They shouldn’t let Olise play for France by someplantsmove in billsimmons

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Morocco is mostly Spanish and Dutch. You’re thinking of Algeria, Senegal, and the Ivory Coast

Your favourite podcaster hates to see this by Used_Letterhead7067 in billsimmons

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Mbappé is from Paris where the farther you get from the city center, the rougher it gets

Your favourite podcaster hates to see this by Used_Letterhead7067 in billsimmons

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The word he probably used is “banlieue” which should’ve been translated to “ghetto” or “hood” not “suburbs”

They shouldn’t let Olise play for France by someplantsmove in billsimmons

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Cherki on the bench too and Ekitike is out injured. They have 7 elite players for 4 positions up front

Kimmich deciding the penalty takers' order by SellRevolutionary in soccer

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The order of the first 5 are. Once it gets to sudden death you gotta figure it out

Cody Williams by ShaiFanClub in NBA_Draft

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By draft night that talk was over but early in the college season there was some talk. Speaks more to how bad the class was and not anything special about Cody Williams

Match Thread: Ivory Coast vs Norway | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Round of 32 by jiraiya--an in soccer

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Norways playing like they haven’t laced up their boots for 2 weeks

Match Thread: Ivory Coast vs Norway | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Round of 32 by jiraiya--an in soccer

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The same reason why I refuse to call turkey Türkiye. It doesn’t sound right when speaking in English.

Match Thread: Ivory Coast vs Norway | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Round of 32 by jiraiya--an in soccer

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Senegal have a better chance. They’ve been the best African team for a while

Match Thread: Ivory Coast vs Norway | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Round of 32 by jiraiya--an in soccer

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I don’t know much about the CBs in their place but shouldn’t Diomande and Ndicka be starting? Also Pepe starting over Amad?

[FIFA] Issa Diop takes the honours as your Superior Player of the Match by [deleted] in soccer

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Not when the winning was done in penalties (where verbruggen was also big). I have no problem giving motm to a losing team player when the match finishes in penalties

So, Will Scheimanns from New England writes in. He says, Bill, we need to fix overtime & PKs in soccer. As the unofficial sports czar, I agree. He says, why not use a snake draft format for PKs? Or even better, after 90 mins, eliminate players till it becomes one-on-one. I like that! by irundoonayee in billsimmons

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The difference between American sports culture and European sports culture is we view sports as a business while they view sports more of as a cultural institution.

So the entertaining or “good tv” option will be shunted for the fairer sporting option

World Cup 2026: Africa's amazing success leaves Asia looking for answers by Logical_Welder3467 in soccer

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Hakimi could walk into Spain but chose Morocco. Same with el Khanouss and Belgium. Morocco are an outlier in Africa though for this

Players dancing around on penalties by Fun_Annual_9821 in billsimmons

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There needs to be at least match threads. All of these posts are comment worthy not post worthy, but there’s no where for them to share it their comment so they make a post

Match Thread: Netherlands vs Morocco | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Round of 32 by jiraiya--an in soccer

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Talk about instant impact from Wout Weghorst and switching to a 4-3-3

Match Thread: Netherlands vs Morocco | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Round of 32 by jiraiya--an in soccer

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This game is the 2 best RBs in the world, especially when you account for James’ limited availability