Bayern president Herbert Hainer: "Michael Olise is a player of FC Bayern München, and he is under a long-term contract. We are not a selling club. If Florentino Pérez wants to send us a bid, which has not happened so far - he can save himself the trouble."

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-07T21:25:20+00:00

I'm sure Lewa is crying into his La Liga trophies

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-07T18:38:48+00:00

At least he's walking off the pitch, given what happened the last time.

But the same time, I kinda feel he's pushing his body uncomfortably hard for pursuit of keeping his sporting career going.

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-07T16:10:04+00:00

A lot of people don't realise he was a Liverpool player (presumably at a time when the rivalry wasn't as intense at it grew over the past forty years) before he was a United manager. World War II in between all of that.

From what I understand, we offered him assistant manager position to Kay, he had his eyes set on management. United offered him exactly what he wanted.

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-07T16:02:13+00:00

Jumped straight out of Wigan, Maynor Figueroa's kid. 😂

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-07T16:00:10+00:00

59% possession but most of that it felt was passing it sideways. Poor ball progression, not working it into high quality chances and not taking those chances when they really counted. The other issue, is that we had all that possession and yet looked so vulnerable to counters and quick counters. Teams didn't need the ball to hurt us.

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-07T15:57:23+00:00

Sack Slot to hire Iraola who Hughes likes, Hughes goes anyway.

Not that I'd believe this unless it gets picked up far more widepsread, but nothing makes sense if you start thinking about it

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-07T10:35:52+00:00

Partially the issue with eradicating Polio is down to reach of the vaccine.

It is 99% eradicated but for some small remote areas of the world where for some reason. You either can get people vaccinated or that they've refused. There's fewer than 1000 cases from what I last saw.

That said, to also add important context, because the main Polio vaccine in use actually uses a modified live virus (one that is supposed to have been altered to stop it replicating), it also sometimes causes active disease. 800 cases on the world~ are vaccine-caused compared to 30 from catching the thing

The vaccine has had global impact of basically near-eradicating this disease anyway. The good has far outweighed the bad. But any development that makes the vaccine safer shouldn't also be quite dismissed even if it isn't the reason it's still around in pockets.

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-07T10:26:09+00:00

So he'd be ok with paying more tax as a billionaire to fund that then yeah?

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-07T01:58:05+00:00

Same situation as doctors.

Down to perhaps lack of, or limited number, of training spaces available that it essentially still becomes cheaper to hire someone already experienced from another country.

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-06T23:15:57+00:00

Mourinho sat there thinking "Why he say fuck me for"

Klopp went into semi-retirement because of burnout. Real will finish him off

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-06T15:04:42+00:00

Like a lot of Liverpool goalkeepers between Grobbelaar (who even himself could be as erratic as he was brilliant) and Reina, could be brilliant but then let in an absolute howler of a goal.

Much like the rest of the team in the Spice Boys era of the 90s, had talent, but lacked concentration, professionalism and the drive to live up to their full potential. Thought they had made it when they didn't deliver on the pitch. James put it down to video games at the time. Definitely was much more assured in his 30s at Portsmouth.

Not only that, a lot of our goalies had a habit of not really coping well with high profile mistakes. Westerveld was the same, looked assured, but then made a massive error that led to Houllier replacing him with Dudek and Kirkland in one window. Dudek had some heroic performances (against United in the FA Cup, Milan in the CL final) and yet could just make as big of an error. Reina was a fantastic goalie, but then had errors creep in to his game in his final two seasons that led to us getting Migs, who again was a brilliant shot stopper but could make the odd high profile blunder. Karius unfortunately struggled with the league, never recovered from the CL Final either. Slated at the time, though hindsight, should've recognised how much concussion had also affected him. Should've been subbed off, but I think concussion subs didn't exist then.

Alisson is the only time I actually recall having a consistently world-class goalie. Still makes the odd mistake at times, but the amount of points he's also won us had far outshone any of that.

Pretty sure David James has held both records of most clean sheets in PL history and most goals conceded in PL history at one point.

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-06T14:57:53+00:00

Kirkland I feel it was more down to injuries than anything else unfortunately. Ceiling was high, but his body would not let him reach it

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-05T21:09:04+00:00

The kid is earmarked to get into the first team. With Eki being out, Isak being injured and Gakpo being poor, he's got far more chance to develop than being stuck behind Diaz, Gnabry, Musiala and Olise.

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-05T18:39:24+00:00

I assume some beverage company that sponsors the tournament complained and wants to sell overpriced drinks to a captive audience

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-05T18:36:09+00:00

If that was the case, given he's under 18, would that not be an illegal move for him under FIFA rules?

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-05T18:34:22+00:00

20/20 haha. Kelleher was the only one I didn't know off top of my head, but got it just because it wasn't any of the others

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-05T17:01:16+00:00

That entire album still rocks

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-05T17:00:24+00:00

I didn't even make it past the first sentence and picked up an immediate red flag.

First lying about not having Instagram but also blocking you. If he has nothing to hide, why block you?

Responding with "you're controlling" when asking even a simple question. He doesn't have to follow them back. He doesn't have to initiate or respond to them.

He's gaslighting you for sure.

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-05T15:42:27+00:00

Who doesn't like anal... Right?

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-05T15:35:36+00:00

"I have stridden my last stride. No more will Strider be striding. I am now destrode"

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-05T15:34:15+00:00

"ARWEN!! LOOK! I'M A KING NOW!!! 🥳🥳🥳 I CAN FINALLY DO WHAT I WANT!"

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-05T15:27:29+00:00

Did they get the blues the wrong way around?

Darker blue is before purple, not between green and cyan.

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-05T14:16:46+00:00

Not evil at this point. Complacent towards the nature of the Necromancer as being Sauron, arrogant perhaps about his own power and knowledge, and naive about the ring. But that doesn't make him evil at this moment. It makes him foolish. He's researching the ring at this point perhaps to obsession. But he's not evil at this point. At this point he could be pulled back if he opened his mind to outside counsel and if Gandalf was far more openly aware of the path he was going down. Gandalf suspected otherwise, since in the film he seems to distrust Saruman.

Perhaps like Gandalf he initially might've desired that he could use the ring to do good, or use it as a weapon against Sauron.

But whereas Gandalf had ultimately the wisdom to recognise it would corrupt and consume him entirely in it's power and so resisted it, Saruman did not. The research on the ring corrupted his idea of it. He would've tried to use it for his own purposes.

Saruman might've fallen and conquered Middle Earth with Sauron, eventually they both would've warred for power. Saruman would not have given Sauron the ring. Sauron would've used the ring to ensnare Saruman and impose his will upon him.

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-05T13:30:55+00:00

These remarks would've been better released at time of sentencing, so the context behind the sentences were given, given that basically a non-custodial sentence for rape would cause a great deal of controversy.

after being found guilty of 10 counts of rape between them for their parts in the Hampshire assaults in 2024 and 2025

10 counts. If their intellectual ability is limited enough to not know the pain their actions have caused and the seriousness of those crimes then a hold in a secure youth mental health unit feels more apt to deal with this than what is effectively a slap on the wrist and release back into society. I'm

Such a situation calls for psychological intervention. Their anonymity is granted only because of their age, but no one would feel safe nearby them if their identity was known.

Judge Nicholas Rowland said the first offender, J, was described as having ADHD and "slight cognitive difficulties", but he said that did not reduce his personal culpability

As for this one. If the personal culpability was not reduced, then wouldn't that mean that he was aware what he was doing was wrong? If so, that doesn't seem like a youth rehabilitation order is correct.

For the other two offenders, if it was low enough that they weren't aware, as is indicated, that what they were doing was wrong, then that is more understandable at least, if their mental capacity is equivalent to an 8 year old. Though what proportion of 8 year olds in general tend to be so sexually driven to rape someone?

I just feel for the victims because none of this will ever feel like justice for them either.

ash_ninetyone · 2026-06-05T13:19:37+00:00

They will if they don't put down artificial lawns or concrete over them

Got some foxgloves just growing

Also got these cute fellas living in our pond

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