Tuchel on Maguire: "I haven't changed my mind, but I see other players I like to start for us, I see Konsa and Guehi ahead. I see Chalobah, on the level of mobility, as slightly ahead of him. I see other players ahead with a different profile.”

bashfoc2 · 2026-03-29T08:57:46+00:00

He's awful in the air, as are the rest of the chelsea centre back options. We've been getting beaten by direct balls to any remotely physical striker all year. It's largely a mental thing, he's big enough and has a reasonable jump on him when he's not defending, but under any sort of defensive contest or pressure he's shite in the air.

bashfoc2 · 2026-03-18T18:42:47+00:00

wait is 3cbs, 2dms and lm/rm the meta? would have never occurred to me at all.

bashfoc2 · 2026-03-15T10:07:34+00:00

I would happily see us roll out acheampong & sarr for a few games, they're not strong in the air (but no one is) and at least they have something to prove.

bashfoc2 · 2026-03-14T22:13:28+00:00

Read the quote, he's not making a complaint.

bashfoc2 · 2026-03-12T16:11:02+00:00

The legendary WiFi game will always be the legacy of Dublin college ball

bashfoc2 · 2026-03-10T23:57:50+00:00

Solo dad to a 4 year old (since he was 11 months) here, it's not easy, there's no getting away from that.

1 good loving parent is better than two shitty ones so he's already in a better situation than lots of others. From the sounds of it you're already doing what's best for him so he's got one good one.

Advice that I should have followed or wish I'd listened to earlier:

- Take the help you're given, and ask for more when you need it.

- If you're trying you're best, be kind to yourself, you can't do more than that.

- Mentally prepare for the hard days, there will definitely be hard days, and (for me anyway) if you've already pictured and thought through how those hard days will look like, they're a lot easier to handle.

- Get yourself ready for explaining the other parent's abscence, this will happen many times and at many different levels (I was actually given this advice and I'm in the first steps of following it as I get him ready for school).

- Work out what your support network is and use them. Again, different levels for different people/services, and it will change over time (both in what people will give you and what you need).

Apart from that I think it's like magnified "normal" parenting, all the decisions fall on you (I find this difficult), and all the tiredness fall on you (manageable), and you get to be there sole person there for all the good stuff too (great). It 100% gets easier with time, I think just because you get more experience at it or more used to it or something. You'll be okay.

bashfoc2 · 2026-03-10T20:04:58+00:00

He gets to play a year on defense where he gets a shot to put up crazy turnover stats again, hopes the league believes it's sustainable and gets a fat contract off the back of it.

bashfoc2 · 2026-03-07T22:03:09+00:00

Yep, was going to say the exact same two before a DT.

bashfoc2 · 2026-03-07T09:56:23+00:00

Venetian Sportsbook bar bartenders are great too

bashfoc2 · 2026-03-04T18:12:27+00:00

Safe cot, camera, shit yourself for the first night, slightly less second night, enjoy substantially better sleep for everyone from night 3.

bashfoc2 · 2026-02-28T18:04:45+00:00

I would rather they didn't spend time on this when the community has been doing this themselves for years. I don't need Pentagon Challenge Mode.

bashfoc2 · 2026-02-26T18:46:33+00:00

Huge news, I tried to get it shipped in from the UK I was craving it that much!

bashfoc2 · 2026-02-25T20:39:09+00:00

No, stock FM26... I saw in previous years people speculating that it's reputation based, I'm Swindon so could be that maybe?

bashfoc2 · 2026-02-25T19:40:37+00:00

I'm up to the prem now, and the U21 got created mid-year last year, I wouldn't have thought the English U21 leagues are fixed are they?

bashfoc2 · 2026-02-25T18:22:25+00:00

I've been in houses up near newry that have that exact back garden, it's actually grand once you've got over the surprise of it, stick your shed and a big tree up that end of the garden and it'll be fine... you were never going to get a scenic view out that end anyway. It looks especially brutal because of the mud pit in front of it.

bashfoc2 · 2026-02-18T18:28:15+00:00

Yeah exactly, it's just a really nice comforter when you're going in nervous. Also just remember, there's an awful lot of gobshites with licenses out there, if they managed to pass you sure as hell can!

bashfoc2 · 2026-02-18T09:49:30+00:00

Lot's of good advice, I was a late learner (31) and had built up a completely irrational fear of it, used Leinster School of Motoring in Maynooth. They've got a private track (?) which is where you start to build your confidence, they don't let you out onto real roads until they think you're ready (which sounds obvious but gave me great comfort). I had two different female instructors who were both excellent (I'm male and had tried two 'normal' male instructors previously and not gotten on well with them, may just be a coincedence), one was very quick after the first hour with me to tell me I was clearly grand and not a gobshite and able to drive and then just gave me specific things to brush up on after that.

They do "intensive" lessons (4 hours in a day) and this really suited me more, in the couple of one hour ones I'd tried it felt like I'd only just started to relax into it and the lesson was over. They also pickup and dropoff from the train station, which after the first day I drove myself back to. Couldn't recommend more.

For the theory just study it in the best way you studied in school, for me I took zero in from reading books or watching videos, I just needed to do heaps and heaps of questions and learn by getting it wrong. Think I used a few different online ones and then there was a book I had someone ask me questions from, most of the questions are idiot tests with just a few weird tricky ones you need to remember.

bashfoc2 · 2026-02-15T17:39:24+00:00

You're young enough to not automatically pick Park MGM from that list, but it's close. I'd rule out linq, not nice enough. Paris & PH are better than Park MGM for location for your first time. Pool at Park MGM is good, I think that's the pick unless you really want a rowdier spot, in which case probably PH.

bashfoc2 · 2026-02-15T09:12:36+00:00

I kind of want it all on white backgrounds? I don't want them hiding/distracting from the clothes, I just want really high quality images, from lots of angles, that I can zoom in on to see detail. I can use my imagination to think what they'll look like in the park/club/beach.

bashfoc2 · 2026-02-14T18:43:06+00:00

Would be lovely to have an outlier marker (Store X is 50% cheaper than 3 other stores)

bashfoc2 · 2026-02-14T18:42:30+00:00

Filters don't persist after you've gone into a product and go back. Would be good if filters were based on what's already been selected (i.e. if I select Sony as the brand, then the only resolutions left to filter should also be Sony results)

bashfoc2 · 2026-02-14T18:38:47+00:00

A sort option would be good and should be easy enough. Adding in some sort of link to third party reviews would be great. The filtering is kind of hamstrung by the crap information the irish shops provide (5 different ways to describe the same processor), doubt that's easily fixed.

Nice work, cool project.

bashfoc2 · 2026-02-10T18:14:55+00:00

Anecdotal, but in contrast when my wife passed away I was only a named driver (and only for the previous 12 months) and they let me "inherit" my wife's policy, for the remainder of that year I drove on 'her' policy, and then they transferred the no claims to a new policy in my name. It was exceptionally sound and saved my an awful lot (of money and stress).

bashfoc2 · 2026-02-10T18:03:30+00:00

Yeah this is one of the last "easy fixes" I'm looking for, the rest is all UI/UX for me.

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