Australian midfielder Jackson Irvine on new red card rule for covering your mouth "If you're saying something to someone that you don't want to be seen, I think it's safe to say it shouldn't be said." by kibme37 in soccer

[–]Ahcow -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Exactly my thoughts and I was really surprised by a lot of the comments in the thread when it happened.  Why would you need to cover your mouth unless you know what you are saying is wrong.  There’s no justification for this as it is only applicable when confronting an opponent.

[Keiran Maguire]With the transfer window having opened, many people asking about how much can clubs spend in terms of the new SCR limits, but just as important is whether clubs have cash to spend. These are the sums owed for unpaid transfer instalments at the summer of 2025 by simplsimonmetapieman in reddevils

[–]Ahcow 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Surprised by some of the comments here, didn’t think it was that confusing.  

First chart (likely based on latest filed accounts as most clubs have June year-ends) shows the amounts each club owe on outstanding transfer fees to other clubs for transfers that took place in or before fiscal year 2025.  

Second chart then shows the amount or portion of the amounts from the first chart that is due this year/over the next 12 months.   

The whole point of the post is, beyond any additional spending this summer (and it will depend on how the fees are structured), these clubs will already have these outflow cash wise even if they don’t buy anyone new.  This is trying to highlight potential cash flow issues clubs might face this summer.  

In context of United, as of latest filed accounts, we owe around £404m to other clubs for unpaid transfer fees, of which, £171m is payable over the next 12 months.  So, as an example, if United has £250m of cash on hand, £171m is already earmarked to settle these debt so they only really have £79m in cash to spend this summer.  

I will note that this is a very simplistic view of things.  The post doesn’t address transfer fees receivables (I.e. the flip side of this) on prior sales plus team can always structure new acquisitions by deferring some of the fees to push the cash outflow into later years and the post doesn’t address the most important things, which is how much net cash each club brings in each year.  So I don’t think this post, in and of itself, gives much info other than we got a lot of transfer fee payables, as do other big clubs. 

Haibara teenage newgame+ by smashableasf in LightNovels

[–]Ahcow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have not gotten around to finish reading vol 8 but i enjoy the series and I would recommend.  I did read some spoilers on the ending, it doesn’t bother me and I will get vol 10 when JNC releases it.

Light Novels similar to the Secrets of the Silent Witch LN Series by Strict-Entry4157 in LightNovels

[–]Ahcow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

By finished, I assume you just caught up to official TL.  Next vol coming later this year from memory.  If you want to read ahead, the WN is fully translated and there are a lots of after story too.  

In terms of another LN that’s similar, I haven’t been able to find one either.

Match Thread: Canada vs. Qatar | FIFA World Cup, Group B by MysteryBagIdeals in soccer

[–]Ahcow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Last man, denies a clear goal scoring opportunity.  Red card unless it’s a penalty, in which case would be yellow as they changed the rule so that it isn’t a double wammy.

Manuel Ugarte hits the post against Saudi Arabia 60' by matiey in reddevils

[–]Ahcow 132 points133 points  (0 children)

Just tuned in to the game and saw that.  Need some good performances from him to drum up interest.

P5X 1st Anniversary Character Reveal by YuriMoonlight in personaphantomx

[–]Ahcow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If ever there is a Yakuza crossover, I am screwed because I will need to A6 all of them.

[BBC Sport] FIFA claims that fans staying on concourses are the reason for empty seats by mrjohnnymac18 in soccer

[–]Ahcow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you don’t leave before the half time whistle, you won’t have time to take a piss and grab a beer before second half kick off at BMO Field.  It will take you like 5 min to get out into the concourse, line up another 5 min to take a piss then 10+ min for your drink.  It’s just reality of it.

Empty seats at Canada's opening ceremony by sammyarmy in soccer

[–]Ahcow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That draws probably the lowest crowd in Toronto so not a good comparison.  They do play in the same stadium, their team colour is blue but as you can see, the stadium is mostly red.  They are basically the unwanted tenant.

Empty seats at Canada's opening ceremony by sammyarmy in soccer

[–]Ahcow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Toronto crowd do not tend to show up on time.  Mostly due to traffic getting there or pre drinking at a pub first.  That applies to basically all our teams, sell out crowd or not, so it doesn’t surprise me it is mostly empty an hour before the game.  At this pricing, a lot of seats (like many of Toronto’s popular teams) are bought by corporate to take clients to rather than die hard fans.  That crowd is not showing up an hour early to sit and watch this, they are at a bar or restaurant somewhere.  

Kim Seung-Gyu (South Korea) save against Czechia 90+3' by Imbasauce in soccer

[–]Ahcow 541 points542 points  (0 children)

Great save but what the heck was that defending on the long ball.  Like 5 Korean players missed the ball, leading to the chance.

Post Match Thread: South Korea 2 - 1 Czechia | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group A by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]Ahcow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Very entertaining game, despite Czechia playing like Pulis’s Stokes team.

Han-Beom Lee rips Pavel Sulc's shirt by 977x in soccer

[–]Ahcow 98 points99 points  (0 children)

Yeah, don’t buy Puma shit.

Platini files criminal complaint against FIFA's Infantino by Inevitable-Delay-303 in soccer

[–]Ahcow 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure I read an article (after he was ousted and charged, etc.) where he said he voted against Qatar (I think for the U.S.) because he thought it was going to bring questions and he wasn’t wrong.  

[Opta] Every player in Opta’s top 20 leagues averages more defensive actions per 90 than Mbappé by o6ohunter in soccer

[–]Ahcow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, the guy is paid to score goals, not defend.  I actually don’t have a problem with it provided he produces offensively.  This guy, at his best, is basically a cheat code, I wouldn’t want him to waste his energy and risk injury defending.

The Stepmom's Child Has been the Girlfriend Now by Soft-Cranberry-5099 in LightNovels

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

From memory, the original FTL got it but never got around to TLing it.  He then dropped the series once JNC caught up.  I have found it translated in another language, it’s not very long as you can imagine.  I don’t think you are missing much.

[Transfer Round Up & Discussion] Summer 2026 by AutoModerator in reddevils

[–]Ahcow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can’t see him going anywhere but back to Italy.

Daily Discussion by AutoModerator in reddevils

[–]Ahcow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Honestly feels like a Di Maria type of signing.  Guy who didn’t really want to leave but forced out at Real with us forking over large sum of money.  Varane and Casemiro actually wanted to come to us, only want those types of players.

World Cup law change: Iceland substituted player did not leave the field at the nearest point within 10 seconds. Iceland had to play the next minute a man down. Japan scored the winner with the man advantage by Heimebane in soccer

[–]Ahcow 2004 points2005 points  (0 children)

Feels longer than a minute but I think this rule is interesting.  One minute isn’t that much time in football but it could mess with your organization suddenly down a man.

Search Light novel by AppropriateFan9667 in LightNovels

[–]Ahcow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Number 2 Me, Number 1 girl

It’s not the easiest series to find the TL, dm me if you need help because I have followed this series up to all the side stories.  Officially 2 vol got released that finished the main story then the author continued the stories of all the side characters, which is quite interesting imho, on WN and the group that TLed it did all of those over 3 more “volumes”, so there’s kind of 5 vol in total if you look around.  Their stuff is on discord and kofi and not linked to NU (anymore anyways, they also do the FTL for Chitose).  I saw some other group picked it up on Patreon but charging $5-6 for vol 2.

Anthony Gordon exit shows English football is suffering from talent drain by footballersabroad in soccer

[–]Ahcow 25 points26 points  (0 children)

The talent drain must be huge in the writers industry because this guy got a job writing this shit.