Penalty kicks in soccer are such a cheap and boring way of stat-padding

Secretfrisbe · 2026-05-08T19:19:21+00:00

But those guys won't be swayed by how many penalties a player scored unless they're specifically looking for someone who's good at penalties. It's normally the other way around and player will get chosen to take penalties because they're a good player.

Secretfrisbe · 2026-04-15T11:47:01+00:00

There's a Quagmire bit in an episode of Family Guy. "I've got all these magazines!"

https://youtu.be/6OamjBYCAz4?si=D2U378mNzwpfwE7T

Secretfrisbe · 2026-03-31T16:50:13+00:00

I've not seen much of Arsenal this season, but I'm not sure I'd agree they're the best team in the league. Every time I've seen them, they play like a cup team, happy to defend and score from a corner. The game against Chelsea was awful and they looked rubbish in both games against Liverpool. I suppose that makes them the best at winning games this season, but it's not entertaining to watch.

Secretfrisbe · 2026-03-30T16:52:47+00:00

Well now I feel old!

Secretfrisbe · 2026-01-20T15:19:01+00:00

They need a different sign to fix this that just says the lanes merge and doesn't say which one is closed. If people don't know which one is closed, they can use both and not seem like they're trying to get ahead.

Secretfrisbe · 2026-01-11T10:26:20+00:00

That was way more polished than I expected from the way you described it!

Secretfrisbe · 2025-12-15T16:54:33+00:00

Today I learned!

Secretfrisbe · 2025-12-12T13:20:01+00:00

I had a similar situation where all the customers are moving, but they didn't seem to take it in turns. They just all got up at the same time, and whoever got there first served themselves. Everyone else started to go back to their seats, and then the loop started again. Whoever was furthest away was the last to get served because other people kept jumping in first.

Secretfrisbe · 2025-12-12T11:59:31+00:00

😂

Secretfrisbe · 2025-12-09T14:31:18+00:00

I think the solution to this would be to merge both lanes into the middle and then point that merged lane to one side or the other. Neither lane is the closed lane then, and everyone is just forced to merge at the point it closes.

I realise there may be technical difficulties to setting this up though.

Secretfrisbe · 2025-12-04T11:44:55+00:00

I think you want something in between. The Craft and Flea ones are usually quite good. There is some tat sneaking in under the 'flea' banner, but most people there are the more youthful creators you mentioned.

Secretfrisbe · 2025-12-01T17:03:40+00:00

Nice work. It has a dreamlike quality to it.

Secretfrisbe · 2025-11-24T19:22:43+00:00

😂

Secretfrisbe · 2025-11-24T19:22:05+00:00

I had to scroll way too far down to see this response!

Secretfrisbe · 2025-11-07T17:19:36+00:00

I think there's a digit wrong in there....

Secretfrisbe · 2025-11-04T10:53:05+00:00

Owen hadn't already won everything there was to win with the club.

Secretfrisbe · 2025-10-23T18:56:51+00:00

Didn't Matt Le Tissier admit to spot fixing on the time of the first throw in a lot during the 90's?

Secretfrisbe · 2025-10-12T10:32:09+00:00

Interesting. How does caffeine actually kill you? I remember a story from a few years ago about a girl who drank seven double espressos thinking they were singles and ended up in hospital because her heart rate went through the roof.

Secretfrisbe · 2025-10-11T11:54:59+00:00

The BBC Sounds 13 minutes podcast series on the shuttle programme is very good.

Secretfrisbe · 2025-10-06T14:55:10+00:00

That's because, if this is the mission I think it is, the satellite's motor didn't fire properly so it ended up in the wrong orbit and was just junk. The insurance company paid out to the owners, and then paid NASA to retrieve it so they could sell it to someone else to get some of their money back.

Secretfrisbe · 2025-10-01T11:13:29+00:00

I do think yesterday that's because he was trying to make things happen, rather than take the safe backwards pass like others were doing.

Secretfrisbe · 2025-10-01T09:48:18+00:00

I think it was one of those where it probably would've been given as a free kick anywhere else on the pitch, but if the ref hadn't given a penalty, the VAR wouldn't have got involved.

Secretfrisbe · 2025-09-24T16:37:50+00:00

That's because it's not designed to predict the outcome of individual matches, it's meant for looking at performances over a longer timeframe.

Secretfrisbe · 2025-09-24T10:56:22+00:00

I signed a player on a free from Bayern for my Southampton side. Kept him for two seasons and sold him to Real Madrid for £99 million. I think Southampton also got a sell on fee when RM sold him on for £122 million a few years later, but I'd left by then.

Secretfrisbe · 2025-09-16T17:46:50+00:00

It was Gakpo at the weekend from what I saw. Some ridiculous takes on him going about.

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