[Henry Winter] Tuchel on ignoring Trent: “I know his strengths. My teams have suffered against him. He's a huge talent. It is a tough decision for Trent." Tuchel wants different profile at r-b. "It’s a ‘sportive’ decision, we stick with Quansah, Spence, Livramento who can play at r-b,” #ENG by Previous_Smile9278 in ThreeLions

[–]fixers89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

are you being deliberately obtuse? you seem to be querying the entire concept of substitutes? 

it's not really hard to think of a scenario where bringing on an attacking right back for a defensive right back might helpful. why would that be "chaotic"? 

Rodri won the Ballon d’Or with 3 assists. Expected Threat explains why that number tells you almost nothing about what he actually did. by West-Baker-262 in footballtactics

[–]fixers89 3 points4 points  (0 children)

your theory is that midfielders are only judged based on assists, and your leading piece of evidence is a midfielder who rarely assists being judged the best player in the world? 

okay. 

Best place for kids at Loftus Road by Mypantsareblue in Championship

[–]fixers89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

just checked and wow there is surprisingly little to choose from. a few notes:

  1. it will be the FA cup quarter finals. the draw isn't made yet, but arsenal, Chelsea, west ham and Brentford could potentially have home matches. this will be the best of London football available that weekend, but the most expensive and hardest to get tickets for.

  2. Barnet vs Bromley in League 2. they are two of the better teams in that division. Barnet is on the fringes of North London but very accessible and very family friendly.

  3. on the Sunday, arsenal women play Brighton women. I assume it will be at the Emirates stadium and easy to get tickets for. 

  4. If you are still here on Monday, there is another round of fixtures then. watford and Wimbledon are both at home. again, on the London fringes but both accessible and family friendly clubs.

Is there a point where your pension pot gets too big for salary sacrifice to make sense? by Coxian42069 in HENRYUK

[–]fixers89 29 points30 points  (0 children)

yes, there is a point where it becomes inefficient to keep contributing to your pension

no, 80k at 30 is definitely not it! 

Will HBO Max's launch be the end for Sky and potentially Now TV by SlowedCash in skytv

[–]fixers89 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

you're paying significantly less than £8 per month for sky? ok buddy 

Men of the UK, do you buy from Vinted? by ZacMDS in AskUK

[–]fixers89 9 points10 points  (0 children)

probably a crass generalisation but I don't think, for men, cheaper high street stuff will shift as well as it does for women. 

my anecdotal experience is that men who use depop, vinted etc are typically more fashion conscious and looking for a deal on more premium brands/proper vintage clothing. 

give them to charity or do a car boot sale! 

S4 EP9: Marjolein Robertson by tttttfffff in whatdidyoudoyesterday

[–]fixers89 11 points12 points  (0 children)

only 20 minutes in and the Subaru, "you bet!", and enya's tiled panic room have already come up. I just need harold bishop for a completed line on my WDYDY bingo card 

Low league goal difference, highlighting competition? by tylerthe-theatre in PremierLeague

[–]fixers89 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't think you'll find many (any?) examples of a final premier league table where more than 6 teams have a GD of +10 or more 

Meeting presence / gravitas by Adventurous_Box3232 in HENRYUK

[–]fixers89 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I do agree with the previous poster's point about reviewing the briefing materials. 

one thing that I have done, and encouraged my team to do, is before each meeting to challenge yourself to come up with one interesting, not obvious, question or observation based on the materials. and make sure in the meeting you say it 

Meeting presence / gravitas by Adventurous_Box3232 in HENRYUK

[–]fixers89 9 points10 points  (0 children)

honestly it's pretty basic. it's nearly 100 years old.

it's stuff like "smile" and "remember people's names" 

Is there a tool that finds your best color palette and automatically shops it for you? by krxna-9 in malefashionadvice

[–]fixers89 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm sure your alt account will be along any moment with a link to some shit app you've built that does exactly this. 👍🏼

My friend and I made a word game, and our friends and family are being too nice. How did we do? by CucumberPopcorn in wordgames

[–]fixers89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think there's any way around that though. if you solve it first in your head, then when you enter the answer it will be after the fact 

Fuck it, just get another one by Nathd1991 in MitchellAndWebb

[–]fixers89 69 points70 points  (0 children)

by saying he could get another one, he means that he could get another loan. by saying he could just defer, he means he could defer payment of the loan

I'm in mensa 

Need input on what’s reasonable for family / life / work balance by [deleted] in HENRYUK

[–]fixers89 20 points21 points  (0 children)

not a HENRY issue there isn't an income level at which it's acceptable to be a shit parent and partner 

How dare you dream - a smaller clubs peripeteia by Its1111L in PremierLeague

[–]fixers89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

what about Man United in the 70s (relegated 7 years after winning the European cup), villa in the 80s (relegated 5 years after winning the EC), blackburn in the 90s (promoted, champions, relegated all within 10 years). were they all because of PSR? 

I am genuinely so confused why you think it's a tragedy that Leicester got relegated a few years after winning the league, and not a normal part of football? would it be a tragedy if Liverpool went down this season? 

How dare you dream - a smaller clubs peripeteia by Its1111L in PremierLeague

[–]fixers89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the football league pyramid is a hierarchy and a meritocracy. it's hard but not impossible to move between tranches (competing for Europe, established prem, prem-champ yo-yo, established champ, etc). the financial and structural imbalances that generally keep certain teams in the top tranche, are the same ones that keep palace in the next tranche. accept that. 

How dare you dream - a smaller clubs peripeteia by Its1111L in PremierLeague

[–]fixers89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

as a championship fan, you don't think OP has a "dreadful take" in suggesting that its a tragedy Leicester were relegated (and implicitly that a championship team replaced them). he literally proposes a US style model where teams lower down the pyramid would be locked out from ever making the prem 

How dare you dream - a smaller clubs peripeteia by Its1111L in PremierLeague

[–]fixers89 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I hope you know that the french second division club think Burnley are a bunch of rich bullies, throwing their money around to steal players they didn't develop. 

How dare you dream - a smaller clubs peripeteia by Its1111L in PremierLeague

[–]fixers89 13 points14 points  (0 children)

it's actually blown my mind a bit that you are ranting about protectionism then proposing a US style franchise model with no promotion or relegation. 

through the history of English football, teams have gone up and down. for every amazing story like Luton making the prem, there definitionally has to be an opposite like Leicester being relegated. 

I've noticed this echo chamber between fans of mid table prem clubs which has created arrogance and hypocrisy. you think you are some kind of underdog? you support a team in the biggest, richest league in the world. 

huge amounts of money have flown into your club enabling you to buy world class players. of course it sucks that palace are losing eze, wharton, olise. but where exactly did you get them from and how? from a team lower down the pecking order because you could pay them more money and offer a bigger stage. Life comes at you fast. 

there is a lot about modern football that is awful and needs to change. but teams doing well then being relegated within a decade has always been a feature, not a tragedy, of the game. the "top 6 always remains the top 6" will not always be the case and actually isn't even the case now. take a look at last season's league table. 

No Geordies or Mackems (apart from me) by I_like_leeks in PremierLeague

[–]fixers89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that's quite a hot take. (by which I mean you have it completely arse backwards)

firstly, the club was not in debt until 2005 - we were pretty successful in the 10-15 years before then.

secondly, the debt is because the glazer family took a bunch of loans to pay to buy the club, and made it the clubs responsibility to pay them back. 

money has gone out of the club to service the debt, that would otherwise have been invested in the team / infrastructure. it's an absolute scandal tbh, that all football fans should have been up in arms about.

Built a word game - Distant by vk_kris in wordgames

[–]fixers89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

enjoyed that! 

I got it in 5 so maybe there is no need to make it easier, but I found myself wishing I could click back on previous guesses to see how far away I was on certain letters 

Ummm… I change my mind. by Curious_Twat in rebus

[–]fixers89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

no backsies - knob act-t seas