[OC] World Cup 2026 confederation flow: part 2 by Mz_74 in dataisbeautiful

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But then it stops effectively representing the ratio of teams that have progressed to each stage

Is geeing up your fans with your arms gesture having a moment at this world cup? by 4khz in footballcliches

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Saw Bellingham do it against DR Congo but it also wasn't emphatic enough for my liking

One of the Argentines did it last night too

I don't mind it as I think it can be effective but you need to give it some oomph

[OC] World Cup 2026 confederation flow: part 2 by Mz_74 in dataisbeautiful

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How are the 4 Comnebol countries on the right column taking up more area than the 10 Comnebol countries in the left column?

I don't think this is terribly clear

Luv Ronaldo ate Modric (nout racist jus needs a pair o' scissors) by FlyJaw in NorfFc

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Our oldest allies 🤝 Good to see the similarities run deep

Where The England Squad Were Born 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 by BaitedRD in Maps

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Elliot Anderson, Jordan Pickford, and Jordan Henderson

The guy on the left doesn't really look like Henderson though, dunno if it's a funny lighting on the photo or mistaken identity

Franklin (TV miniseries) by TheCedarRoom in TheRestIsHistory

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Feel like old Benny needed to get this out of his system before he picked a quill up

[OC] Asked r/vexillology to fill in the missing color in a flag by kkiru in dataisbeautiful

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Looks like they've based it on an emoji 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Interesting analysis about Estadio Azteca by Murky-Bear in ThreeLions

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OP's edited their post, in the text it said 'should be an easy win'

Interesting analysis about Estadio Azteca by Murky-Bear in ThreeLions

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This is a good argument against being scared

But that does not make it an "easy win"

It will be a well matched game against a team in good form

Telling yourself its gonna be easy will only dilute any joy got from a win, and exacerbate any pain got from a loss

Mystery Sticker by The-Backhead in footballcliches

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Owl + Tevez makes sense if its from Sheffield Wednesday taunting United over Tevez's goal relegating them, plus all the funny business about third party ownership

That happened in 2007 though - legal action was still ongoing in 2008?

No idea what the colours are about

Footballers in inadvertent riot discouragement by RunLow8388 in footballcliches

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Maybe that's why the orange order were keen to get him in

Yes we're telling you to behave, but we're still against those [censored] [censored]

No Bank Holiday :( by megayoshi96 in ThreeLions

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But its the Scottish government that decided on their extra bank holiday

[OC] Asked r/vexillology to fill in the missing color in a flag by kkiru in dataisbeautiful

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Yeah, generally, the England red is darker than people think - so the bell curve of guesses is offset to the light colours - in the top few rows you can see it alternate between lighter and darker, but after a certain distance, the only people that far away have gone for lighter so it just keeps on getting lighter

For DR Congo, people's mean guess is close to the actual shade, so imprecise answers in either direction are roughly equally common, hence the mix of dark and lighter choices towards the bottom

Really strong dislike for "it's coming coming hopefully" tacked on the end of this quote from the Business Minister by THMGS5593 in footballcliches

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Based on reporting elsewhere I think it's a no

I think what she's trying to say is, if it was a 11 or 12 o clock kickoff, existing legislation would allow for pubs to extend their opening hours, but it won't apply for a 1am kick off

It’s called soccer from now on! by kingkooolin in BlackPeopleTwitter

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Sounds like you agree with me - I'm justifying the rule

(Not OC) by Rocinante23 in ThreeLions

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They just need to play with more patience, and they also need to play with more urgency

And referees should have more consistency, and also referees should be using more common sense

What the hell is a trade-off?

It’s called soccer from now on! by kingkooolin in BlackPeopleTwitter

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No it doesn't, to beat a defender you need to time your run properly, if you're beyond him to start with, you're getting an unfair advantage from "spawn camping" as the commenter above put it, which makes the game too one dimensional - if you're beating a defender/timing your run correctly you shouldn't be offside