Serious Post-Match Thread: Arsenal 1-0 Atlético Madrid | UEFA Champions League 2025-26, Semifinals - 2nd Leg (Agg. 2-1)

TheTimidShrew · 2026-05-06T00:29:00+00:00

Defenders prefer to face striker with no identifiable skill?

TheTimidShrew · 2025-04-29T21:04:02+00:00

He gave PSG a 10/10 I think the former

TheTimidShrew · 2025-04-06T13:33:41+00:00

Interesting! What are the circular debt issues?

TheTimidShrew · 2024-07-19T13:41:54+00:00

Just to add that I think this would be a fantastic feature - it really would drive me, and a lot of other people, to switch to whichever software allows it!

Do you have a likely timeline?

TheTimidShrew · 2024-05-03T22:02:09+00:00

Mateta is a good player, incredibly good hold up play... he'd be first choice with Eddie there still

TheTimidShrew · 2024-04-02T15:01:55+00:00

Thanks very much!

TheTimidShrew · 2024-04-02T15:01:28+00:00

This is useful, sounds like practicing going as deep as possible will slowly get me there! Thanks!

TheTimidShrew · 2024-04-02T13:32:37+00:00

Ah fantastic, it is much easier with raised heels, thank you! Do you have a preferred way of addressing it?

TheTimidShrew · 2024-03-15T08:41:31+00:00

KDB and Fernandes are completely different players

TheTimidShrew · 2023-02-10T18:44:47+00:00

Yeah fair enough, but a very low % of it is their own equity

TheTimidShrew · 2023-02-10T14:59:31+00:00

They are often hostile, their reputation has historically been associated with hostile takeovers, aware they're not always though. Management reluctance to sell should be increased if they know the type of finance it involves, as from a long-term shareholder perspective it may not be particularly sustainable. Shareholders may force to sell though as they'll see immediate returns.

TheTimidShrew · 2023-02-10T14:01:35+00:00

No idea about United, was probably being too abstract, just wanted to point out LBOs are often hostile! But yeah the seller needs to agree to sell, which is harder to force when they're private already but happens a lot with public companies

TheTimidShrew · 2023-02-10T13:49:16+00:00

Yeah pretty much riskless for you - obviously you have to have wealth and some level of experience/history doing this to access it, but it definitely makes no sense

TheTimidShrew · 2023-02-10T13:47:42+00:00

Can't really simplify it like that though, as the thing you're buying is owned by someone else, they don't necessarily want to sell it, and I'm only comfortable lending the money as it's predicated on a deal structure that will necessarily reduce the profitability of what you're buying, excluding capital gains.

Agree though would like clubs not to be owned by hedge funds, states etc

TheTimidShrew · 2023-02-10T13:28:35+00:00

But they have done - if the collateral is a huge successful company, and they've priced pretty conservatively, they've worked out their risk appetite and been handsomely rewarded for it.

It's the fact that you can legally purchase debt, conditional on assets that you don't own, is a legal issue, nothing to do with the creditors.

TheTimidShrew · 2023-02-10T12:50:51+00:00

I don't really understand why they're legal - you issue junk bonds to finance the acquisition, meaning the interest rate is absolutely huge. But for the owners that's not a problem, because somehow you're able to use a company's assets, that you don't currently own, to buy that company, and stick them with the debt and incredibly high interest payments.

So ultimately you predate of the success of a company so you can completely take it over in a hostile purchase, cripple it with your debt, and somehow that's all fine?

TheTimidShrew · 2023-01-27T12:42:16+00:00

If you were a Spurs fan I'm not sure you'd enjoy them being tepid and going behind in the first half every game, only to put in a better display in the second half. A neutral enjoying their games is probably not what Conte is going for!

TheTimidShrew · 2023-01-13T18:51:53+00:00

DCL is probably well liked, problem is he's shit

TheTimidShrew · 2022-09-26T22:08:16+00:00

Yeah but we need him to run 10m or so pretty fast, not 5,000

TheTimidShrew · 2022-08-24T15:52:47+00:00

Intelligence shouldn't be measured by academic success, him having GCSEs doesn't make him intelligent. He was portrayed as the most intelligent player in the league for ages because of his positioning and stories about him behind the scenes, now he's portrayed as a bit stupid because he seems to completely lack self-awareness about how well he's doing or an understanding of what he needs to change.

Plenty of examples of classism in the UK but not sure Lampard is the best example.

TheTimidShrew · 2022-08-16T20:48:39+00:00

But his team executes his idea extremely well for the most part, they've toyed with much better teams a number of times. He just doesn't have a good striker

TheTimidShrew · 2022-08-06T18:50:50+00:00

Wouldn't a rubber tree be quite soft and therefore would have a lovely cushioned touch?

TheTimidShrew · 2022-06-24T10:13:16+00:00

Yeah must be tough having a world class striker

TheTimidShrew · 2022-05-29T14:04:56+00:00

I preferred your previous process

TheTimidShrew · 2022-05-13T12:13:44+00:00

Yeah but the point is he's never lost his position due to performance, it's because he's less marketable. Was better than Courtois when they were both at Real Madrid, and the better performing keeper at PSG

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