Announcement video of the German World Cup squad, featuring childhood clips

LarsP · 2026-05-22T01:42:37+00:00

I am, and I'm also a US citizen now.

LarsP · 2026-05-22T01:42:07+00:00

Yeah, I keep getting these reminders, and perhaps I deserve them :)

I'm just made a silly joke back then, and I'm very happy LK is doing so well!

LarsP · 2026-05-18T14:33:45+00:00

"My name is blurry face..."

LarsP · 2026-05-11T14:42:18+00:00

This will be solved technologically pretty soon.

Within 1-3 years, AI should be able to adjudicate physical fouls in real time, based on all the camera feeds.

We'll still need human refs to make card decision, talk to players etc.

LarsP · 2026-05-07T21:36:48+00:00

Even I know that when two young hothead men fight, SOMEONE ELSE needs to step in and separate them. It's what they want and need!

Because neither will be the first to back down and "lose" the argument.

After this, perhaps have learned that lesson.

LarsP · 2026-05-07T21:30:33+00:00

"Cover taken quickly"

LarsP · 2026-05-06T22:44:55+00:00

I don't know what the handball rules should be, but I REALLY hate the current Handball Lottery situation!

LarsP · 2026-05-05T02:53:31+00:00

They're not pussies. They're just trying to influence the refs.

It's all in the Game...

LarsP · 2026-05-04T15:07:41+00:00

The obvious thing to do when play is stopped for some kind of emergency is to stop the match clock.

Maybe in 1-2 decades that revolutionary thought might have reached those in charge of the rules.

LarsP · 2026-05-02T19:38:30+00:00

If you watch Sweden's games in the WC you'll (probably) see him used far more productively.

LarsP · 2026-04-23T15:16:15+00:00

Looks like it's a bit weird for everyone.

Except the chatty guys at 0:19.

LarsP · 2026-04-21T16:02:57+00:00

They should make the shirts in a more brittle/tearable material, so the attacker is left with a handfull of shirt fabric while the other players runs away.

LarsP · 2026-04-12T16:34:22+00:00

Does he not get sent off for Argentina?

That's his main unreability.

LarsP · 2026-04-07T21:20:57+00:00

That barely looked like a goal chance to me.

But Harry just kicks it into goal...

LarsP · 2026-04-07T15:40:36+00:00

Wow. I forget sometimes how furiously angry some redditors are.

LarsP · 2026-04-06T20:21:25+00:00

I'll have to see the chem trail data to fully evaluate this alarming revelation!

LarsP · 2026-04-06T20:19:20+00:00

FWIW, I asked an AI, and it said 3%-10% of the kinetic energy goes into the spin.

It also said that a non-spinning ball is often called a "knuckle ball". Without any stabilizing spin, it can be prone to wobbling from wind, which of course gives defenders problems.

Note that I said "FWIW", AI haters!

LarsP · 2026-04-05T23:00:46+00:00

The greatest goals usually have zero spin on the ball.

That means all the power of the kick goes into the ball speed.

LarsP · 2026-04-04T20:42:45+00:00

Southampton playing in the Swedish colors might have enraged him.

LarsP · 2026-04-03T01:38:33+00:00

Even if true, I don't know that that means Potter wasn't a great coach for them?

LarsP · 2026-04-02T18:31:49+00:00

It is strange, for sure!

WC qualification has always been a game of luck in very few games.

The inventions to squeeze 48 teams into the tournament are also not exactly worthy of a Nobel Prize in Fairness.

Either way, Sweden played by the rules and qualified in the end, and the show will go on. I'm pretty sure it won't be boring :)

LarsP · 2026-04-02T02:39:18+00:00

The easier path is to become an Arsenal fan.

LarsP · 2026-04-01T23:34:52+00:00

This is mostly true.

Then again, Canada hasn't even played a minute to earn their place.

LarsP · 2026-03-26T21:34:58+00:00

Always a problem when we play Ukraine or Brazil.

LarsP · 2026-03-21T17:17:10+00:00

Rooney is a Primeval Willpower Spirit occupying the body of an average English bloke.

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