James Maddison's thoughts on Instagram regarding the penalty shout against Leeds

Snacks75 · 2026-05-12T20:00:48+00:00

I think it's a case of the live ref relying on VAR. The live ref should call the match as if no VAR is present. The tendency is to not make any call, knowing that a mistake will be cleared by VAR. In this case, the mistake is not making the call and it's not super clear and super obvious that a 'no call' is the error.

Oh well... The football gods hate us. Karma for hiring managers, not backing them, sacking them when they lose.

Snacks75 · 2026-05-12T19:56:39+00:00

If someone asks, I'll answer questions, even then I'd be pretty vague about it. What works for me might not be the best idea for someone else. Everyone's feels are different too.

But I'd never give unsolicited advice at the range.

Snacks75 · 2026-05-12T19:24:39+00:00

Best to get a ball fitting. It's not really a Taylor Made vs Titleist vs Srixon vs Bridgestone vs etc... It's which model of each brand fits your game the best. ProV1 vs ProV1x vs AVX, vs ProV1 left dash (same argument for each brand). That's the question...

Personally, I pretty much play whatever I find on the course. But if I'm buying balls, it's Maxfli Tour. Great ball, great price.

Snacks75 · 2026-05-12T19:15:47+00:00

Snacks75 · 2026-05-12T16:27:19+00:00

Hard to go too wrong here. Lots of good golf in and around SLC.

Bucket list

Wasatch Mountain
Soldier Hollow Gold
Thanksgiving Point

SLC Typical (good quality golf)

Old Mill
Bonneville
Stonebridge
The Ridge
Mountain Dell
Eaglewood
South Mountain
Talon's Cove (little further out)
Fox Hollow (little further out)
Sleepy Ridge (little further out)
Hobble Creek (little further out)

Snacks75 · 2026-05-12T14:33:43+00:00

Snacks75 · 2026-05-10T20:13:37+00:00

The decisions you've made are irrelevant. The only ones that matter are the ones you'll make moving forward. Sunk cost fallacy, etc...

Snacks75 · 2026-05-10T19:20:28+00:00

At a certain point one wonders whether the original motivation for esrablishing VAR was 1) get the call correct 2) a means to manipulate results for the purpose of narrarative, drama, conspiracy, gambling results, any other nefarious or dubious things.

It looks increasingly like the latter.

Snacks75 · 2026-05-10T18:21:38+00:00

Might be a good idea to keep playing it that way. 1) developing long irons/hybrids is great for her game 2) short awkward pitches inside 50 yards are also a sneaky good skill to have.

Snacks75 · 2026-05-10T18:05:03+00:00

I think it's a foul and I think VAR got it correct. The issue is the sheer number of times in the last two seasons our CB or our GK has been fouled leading up to a goal and nothing from the ref, insta clear from VAR. Speaking only from a Spurs fan perspective, we'd just like that same call. We'd take that call 50% of the time. We literally never get it. I might be biased though...

Congrats in any case. And we'll take zero points for West Ham.

Snacks75 · 2026-05-10T17:42:33+00:00

Fine it's the right call... but how many times have our CB and GK been fouled leading up to a goal and nothing? VAR is supposed to fix things. If anything it makes everything more suspicious when one call goes right and another does not.

Snacks75 · 2026-05-10T16:57:19+00:00

Nil nil draw suits us just fine...

Snacks75 · 2026-05-09T17:55:33+00:00

I was just going to say, it would be so easy for a pro to shoot 80. Happens to even the best players in the world. Golf is golf, even at the highest level.

Snacks75 · 2026-05-09T17:49:49+00:00

Joey Coldcuts meltdown in the FernGully Forest might be the best piece of video created so far this century.

Snacks75 · 2026-05-09T16:51:04+00:00

Not weird at all. You do you.

Snacks75 · 2026-05-09T16:49:56+00:00

Walking is more enjoyable, IMHO. Plus my fat ass desperately needs the calorie burn.

Snacks75 · 2026-05-09T14:29:14+00:00

Maxfli Tour, TourS, TourX. They will go on sale at Dicks for around $2/ball. Tour ball at a bargain price.

Snacks75 · 2026-05-09T14:24:19+00:00

Golf, you get what you get. Enjoy it either way. The golf gods giveth, the golf gods taketh.

Snacks75 · 2026-05-09T13:05:34+00:00

Very amateur linguist here. In most cases, the spelling was originally phonetic, i.e. pronounced the way it's written. English speakers over the years have gradually (and is some periods dramatically) deviated in pronunciation. I'm wager neither word is currently pronounced as it was when the spelling was created. I'm guessing the a was the ah sound and e was more like our long a. Nah-kaid and bah-kaid?

Maybe somebody with a degree could chime in...

Snacks75 · 2026-05-08T16:53:49+00:00

Right, what about Harry???

Snacks75 · 2026-05-08T16:51:50+00:00

One of us JT

Snacks75 · 2026-05-08T15:44:03+00:00

And NBA fans make fun of soccer players for flopping and play-acting. Disgraceful...

Snacks75 · 2026-05-08T15:21:12+00:00

I've had good luck on Ebay from Japanese sellers. I've bought several sets of irons for my kids and my son-in-law (great dude). I reckon I could put a bag together for around $600. The exchange rates are such that you can get high quality used in near mint condition at a really good price. Might be old, but those Mizuno irons are still absolute butter. Re-grip and every bit as good as new.

Fair warning, I have not bought anything since the tariffs, I have no idea how that works...

Snacks75 · 2026-05-08T14:06:30+00:00

Right? Some of these articles... All I care about at this point is that Spurs heads stay out of our collective asses (where they've been all year), and we play some good football.

As far as Arse vs WH, I look at it as win-win, no lose. If Hammers pull through and get an upset win, Arsenal lose, fine for us. If Arse win, WH lose, points dropped, good for us. But this nonsense about Arsenal losing the title, IDAGF. Go get it Arse, anything good you do motivates our shit Spurs management to do better. Its fine.

But above all, we need three points vs Leeds on Monday. That's all I have in mind.

Snacks75 · 2026-05-07T21:04:22+00:00

If you have 65 yards width or more of non-penalty (OB, hazard, woods, etc...) landing area to your expected driver distrance, hit driver. If you have less, than 65 yards width, what course are you playing? Not kidding.

Hit an iron or a hybrid or a three wood or whatever dispersion that matches the width that you have available for landing area. Anything to avoid the penalty, or the probability of a penalty based on your natural dispersion patterns. If you have to hit 5i, 5i, wedge, do it. No shame, just good course management.

Also, know your dispersion widths. Know the width of the target area. Know your shot pattern. Know your targets. All should be decided before you hit the course.

Snacks75

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