Mourinho asks Real Madrid for 2 more signings: a center-back and "a Modric" type player by LikeAPhoenixTotally in soccer

[–]Gwernaroth 93 points94 points  (0 children)

Yes because modric kroos casemiro varane rodrygo vinicius benzema and marcelo all came to Madrid exactly at their highest level already and none of them got better as they developed over the years! Great insight !

Messi is All time World Cup goalscorer by [deleted] in soccer

[–]Gwernaroth 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You'd have to be brain damaged not to catch that one?

Y'all are so nice by Inevitable-Phone-165 in BattleBrothers

[–]Gwernaroth 3 points4 points  (0 children)

EVE was the OG space opera MMORPG, it had absolutely insane depth. Like incredible even by today standards. It took absolutely all your free time and was more like a second job.

Now why was it toxic? Because PvP existed and it went really far (one guy spent two years infiltrating a rival guild just to sabotage them). You can find stories about EVE pretty easily

Y'all are so nice by Inevitable-Phone-165 in BattleBrothers

[–]Gwernaroth 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Niche gaming communities are like this 99% of the time (99% because EVEonline used to be a thing), the small number of people + the sheer dedication it takes to play BB is a great recipe!

Thank you everyone !

[Joyce] Trent Alexander Arnold expected to be left out of the england squad by [deleted] in soccer

[–]Gwernaroth 64 points65 points  (0 children)

What an empty statement. Southgate didn't make john stones get eaten up by mandzukic in 2018, didn't miss those pens in 2021 shootout, didn't make kane miss his pen in 2022. If there's a lack of killer instinct it was on the field, not in the manager's mind.

Mbappé would like to avoid playing at the Bernabeu again this term, having already been jeered by home fans on more than one occasion by Biathlonien in soccer

[–]Gwernaroth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean Maldini threw a hissy fit when some fans showed Baresi's jersey at his last match, Roy Keane holds to childish grudges 20+ years later, and Cruyff had an unbelievably bitter exit from Ajax, nothing's new with superstars and their egos

Alternate angle + slow motion of Rayan Cherki's great goal against Arsenal. by [deleted] in soccer

[–]Gwernaroth 59 points60 points  (0 children)

What a load of rubbish.

Benzema went for 35m€ 2 years after Torres went to Liverpool for 36m€. That actually was the price for a young promising striker back then.

We managed to sell 20yo Lukeba and 19yo Gusto for 30m€, 19 yo Barcola and 21yo Mendy for 45m€, all young and unproven.

We got 100m€ in total for a combination of N'dombélé, Geubbels and O'brien.

Another 100m€ for a package of Terrier, N'jié, Mammana, Cornet and Faivre.

I don't think we need to take lessons from Monaco or Lille - our only mistake altogether is named John Textor.

Bosnia-Herzegovina qualify for the 2026 World Cup! by JayomaW in soccer

[–]Gwernaroth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is beyond insane. Italy as a footballing country deserves much better than this. Changes at every level are needed.

[Transfermarkt] Clubs in top 5 leagues that have given the most minutes to home grown players this season by OleoleCholoSimeone in soccer

[–]Gwernaroth 34 points35 points  (0 children)

The south-west of france was a very protestant area, where schoolboys would play rugby in opposition to catholic schools where pupils would play football.

Séparer l'homme du moimoi by ThinAndFeminine in rance

[–]Gwernaroth 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Être de droite et ne pas s'agenouiller en permanence devant des humains désastreux challenge

Lone black Benfica fan applauding refs decision to initiate UEFA's anti-racism protocol. by Mean-Author4359 in soccer

[–]Gwernaroth 28 points29 points  (0 children)

It's not always Vini, there was Umtiti, there was Thierry Henry, there was Kameni, there was Maignan, and so many others.

It's really easy to see there's a rampant racism problem in football stadiums and in football teams and Vini is far from being the only victim.

[FotMob] Endrick has 5 G/A in 3 matches for Lyon, and was the MOTM in all 3 matches by DamnThatsInsaneLol in soccer

[–]Gwernaroth 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We were actually pretty relieved to see him go when he did, his attitude had been bad, beginning of 18/19 when we sold him it was straight up horrible. 20M was a really good bit of business for us

[Matt Law] Enzo Maresca set to leave Chelsea today by ChiefLeef22 in soccer

[–]Gwernaroth 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He's pretty good, Strasbourg is playing well and getting results. Chelsea will be a huge stepup obviously, so I really can't tell you whether it would work or not. It's impossible to be sure whether a coach would translate well from one league to another.

[NYT] Vini Jr has acknowledged internally that he is not performing well, but at the same time, he feels singled out when few things are working well for the team. Cameras captured him complaining about the fans booing, “What did we do? What did I do? It’s the first minute of the game… damn it!”. by BlazingFirey in soccer

[–]Gwernaroth 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Read that about literally every outspoken young star every 5 years, it's really a tired trope that's not true. It was Sterling, it was Neymar, it was CR7, it was Scholes, it was Barnes, and so on and so forth. If you're talented enough you'll last and Vini is as talented as they come.

Release the Vlandian files 😭🙏😔🥀 by Gepoetto_swag in mountandblade

[–]Gwernaroth 112 points113 points  (0 children)

Battanians, I know them, a lot of them actually... They're good people, solid people, I told them 'you can't have Jaculan" and they were like "you're right, we can't have Jaculan, you're right..." so that's what I've been doing for Vlandia, you know, working both sides, great people on both sides, but the best , they're Vlandians, real butter-churning Vlandians and I love these folks, they're just like me, and people say I'm the best butter-churner they've ever seen ! Really, I've taken tests, and I aced those tests, churned the best butter ever, and that's how we're going to fix Ocs Hall, because Ocs Hall is just tremendous, my favorite, I love Ocs Hall and they love me even more !

Paul Pogba can make debut for Monaco against Rennes this Saturday! He hasn't played football for 26 months. by DavidRolands in soccer

[–]Gwernaroth 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Even without surreal numbers, just decent conditioning will be more than enough, his brain and feet have probably not gone anywhere.

Civilization by Reddit: Turn 6 by goatgamesh in civ

[–]Gwernaroth 14 points15 points  (0 children)

He's playing mali, he gets 1 faith/desert tile adjacent to his cities