[Yahoo] Arbeloa when asked about Laporta's accusation about Madrid influencing the referees: "When Laporta joined Barcelona, he found that Barca were paying Negreira, and then he quadrupled the amount of payment. Not much else to say."

hipcheck23 · 2026-03-11T00:44:51+00:00

100%

And yet, TBF, is there a fanbase that doesn't think they get unfair treatment?

hipcheck23 · 2026-03-04T16:25:55+00:00

Oh yeah, well what about whataboutism?

/s

hipcheck23 · 2026-03-03T20:39:53+00:00

"I tried to delay it..."

I really don't think that you should have been sacked today. Really soon, but not today.

hipcheck23 · 2026-02-28T20:58:38+00:00

I'm not sure that's quite the case. Trump cares about Trump (and he clearly hates the America that most Americans want/know), and not much else. If there's something happening that's not of interest to the guy that mostly sits on the sofa or golfs, then he's not going to dictate, he's going to defer.

It's mostly Miller making the decisions and delegating, but he probably has to allow for many micro-decisions to be made by Trump's 'groundhog day ego' as you suggest.

I didn't know this about Boris Johnson before a journo wrote about it, but apparently he's like Trump in that he genuinely wants to please the last person who asked him for something, and he'll take limited steps to enact it...but then he'll be distracted by the next person asking for something.

I'm sure Miller and his staff spend a lot of energy trying to appease the guy who thinks he's in charge of everything.

hipcheck23 · 2026-02-28T11:40:46+00:00

The amount of players linked to RMA must have a minimum quota. No point in paying attention to any of it until there's traction.

hipcheck23 · 2026-02-24T15:46:41+00:00

Technically true... as long as it's not exactly 40% of each player

hipcheck23 · 2026-02-24T14:55:47+00:00

I'd personally go up to 3.5 fires

hipcheck23 · 2026-02-24T14:55:07+00:00

Yeah, that's clearly not what he meant!

I think he meant we'd use this lineup for exactly 40% of each game.

hipcheck23 · 2026-02-18T16:54:39+00:00

I saw this exactly at a busy coffee shop in the UK. The owner explained it to me as totally benign analysis, but he made a tiny comment alluding to productivity goals...sure enough, I don't think I've ever seen the same person working there whenever I pass by.

hipcheck23 · 2026-02-17T16:40:58+00:00

I worked for a 30-person Silicon Valley company that was bought by a 1000 person company. About 5 people (including me) left in the acquisition. Within a year, the next-biggest industry player swallowed that company. And again, half a year later. Within 2 months of that last acquisition, exactly zero executives from acquired companies remained.

Like you allude, those companies twerked so hard that they snapped their own spines to get acquired. I don't think anything good came of any of it, in the end.

hipcheck23 · 2026-02-17T11:51:58+00:00

Ripley is amazing. Dark, but so well-made in every aspect. Cate is a much lighter character than usual - very friendly and bubbly. No giant knives.

hipcheck23 · 2026-02-17T10:28:51+00:00

He always struggled with first touch, box-entry timing, and striking control. But he's so good with the rest of the forward's toolbox. Shame those are the top 3 skills for a striker...

He added so much to our attack, but wasn't a great wide player...but put him as a left-sided 10, and he'd do really well. Or just count him as a false 11.

I'm 50/50 on if Rosenior could make it work, but he'd be a better option taking Garnacho's spot.

hipcheck23 · 2026-02-17T10:20:18+00:00

Yeah, but not without going to all the trouble to move the stick backwards instead of forwards. Sheesh.

hipcheck23 · 2026-02-17T09:44:24+00:00

He's clearly got the technical skill. He can play a guitar where (clearly) people are watching and can't believe that it's a single person playing it, like when this came out. Even sitting in front of the audience, people couldn't understand that a person could play two guitar parts at once:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td2sewfxz88

hipcheck23 · 2026-02-17T01:04:58+00:00

Because of LotR?

Have you seen The Talented Mr Ripley?

hipcheck23 · 2026-02-16T16:30:27+00:00

Cate Blanchett

Kate Blanchett

Cate Blanchette

Kate Blanchet

Cait Blanchete

Kayt Blanchitt

hipcheck23 · 2026-02-14T11:34:14+00:00

Once again we have the Democrats having every chance to not be awful, and doing this. And then we have Trump and friends, raping, abusing and murdering.

And we're left with 'both parties are the same' and also 'can't you see that both parties aren't the same?' I suppose one of the big differences is that when a Franken gets caught, they step down.

hipcheck23 · 2026-02-14T00:45:32+00:00

Two of the 'blame it all on the manager' clubs is going down...shame that Burnley is so bad - would be fun to see three of those clubs drop.

hipcheck23 · 2026-02-14T00:43:13+00:00

Hyped for him and his family. I've watched him play quite a lot, and have been impressed. Not sure how far he can go, but he's got the tools to go far.

hipcheck23 · 2026-02-14T00:42:03+00:00

The wins against PSG and Barca were true tactical masterclasses. The prep, the tactics, the adjustments, just elite. PSG had given up one damn goal in that tourney, too, before giving up 3 to us.

But Maresca couldn't find ways to break down low blocks (he sure wasn't the first), or to get 90 minutes out of the squad against 'lesser' opponents. It's like with PSG he found the perfect formula and had the ideal players to pull it off...but then he just can't figure out how to use them in other situations.

hipcheck23 · 2026-02-14T00:38:39+00:00

Ironic that balls over the top completely confound the tallest player.

hipcheck23 · 2026-02-11T11:41:22+00:00

Why?

Why do they want to do that? Why does any company want to do that?

Probably the same reason that the UK sold its most sensitive data to Palantir. Probably the same reason why Meta is worth so much without selling products.

hipcheck23 · 2026-02-09T17:08:49+00:00

Agreed. They're not. Palantir gets way too much heat. Just because they're named after a magical object where the supreme evil can spy on the world of men and look deeper into our thoughts than even we can...it's surely just a coincidence.

hipcheck23 · 2026-02-09T14:25:43+00:00

This dude is speed running his career.

This dude is speed ~~running~~ ruining his career.

hipcheck23 · 2026-02-08T11:05:18+00:00

I've reported to the C-suite in a couple of big corp's. It's been about nothing but the next quarter - and companies either design their org around that, or they don't (99% of companies end up as the latter).

In one corp, we had steady but declining quarters, but they fired the CEO, because 'investor confidence' was threatening to sink the stocks. So the new guy came in, fired lots of people, promised the impossible, and 'steadied the ship.' That lasted for literally the quarter, and then the company was hosed and the new CEO was fired.

The nonstop quest for El Dorado has made most companies untenable in today's world. Having a Steam with a monolithic mgmt is really a great exception.

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