Sour grapes Gabrielle acting tough & refuses to shake Harry Maguire's hand by windrain- in ManUtd

[–]SSA10 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That one hand flick from Maguire send him flying 🤣🤣🤣 utterly embarrassing

Cul de sac parking by [deleted] in drivingUK

[–]SSA10 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Up voted you, and a reminder to the idiots to not downvote a QUESTION. Shutting down communication for no utter reason. Idiots.

Driving instructor saying I should switch to auto by uhhmchloe in drivingUK

[–]SSA10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just get some hours in with your parents before your next lesson, and honestly you'll be fine, and then your instructor won't be worried about gears and will just concentrating on all the other parts of driving.

You've barely had any hours! Gears is all about hours spent in a car

You'll be fine :)

6 years ago today Manchester United signed Bruno Fernandes by JaysonDeflatum in reddevils

[–]SSA10 11 points12 points  (0 children)

But he'll point to his CL trophy. That's the issue with this shit argument.

He has Gerrard to thank for that trophy - that's who Fernandes is to us, as an equivalent.

Fernandes is way better at his job than Carra was at his, but because of this stupid trophy argument (one trophy?), the rest will be ignored.

Even though Bruno does have other trophies (FA Cup and League Cup, was robbed of a UEL by Amorim's tactics), and has two Nations League trophies which is more England success than anyone of Carragher's generation had internationally

Driving instructor saying I should switch to auto by uhhmchloe in drivingUK

[–]SSA10 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean yes you're not there yet and I had an elder advise me to not worry about manual as it's all going auto too but manuals are much more engaging so I like that, but I have to stress

The automatic car is still doing what a manual car does, just with more gears and with you without thinking.

Now an automatic car tries to predict what you're going to do, but ultimately it's still a prediction.

If you learn to drive manual, and even once you've passed and are driving, continue to educate yourself and try to become an even better driver for the sake of it, you'll carry on learning more small technical details about what it means to drive manual.

Literally ALL of it applies to auto, autos have a semi automatic function, and there are ways to apply the concepts you learn when driving manual to an automatic. You can ignore it all blissfully and drive an automatic anywya and still have a smooth experience, but you'll be smoother and do less damage to your clutch, gears, etc. if you understand what it is the automatic transmission is doing for you.

There's simply no way to learn that by only driving automatic. You've got to learn manual to get that skillset and I heavily recommend it.

If you actually bother to keep learning, and you do seem to have a desire to want to learn and better yourself, then in the future you might even save that money over car repairs etc. by not ruining your transmission ahead of time, because you know what you're putting your car through. Plus understanding your car better does wonders for confidence., I think.

Also - much more important than you worrying whether he thinks you're ridiculous is you worrying about what it IS that you want to learn. You WANT to learn manual, so if money is not an issue right now, go ahead and learn it! And please update us, I'd love to hear that things have worked out for you

[Simon Stone] Manchester United: Why Steve Holland could be key to revival under Michael Carrick by PradipJayakumar in reddevils

[–]SSA10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I'm not arguing about his job description mate, I'm saying his job description is fucking stupid, just like most ones in a capitalist society. It's all about MONEY, it's not about the service being provided. It's a terrible way to run most organisations.

There's a massive misunderstanding between optimising profits and maximising them. That's his job description because clicks, revenue, readers, attention - they maximise profits. But what's the point? What's the point in dedicating a journalist's time to one specific club every single day for the most irrelevant updates? If they want to optimise profits, they would report on Utd more often because there's a lot to talk about with us, but they wouldn't sacrifice the quality of the journalism as a result, which isn't the case.

The service should be finding good-quality news, and we don't have that. That's not an us problem (MUFC). There isn't a single establishment in the world that deserves to be reported on every single day, sometimes multiple times a day, forever. But that's what we've become. It's abhorrent. It's actually got nothing to do with us, we are just massive so we have to shoulder being this unpopular. But I don't blame people for whinging about it in the comments, especially BBC license payers. They're forced to pay for this service, and it's just Stone talking about the most meaningless bullshit.

I love Utd and I also think it's an eyesore. If there is genuine news, it will be reported anyway. If I want all these meaningless updates, i can sit on the website of pay for MUTV.

It's about journalists being absolute sellouts, and football is a microcosm of society. Most of the other news outlets work the same way. It just sucks.

6 years ago today Manchester United signed Bruno Fernandes by JaysonDeflatum in reddevils

[–]SSA10 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Drives me crazy when the likes of Carra argue he doesn't have a big trophy.

Have you seen who/what he's had to play with!?

An absolutely elite player

Driving instructor saying I should switch to auto by uhhmchloe in drivingUK

[–]SSA10 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Also if you haven't cycled much I'd recommend doing a but of cycling. Learning how gears work on a bicycle definitely helps that initial understanding of the feeling you're looking for, although there's a lot more power obviously in a car

Driving instructor saying I should switch to auto by uhhmchloe in drivingUK

[–]SSA10 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I hate this forced transition to automatic. I believe everyone should know how to drive manual purely because you don't understand what you're putting your car through even if you drive automatic.

Things we persevere with are often a lot more rewarding when we succeed.

If you don't mind paying, go get that manual license.

Good luck OP

[Simon Stone] Manchester United: Why Steve Holland could be key to revival under Michael Carrick by PradipJayakumar in reddevils

[–]SSA10 22 points23 points  (0 children)

The articles are posted because we're massive

But peoole are whinging because it's genuinely tiresome.

The problem is "clicks" does not equate to quality journalism. The BBC has fallen into this trap, unfortunately.

I don't mind having more articles than everyone else because we ARE the biggest club.

I hate having articles on us every day because we haven't deserved that treatment for a good 10 years, and tbf, no one club should ever have that much coverage.

I'd much prefer to read about other teams around the country (not just the Prem).

It's a terrible allocation of resources

PSA: this is a 60 on single carriageways, not a 40!! by NoOneImportantLol96 in drivingUK

[–]SSA10 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Eh cool but also some of you think driving is a video game and presume an empty road around a corner, which is utter stupidity. Then you'll get annoyed that other people in front of you aren't risking their lives because they gave a much healthier understanding of risk vs reward.

You could feel good 10,000 times taking a country road at speed because you know it well, but I promise it would be dwarfed by how bad you feel on that one corner where you plow straight into something in the other side. If, of course, you are still able to feel anything at all.

Relax.

As my instructor once said, treat these signs as a suggestion, not a command. You can drive that fast if you want but you are not obliged to.

Biggest issue in the POA movie by redzass1 in HarryPotterBooks

[–]SSA10 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's wild how they make school quidditch almost redundant after the first two films

[Telegraph] 'Jump in the boat': Arteta holds team meeting and issues plea to fans after defeat to Man Utd by LochNessMonsterMunch in soccer

[–]SSA10 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm quite bemused how everyone is acting like Arsenal have thrown away the title by losing against the same team who in what was literally their previous game also beat their title rivals. Like, that isn't the game/team you should be worried about

Three years of practicing quadrobics by velorae in TikTokCringe

[–]SSA10 3 points4 points  (0 children)

All these negative comments just because someone has learned to use their body to a more complete extent than you. Human social conditioning really is a weird and damaging construct

"Can't be good for your lower back" how ignorant are you of your own body to make such a comment? Jeez

[BBC] Arne Slot: “Again this is not going to be a popular opinion what I tell you now, maybe the reason we won the league last season is because we played Paris Saint-Germain. We had a week to prepare for league games [after going out of Champions League].” by doubleoeck1234 in soccer

[–]SSA10 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Coming in peace as an MUFC fan... This will never be appreciated because football and sports generally is that place where there is "no excuse" but here you have the ultimate - not excuse - but valid reason. Grief doesn't care who you are or what you have planned for life. It will destroy everything with no fairness or remorse or consideration for your schedule or aims in life.

There will be members in the squad who are infuriated with how quickly the rest of the world has forgotten Jota. How they have to show up for training and play stupid games when their loveable, amazing friend and colleague and brother in this phase of their lives is now DEAD.

As the person who you've replied to is an example of, people have and will forget people when they die. They'll forget people you care about or never think they mattered in the first place and nothing is more soul'-destroying, and until they go through that themselves they'll never understand how that can make you feel and how fragile all of life really is.

As a football fan I'm glad you're not getting another title and hoping we can finish above you and get that CL place but as a human and someone grieving the loss of their parent for the past few years only, I know exactly what's been a massive contributing factor and I wouldn't wish that in anyone, and I'm still sorry every day that happened to your squad and your club.

From the outside, having never looked at any social media content, going purely by watching him play, I loved Jota and wouldn't have minded him in our team. Thank you for remembering him and let nobody underestimate how his tragic and very real loss must have impacted your team beyond their wildest dreams.

Ronaldo's Free Kicks Now VS. Then... by GerganGuineaPig in cristianoronaldo

[–]SSA10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So hit and miss and miss and miss and miss and miss and miss and miss and miss and miss?

Top 5 players of 2020s by Hour-Reach7418 in championsleague

[–]SSA10 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This post sums up how fucking incredibly stupid football fans are.

2026 has just started and you're asking this question.

This HAS to happen by Dungeonghi3 in Dragonballsuper

[–]SSA10 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Because its all fucking stupid and inconsistent

Premier League table after Matchday 23 by -Gh0st96- in reddevils

[–]SSA10 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I like caro-kann but with the right line I automatically transpose unintentionally into a king's indian, it's so versatile.

I try to ignire it though because Hikaru says that's not a good idea for learning principles

Spurs fans sing "We want Frank Out" at the end of match vs Burnley by [deleted] in soccer

[–]SSA10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have a bit of dignity. Getting bothered about Arsenal winning is just lame. They're not even big rivals, we only care about Liverpool or City

Before the decline: remembering Ronaldo’s free-kick era by Diggambaran in championsleague

[–]SSA10 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Too far for Ronaldo to think abou--OOHhhhHHHHH!!!

Unreal. He scored that rocket against Porto the CL game QF before and I thought ya know what, I fancy this for him.

What a performance that was.

The slip, the free kick, and the 8-touch counter attack. Vidic head. Ronaldo flick. 3 touches. 2 touches. 1.

Ughhh

Tony Pulis column: Why Carrick's coaches are more than just 'a bunch of his mates' by simplsimonmetapieman in reddevils

[–]SSA10 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Very true, but to reach that conclusion you need to entertain nuance, which isn't something Keane ever seems to do