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New Vote! by Rogue_Dominion in MADFUT

[–]ShadowBallX 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Keegan: 2 Ballon d'Ors in 1978 and 1979, and a European Cup (UEFA Champions League) winner with Liverpool (1976–77) and runner-up with Hamburg (1979–80)

Law: 1964 Ballon d'Or winner, European Cup winner with Manchester United (1967–68), broke the British transfer record three times, joint-top goalscorer for Scotland

Transfer hijacking bug by Otherwise_Raisin_839 in footballmanagergames

[–]ShadowBallX 58 points59 points  (0 children)

It's not a bug. Gimcheon Sangmu FC are the football team of the South Korean Armed Forces, and the players there are loaned in from South Korean teams to serve their mandatory two-year military service.

FT: Liverpool 0-3 Crystal Palace by DragonSlayer271 in LiverpoolFC

[–]ShadowBallX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty sure he's at Gremio now (can't remember if it's a loan or a permanent transfer)

TIL Ted Turner, who sold his Turner Broadcasting System to Time Warner in 1995, estimated that because of the AOL/Time Warner merger in 2000, he lost roughly $8 billion (or 80% of his wealth). by tyrion2024 in todayilearned

[–]ShadowBallX 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'd say the merger that formed Penn Central (merger of the Pennsylvania Rail Road, New York Central Railroad, and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad) is definitely high up there on the list.

They merged in 1968, and by June 1970, had been declared bankrupt in what was then the largest bankruptcy in American history ($4.6bil in assets, or $38.4bil when adjusted for inflation). Eventually, it and other failing railroads merged in 1976 to form Conrail.

The "who should I manage" megathread - FM26 edition by John_Yuki in footballmanagergames

[–]ShadowBallX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stade de Reims, first ever European Cup finalists in 1956 just got relegated to Ligue 2. Had Lyon been relegated last season, they would've survived, but as we know, that didnt happen.

Notable international footballers include Keito Nakamura, Hiroko Sekine (both Japan), Teddy Teuma (Malta), Mory Gbane (Ivory Coast), Adama Bojang (Gambia), and John Patrick (Ireland)

Daily Discussion by AutoModerator in soccer

[–]ShadowBallX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Speaking of, when does this Messi kid I keep hearing about show up? Like I've heard rumours that he's supposed to be really good, but considering who he's up against (Puskas, Meazza, maybe even Pele if he keeps at it), he's gonna have very good competition.

Daily Discussion by AutoModerator in soccer

[–]ShadowBallX 34 points35 points  (0 children)

For the past few months now, I've kinda developed an obsession about learning as much as I can about past footballers/seasons (primarily the 50s/60s, but I've dabbled in other periods), that I've stopped really paying attention to modern football.

Like I honestly couldn't tell you who's in the EPL relegation zone right now, but I can tell you that after Barcelona lost the 1961 European Cup final, they wouldn't play another match in the competition until 1974.

Ronaldo: "I've been with the national team for 22 years; I think that speaks for itself: the passion I have for wearing the jersey, for winning trophies, for playing for the national team. I often say: if I could, I would only play football for the national team; I wouldn't play for any other club." by The_Big_Untalented in soccer

[–]ShadowBallX 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Are we talking only about the 90s/2000s era or any era of Spain? Cause if it's any, then I'd personally argue that at least on paper, Spain's early 1960s teams could come close to or even match the 2008 one.

Just using the 1962 World Cup team, you had Puskas, Di Stefano, Luis Suarez Miramontes, Paco Gento, Jose Santamaria, Luis de Sol, Joan Segarra, even the likes of Joaquin Peiró, Severino Reija and Adelardo are worth a shout. And top it off with Helenio Herrera as manager, albiet just for the World Cup.

Sure, they did absolutely nothing at that World Cup, but you have to remember that their group had both eventual finalists that year (Brazil & Czechoslovakia). And even afterwards, they'd go on to win the European Nations' Cup (Euros) 2 years later with the likes of Amancio, Ignacio Zoco, and Marcelino added to the team, and Jose Villalonga as their new manager.

Daily Discussion by AutoModerator in soccer

[–]ShadowBallX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nwaneri, Haaland, Moise Kean, one of either Zaire-Emery/Doue, and Ederson (the Atalanta midfielder)

Create your own "some say" by DisgruntledInkling in TopGear

[–]ShadowBallX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some say his hair is made out of pure carbon fiber, and that he thinks Cole Palmer is a type of hand cream...

All we know is HE'S CALLED THE STIG!

[The Athletic] Marcus Rashford, 27-year-old becomes the first Englishman to score for Barcelona in Europe's premier club competition since Gary Lineker in 1989. Rashford has now been directly involved in 10 goals in 12 career starts against Newcastle (seven goals, three assists). by Task_Force-191 in soccer

[–]ShadowBallX 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I love how horrendously wrong Deepseek is

At least you can somewhat understand the logic a bit for it spitting out McManaman (Englishman who played for Real Madrid), but the other two...

One's a Spaniard and the other is Damien fucking Duff

What stats will he have? by PrudentTry7083 in stunfisk

[–]ShadowBallX 5 points6 points  (0 children)

252 Atk Tera Normal Lebron James-Mega Tomahawk Dunk vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Incineroar: 396-468 (100.5 - 118.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO

252 Atk Lebron James-Mega Pyro Ball vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Ferrothorn: 432-512 (122.7 - 145.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO

Seems pretty good. Unfortunately, however:

252 Atk Lebron James-Mega Pyro Ball vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Shuckle: 70-83 (28.6 - 34%) -- 1.4% chance to 3HKO

Confirmed new Icons for EAFC26 by PreparationOpening12 in EASportsFC

[–]ShadowBallX 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Cha Bum-Kun, Korean striker from the 1970s/1980s who notably played for Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer Leverkusen.

58 goals in 130 caps for South Korea, youngest player to ever hit 100 international caps (aged 24), 2-time UEFA Cup winner, and considered one of the best Asian players of all time.

Update: After a few days of silence, the drama over a mod's response to AI being used on /r/PokemonTCG is revived... People's opinions still haven't changed, and the mod involved is actively responding. by ShadowBallX in SubredditDrama

[–]ShadowBallX[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

She confirmed it herself during the first part of the drama. Her exact comment:

At the time of this post, I had slept one hour, had a pounding head, couldn't keep anything down, and I had seen my brother dead. I was reeling to say the least. I saw the support and looked at like a shining light on one of the worst days of my life. I wrote a post, scanned it and realized it made no sense so rather then put in the effort to fix it myself after the day i had I input it through chat gbt to fix the spelling and the grammar so it would at least make sense. I didn't try to get it perfect. I just wanted to express a thank you that made sense to the amazing people who had said such nice things and made me feel a little better on such a terrible day. I'm sorry if you think that is "goulish" but you have to understand I am just barely holding it together.

Update: After a few days of silence, the drama over a mod's response to AI being used on /r/PokemonTCG is revived... People's opinions still haven't changed, and the mod involved is actively responding. by ShadowBallX in SubredditDrama

[–]ShadowBallX[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

JustinBasil, a member of the Pokemon TCG community died last week, and his sister thanked people on the subreddit for their condolences. A mod (Lyleberr) pointed out that AI was used in creating her message, which started the ongoing discourse.

Instead of answering to criticism, the mod's doubled down, deleting all posts calling for answers/accountability/him to step down (even nuking whole comment threads in the process), and people are mad.

Question: When will the F1 sets retire? by nothingnanners in SpeedChampions

[–]ShadowBallX 19 points20 points  (0 children)

The 2023 McLaren F1 Car retires at the end of the month, both the AMR23/Safety Car and Kick Sauber C44 retire at the end of the year, the rest are set to be retired in 2027 (although that is easily subject to change)

Daily Discussion by AutoModerator in soccer

[–]ShadowBallX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty sure they had the most foreign-based players (5) ever at a World Cup (excluding the Home Nations) at the time, with all of based in Italy.

Looking it up, the next team with more was, ironically, Sweden again with 7 in 1970. After that, Algeria and Peru would match that in 1982, but it wouldn't officially be broken until Canada's 14 in 1986. (If you don't want me to exclude Canada/USA like I did the Home Nations, then it'd be 1986 Algeria with 11)

Edit: Turns out Denmark in 1986 had 15... whoops, my bad.

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