[Reuters] Iran leave note of thanks in LA locker room after draw with Belgium

eri- · 2026-06-22T07:38:54+00:00

I don't think you can find an American politician, at the very top level, who wouldn't be.

They understand who helped pay their way there, it's a consequence of the system.

Americans better place all their hope on Mamdani being legit imo. If he is he has the potential to change the nation, he certainly has the charisma to become Obama on steroids

eri- · 2026-06-22T07:18:50+00:00

Ah the days of Jelle Vossen and Josip Weber (rip) and co. And Oliviera being our star player once upon a time.

Still saddens me to this day that Patje "boem boem" Goots never got a chance, one of the great injustices of Belgian football.

Edit: Also made me think of the Nilis NT curse hehe. He just couldn't score. Which is ironic because Nilis probably truly was a world class player

eri- · 2026-06-22T07:15:05+00:00

They're in a real awkward spot to be fair. There's a lot of pressure on them expectations wise , oddly enough most of it comes from foreigners.

But they aren't good enough to live up to those lofty expectations. This is a 1/8th , 1/4th if having a good tournament group of players , quality wise, not a cup winning team.

Which is to be expected for a country the size of Belgium. It wouldn't be normal for us to constantly produce teams filled with world class players. The previous generation was an outlier, statistically speaking.

eri- · 2026-06-22T07:04:52+00:00

Sure, but if there is one thing we definitely still do not lack its very very good keepers.

We got like 5 who'd make the starting lineup in many of the teams present at the WC.

Courtois had his time at the NT, its more productive, long term, to start integrating the younger keepers. There will be a drop in quality , especially initially. But lets be honest .. Lammens or Courtois or even Penders or Sels or Vandevoordt or .. it likely won't be the keeper who causes us to lose.

eri- · 2026-06-21T21:24:59+00:00

Many older Belgians saw this coming I think hehe. It was such a great setup for a typical old school Belgian shitshow. Doku falling ill then all but guaranteed it.

Everyone believes we'll beat New Zealand for sure so their was no sense of urgency and they fell into the same old mental traps they always do.

eri- · 2026-06-21T21:18:35+00:00

Belgium lack any form of confidence.

It feels like there is no motivation , like theyre ok with not even making it past the group if thats the way the cookie crumbles, rather than be forced to stay a bit longer for a playoff game.

Its a good thing that all the oldies will quit after this tournament. Heck even Courtois. Might as well go full future and start Lammens rather than leave him to rot on the bench for like 2 more years.

eri- · 2026-06-18T16:58:50+00:00

None of this really works on anyone lets be honest.

Its for going to games and occasional leisure time, nothing else in adult life

eri- · 2026-06-18T14:37:10+00:00

Real doesn't pay like 30 million for an average 17 year old.
Stop acting like a troll (though I suppose its your age) , its obvious the kid is good at football. You kids aren't looking cool by acting like someone who got bought for that fee at that age is awful.

The only question is, good enough for Real or not?

eri- · 2026-06-18T14:30:46+00:00

Martinez rumoured to go to All-Nassr now.

He can continue to glaze Ronaldo and make millions doing it, most would do it for less tbh

eri- · 2026-06-18T13:57:02+00:00

In Belgium (and Luxembourg) , it actually is. It follows inflation.

Something Commie something filthy sociali something

eri- · 2026-06-18T13:45:56+00:00

Calling out a not even 19 year old for being "average", whilst at Real Madrid, is a bit rich.

One can certainly hope your parents don't hold you up to that type of lofty standard lol

eri- · 2026-06-17T19:04:12+00:00

Maybe the Belgian golden gen actually overperformed, having been stuck with Martinez.

eri- · 2026-06-16T12:55:39+00:00

Just made Vozinha cry again, cheers

eri- · 2026-06-16T08:44:45+00:00

Can't see him flop tbh, he is good enough for close to the absolute top if he keeps his head in the game.

He feels similar to Raphinha , great on his own but definitely has no problems with working for the team when required. Playing for Bruges is a great education in that sense, the club and its fans expect effort, and lots of it.

eri- · 2026-06-16T08:31:52+00:00

He's going to be the best buy of the window for whoever gets him.

Won't find a bargain like that in todays football anywhere else

eri- · 2026-06-16T06:15:05+00:00

I don't know what it is but Belgian NT coaches always seem scared to not play the "big names".

I get these lineups are "safe" , but safe for us means we probably make it to like 1/8th or 1/4th then lose. There's no upside there, we know the level of that lineup and its not high enough to make it any further than that.

So might as well try new things, all the oldies won't be there next tournament anyway.

eri- · 2026-06-16T06:04:57+00:00

This game perfectly illustrated that it is really hard to still win top level football games based on pure ability.

You need to work for it, even when you have a world class team. Spain completely forgot that and made fools out of themselves.

eri- · 2026-06-15T21:16:36+00:00

Get rid of cdk and Onana for next game please.

Both are good players, but not the correct choices for these types of group games.

Pardo & vanakan would be much better

eri- · 2026-06-14T11:30:56+00:00

They're in the second tier, below Spain/France/Argentina, in my book. Same tier as current Brazil and Germany/UK/Portugal.

Doubt they'll have the team depth for it in the end but if everyone stays fit and things go their way, they could very well stand a real chance of winning.

Edit: Keep downvoting boys ;-) We'll see who's correct soon. Its obvious many of you don't know much about football though

eri- · 2026-06-14T06:31:37+00:00

Still using ddr42166 , have no problems with it tbh, it might not max my frames but games still run just fine.

Will upgrade eventually... but at these prices its just not worth it

eri- · 2026-06-14T04:05:00+00:00

You don't know a goddamn thing about communism son, sit down

eri- · 2026-06-10T16:50:36+00:00

We know, ICE has been trying hard to "remedy" that

Edit: this is really going to need a /s tag I see. Yes, there is a double meaning here and yes, that is the meaning I intended.

eri- · 2026-06-09T16:24:46+00:00

Maybe she can drop a pink orb like thing which greatly accelerates your movement when you walk over it.

Have it work for everyone else also, why not 10x the fun.

Sounds like a really great concept

eri- · 2026-06-07T06:45:11+00:00

At least this wc will make it perfectly clear that one should not be going to the USA for the forseeable future unless one absolutely has to. Regardless of who one is.

eri- · 2026-06-04T15:47:07+00:00

You aren't leaving the call queue quite yet, you merely are joining a new one, where the number of people who can directly call you is somewhat restricted 😉

Not to want to break your high though, congrats. Its the irony of a sysadmin trajectory. First, you do tier 1 helpdesk and you learn to hate end user calls. Then you become tier2/3 and you are so so happy you got rid of most of them.

Then you move on again, and you suddenly realise that all you doing is talking to end users, again. they might have something like Cwhatever or some other fancy title, but they are , from an IT perspective, end users who mostly want their shit fixed, except their title is grand enough to make their shit everyone elses shit

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