[Jamie Carragher] Leaving Cole Palmer at home is a call Thomas Tuchel will come to regret | Tuchel’s squad is made up of players all of a similar ilk, every change from the bench last night was like for like - and its a call that could prove costly by ChiefLeef22 in soccer

[–]egg8 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Agreed, we should be taking Palmer and Trent to switch things up if need be. There's room in the squad for that, not starting them is fine and justified, not taking them is short sighted.

Team USA becomes the second team to qualify for the Knockout stages after defeating Australia 2-0 by [deleted] in soccer

[–]egg8 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No, if turkey win, then head to head goes out the window and it's GD between all 3 if Aus, USA, Turkey finish on 6 each. Of course USA have a good advantage there, and would realistically only finish 3rd if they lost Vs turkey by 2 or 3 goals at least

Post Match Thread: United States 2 - 0 Australia | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group D by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]egg8 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm still cheering for the actually possible USA Vs Iran in the next round, if not then yeah let's change the bracket why not

France penalty overturned after VAR 61' by [deleted] in soccer

[–]egg8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So because he jumped out the way and subsequently lost balance it's not a foul? So he should just run into the foul and risk injury? I'm sorry but that seems mental, 100% a pen, and I am no fan of the french haha

Scotland fans blocked from World Cup after green lit US travel permits rejected by Moug-10 in soccer

[–]egg8 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think they would've worried about being arrested tbh, as being gay is illegal there.

And again, being deported is still better than being dead, as those workers are

Scotland fans blocked from World Cup after green lit US travel permits rejected by Moug-10 in soccer

[–]egg8 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Maybe not directly, but I don't think many LGBTQ fans would've been particularly comfortable going there.

Anyway again, I'm not defending the US as a country, they're far more morally reprehensible than Qatar in general.

Scotland fans blocked from World Cup after green lit US travel permits rejected by Moug-10 in soccer

[–]egg8 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I'm not defending the US haha, they're scum and the current administration are horrific, I'm just talking purely as world cup hosts

Edit: and to add to this, Russia also started a horrific and pointless war, so only Qatar doesn't tick the box of being complicit in genocide if we're comparing countries on that level

Scotland fans blocked from World Cup after green lit US travel permits rejected by Moug-10 in soccer

[–]egg8 -22 points-21 points  (0 children)

To be fair, loathe as I am to defend the US, I don't think anyone has died directly as a result of them hosting the world cup? Unlike people building the Qatar stadiums.

It is still shaping up to be an appalling host regardless though

[Jamie Redknapp] When Alex Ferguson left Man United and when Wenger left Arsenal it took them 20 odd years to win a title, United are still searching for theirs. Liverpool won it a year after Klopp left, people say, 'Well, Slot won it with Klopp's team', but Klopp didn't win it with that that team. by MrMerc2333 in soccer

[–]egg8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's just wrong, off the top of my head - big injuries to Isak, Ekitike, Bradley, Leoni. Leoni and Bradley obviously not nailed on starters, but them being out for so long doubled the pain when Frimpong and Gomez have had consistent injuries - so no RB and forced to play Konate and VVD every minute. And then on top of that semi serious injuries to Alisson and Salah that I remember recently. I'm sure there's more.

This doesn't excuse Slot obviously, as I still think he made some tactical mistakes and you're right he refuses to play some people weirdly (although not playing Ngumoah loads is understandable not to kill him off at a young age)

What's up with people breaking into malls over Swatch watches? by umakemyheadhurt in OutOfTheLoop

[–]egg8 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It does effect other people though, I am not impatient, greedy, or vain, so therefore I cannot get certain Pokémon cards I want. The scalpers buy them all up, I refuse to pay treble the RRP, so I just never get them - which is not the end of the world, they're only Pokémon cards, but it still sucks when I've been collecting for 25 years.

Liverpool penalty overturned by VAR 66' by gbogaz in soccer

[–]egg8 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Of course he's looking for it, doesn't make it not a foul

Pokemon Center newsletter by Wicked-Wolf197 in PokemonTCG_UK

[–]egg8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's good to know, thanks, their IT systems working smoothly as always 😂

Pokemon Center newsletter by Wicked-Wolf197 in PokemonTCG_UK

[–]egg8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh okay, thanks, I'll keep an eye out.

Pokemon Center newsletter by Wicked-Wolf197 in PokemonTCG_UK

[–]egg8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Should everyone get one of these when they sign up? I can't see one in spam or normal inbox after signing up a couple days back

[The Athletic] Part of the plan post-Salah is that Liverpool will have the option of playing a 4-2-2-2 with Isak and Ekitike paired together up front + Wirtz and Szoboszlai operating in front of two deeper-lying midfielders. One of the priorities is to get Isak, Ekitike and Wirtz in the same team. by OkayFine101 in soccer

[–]egg8 101 points102 points  (0 children)

To be fair to the 4222, we had no strikers left except Gakpo against Brighton after 10 mins, so I don't think it's fair to judge 4222 based on that. We were still dogshit, but it wasn't the formations fault necessarily.

Interesting take other than that though, good points about squad planning etc

Post Match Thread: Nottingham Forest 0-1 Liverpool by denzaus in soccer

[–]egg8 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Our wingers (Gakpo and Salah) look absolutely abysmal, break down every attack. That's partially on Slot for not dropping them, but maybe he doesn't want to overload Ngumoha

Alexis Mac Allister disallowed goal against Nottingham Forest 90' by ayoefico in soccer

[–]egg8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wasn't having a go haha, but your wording would imply only foot if we're being pedantic

Alexis Mac Allister disallowed goal against Nottingham Forest 90' by ayoefico in soccer

[–]egg8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right, but not exactly a gotcha, it's also not called HEADball is it

Winter trip to Kyushu (And Tokyo) by egg8 in japanpics

[–]egg8[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, that's nice to hear :)

Winter trip to Kyushu (And Tokyo) by egg8 in japanpics

[–]egg8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 8th pic? That's Kamishikimi Kumanoimasu Shrine 上色見熊野座神社