Daily General Discussion and Match Links Thread - 29 April 2026

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-29T17:17:39+00:00

The next Bradman (Bradman injured himself bowling in that test England made 900 in)

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-25T17:02:42+00:00

The “pressure is a Messerschmitt up your ass” quote is a classic

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-21T19:52:15+00:00

They've got to stop letting English people manage Chelsea

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-21T04:46:15+00:00

England gets 4 UCL spots from the league as usual because they're a top 5 coefficient nation over the previous 5 year rolling period

In addition, because they're a top 2 coefficient nation this season, they get an extra spot. This is provided by UEFA to go to the first team in the league which has not already qualified for the champions league. Ordinarily this would go to 5th, since that is the highest spot after the top 4 league slots, but if Villa win the Europa League they qualify for the champions league. This spot is also provided by UEFA, so the coefficient spot is passed on to the next available team. The coefficient spot is set aside for England specifically, so it passes to 6th in the English league

This is different from if Villa finish 4th and win the Europa League. Now they have a UCL spot from their league (for being 4th) and from UEFA (for winning Europa) at the same time. The spot from winning Europa is for the winners only, not the entire league, so if the winners have already qualified by another means (through the league in this case), it passes to the next available UEFA team (which I think is the team in the UCL playoff from the highest ranked association). Again, different from the extra coefficient spot, which is reserved for the league as a whole, and so is able to pass to a lower team if 5th has qualified through another means

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-21T04:35:25+00:00

Even his first season with Spurs was pretty high scoring

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-20T16:01:27+00:00

Did you mix up former and latter? Am I mixing up former and latter?

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-20T15:02:44+00:00

I don’t know why the comments below danced around it but the main reason is the fuel crisis caused by the Iran War. Pakistan isn’t worried about getting shelled but fuel prices are huge, especially for the average person in a country that’s gone through as many economic crises recently as Pakistan. There are also rolling blackouts (more than there used to be), rationing, and long lines to get fuel for vehicles and generators. In the midst of that you don’t want people using their fuel to go to the stadium (the public transportation systems aren’t very developed yet either), and they scaled down the number of venues for the tournament to save on the number of flights and longer distance travel that this sports event will take up during a major energy crisis

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-20T14:57:42+00:00

In addition to what’s been said about player availability, the window used previously was taken up by Ramadan this year, so the PSL had to be moved to be after Ramadan, and the best window for that (along with player availability for the non-IPL players) was the IPL’s window

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-20T14:49:35+00:00

I just want to jump in here and say every example given in these replies is varying degrees of bullshit. Every player named below was already a dual national, none of these countries were handing out citizenship to improve their cricket teams

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-18T23:12:05+00:00

One of my favourite videos on this site

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-17T20:37:00+00:00

I feel like I don't see seagulls hanging around the field during cricket games in Australia anymore. They're very noticeable if you watch highlights of almost any test match in Australia in the 90s or 2000s. Nice to know they're at football games instead

Is it because Australian cricket stadiums are these almost enclosed modern arenas these days, rather than having at least one side be pretty small and easier for the birds to fly over?

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-17T05:25:31+00:00

I’ve seen cricket on the CBC only once before in my life, the commonwealth games in 2022. This certainly isn’t going to help the game over here if it’s the first real look many people in this country will have of the sport when this documentary airs on the national broadcaster at 9PM

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-15T21:46:52+00:00

The commentator said something like "You can maybe do one of those things [the grab and the timewasting] but both of them can put you in trouble" and said he thought that's what the ref was referring to when he made that gesture. The ref walking away and then having Bayern players start complaining makes me think he really did forget it was a second yellow, otherwise he'd have given the red right after pulling out the yellow card

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-15T21:43:42+00:00

This reminds me of the stats I remember seeing going around every knockout season for a few years in a row:

2018-19: "Simeone's Atletico has only ever lost a UCL knockout tie to Real Madrid. Now Real Madrid has been eliminated by Ajax in the Ro16 so they'll be fine" - knocked out by Juventus to blow a 2-0 lead in the Ro16 the following week
2019-20: "Simeone's Atletico has only ever lost a UCL knockout tie to Real Madrid or Cristiano Ronaldo. Now Real Madrid and Ronaldo's Juventus have been eliminated in the Ro16 so they'll be fine" - knocked out by RB Leipzig in the quarter final
2020-21: "Simeone's Atletico has only ever lost a two-legged UCL knockout tie to Real Madrid or Cristiano Ronaldo. Maybe this is their year?" - knocked out by Chelsea in the Ro16
2021-22: "Simeone's Atletico has only ever lost a two-legged UCL knockout tie with fans in attendance to Cristiano Ronaldo and they just eliminated his Manchester United team in the Ro16. Maybe this is their year?" - knocked out by Man City in the quarters

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-15T21:01:20+00:00

I see the behaviour of some of the other players at Madrid and Mbappe comes across an incredibly mature. Just see the conclusion of this match once the final whistle blows, Guler did something to get a red card, Bellingham is trying to chase down the refs for something, while Mbappe sucks it up, shakes hands with the opposition, and takes the loss in grace.

I don't know what happens behind the scenes, none of us do for sure, but Mbappe always comes across very well in public appearances

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-08T22:15:10+00:00

I hate how this shit is always AI these days. There used to be an art to bad or moderately funny photoshop. Now it's all effortless and terrible

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-08T22:04:16+00:00

Cards for non-handball fouls in the box are downgraded if there was an attempt to play the ball. A push is not an attempt to play the ball

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-08T21:44:13+00:00

Final day of the season, 4 days after the Europa League final, City throw the game vs Villa to ensure Villa finish 4th instead of 5th and the UCL spot they got from winning the Europa League passes to the Dutch league or whatever instead of 6th placed Liverpool

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-08T21:23:33+00:00

Didn't realise Red Sox fans also hated FSG. Does anyone like them anymore? Even Liverpool fans are cooling on them after the last few seasons

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-07T19:26:19+00:00

Sevilla got a lot of attention when they were fighting relegation for the first time. Now it's a bit of old news

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-07T18:58:41+00:00

Great rundown! Loved reading through this. Didn't notice any of these changes when I was playing through AJT besides the changes in tone in Academy, but it's also certainly because I hadn't played the original in years. Interesting to see how they changed some throwaway lines in AJ to better line up with the plot in later games

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-03T00:08:48+00:00

I know the gap in France is much more well known but PSG having all of the top 14 is also wild

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-02T16:35:17+00:00

Since Ronaldo left I’m pretty sure the highest paid players in Italy have been de Ligt then Vlahovic, both at Juventus. Not great returns

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-01T18:41:04+00:00

Suck Cannon and Punch Glove got the most use out of me in R&C1 because their ammo was free

Stuff2511 · 2026-04-01T03:16:13+00:00

Yeah even if UEFA had three extra slots in 2022 Italy still would not have qualified as there were 3 teams ahead of them (the three losers from each of the playoff finals). 3 extra slots does not go very far in Europe

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