their sagas

[dim kettle]

The central is likely gone from both leagues after realignment.

[desert palm]

Athletics have already basically done so with Las Vegas but ground has still not been broken and the renderings still have not been released

The rays are much more complicated as @dim kettle can testify

Apparently, there was supposed to be a vote in the city council

[fleet orbit]

I feel the pirates are the odd man out probably ?

[dim kettle]

I think the Rays will get it done.

Just sucks it will be in the same shitty location.

[fleet orbit]

Are the rays staying in Tampa ?

[desert palm]

You wish they were going to Tampa to begin with

The Tampa Bay rays are not located in Tampa

[dim kettle]

Well, St Pete is part of Tampa Bay. But yeah, the location is not ideal.

[desert palm]

https://tenor.com/view/haz-gif-26447444

@fleet orbit

[dim kettle]

It will be one of the best days of my life the day the Trop is blown up.

[dim kettle]

3 bridges. 3 bridges that always have traffic on them.

[fleet orbit]

Ok this clears up alot

[desert palm]

Tropicana Field is located where that the letters of the city of Saint Petersburg is basically at

[fleet orbit]

So where are the potential expansion teams gonna play?

[desert palm]

The top bidder is right now is at Nashville with a big group, pushing for expansion over there

[fleet orbit]

Because I don’t necessarily see nhl or nba expanding , even if nhl just did

[dim kettle]

Nashville/Charlotte and the other is still up in the air. Salt Lake just posted pics of a staduim concept.

[desert palm]

They really have a lot support from the league itself and even some support in Nashville although that might be a little harder because Tennessee has a big Braves fandom

[fleet orbit]

Oakland is just a sad sports story losing 3 teams in such a short time

[dim kettle]

Oakland is also sad as a city rn

[desert palm]

Don’t say that to Juba lol

[fleet orbit]

Maxx Crosby claimed his car got robbed

[desert palm]

Bay defender will defend the bay

[dim kettle]

It's not like the Chargers situation in San Diego. Oak Town is just dumpster town for what I've heard.

[fleet orbit]

Warriors left , raiders left , As will leave

Golden knights hit the ground running in Vegas

[dim kettle]

The Knights are probably the best expansion team in the modern era of sports.

Vegas never becomes as big into hockey if the Knights don't overachieve that 2017 season

[fleet orbit]

Only competition to that may be the ravens , but there’s context there

[dim kettle]

The Ravens weren't an expansion team though. That was the Browns,

They had the Browns roster.

[fleet orbit]

The browns got cursed badly by that

The As I don’t think will do so hot in Vegas

[dim kettle]

And you need to know hockey fans can be very petty. One second they're making fun of the Knights during the expansion draft because they apparently didn't know what they're doing. To, "It's rigged. The expansion draft was broken and the Knights had an advantage!"

[fleet orbit]

The raiders and as will be hard pressed to compete with the knights because they are transplants

[dim kettle]

The Raiders are basically a brand. They'll be fine once they start winning again, whenever that will be. The A's... Yeah, good luck.

[fleet orbit]

The raiders fans are nomads

They simply are just always where they are needed to be

[dim kettle]

They should be LA's team. But you know, NFL politics.

[fleet orbit]

Kroenke didn’t want to compete with the raiders market (he’d lose )

[dim kettle]

Exactly. The Raiders were the ones selling out in LA. The Rams were struggling to sell out home games in Anaheim before moving to St Louis

[fleet orbit]

LA isn’t an easy place to win fans over as an nfl team

The raiders would’ve been a slam dunk

[desert palm]

How come Chargers fans were more willing to accept the move to LA from San Diego

[dim kettle]

They were?

[desert palm]

Im specifically talking about like in social media

The Raiders reddit and the Rams sub Reddit. They had to create completely new ones because both situations were not willing to continue on with the team.

[fleet orbit]

San Diego natives were pissed

[dim kettle]

Look, Charger home games are always filled with visiting team fans even 6-7 years in

[desert palm]

But the chargers one is not the case

The San Diego Chargers separate Reddit was made after the fact when people in San Diego was upset that the charger Reddit was willing to move on from San Diego

[fleet orbit]

Why did it take Vegas so long to have teams anyway?

Spanos is a dogshit owner

The chargers never should’ve left San Diego

[desert palm]

“F U Spanos”

At least San Diego have the Padres

They’re stadium is very good and it doesn’t seem like they are leaving anytime soon for something like that

[dim kettle]

The Chargers had a dogshit staduim that was old. But it's like what happened in St Louis with the Rams. The owner just wanted an excuse to get out.

[desert palm]

@rustic mountain @celest zephyr peak atkins

https://x.com/byrobertmurray/status/1758338220994212310?s=46&t=gBdTsaafi5LoZL_QEVezxg

Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) on X

Free-agent infielder Eduardo Escobar is moving toward a deal with the Toronto Blue Jays, according to sources familiar with the situation.

Twitter · Feb 16, 2024, 3:51 AM

[fleet orbit]

One of the most exciting sports moments in San Diego was honestly state making a final 4

[dim kettle]

I remember when Spanos was proposing the new stadium in San Diego and he wanted an ridiculous amount of for it and when they city said no, it was full on rage quit. Just bait.

[desert palm]

Well, you know World Series in the late 90s

But they fought against the juggernaut Yankees

They had no chance

[fleet orbit]

San Diego used to have the clippers

But …. The clippers sucked for ages

[dim kettle]

That's where their name came from.

[fleet orbit]

Rest in peace Tony Gwynn

[dim kettle]

Donald Sterling is a piece of shit though. Even the NBA hated his guts.

[rustic mountain]

Just give us 3rd in the AL east and be done with it

[dim kettle]

3rd?

[rustic mountain]

You heard me

Or read me rather

[fleet orbit]

Some douchebag from my high school said just show more hockey instead god forbid

More hockey on ESPN ? Respectable . But his motives were selfish

Like seriously , what Sterling did was heinous , he talked about his players like this was the segregation era

[desert palm]

Thank you Atkins for making the wildcard a lot easier to obtain for the Yankees

[rustic mountain]

Oh yeah because we were so scary with

The ghost of Vladdy, Gaus, and Bo

Oh and pressure in the tires boy

[desert palm]

Did you see the recent photos of manoah

[rustic mountain]

Do I want to

[dim kettle]

Sab when he remembers Ohtani:

[hasty basin]

Bucks...

[rustic mountain]

https://tenor.com/view/due-date-ethan-tremblay-why-would-you-do-that-why-did-you-do-it-how-could-you-do-this-gif-23968084

[fleet orbit]

Why did ohtani have to go to the dodgers ? The Dodgers are the worst

[desert palm]

https://fxtwitter.com/keeganmatheson/status/1758155208142512418?s=46

[hasty basin]

To the Grizzlies is insane

[fleet orbit]

I would legit strongly consider rooting for the Yankees over the dodgers in the World Series

[hasty basin]

Also Klay off the bench might be one of the best decisions

[rustic mountain]

Holy shit he actually looks slim???

[hasty basin]

He looks diff

[desert palm]

Because God hates us

[rustic mountain]

Slimish

Dude musta finally took shit seriously

Now let's see if it pays off

[desert palm]

Officially he lost 30 pounds

However, there is a correlation of when a pitcher who is on the bigger side loses weight, they tend to do worse

[short flame]

Or the brewskis

[dim kettle]

I have to wait for T-Mobile to give me free MLB TV.

[rustic mountain]

That's fucking awesome like just health wise

[fleet orbit]

Klay has almost 40 off the bench ??????

[hasty basin]

Yep

Lmao

[rustic mountain]

Did you see last year

[desert palm]

However, however, it might be more beneficial now to lose weight in order to keep up with the pace of the pitch clock

[fleet orbit]

I could live with the brewers getting one

[rustic mountain]

Ypu can't get much worse

You

[desert palm]

I can send you a video it’s true

[hasty basin]

Isn't this his first game benched

[rustic mountain]

Oh I know

I saw the vid

[hasty basin]

Funny how he was mad like oh so I should go to the bench?

[desert palm]

https://youtu.be/On7VW7B4OOU?si=_ZHDb9svhVYEH5Hi

[hasty basin]

On interviews

[rustic mountain]

But Manoah fucking tanked last year at his heaviest

[hasty basin]

But it worked out for the team AND him

[rustic mountain]

So anything different is fine by me

[robust grotto]

https://vxtwitter.com/lakings/status/1758320250943098884?s=46&t=0dPhD14zL5uzVVpeHRQMfQ

[short flame]

I’d like for one of my teams to do well

[desert palm]

That is also true

[fleet orbit]

Plus yall aren’t the cardinals 🤢🤢🤢🤢

[smoky fable]

Did anyone sign Chapman yet?

[desert palm]

Cubs and brewers rivalry is so short-lived when you consider that Brewers weren’t in National League till late 90s

[hasty basin]

This is so weird to see tho lol

[desert palm]

The big four are still unsigned

[smoky fable]

Damn

[desert palm]

Thank you Scott Boras for ruining free agency as always

[smoky fable]

Oh Scott boras

[short flame]

Good way to bounce back from a 7-0

[smoky fable]

Remember Carlos Correa

[fleet orbit]

It’s the trump card I have for the packers beating the bears up

[smoky fable]

That was a shit show

[dim kettle]

Kings admin talking shit. But man, the Devils being the biggest bunch of disappointments this year.

[desert palm]

All 4, Chapman, snell, Montgomery, and Bellinger

[smoky fable]

He’s a damn good agent for his players

[desert palm]

But this is ridiculous man

[smoky fable]

No wonder nothing happened

[desert palm]

Spring training is for pitchers

[smoky fable]

Is he trying to ask for ownership now

[desert palm]

He’s banking on a team to panic because of an injury. I think that’s the theory right now.

[desert palm]

Having snell and Montgomery wait is not a good idea

[robust grotto]

I don’t want to speak bc there’s just enough time left in the season but maaaaan

[fleet orbit]

Klay is kinda like that

He may have stretches where he just can’t buy one for a few games than suddenly he is scorching

[rustic mountain]

I still want him back

But we probs wont

[fleet orbit]

Klay produced 3 of the most ridiculous performances I’ve ever seen

[dim kettle]

When the Bolts at their most average with their shit defense that had a few months without their best goaltender look to be in better shape than a suppose young and hungry team. It's a yikes moment.

[hasty basin]

I wanna see him off the bench more

Gonna be interesting

[fleet orbit]

You probably will

[desert palm]

What do you mean? you got a 66 wRC+ player just now. That hast to mean something 😏

[robust grotto]

The rookie d are good players and I don’t think they’re a problem, but I do think that it impacted the forward group negatively bc clearly team defense is a problem for the devils (and goalie but that’s too obvious)

[fleet orbit]

Honestly I think it’s worth a shot if the warriors wanna be a playoff team , the depth isn’t there

[rustic mountain]

https://tenor.com/view/kevin-can-f-himself-yankees-suck-ny-yankees-new-york-yankees-yankees-gif-23989183

[dim kettle]

Devils just regressed hard in a lot of spots. Like it doesn't matter if they just make it in. They were suppose to be a top team.

[hasty basin]

Well it's wayyy

Too late to tank now

So you have to compete as much as you can

[desert palm]

We literally have everyone represented in the server in the AL East except maybe the Red Sox fan

[lyric rune]

lmao I have a feeling that warriors will end up losing this game to Jazz

[fleet orbit]

The warriors aren’t gonna tank they may just age out of contention at some point

But Draymond is the biggest reason the dynasty is breaking apart imho

[hasty basin]

Our game vs Jazz ruined me

[fleet orbit]

Fuck Draymond

[hasty basin]

Top 3 worst games we had that I watched this season

[lyric rune]

well without Draymond gsw defense could fumble more imo

[hasty basin]

Tbf because he was there that dynasty was created in the first place, of course after Curry and Klat but

Klay*

[fleet orbit]

The warriors just haven’t really had much success at the player development of young players lately and Wiggins fell off a cliff

[dim kettle]

In other spots, I can't buy into the Winnipeg Jets. Like, congrats, you're red hot in the regular season. Have fun getting knocked out in the second round at best.

[lyric rune]

ye wiggs is the biggest disappointment this szn

[hasty basin]

I believe in Podziemski and Kuminga but they need more

[dim kettle]

Did the Preds really lose 9-2!?

[hasty basin]

Wtf is wrong with Curry

[hasty basin]

Warriors are kinda lucky

Keyonte George fouled out

[desert palm]

@robust grotto I forgot to send you the quote on the jerseys. Sorry. https://fxtwitter.com/snytv/status/1758256484796789221

[lyric rune]

lmao nasty lucky win

[dim kettle]

Let me translate.

"They're cheaper to produce and therefore less money to be thrown at production. And we hope enough people will stop bitching and realize they have nowhere else to go for jerseys for our sport."

[desert palm]

Does the MLB pay less for the cheaper jerseys?

Isn’t it just a licensing deal?

[dim kettle]

Who knows.

Maybe. Maybe not.

The fact they're doubling down on the BS has to mean something.

[rustic mountain]

He needs to step down immediately. Not in 5 years.

[desert palm]

Agreed

[rustic mountain]

Him and Bettman both can get fucked

[short flame]

Sure it’s because it’s new that people are complaining nothing to do with the fact that it’s cheap and bad to wear. Blame the people for complaining not the people in charge

[desert palm]

Now you see why everyone’s excited in five years from now

[short flame]

When the fanatics contract ends?

[desert palm]

Whenever the Nike one does

It’s technically a Nike contract, but Nike decided to let fanatics take care of the jerseys from now on apparently

[short flame]

That’s one thing I don’t like about sports in North America tbh. Signing a single brand over a long period of time and the whole league has to endure them

[lyric rune]

honestly who decided to give Frenkie De Jong 720k per week

I think that's Salah's double salary

[sweet tree]

Bartomeu lol

tho I think some of that is deffered wages, his base salary is a bit lower than that.

so his base salary is 22m but due to him deffering his wages from a few seasons ago, the club is paying him 37m this year.

https://twitter.com/ActualiteBarca/status/1757725218032767092?t=jEFjf6T13xdEszrM4G5ugw&s=19

Actualité - Barça (@ActualiteBarca) on X

Il reste 30M€ à amortir dans les comptes pour Frenkie de Jong (2 saisons restantes soit 15M€/an d’amortissement). Ayant un salaire d’environ 22M€ bruts annuels, il pèse 37M€/an dans les comptes. @EsportsRAC1

Twitter · Feb 14, 2024, 11:15 AM

[lyric rune]

i feel bad for laporta for taking over martomeu's mess

he is trying to maneuver among the club's financial situations to get the most out of it

[sweet tree]

the contracts we had were insane but honestly at the time pre-covid it was sustainable. We made the most revenue out of any club which meant we also had the highest wage bill. Once Covid happened it p much damaged the club.

tbf the club is doing slightly better than before + with a new renovated camp nou in 2025 it'll deffo help out the club more.

club lowered the wage bill and yeah they also simply had to deffer certain players wages, which is why Frenkie salary looks bonkers this szn. I think Ter Stegen also deferred his as well.

[lyric rune]

oh ok that makes sense

if it is including the deferred wages then makes sense why the number looks so high

[slow violet]

lol what is this saying

[lyric rune]

i agreed the strategy would have worked well if covid had not happened

[sweet tree]

it's in French but it just explains frenkie's contract situation

[sweet tree]

I think in 2019 the clubs revenue was like 1 billion, with the players wages around 550m. it was close but sustainable I guess.

[lyric rune]

liverpool's players wage this season is only 140m i think

but well it is true that none of our players should get paid more than people like Messi pre-covid

and Suarez maybe

[sweet tree]

yeah Messi's contract was bonkers

it was the biggest contract in Europe before Mbappe's I think

[sweet tree]

Salah your highest earner right

[lyric rune]

yeah

and he is getting paid at like 350k pounds per week

[sweet tree]

Thiago your 3rd highest

[lyric rune]

and the club had to make an very special exception to make it happen

[sweet tree]

damn that's crazy

[lyric rune]

thiago salary is a bummer

bro is earning free cash

[sweet tree]

yeah guy is just never fit

[lyric rune]

and it's been an issue since Bayern apparently

it is just that it was never this bad back then

iirc the first three seasons after he joined bayern, he only played like 60% of the matches

but now he missed out on our games like a year loll

[sweet tree]

yeah he had a couple of injuries with bayern, he deffo looks more injury prone now

[lyric rune]

he is getting older, which is perhaps why

he just needs to leave this summer tbh

[sweet tree]

https://vxtwitter.com/SwissRamble/status/1419540840540741637?t=ftta7ICIdZU6gdRcKZietw&s=19

ah I guess it was 500m which is still a lot compared to the rest

[hasty basin]

Imagine if you can free up De Jong for a good sum of money

Kounde could go too

[sweet tree]

someone pay up 100m for him plz

@ united

would pay off his deffered wages / a decent fee for the club

[hasty basin]

[sweet tree]

that lewa contract doesn't look good either tbh, 2nd highest earner and he's near the end of his career.

[hasty basin]

See if Barca frees up money

Problem is solved but

Man this La Masia PR makes me want to do some things

Just let them go....

[sweet tree]

who

[hasty basin]

Imagine if Pedri was freed up

[sweet tree]

lol we still need players to compete

[hasty basin]

How many players can you buy with Pedri's value

[sweet tree]

I dunno

[hasty basin]

Or maybe in the past

He had more value even

That's like

[sweet tree]

I dont even know his worth tbh

[hasty basin]

30 Romeus

Yk if scouts cook

You could push for UCL next season I mean

Even NAPOLI got scudetto with a little money spent

[sweet tree]

we are winning it this year bud

anyways going to bed

😪

[hasty basin]

[sweet tree]

we got nothing else to play for

hope we beat napoli and get a favorable draw for the QFs

inshallah 🙏

[hasty basin]

Not a lot of those

RMA, Bayern, MCI are there

Bayern sure they look weaker but

Yeah

Also Eder Militao could be back lol

Who's even the best draw you can get

Dortmund?

[sweet tree]

uh

too early to say

hope Lazio defends for their lives in the 2nd leg

[hasty basin]

Nah I fully think Bayern got it

It's sort of both

Lazio are AWFUL

In general

That penalty was so lucky for them Upa had a bozo moment

[sweet tree]

I wish all 3 of them got eliminated, i wouldn't care if we don't win it.

[hasty basin]

I think Bayern can go without a shot on target and still win

[hasty basin]

😭 Gonna be kinda hard

[sweet tree]

really don't wanna see them win it again

city eh

I mean I don't like em like that but I rather not see them repeat unless they go up against Madrid lol

[hasty basin]

Inter Atleti matched up too early lol

[sweet tree]

true

really underdogs don't win UCLs

[hasty basin]

That could have been a semis matchup

[sweet tree]

I think Chelsea 2012 was like the last true underdog

[hasty basin]

Yeah...if we're going pure underdogs

[sweet tree]

they weren't better than 2012 Bayern or Barcelona

[hasty basin]

Well the 2021 Chelsea idk

[sweet tree]

but they won those games.

[hasty basin]

Not an underdog but

Then you have like 1000 rma ones inbetween so

[sweet tree]

2021 Chelsea is in-between I guess

Chelsea finished 6th in the prem in 2012 and ended up winning the UCL, genuinely was nuts.

[hasty basin]

Yeah

Tbf it's kinda hard to get an underdog win in UCL

Esp Ronaldo-Messi era

[solid dagger]

We almost did it...

[sweet tree]

Atletico were close too I guess

[solid dagger]

There was a penalty on Pogba btw

[hasty basin]

The Atleti one...lmao

[sweet tree]

idk if they're considered underdogs tho

[hasty basin]

Could the Liverpool one count?

[solid dagger]

Atletico fans have been through hell

[hasty basin]

P sure they finished 4th

When they went into that UCL

[sweet tree]

2018?

[hasty basin]

I meant the one they won

[sweet tree]

they were 2nd in the league

[hasty basin]

No that's THAT season

As in the season they won UCL

[solid dagger]

Nah it wasn't that surprising they won, they were the favorites to win vs Tottenham

[hasty basin]

But an underdog would be someone you wouldn't expect to win it from the start right

[solid dagger]

Tottenham would've been the underdog

[hasty basin]

So coming off 4th

[hasty basin]

But since the start

Like group stages

[sweet tree]

Tottenham was more of the underdog tbh

as they've never been there on that stage

[hasty basin]

Well yes but

Didn't win

[sweet tree]

Liverpool had the experience in that tournament

[solid dagger]

I mean they had a pretty great team, maybe they weren't the top 3 strongest teams at the very beginning of the competition but if you told me they would win it I wouldn't have been too shocked

They just came off a final the year prior

And they lost because of Karius' mistakes

[sweet tree]

18-19 Liverpool was 2nd in the league

[solid dagger]

Then they got stronger

They weren't underdogs at all imo

[hasty basin]

Yeah but that's the season

[sweet tree]

they were a top 3 team in Europe that szn

[hasty basin]

They won UCL

Did people have them winning it?

Like going into that season

Because of course we didn't know they would finish 2nd by a point

[solid dagger]

Again, they made the final the year prior and they got stronger

[hasty basin]

That sure

[solid dagger]

It's not like Ajax won it

[sweet tree]

City were the favorites p much every season

[hasty basin]

Nah RMA has more than players aura

When was the last time they lost a UCL final

[solid dagger]

They were a strong team, it wasn't super unexpected

[hasty basin]

If they get there, they win

And they're strong enough to do that so

[solid dagger]

I think they never lost a UCL final

[sweet tree]

they have

[solid dagger]

They did? When did that happen?

[hasty basin]

Yeah that's the point

[solid dagger]

Was it like in the 70s

[hasty basin]

SO long ago

[sweet tree]

to Liverpool

like the 80s I think

[hasty basin]

Yeah 1981

Remember seeing that somewhere

Because I actually thought they never lost it

[solid dagger]

So they only lost one final out of 15?

That's still insane

[sweet tree]

Inter Milan too

[solid dagger]

2/16

[sweet tree]

Eusebio's benfica

[hasty basin]

Pretty old ones though so

[sweet tree]

3 losses

yeah

[solid dagger]

Alright the point is they haven't lost a final in 40+ years

[hasty basin]

At least none since Florentino

[solid dagger]

No matter the players you can never rule out Real Madrid from the UCL

They could be playing with Wycombe's starting XI and still be the favorites

It's that UCL aura

[solid dagger]

With all the respect to Wycombe

[hasty basin]

Nah no respect to Wycombe

[sweet tree]

gonna stop watching footy if they win again tbh

I'd take a city repeat tbh

just not madrid

[solid dagger]

The favorites to win it rn are City, Real Madrid and Inter imo

In that order

[sweet tree]

honestly

[solid dagger]

Anyone but Inter and I'm happy

[sweet tree]

I'd like to see Inter make another run again

they got rid of Lakaka

[solid dagger]

Yeah and I'd love to see them lose another final

[sweet tree]

maybe they'll be serious this time around

[solid dagger]

[sweet tree]

[hasty basin]

airs

Fairs

I could also see them eliminated by Atleti

[sweet tree]

Atletico and Inter playing in the first round is rough

would've liked to see them go further

oh well

[solid dagger]

Atletico is a tough matchup but Inter is something else this season

[hasty basin]

Yk I'd either love Napoli (Of course but not happening) or Dortmund winning it

Had Bayern in the predictions

Kinda thought Tuchel would be long gone by now but alright

[solid dagger]

Also don't sleep on psg, Mbappe is leaving but they have a very interesting team imo

They probably won't win but they could make a deep run imo

[sweet tree]

they're probably a bit too young now

[solid dagger]

Yeah true

[sweet tree]

atleast their squad has gotten younger by the looks of it

[solid dagger]

Mbappe to Real Madrid next season is gonna be nasty

[hasty basin]

Nah nah nah

[sweet tree]

tho with Mbappe on that team, yeah they'll probably still have a chance

[hasty basin]

Sociedad still winning the matchup

[sweet tree]

nah

[hasty basin]

Kubo masterclass incoming

[fluid moat]

We were robbed of Morata dunking on Inter 😔

I don’t have any faith Atletico will win

[solid dagger]

Griezmann got our back

[hasty basin]

https://twitter.com/premierleague/status/1758423326253330468?t=52Dz5mDE6BYfp1WG_GYuYg&s=19

Premier League (@premierleague) on X

Which player catches your eye? 🏃‍♂️

Twitter · Feb 16, 2024, 9:29 AM

[thorn hornet]

https://fxtwitter.com/simiafc/status/1758181673571606912?t=t43VuwoWluANJYUJhEWvlw&s=19

[thorn hornet]

Rice is insane

[short flame]

How is kilman in there

[burnt cedar]

Cb covering the most distance is hilarious

He’s fighting for his life out there

[hasty basin]

Solanke having the most for us despite everything being in the box 😭

He's fast though so covers distance fast

[short flame]

I’m sure he is but his heat map barely covers any distance

[burnt cedar]

Bruno chasing the ball like a dog

[hasty basin]

Yeah Bruno is all over

Remember when he was playing CB

[burnt cedar]

Quarter back

[hasty basin]

https://vxtwitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1757849691574653340

[short flame]

https://tenor.com/view/colombia-gol-gol-caracol-falcao-tricolor-gif-11875698

https://tenor.com/view/colombia-gol-gol-caracol-abel-aguilar-tricolor-gif-11875692

[hasty basin]

https://tenor.com/view/fc-bayern-fcb-bayern-bayern-munich-bayern-munchen-gif-16294088

[hasty basin]

We have an alliance with Luton somehow

[amber grove]

https://tenor.com/view/diego-costa-buteur-attaquant-footballer-joeur-de-football-gif-12424262

[hasty basin]

Ahh Eric Dier that's an interesting one

[sacred kite]

Always liked Andy Reid and this just reinforces it tenfold

I think Trey Smith was also sheltering with young fans too

[amber grove]

...... Nah Costa

[hasty basin]

Ik

I don't think ANYONE's would be Dier

[amber grove]

Costa was my first favorite Chelsea player

I'll always have his back even tho people think he's just a dirty player

[mental elk]

watching prime Bale was something

[fleet orbit]

I love me some Andy Reid

[mental elk]

that man in like 2013-2015 was vicious. unfortunately he was too freakishly strong for his own body but like shit man

[fleet orbit]

That’s why I’m not selling out Shanahan yet , sometimes it takes time

[sacred kite]

Yeah seems like a class act

Fun fact, Andy Reid stuck his tongue out at my older sister while he was still in Philly lol

[fleet orbit]

Was it viciously or all in good fun?

[short flame]

This is him

[sacred kite]

Nah good fun

[celest zephyr]

Andy Reid is such a cool dude

Damn shame he has to be on such an un likable team

[sacred kite]

I wasn’t alive for it or at least a wee lad, but my sister was doing rambunctious little kid stuff.

I don’t remember the exact details but I’m pretty sure she stuck her tongue at him first

[celest zephyr]

Doc has to be the first coach to have 30% win percentage and coach in the all star game

What a fraud

Dude rode on Adrian griffin’s coattails

Sure he wasn’t good but man doc is somehow worse LOL

[short flame]

That moustache is amazing. Shame that he’s in that team

[amber grove]

https://twitter.com/DOBrienATL/status/1758502872096842233?t=0d-UOpLCwop1HFBWL226aQ&s=19

David O'Brien (@DOBrienATL) on X

#Braves’ Ronald Acuña Jr: “It’s not a secret that I want to be a Brave for life. It’s my hope that we can make that happen soon.”

Twitter · Feb 16, 2024, 2:45 PM

Bout to get him to sign a 20 year 2 million dollar deal

[celest zephyr]

Dame trade is really looking Herschel walker trade levels of bad

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1arzxtp/oc_the_grizzlies_team_that_just_beat_the_bucks/

This is just sad

[hollow wind]

Yeah it’s honestly pretty wild that he’s 3-7. With this team I was expecting a Doc takeover to at worst be like 5-5. But lol

[robust grotto]

https://vxtwitter.com/puckreportnhl/status/1758516569485754553?s=46&t=0dPhD14zL5uzVVpeHRQMfQ

Thank you, NHL

[celest zephyr]

Wait what the fuck is going on today? Is there a holiday or something lol

Oh right nba all star break

Man I’ve complained before about the amount of nights the nhl has like 3/4 or less games a night

Whereas other leagues rarely have that few games

In the span of 8 days the nhl has three days with 3 or less games then next week its also three

Ignoring that the nhl for sure reason loves to have barely any games on fridays

[slow violet]

https://vxtwitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1758474125348147324

respect

[dim kettle]

https://fixupx.com/xflbattlehawks/status/1758506540783329660?s=46&t=6zYeacLKll2-c8XNBTdvnA

[celest zephyr]

Jimmy Haslam owns a stake in the bucks???? Rofl

[thorn hornet]

Saliba was our top one last year bedore he got injured

[sweet tree]

https://tenor.com/view/iniesta-world-cup-copa-mundial-espana-spain-gif-5692349

[celest zephyr]

Wait that means they will eventually bring the nba equivalent of Deshaun to the bucks?

Come on down miles bridges

[lyric rune]

https://twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1758461228140151220?t=TZUAUngWWjcy7G0GsK84xg&s=19

Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) on X

BREAKING: Jurgen Klopp has been named the Barclays Manager of the Month for January! 👔

Twitter · Feb 16, 2024, 12:00 PM

I finally got the embed perm

Letsgo

[robust grotto]

For some reason they think people are more interested in watching at 1 PM on a Saturday than 7 PM on a Friday, I don’t get it

I hate day games for hockey, I don’t want to spend my Saturday afternoon watching it. Especially during football season where Sundays are already a wash

[dim kettle]

https://fixupx.com/AdamSchefter/status/1758536735288447017?s=20

[lyric rune]

https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1758538040681652709?t=1Nx-sTzFnuoCoISzZ-6PWA&s=19

Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) on X

🚨 Barcelona midfielder Gavi is a summer transfer target for PSG.

(Source: @TheAthleticFC)

Twitter · Feb 16, 2024, 5:05 PM

[rustic mountain]

??????? The last dude I expected

[hasty mesa]

Lol

All that to get benched anyway

[slow violet]

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1758536735288447017

Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) on X

Raiders QB Jimmy Garoppolo is being suspended two games for violating the NFL’s Performance Enhancing Substances Policy, league sources told ESPN.

The policy violation is related to him using a prescribed medication without having a valid Therapeutic Use Exemption, per sources.

Twitter · Feb 16, 2024, 5:00 PM

🤣 🤣

man didn't even play

[sacred kite]

His own personal Cancun

[celest zephyr]

Dude using peds to still be ass LOL

[sweet tree]

LOL

[hollow wind]

LOL

😭😭😭

[rustic ore]

So he smoked pot without having the clear from the NFL to do so?

[robust grotto]

Ew lol

[calm mulch]

https://tenor.com/view/biden-joe-biden-microphone-interview-walk-gif-2478024445377708296

If they do this i'm travelling to Barcelona and physically stopping Gavi from leaving the city

[lyric rune]

[calm mulch]

PSG is the corniest team one can go

they are Man City but done wrong

Like, if Manchester City is a Rolls-Royce (used billions in oil money to build the Justice League) and PSG is a green Lamborghini with literal gold tires (doesn't work but expensive nevertheless)

PSG is like a celebrity hub

[lyric rune]

lmao yeah

they are like a group of top stars clustering together but can't play together

[robust grotto]

https://vxtwitter.com/anaheimducks/status/1758552179961438496?s=46&t=0dPhD14zL5uzVVpeHRQMfQ

Booo, I want to see what they made lol

[celest zephyr]

No they have to have a teaser to show they are doing something

Then slowly leak out images

Smh you gotta blue ball people for as long as people

Don’t you know true marketing?????

@lyric rune @dim ledge @wet token Alisson injured

[honest umbra]

noooo

during training or during a game?

[lyric rune]

Well we are fucked

[lyric rune]

during training it seems

https://twitter.com/TheAnfieldTalk/status/1758565253170733160?t=hLSpM5EF1ZOj66qfm_SPLw&s=19

The Anfield Talk (@TheAnfieldTalk) on X

(🟢) NEW:

Alisson has suffered hamstring injury, one more issue for Liverpool. Alisson will undergo tests on Saturday to clarify how serious is the injury/how long he will be out. Brazilian goalkeeper expected to miss Brentford game.

[@FabrizioRomano]

Twitter · Feb 16, 2024, 6:53 PM

[celest zephyr]

Training

Hamstring injury unknown return date

[lyric rune]

just have to hope Kelleher will step up well ig

[lyric rune]

also Kelleher will start in the Carabao cup final regardless of Alison injured or not

so just hope he will come back soon

[celest zephyr]

He has been recently

[lyric rune]

yeah

[celest zephyr]

Just when you compare him to Alison he's more useless than sunscreen in Russia

But he is good

[lyric rune]

as a backup gk I will say he is really good

I am glad that we don't have to worry about keeper issue like how we used to back when we only had Karius

[haughty moss]

https://fixupx.com/mollyhannahm/status/1758560777638670788?s=20

[sacred agate]

Doc The Fraud River

[wet token]

Pain

😔

[celest zephyr]

https://tenor.com/view/vietnam-flashback-traumatized-cat-gif-7852054576948114551

[celest zephyr]

True pain

[wet token]

Hope we don't fumble the finals

Need Trent n Szobo back at least

[glass compass]

Wait

I've never seen a trade where both teams lose before 😭

[slow violet]

Loool no one wants his contract

[rustic mountain]

DO IT GIANTS

[sacred kite]

Insanity

[lyric rune]

kelleher will start for us in the final anyways regardless of whether alisson is injured or not

Trent won't be back until march

Szobo might be back for the final

[normal vortex]

I love you marcus thuram

[celest zephyr]

Which contract?

Cuz clearly neither team wants either contract

Man this is so dumb

Just get off of Daniel jones

No way they’d ever make that

Especially for a guy who has like three years left

[celest zephyr]

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1arzv3b/mannix_doc_rivers_we_had_some_guys_here_some_guys/

How do we know that doc wasn’t thinking about Cabo with his coaching?

Dude ready to go to the all star game after doing barely anything

[slow violet]

watson

[wet token]

Hopefully

[robust grotto]

Now if his name was Dante DiWatsioni from Staten Island… then we can talk

What a ridiculous idea 😂😂 Watson to the giants LMAO

[honest umbra]

deshaun?

[robust grotto]

Yeah

[honest umbra]

impossible

doesnt he still have that contract?

[robust grotto]

Giants org couldn’t even take Toney rapping, all the Watson baggage would give the owner a heart attack

[robust grotto]

Yup

[celest zephyr]

That’s a good thing

[unborn sandal]

https://fxtwitter.com/VarskySports/status/1359907418310852610

fun fact, Chile has played England 3 times in Wembley and has never conceded a goal (0-0 in 1989, 0-2 in 1998 and 0-2 in 2013)

[short flame]

Are you from Chile?

[unborn sandal]

yes

[short flame]

Did you hear about the new coach?

[unborn sandal]

yes

[short flame]

Congratulations

There’s going to be some good coaches at this copa

But Colombia will get the trophy

[robust grotto]

COLOMBIA MENTIONED

[short flame]

Unbeaten in 2 years

[sweet tree]

what

oh they've not lost since copa america

oh nvm wc qualifiers

[short flame]

We haven’t lost since February first 2022

Over 2 years

[sweet tree]

they play spain in march

[smoky fable]

Never hitting again

[slow violet]

ay CJ stroud out here

@fleet orbit thoughts on the new court

[fleet orbit]

Send some pics

[slow violet]

https://vxtwitter.com/RealTalkSpor843/status/1758664928809119931?s=20 @fleet orbit

[torn gale]

This must be bait or a bit or something

[fleet orbit]

It’s overstimulating

[torn gale]

Perfect for younger basketball fans

[slow violet]

ya its a lot

but the ads though 💀

[fleet orbit]

True , that’s why I don’t love it but I’m cool with it

I don’t really watch any all star events besides the actual game

[slow violet]

i actully thought the game was today

💀

[short flame]

Let’s hope they keep the record intact

[haughty moss]

lmao game is always on sunday

[slow violet]

first time watching the entire season 😭

[glass compass]

You'd think, but this was on national TV

[haughty moss]

all good rook you now know tho

[slow violet]

exactly, the more well known. The more BS you gotta push to keep relevant

sheesh puka

[robust grotto]

https://vxtwitter.com/hockey_samurai/status/1758642666244542571?s=46&t=0dPhD14zL5uzVVpeHRQMfQ

[haughty moss]

cowboys fans better enjoy this micah parson mvp ceremony

[slow violet]

🤣

winning the offseason thats all they got

[dim kettle]

https://youtu.be/FMbkbADHLUA

[short flame]

https://x.com/JosePerez1205/status/1758675579451191492?s=20

Jose Perez (@JosePerez1205) on X

Deportivo Cali 2-0 Atlético Nacional
⚽ Javier Reina
🅰️ Fabián Castillo

📌 El Cali alcanza los 13 goles anotados y es el equipo con más anotaciones.

Twitter · Feb 17, 2024, 2:11 AM

https://x.com/JosePerez1205/status/1758669427745435933?s=20

Jose Perez (@JosePerez1205) on X

Deportivo Cali 1-0 Atlético Nacional
⚽ Juan José Córdoba
🅰️ Isaac Camargo

📌 Córdoba es el primer jugador en alcanzar los 5 goles en la Liga 2024-I.

Twitter · Feb 17, 2024, 1:47 AM

[short flame]

Tough but true

[short flame]

What a header

[hasty basin]

Wrong sport

[hollow wind]

Was he actually any good?

Didn’t watch

[hasty basin]

Well 37 points

[short flame]

[slow violet]

He was good for a non professional. But he wasn't as good as dk last year

And dk had horrible handles

[short flame]

Great game, what a player

[rustic ore]

https://vxtwitter.com/ScoutingTheRefs/status/1758648231058162159

@robust grotto @dim ledge @dim kettle

[robust grotto]

[short flame]

[hasty basin]

Come onnn need Salah Nunez and VVD to cook

[celest zephyr]

Curtis Jones taken off through injury

NUNEZZZZZZZ

WHAT A FINISH

[hasty basin]

OH MY WORD

I LOVE YOU DARWIZZYYY

WHAT A CHIP

[mental elk]

Darwin Nunez finally nailing a 1v1

[celest zephyr]

Jota maybe coming off

[mental elk]

Fucking hell Liverpool must've smashed like 19 mirrors

[celest zephyr]

Jota stretchered off the pitch salah replacing

That's 2 off in the first half

Here comes the king

[hasty basin]

So many injuries

[celest zephyr]

Excellent defending by Bradley

Salah wasted an open goal

Kelleher is having a solid game today made some good catches

Good passes

Solid first half unfortunate with the injuries

[hasty basin]

Tbf

That Salah chance

Darwizzy touched it

[hasty basin]

Jota knee injury

[thorn hornet]

Toney is so slow

I changed my mind

[hasty basin]

Never bet on Toney

[thorn hornet]

Too bad Toney bet on himself

[hasty basin]

[thorn hornet]

I'm not scared of Turf Moor anymore

We gotta win we beat Pool and smashed West Ham

If we lose I give up

Striker market is so dry

I wonder who we go for

[hasty basin]

Well...

[thorn hornet]

Big Dom

[hasty basin]

https://tenor.com/view/sister-mei-cat-rabbit-hop-rabbit-like-cat-gif-8844213845489116816

[thorn hornet]

We go in back for Alexander Lack of Threat

[hasty basin]

Know he's gon a leave...

[thorn hornet]

https://fxtwitter.com/Arsenal/status/1758853837576642702?t=lTrguWOOq6_FVrPPOccC9Q&s=19

Good shit

I love this radioactive kit bc we always win when we wear it

[hasty basin]

https://vxtwitter.com/di4by_/status/1758542339847377194?s=46&t=CCMkll4_RIdELlq5LthWXg

[celest zephyr]

What a save by kelleher

[celest zephyr]

Oh god

[burnt cedar]

Blinds the opposition

[thorn hornet]

ODEGAARD OUTSIDE THE BOX IS CRAZYYY

Cheat code

Ø zone

[mental elk]

finally
a manager rocking my hairline

[amber grove]

Days like today suck

Days when you know your club is gonna get destroyed (at least most likely)

[thorn hornet]

Trossard try to not miss a ball challenge (impossible)

[celest zephyr]

💀

[thorn hornet]

Trossard won a pen

Bukayo 2-0

Nice nice

[noble fractal]

fucking hell

stupid refree couldn't have just stopped at 65 no he had to continue and let vfb get that red card

[thorn hornet]

Assignon is fighting for his life

Spurs 1-0 down loool

[robust grotto]

We are so fucked

Sinking down the table

[thorn hornet]

Bukayo 3-0 omgggg

Ode assist

Right foot bang

[smoky fable]

They’re losing to Nottingham Forest?

Wow

[smoky fable]

And they score as I check

1-1 now

Kulu

[robust grotto]

Yeah we have a hard time against literally every team

GK is genuinely our best player every week

[smoky fable]

Arreola man of the match

[robust grotto]

Yup pretty much, for us at least

[thorn hornet]

I hope Ramsey is alright

Injury looks serious

Trossard 4-0

Fucking finally

[noble fractal]

Arsenal out for blood lately

[thorn hornet]

Pedro Neto is insaneee

2-1 Wolves

[thorn hornet]

Need to pump up our GD

Havertz assist I'm complete

KAI KAI KAI

5-0

[noble fractal]

damn

[thorn hornet]

Porto watch out

TY IN THE STANDS 😭😭

[robust grotto]

awful

[burnt cedar]

Only 5-0

Disappointing

[hasty basin]

Howe has yet to beat us

Such a goofy match

[amber grove]

I'm so fucking done with you Jackson

WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE

[silk pine]

i didnt realize i got pinged

[amber grove]

OH MY DAYS

LET'S FUCKING GO

https://tenor.com/view/raheem-sterling-kiss-blow-kiss-point-chelsea-fc-gif-7176474860752344092

[sweet tree]

LEWANDOWSKI WHAT A BANGER

insane power on that shot

[amber grove]

Halftime at the Etihad

How the fuck are we winning

Probably gonna get utterly destroyed now in the 2nd half

[celest zephyr]

No way Chelsea is winning hahahhahahaha

Liverpool fans salivating

If man United even draws this game that’s huge

[nimble onyx]

How are we losing to Chelsea ffs

[amber grove]

Don't worry you won't be for long

Pep gonna put the fear of God into the boys in the dressing room

We at Chelsea can't hold a lead to save our lives

[thorn hornet]

Chelsea

You have rocked my world

[celest zephyr]

Gotta send walker to china asap

[amber grove]

City still gonna win but I'm glad I got that first half that Sterling goal will be fun to have

[celest zephyr]

Or dude about to get cooked yet again

[thorn hornet]

Jackson is terrible

[amber grove]

My club makes me happy sometimes

[noble fractal]

damn

[sweet tree]

he was about to celebrate 😹

[amber grove]

He should

That unwritten rule is bullshit

[sweet tree]

true

[noble fractal]

wdym

[sweet tree]

Iago aspas what did we do to you man

[nimble onyx]

Absolutely not at their home

Especially considering how long he stayed at the club

[burnt cedar]

Do city fans even like him

[nimble onyx]

Real ones do

[burnt cedar]

Should have celebrated in front of the fake ones

[nimble onyx]

He was a key part of our centurion season, one of our best ever teams

How have we not scored

Just chaos in the box rn

[nimble onyx]

Chelsea are real dangerous with their counters

[fluid moat]

2 points in 4 games

3 of which were relegation teams

[nimble onyx]

What would we do without Rodri

[slim nacelle]

Rodri

[amber grove]

We parked the bus to early

Oh well City wins

[slim nacelle]

Oh it was a deflection too

[amber grove]

YES

WE MANAGED TO GET A POINT

COME ON CHELSEA

[nimble onyx]

Haaland on fraud watch unfortunately

[amber grove]

Yeah he missed a lot of good chances

[sweet tree]

[amber grove]

Should have had 2/3 goals today

[slow violet]

lol ab wylin again

[celest zephyr]

Ah well at least Chelsea took a point

[amber grove]

Proud of my Club

Up the Chels 💙

[silk pine]

man belongs in a padded cell

[restive vector]

Go stars

[short flame]

Congrats Gary, fifth career maximum break

[calm mulch]

what are they cooking over there ?

[sweet tree]

https://vxtwitter.com/Mo_utdred/status/1758925658116456861?t=nezjNb5QHpEZUgk9Cyrv9g&s=19

[lyric rune]

cant believe city actually dropped points

we better dont fumble this lead then

@calm mulch @celest zephyr
https://twitter.com/LFCTransferRoom/status/1758988676665577872?t=3q75CE8XCz0dOeSSIVdP7w&s=19

LFC Transfer Room (@LFCTransferRoom) on X

💬 | Van Den Berg:

If I go back to Liverpool, they may want me to stay. If I notice that a lot of playing time is not available, then I may have to make the choice to leave

I think I am doing well. I can handle the level at Liverpool. I can compete. But becoming a starter is,…

Twitter · Feb 17, 2024, 10:55 PM

do you guys want him or Hincapie from Leverkusen

[calm mulch]

I was on the edge of my seat when it was 1-0 for Chelsea

[celest zephyr]

hincapie

[calm mulch]

if they won i would publicly apologize to Caicedo

[lyric rune]

well I expected they would have an equalizer so I was just hoping for them to drop points at least

[calm mulch]

if he comes back he is indeed not playing, i can't see how we get value out of him this late into the season

[lyric rune]

Van Den Berg is having a good season performance now in Bundesliga tho

as a backup defender I would say he is good for next szn

[lyric rune]

we might end up overpaying for Hincapie

that's my concern

[calm mulch]

who would you take him out for CB ?

[lyric rune]

no need to take out anyone

[calm mulch]

half of their worth is having good chemistry with Van Dijk

[lyric rune]

he will be used as a backup

in case someone got injured

cuz we will be playing up to 70 games next szn

due to the new UCL format

[celest zephyr]

Yeah but would you rather overpay for a possible van dijk replacement or have someone who isn't up to standard taking up a spot on the bench

[calm mulch]

We can play Quansah instead /s

[celest zephyr]

Quansah clear anyways

[lyric rune]

we might need four or five CBs for next szn

at least four

[lyric rune]

that's my concern too

idk which one would be better for us knowing that our budget is always tight

[celest zephyr]

Could cash in on salah soon though

[lyric rune]

That's true

if we really got that 200m for Salah then it would be fine to buy Hincapie

[celest zephyr]

I feel this summer or next January if we get a silly bid for him then it's a no brainer to just cash in

[lyric rune]

yeah for sure

[celest zephyr]

But also who do we replace him with

And player that would come close to salahs ability as a replacement is mbappe or vini

And we won't get either of them

[lyric rune]

We not getting Mbappe looll

I saw some articles saying Take Kubo might have a similar style as Salah

but not sure since I don't watch Sociedad game a lot

[celest zephyr]

Only other option aside from those 2 is probably saka

And that would be a major downgrade

[lyric rune]

Saka ain't leaving arsenal either

I have seen Bowen's name pop up a lot

[celest zephyr]

Yeah that's the thing the players of his ability on other teams would never be allowed to leave

[celest zephyr]

Getting on a bit ain't he we need a like for like replacement for the next 10 years

Bowen is a short term alternative

[lyric rune]

that's my worry as well

I don't see him with us 5 years after this if he really joins

I would prefer someone who is younger

[celest zephyr]

Maybe wirtz?

Left footed young talented attacker

[lyric rune]

Wirtz isn't a natural RW tho

rn I am thinking of Nico Williams

or Johan Bakayoko

[celest zephyr]

Not seen enough from him

[celest zephyr]

Would take a long time

[lyric rune]

Nico Williams is now easily the top 3 RW in La Liga

he scored the winner against Barca and crushed them out of Copa Del Rey

[lyric rune]

yeah possible

[celest zephyr]

An interesting option but still not 100% convinced

But if we were to get him we'd need to get him quick before barca or real snap him up

[lyric rune]

yeah

he's been linked to Barca a lot recently

[sweet tree]

he's already renewed with Bilbao

don't see him leaving personally

[honest umbra]

what about de zerbi?

[lyric rune]

I heard he has a release clause

[sweet tree]

probably gonna stay there with Iñaki

[honest umbra]

Tho nico def has a higher ceiling than Bilbao

[sweet tree]

I hear the club is interested in him

[lyric rune]

his contract was gonna expire this summer

[sweet tree]

Yeah Nico is already better imo

[honest umbra]

and for as respectable as their rules are, they have a cap of what they can achieve

[lyric rune]

Nico is way better than Iñaki

way higher talent ceilings

[sweet tree]

https://vxtwitter.com/JoySportsGH/status/1730593854305259620?t=09wAv4B3VFYtgnruRydrCw&s=19

I honestly don't think he goes, maybe in 2026 or 27 tho

[honest umbra]

yea I don’t doubt he’s happy to be there

[lyric rune]

Oh well

[honest umbra]

but nico is a star on the Spanish football team too

he def has a better chance of leaving than inaki ever did

[lyric rune]

I thought he renewed because he wants to keep a good transfer fee for his club

[honest umbra]

nico and yamal on the wings is crazy

[lyric rune]

yeah but he is really young now

22 iirc

[honest umbra]

yamal is only 16 though

[lyric rune]

he can stay for one or two seasons before moving to a top club

[short flame]

He looks happy there, being able to play in his home

[lyric rune]

well

If he wants more trophies then he should move to someone else

he can only achieve that much in Bilbao

[short flame]

I’d be happy with that tbh but it all depends on his ambition

[calm mulch]

i always assume they want to play at the highest level one possibly can

[honest umbra]

yea I can’t make an argument for what he should do

but I also can’t doubt he has higher aspirations

esp at a club like Bilbao which has a cap

respectable policy but still

[short flame]

Has he said that?

[honest umbra]

.

this is all conjecture lol

we don’t know him

plus to take any PR stuff said at a contract renewal is fluff, it’s expected convo

but like he said, he’s young so we will find out 🤷🏽‍♂️

[short flame]

At the end of the day he makes what’s best for him and what makes him happy. If he has ambition and wants to win big trophies I’m happy for him, if he chooses to stay loyal at Bilbao I’m happy for him as well

[honest umbra]

yea that’s a given lol

no one’s arguing otherwise

wonder if the dunk contest will be any good today

[sweet tree]

did u see puka dunk yesterday

oh all stars game tomorrow, I'll probably peep that

[honest umbra]

yea bros so athletic and insane lol

dunking like nothing

[calm mulch]

this guy is not real https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wclsQfIypf0

the faces he makes, this dude might be better than Ron Artest in terms of being a menace

like... 💀

[honest umbra]

bro he even gives a shanking motion

that therapy did NOT help bro at all

[calm mulch]

ngl if i was in the court and Draymond looks at me like that i'm leaving

scary ass look, crazed eyes

[short flame]

https://tenor.com/view/buffalo-sabres-goal-casey-mittelstadt-sabres-goal-lets-go-buffalo-gif-24000727

That didn’t last long

[short flame]

https://x.com/BuffaloSabres/status/1759015547155464580?s=20

Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) on X

GOT THE DUB ⚔️

Twitter · Feb 18, 2024, 12:42 AM

[hollow wind]

I think most of it is purely an act as he realizes the warriors are kind of aging and fading

Obviously he has issues too

But he’s just looking to start shit every game atp

[solid dagger]

I was bored so I made an Italy all time XI

The manager is Ancelotti

I'm planning to do more for other nations

I'm really into all time teams

[short flame]

Who’s sciera?

That’s a good team

[solid dagger]

Scirea was a defender/libero who played for Juventus and Italy in the 70s/80s

Best Juventus defender oat imo

He won the wc in '82 as well

[short flame]

Good on him. I’d have to know more about him to see if he was better than chiellini because he’d be in my squad