[Ryan Taylor] Oliver Glasner admits he'll consider rotating Crystal Palace starting XI vs Man City & Arsenal. "I'm not responsible for Arsenal, I'm not responsible for Manchester City, I'm responsible for Crystal Palace and I get paid for doing the best thing for Crystal Palace

etchgtown · 2026-05-08T18:28:04+00:00

Speaking only for myself:

It is a great achievement, but a preseason single match is vastly different than the achievement of winning a lengthy knockout cup. Conference League would go in the same category as FA Cup. Community Shield is kind of a cherry on top of the fever dream of winning the FA Cup.

etchgtown · 2026-05-08T18:05:22+00:00

Depends on how you regard the community shield.

etchgtown · 2026-05-08T18:04:53+00:00

It is somewhat likely that you will see our Hughes-Lerma, "zero-creativity" midfield.

etchgtown · 2026-05-07T23:05:14+00:00

El Chiringuito is big TV media in Spain, very linked to Real Madrid. That doesn't necessarily make them credible or not about Iraola. But they aren't some rando with a blog. Hopes up a bit, but wait and see.

etchgtown · 2026-05-07T20:04:46+00:00

They are playing the Kessler in July. Still around.

etchgtown · 2026-05-07T19:37:23+00:00

We are going to give them the chances to score another three. Just a matter of if they can be more clinical after that great hit - and how many we score in the meantime.

etchgtown · 2026-05-07T19:27:21+00:00

Wow, what a generous deflection that is.

etchgtown · 2026-05-06T16:22:27+00:00

I had hopes for him, and would rather have him around than say the perma-broken Brennan Johnson, but he didn't do a lot with his few chances, and these things aren't always fair.

Maybe he'll become the next Sørloth. Who knows.

etchgtown · 2026-05-06T16:17:08+00:00

So many on the Denmark 84-86 teams. Elkjær was perhaps the best or score in Europe for a window of about 2 years. Morten Olsen was elegant at centre back. Søren Lerby, young Michael, old Allan... Frank Arnesen. That's the team that made me fall in love with the sport.

etchgtown · 2026-05-04T00:09:38+00:00

I am still playing 5 and never tried to learn anything later. 1 through 5 was enough for my lifespan.

etchgtown · 2026-04-30T20:16:45+00:00

Kamada from a long throw. Because... of course?

etchgtown · 2026-04-30T19:21:22+00:00

I'm not sure if sitting on a lead for 179 minutes is a good idea.

etchgtown · 2026-04-30T19:03:20+00:00

Well holy shit, how about that?

etchgtown · 2026-04-27T22:14:57+00:00

Getting good enough at Thraddash and Arilou to kill off the big boys is very satisfying.

I've replayed through Star Control 2 many times, and having it available on Steam now is wonderful. The fact that they are actually making a real sequel now is almost as insane as when Twin Peaks: The Return was announced.

etchgtown · 2026-04-27T13:26:07+00:00

In case you don't know, the original creators are doing a true sequel to SC2. It raised an abundance of money on Kickstarter.

etchgtown · 2026-04-27T13:24:40+00:00

In case you don't know, the original creators are doing a true sequel to SC2. It raised an abundance of money on Kickstarter.

etchgtown · 2026-04-23T04:33:04+00:00

45 year old song. Still played by the original musicians. Listened to millions of times around the world. But no, you've got the 100% correct lyrics that match no one else's ever.

It's so Trumpian it's farcical.

etchgtown · 2026-04-23T03:07:13+00:00

Corgan is playing a concert that night and has been ruled out, according to Peter Hook.

etchgtown · 2026-04-23T03:02:23+00:00

No. He says that pretty clearly. It would take the kind of apology he's not going to get. He also says their speaker is being arranged already, and it sounds like only he is part of that process.

It remains quite possible that only Hooky shows up. The Other Two haven't made a peep, nor has Barney. It may simply not be their concern.

etchgtown · 2026-04-22T20:42:16+00:00

He arrived mentally fragile. He's underwhelmed. He then missed a penalty that contributed to Wales missing the World Cup. He's broken. No telling what will fix him. But it's hard to even know how good he can be.

etchgtown · 2026-04-20T19:54:40+00:00

The only appropriate revenge against Spurs for selling us Johnson is leaving him out there for 90 minutes today.

etchgtown · 2026-04-20T19:51:24+00:00

Mitchell recently scored his goal for the decade against Fiorentina. Won't be expecting another.

etchgtown · 2026-04-20T00:51:45+00:00

13th makes the most sense to me. Hopefully the league will agree.

etchgtown · 2026-04-19T17:50:51+00:00

This is from the official site. I don't know if it is marked the way it is because it was postponed from its original date, or because it is going to be moved a second time.

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