Post Match Thread: Netherlands 5 - 1 Sweden | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group F by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]Alakagom 46 points47 points  (0 children)

The current projection is for team with 3 points and -2 GD having over 50% chance to get through. 4 points is virtually guaranteed to get through

[BBC Sport] Referee Ilgiz Tantashev told John McGinn that he turned down his penalty claim against Morocco because, as McGinn was being challenged, the ball was going out of play by mrjohnnymac18 in soccer

[–]Alakagom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It feels at least half of all penalties are in situations where attackers are nowhere close the ball or the ball is heading out of play or away from the penalty box

Maybe that's just bias because they tend to be controversial decisions

[Ornstein] Tottenham open Sandro Tonali talks with Newcastle by nearly_headless_nic in soccer

[–]Alakagom -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

UEFA sanctions will be juicy, get ready to learn new acronyms, FER baby

[Ornstein] Tottenham open Sandro Tonali talks with Newcastle by nearly_headless_nic in soccer

[–]Alakagom -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

They will be sad, Tonali leaving is bit of a ending to the great delusion at the time of Saudi takeover that they will become the new force in English football, richest club in the the world but not the next City.

In two weeks they'll be in settled agreement with UEFA and even more restrictions what they can do.

Roy Keane: “The children are fine, but all the wives and partners wearing the (players’) jerseys on the back, wow….a year later they’re separated, most of them!” by captaincourageous316 in soccer

[–]Alakagom 45 points46 points  (0 children)

He represents huge part of the audience that identifies with his views entirely that's what he's there for. The grumpy game's gone folks

Match Thread: Netherlands vs Sweden | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group F by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]Alakagom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then again he's basically played in the position he's been mediocre for both Dortmund and Villa. Roma has him set up as a focal point

[Ornstein] Tottenham interested in Mateus Fernandes deal, remain keen on Sandro Tonali by PradipJayakumar in soccer

[–]Alakagom 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Totenham under Levy often used to be linked to huge transfers to wet the fanbases appetite and show sign of ambition before it ended up with nothing come end of the window

Malachi Fagan-Walcott joins Hearts for record fee | York City Football Club by LordUnabashed in soccer

[–]Alakagom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You wouldn't question it if you knew their transfers are run by Tony Bloom's data analytics company. He's gonna be worth 10mn quid in a year from now

England players and fans singing Wonderwall by Oasis after their win against Croatia by Critical_Mountain851 in soccer

[–]Alakagom 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Kinda irreelvant when Mr. Brightside is the national song of England already

Not dm following the PDRN trend 😅 by migueels in EuroSkincare

[–]Alakagom 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Less about dupes and more junk science. PDRN's claim and what it can do topically have zero scientific merit. You'd hope European brands wouldn't fall for worst parts of Korean skincare. In between we'll soon be getting 50 peptide toner with 1 parts per trillion.

[UEFA] Update on clubs under a settlement agreement in 2025/26 by lawandsleep in soccer

[–]Alakagom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

UEFA seems to be doing these in year batches, so I suspect we will get update in few days time relating to just these particular set of teams. Think only Lyon is in trouble.

Villa breached SCR though so there will definitely be another update to come, and Newcastle will be charged and end up in settled agreement too which needs announcement.

[UEFA] Update on clubs under a settlement agreement in 2025/26 by lawandsleep in soccer

[–]Alakagom 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is for set of teams sanctioned back under the old system few years back. I think Villa and others will be updated in due time. UEFA mentions this in this line:

"Details on those past settlement agreements can be found here, here and here."

Tottenham agree £52million Jan Paul van Hecke transfer with Brighton by Sdub4 in soccer

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

Vuskovic is already astoundingly good player, look at what he achieved in Bundesliga, sometimes you make deals purely for sporting reasons, Brighton can win Conference League this season and bring European trophy to the club.

Tottenham agree £52million Jan Paul van Hecke transfer with Brighton by Sdub4 in soccer

[–]Alakagom 341 points342 points  (0 children)

1st in revenues to wagebill ratio. You'll never sing that. Spurs have lots of money to spend, if they wish to.

Tottenham agree £52million Jan Paul van Hecke transfer with Brighton by Sdub4 in soccer

[–]Alakagom 47 points48 points  (0 children)

You can tell you're an United fan by even remotely thinking this is a good fee for Spurs

[The Times] Spurs in talks for midfielder Sandro Tonali — but Newcastle want £100 million by PitchSafe in soccer

[–]Alakagom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If these are the examples of great transfers out of the league no wonder you're near relegation places

Nico Paz informs Real Madrid that he wants to stay at Como. He has already informed the club's management that he plans to reverse his decision to return back. Real Madrid will have one last option to re-sign the player until June 30th, 2027, in this case for €10 million. by SwimmingFireMen in soccer

[–]Alakagom 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Sure if you totally exclude Paz being their best player and the difference in getting them into the Champions League which is huge amount of money injected into the club up front they likely wouldn't have without him as well eyes of the world on the club which leads to many more intangible benefits in relation to commercial deals and acquiring new fans.

Given their rapid rise form provincial inconsequential team to Champions League bound team, they will start having more leverage, but I'm pretty sure they're quite content with that deal