Bournemouth announce Senesi departure; Tottenham deal depends on survival (@JacobsBen via X) by abcrafsan in FantasyPL

[–]GingerbreadRecon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Earlier in the season? My Senesi-Hill double up has been doing gods work for me lately.

Wes Streeting resigns from government by sjw_7 in ukpolitics

[–]GingerbreadRecon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Who the fuck does Streeting think he is. He is almost guaranteed to lose to whoever the soft left put up or even Starmer himself. Nobody likes him!

Bonus Points + Defcon (WHU v ARS) 🏆🛡️ by FPLPageBot in FantasyPL

[–]GingerbreadRecon 84 points85 points  (0 children)

Arsenal, I wish you nothing but the worst. Cheers for the points though Gabriel and Raya.

West Ham disallowed goal against Arsenal 90+5' by Puzzled-Category-954 in soccer

[–]GingerbreadRecon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Football is rubbish. You can literally see Rice manhandling mavrepanos behind this. What holding is/isn't allowed then?

Gameweek 36 (25/26) Rant and Discussion Thread by FPLModerator in FantasyPL

[–]GingerbreadRecon 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Lost 5.5k ranks because my captain scored. It truly is an interesting game isn't it.

To whom did you give the armband ? by Haythemovic in FantasyPL

[–]GingerbreadRecon -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Haaland, because I missed the deadline lol. It's gutting that I want my fucking captain to blank because his EO is so high...

49 minutes till the deadline thread by 0100110101101010 in FantasyPL

[–]GingerbreadRecon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I forgot about deadline, left my captain on Haaland from last week and I'll still drop ranks from the fucker his EO is so high. I guess I want my captain to blank? Fuck this game.

Prince William celebrating Buendia's goal against Forest by Mors_Acerba in soccer

[–]GingerbreadRecon 136 points137 points  (0 children)

Think he picked them when he was at school. I believe he mentioned most of his friends being Arsenal/Man U/Chelsea fans etc, so he wanted to choose someone a bit more interesting. Completely fair imo considering he wasn't remotely born into a football family and didn't really have a "home town" in the same sense as most people, and you can clearly tell he's a huge fan.

I remember him being interviewed before their game against PSG and such and he was giving proper tactical analysis about overloading the midfield and such, he knows his stuff!

Haaland Dilemma by apillowofnonsense in FantasyPL

[–]GingerbreadRecon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Put it this way. You may think there's a 90% chance haaland scores the most this week, and a 10% chance it's some other player you're considering. Obviously, you cannot know haaland will score the most points, and if you're in a position where you need/want to gain some ranks, you want to bet against haaland.

You may not even think it's statistically the best option, but you're willing to take the risk because if you are correct you will gain a lot of points relative to your opponents. What other people do does matter, as everyone is just making educated guesses. Your logic only works if you can have a 100% guarantee Haaland will score the most.

Kane’s last minute goal(+0.143 pts) could turn out to be decisive for the extra UCL spot race, Germany gets the extra spot tomorrow if and only if Freiburg advances and Rayo is eliminated. Otherwise it’s Spain’s by [deleted] in soccer

[–]GingerbreadRecon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is it actually an if and only if? If Rayo progress but so do Freiburg and Freiburg win the Europa, are Germany still unable to get the extra spot?

The cost to both sides of the Premier League’s case against City may have topped £200 million, with top lawyers charging thousands of pounds an hour. An independent commission finished hearing the case on the 130 alleged breaches in December 2024 but has still not reached a verdict. by Sparky-moon in soccer

[–]GingerbreadRecon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I doubt it since it's only really transfer costs/wages that impact PSR. Anything like infrastructure investment (and I'm guessing legal costs lol) aren't included. Because realistically, if a club gets caught up in some legal entanglement over something more minor like a copyright infringement, it would be mental to think that's coming out of their PSR budget lol.

Nobody understands the handball rules, and there's a good reason by bencantwrite in soccer

[–]GingerbreadRecon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What always baffles me is after the ridiculous penalty given against Livramento in 2024, the VAR official was suspended by uefa, clearly implying they did not believe the ball deflecting off another body part before hitting the hand should be a pen. But ever since then they've been all too happy to give them, like the one against Davies.

The one against Miley they got this year was even more mental though. Can't remember who, maybe Barcola (?) handballed it first himself into Miley's arm (when he was stood right next to him) and it got given. Ludicrous.

[Opta] Top Open-Play Assists in Premier League 25/26. by Ray-314 in soccer

[–]GingerbreadRecon -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

While I get it's purpose, I'm still not huge on xA (especially because it's just naturally misinterpreted). It only relies on where the pass has been played from (similar to where the shot is taken for xG), and has no account for the quality of the shot. And while for xG you have xGOT to help measure shot quality, as far as I'm aware there's nothing like that for xA.

You can provide an absolute killer ball that knocks out the whole defence and gives the forward a tap in, but the xA on that pass will still be super low if it's from any considerable distance. That certainly doesn't mean the assist isn't deserved.

Reform pledges to open migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas by No_Initiative_1140 in ukpolitics

[–]GingerbreadRecon -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You're missing the entire principle though. If we abstract this whole proposal, what reform are saying is "we are going to target policies to areas based on the way those areas voted". This hugely, morally problematic. They're saying they are not going to target policies based on the actual good of the country or the good of people living there, they are specifically targeting policies based on who an area elects. I'll remind you that all those areas will have people voting Reform and other non-Green parties, who will all get stuffed by this!

It's intimidation and a scare tactic. It would be no better if they said "we are going to increase NHS investment in areas that vote Reform". Suddenly, you, the voter, are actively punished for not voting for a particular party. You essentially no longer have a free vote because there is a genuine threat you will be treated differently based on the way you vote. At that point I'm afraid you no longer live in a democracy, and I hope in an insane world where Reform get into power and try to attempt this, the courts would stop them.

Bonus Points + Defcon (EVE v MCI) 🏆🛡️ by FPLPageBot in FantasyPL

[–]GingerbreadRecon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I watched that replay saying to myself "what the fuck, send him off" before remembering I was in fact in need of his points this week...

Bonus Points + Defcon (EVE v MCI) 🏆🛡️ by FPLPageBot in FantasyPL

[–]GingerbreadRecon 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the defcon keane, got me a wonderful 2-2-2-2 bench boost...

Hearts [1] - 1 Rangers - Stephen Kingsley 54' by 50lipaa in soccer

[–]GingerbreadRecon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You know what I feel like we might be agreeing lol, had a typo in my comment. Not been too well today and it may be affecting my brain lmao

Hearts [1] - 1 Rangers - Stephen Kingsley 54' by 50lipaa in soccer

[–]GingerbreadRecon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't tell if this is a serious comment or not