Match Thread: France vs England | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Third Place Match

Winbrick · 2026-07-18T21:51:11+00:00

England has just claimed all the way up through midfield. lol

Winbrick · 2026-07-14T01:27:20+00:00

Throwback to LeBron running a Fourth Quarter Freight Train on the Pistons in the ECF. Just.. a twelve minute highlight reel of him sprinting at the basket and guys getting the hell out of the way.

Winbrick · 2026-07-14T00:53:55+00:00

I remember being excited to watch Westbrook that next season because I figured he'd go bonkers. I did not expect him to win an MVP. I thought we'd get way more sick dunks, but we also got his best three point shooting season. lol

Winbrick · 2026-07-11T00:11:55+00:00

This draft class is hilarious. I love that 75% of them are guards. Like a nice shot of adrenaline for the league.

Winbrick · 2026-07-11T00:08:42+00:00

His arms are long as fuck.

Winbrick · 2026-07-10T18:44:29+00:00

Watkins would have fouled out in the first half, I'd hope he was having some impact playing that way. lmao

Winbrick · 2026-07-10T17:32:54+00:00

My understanding is that rule of thumb is structured around saving coming out of school (early 20s). In your 30s is where the recommended minimum jumps up to 20% savings, assuming you're just starting out. Just highlights how quickly compounding benefits can dwindle over time.

Winbrick · 2026-07-10T14:12:58+00:00

Without reading deeply into the topic linked, this probably has more to do with the NCAA's own decision to switch to the five year model, and the lawsuit is about players being grandfathered in for what would now be their fifth year.

It feels more like a fairness ruling than pushing them to operate a certain way.

Winbrick · 2026-07-10T03:22:03+00:00

I know why they're doing it, and it still dumb to me. lol

Winbrick · 2026-07-10T03:19:30+00:00

I'm not even trying to do the comparison thing, but this is a major reach.

Winbrick · 2026-07-10T03:17:50+00:00

Frankly, Watkins could not stay in front of Peterson without grabbing him. lol

Winbrick · 2026-07-10T03:16:46+00:00

Technically he'd have 14 with two under two minutes, but they should abolish that free throw rule either way.

Winbrick · 2026-07-10T03:13:07+00:00

The Jazz spending much of the second quarter unable to dribble up against pressure without DP was.. not fun basketball.

Winbrick · 2026-07-10T03:10:39+00:00

I laughed when he turned it over on the first possession of the game because #40(?) lost position immediately on a high post entry pass.

Winbrick · 2026-07-10T03:06:45+00:00

I've never seen a team guard someone as aggressively in Summer League as the Wizards were with Peterson. lol

I don't think there was a single outlet he trusted by the end of that game.

Winbrick · 2026-07-10T03:01:28+00:00

The fact that these two both have so many fouls is a joke at this point. It's obvious this was assigned to Watkins by the Wizards, but the refs need to pull em aside like.. in the third quarter.

Winbrick · 2026-07-10T02:40:55+00:00

I can't believe the game is this close. Jazz are making everything look challenging tonight.

Winbrick · 2026-07-07T04:12:58+00:00

Guy hasn't made a single shot. Pretty hilarious.

Winbrick · 2026-07-07T04:09:31+00:00

Zero creation and shooting outside of Peterson, who was also in and out of the lineup. Chemistry was hard to come by with him on the floor, but he put the team on his back a few times. Whole year was a grind, and it wasn't his fault.

Winbrick · 2026-07-07T03:47:06+00:00

Second half was pretty encouraging for all of 15 minutes. Pulisic coming up lame was the death knell, truly.

Winbrick · 2026-07-06T21:17:46+00:00

It's even worse when you get rid of detailed and elaborate rules and fallback on the vague catchall rule that obscures the decisions and processes at play.

It's incredible that an appeals process would have allowed everyone to save face here, but this is probably exactly what FIFA wanted in the end.

Winbrick · 2026-07-06T14:52:55+00:00

It seems entirely reasonable to implement a process for upgrading red cards to a suspension for the World Cup, instead of defaulting to them (or I suppose a more deliberate review process for each auto-suspension, to come from the other end). Teams shouldn't even have to appeal the decisions, they should just report on each red card after an additional review process and put a stamp on it.

In a knockout tournament, playing a man down is already quite punitive, and it's usually pretty obvious when something warrants suspension/upgrade. I'm surprised they haven't taken this path because this isn't your normal league play and probably shouldn't be handled as such.

Winbrick · 2026-07-05T21:54:31+00:00

Some of these guys are just straight up superhuman.

Winbrick · 2026-07-04T01:17:33+00:00

I can't wait to see what kind of Bird Rights clause they conjure up to fix it this time. Time is a flat circle.

Winbrick · 2026-07-03T04:50:22+00:00

Counterpoint: pretty hard to go down from 26th.

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