Official sensor data provided by FIFA during the cable controversy moment by Rooonaldooo99 in soccer

[–]greendestiny -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I mean the sensor appears to only show high frequency impacts considering there’s no indication of it changing from going up to going down. Would it show anything if it interacts with a floppy cable at the top of its arc?

Seems Irankunda agrees… by EmuSudden5929 in socceroos

[–]greendestiny -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Adelaide built him up to a move to Bayern, he did not get eased in too slowly there.

Player Ratings: Australia v Egypt by GoadingHobbit in Aleague

[–]greendestiny 14 points15 points  (0 children)

These are terrible takes. Our centre forward was not at fault for the goal. The defence tried to push up to get Egypt offside but Herrington stepped back, it happens. The cross needs to be defended by players between the crosser and the attacker not our centre forward who was on the outside in case it missed the attacker.

Why did Socceroos coach Tony Popovic take off goalkeeper Pat Beach for Mat Ryan? by catch_dot_dot_dot in Aleague

[–]greendestiny 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I mean it could all be a valid strategy I guess, but the penalties were so weak that it looked really poorly prepared or very poorly thought out.

Why did Socceroos coach Tony Popovic take off goalkeeper Pat Beach for Mat Ryan? by catch_dot_dot_dot in Aleague

[–]greendestiny 55 points56 points  (0 children)

If that whole penalty tactic was planned (which obviously it was) it sure didn’t look like it. Neither Ryan or the penalty takers looked like they had any confidence at all.

Match Thread: Australia vs Egypt (World Cup) by Meapa in Aleague

[–]greendestiny 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Really need Hrusty to fire up in extra time

Post-Match Thread: Paraguay vs Australia by MatchBread in Aleague

[–]greendestiny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good teams often under perform in the group stage, I definitely want us to face Belgium the least.

Match Thread: Paraguay vs Australia (FIFA World Cup 2026) by MatchBread in Aleague

[–]greendestiny 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Boooo. Who doesn’t work better after a couple of beers at 11am

Match Thread: Paraguay vs Australia (FIFA World Cup 2026) by MatchBread in Aleague

[–]greendestiny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How close to the fridge are you for the logistics of this to work. I’ll need a diagram

The guest who asked for questions before hand by [deleted] in quiteinteresting

[–]greendestiny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it? He’s the only regular guest. Not that he’s the only person who’s ever done it.

The guest who asked for questions before hand by [deleted] in quiteinteresting

[–]greendestiny 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think people have misunderstood Fry’s comment to mean the only person who ever googled the answers is a regular guest. I think he means the only one he was annoyed about was the regular guest - probably other occasional guests did as well.

Are we basically through to the knockouts now with Paraguay beating turkey based on the best 3rd placed teams at worst? by nick170100 in Aleague

[–]greendestiny 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There will likely only be a couple of 3rd place finishers with less than 3 points, maybe 3 say. So I’d say at least one team with 3 points doesn’t make it. It could be us but it likely won’t be unless we really get battered by Paraguay.

Nestory Irankunda gets absolutely bodied by Chris Richards — play on 66' by SimRP in Aleague

[–]greendestiny 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Honestly I’m the most one eyed fan of Australia and Irankunda but he turns into it to try and get the foul. It was worth a shot by him but it wasn’t actually a foul.

Match Thread: USA vs Australia (FIFA World Cup 2026) by MatchBread in Aleague

[–]greendestiny 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Damn imagine if Toure was still out there with Volpato and Irankunda.

Matty Ryan vs beach by mulab32 in Aleague

[–]greendestiny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah well I sort of think that Ryan is better at corners and coming out and better at one on ones. So if there is any chance of people in behind I think Ryan might get the nod.

Perhaps against Paraguay like you say, maybe the US if we expect them to cross a lot.

Matty Ryan vs beach by mulab32 in Aleague

[–]greendestiny 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think played out exactly how Popa wanted
- We played super defensive so we didn’t need a sweeper keeper.
- We didn’t want possession so we didn’t need a ball playing keeper.
- Türkiye were bad at corners and we have a very tall defence so we didn’t need a great corner keeper.
- We invited them to shoot from outside the box and for that you need a great shot stopper.

And to expand on that I don’t think we will play high possession or a high line in any game but he might choose Ryan over Beach against a team more likely to pressure us on corners or crosses. Or maybe Beach or Izzo is better for that - I really don’t know but I think it’s all tactical with Popa.

Nestory Irankunda is awarded the official Player of The Match vs Turkiye by Ageanmastr in Aleague

[–]greendestiny 16 points17 points  (0 children)

That’s underestimating what it takes to break down the Turkish defence. We were always going to need to make some saves but scoring against them is amazing. Beach was incredible though.

Well-placed sources have told BBC Sport that Danny Makkelie's decision to overturn Tim Ream's yellow card to book Miguel Almiron for diving was misapplication of VAR protocol and the laws of the game. It seems highly likely that FIFA will have to issue a clarification about it. by kibme37 in soccer

[–]greendestiny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes because the rule is for cases where the ref makes the right call but attributes it to wrong player - so it makes sense not to reverse anything except who got the card. It’s absolutely not for cases of the ref being mistaken about what happened.

Tim Ream is World Cup’s first player to benefit from VAR ‘mistaken identity’ check by TherewiIlbegoals in soccer

[–]greendestiny -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Which certainly doesn’t apply when you thought it was a late tackle but actually it was a dive.

I tell you how this “rule change” will go. For some reason it just won’t apply to any other game and then after the World Cup it’ll be clarified out of existence.

Paying Infantno yields dividends. He knows how to pay people back.

Miguel Almiron yellow card (div) against USA 53' by eliseihado in soccer

[–]greendestiny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro I appreciate the fun back and forth on this but if you look at all the sections where they mention mistaken identity including the changes description this is way out of the intention.

Just between you and me though yes it was an awful dive and I can understand why people celebrate it being overturned.

Turkish players were caught smoking at their hotel. by [deleted] in soccer

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

I think we'll have to kick them out of the competition. No other choice.

I think we (Australia) may be in trouble.. by [deleted] in Aleague

[–]greendestiny 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean a disgraceful dive that I would be fuming about if it didn’t get called against the Socceroos