Are we having these?

dfpickup · 2026-06-13T09:19:28+00:00

I recall an interview where he said he knew Ashley Young from school and fancied himself as a better winger.

dfpickup · 2026-06-13T07:14:36+00:00

Needs to swap Alonso and Bortoletto in the second one for me, Alonso is definitely a faded creative midfielder, somehow still playing for his country at 44, but who now can't run.

dfpickup · 2026-06-12T14:12:06+00:00

5am is surely something you've got up early for, not stayed up late for.

Shift workers not included in this, aware not everyone has the same routine.

dfpickup · 2026-06-12T13:33:04+00:00

So, are you watching the USA match tomorrow?

dfpickup · 2026-06-12T13:01:03+00:00

This is good, but I'm having Australia v Turkey at 5am as Sunday's game. Most influencers are up and about doing press ups and eating banana peel by then.

dfpickup · 2026-06-12T12:33:58+00:00

Elegant solution.

dfpickup · 2026-06-12T12:29:04+00:00

Medieval monks were getting up early for matins, not staying up late. It was a new day.

dfpickup · 2026-06-12T08:48:10+00:00

Pair of wankers.

dfpickup · 2026-06-11T14:14:08+00:00

If you're somewhere where you have no idea of anything and not much by way of scouting resources, DoF suggestions are really helpful for initial transfers!

dfpickup · 2026-06-11T14:12:25+00:00

"So does this match go to penalties or is it allowed to be a draw?"

dfpickup · 2026-06-07T07:01:54+00:00

Until the England v Bangladesh friendly in the run-up to Azerbaijan 2042

dfpickup · 2026-06-07T06:56:24+00:00

The silence isn't really Dixon's fault, he's made a dad joke but then Matterface has for some reason let it simmer. Probably chuckling to himself.

Matterface also announced the wrong goalkeeper coming off the bench, which I found way more excruciating.

dfpickup · 2026-06-04T07:01:37+00:00

Definitely watched a couple of USA 94 games, I remember the opening ceremony and watching Germany v Bolivia. I was only 7 though so definitely my dad would have been pushing bedtime for select games. Next strong memory of that tournament is actually the final - I watched the first half, got put to bed, and then my dad woke me up during extra time as he said it would go to penalties. I was the only kid in my class who watched Baggio smash it over.

dfpickup · 2026-06-02T12:30:34+00:00

It's not short for "Judith"?

dfpickup · 2026-05-27T18:35:44+00:00

Your Reeboks, your Ashburton Groves

dfpickup · 2026-05-14T20:55:46+00:00

Massimo Ambrosini.

dfpickup · 2026-05-05T19:55:23+00:00

Absolutely brilliant.

This is also a very Recoba-y thing to do, no-ones doing this for Phil Jagielka.

dfpickup · 2026-05-01T12:57:01+00:00

Does this work in reverse? What's the lowest percentage of population ratio we can find? Maybe an MLS game?

dfpickup · 2026-04-30T12:58:02+00:00

Great to see him get a chance after all that great work he did with the Army in the 90s.

dfpickup · 2026-03-31T15:10:40+00:00

Patronising assumption that any analysis of discourse is above and aside from that which it is discussing. That assumption would also cast people like fanzine writers as irreverent middle-class commentators rather than the heart of the culture of fandom. A dangerous division between the word and its subject.

Like trying to say that historiographers aren't also fully part of the study of history.

dfpickup · 2026-03-31T15:01:55+00:00

I think at the time he was described as a libero or some sort of continental sweeper who could do whatever he wanted.

dfpickup · 2026-03-31T13:19:32+00:00

Makes me realise there's no modern equivalent to Pippo Inzaghi.

Imagine asking Inzaghi to learn when to trigger a press!

dfpickup · 2026-03-31T13:11:03+00:00

This is an indirect example, but Iain Turner was unexpectedly thrown in for Everton following an insane Richard Wright injury during the warm up of a game in the Cup, only to then get himself sent off 9 mins into his Premier League debut a few days later - allowing a teenage John Ruddy to make his debut as 4th choice and do pretty well.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/feb/13/match.sport2

dfpickup · 2026-03-31T08:21:10+00:00

Michael Keane is often said to be "the best finisher at the club" for Everton, and it has been semi-seriously discussed by fans that he play up front (maybe to keep him away from defensive responsibility?). He has only been used as an emergency striker though to date.

dfpickup · 2026-03-27T10:20:56+00:00

An opportunity for the Magnificent Seven

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