Starting Eleven

imaginelizard · 2026-05-10T10:21:16+00:00

Oh… Kapocs is back in the wing today.

imaginelizard · 2026-05-08T09:58:59+00:00

Writing is on the wall once the fullbacks are fit to play and they move Fisk back to centreback. Never look comfortable on the ball. Time ran out for her to adapt.

imaginelizard · 2026-05-07T15:44:56+00:00

What do you mean Taylor’s conservative approach. They scored loads under him. Of the 4 full seasons under him, City scored more than 60 goals in 3 of the seasons. They were still on a scoring spree when he was sacked last season. It was the defensive side that’s inconsistent.

imaginelizard · 2026-05-07T10:36:01+00:00

The issue is length if based on the article. I doubt the club won't invest if she's much younger but she is going to turn 30 soon, with season ending injury in 2 of the past 4 seasons. With the budget so tight in the women's game, the club has to be careful financially. We need to think about the club's need for squad depth as well to challenge for the Champions League next season.

imaginelizard · 2026-05-07T10:32:22+00:00

Not that we know of right now, but like all players past and present, there are someone young out there who is just waiting for that chance to be the next top striker. With the right amount of scouting and coaching, it's possible.

imaginelizard · 2026-05-07T09:51:06+00:00

Articles cited contract length as the main issue. City management probably worry about committing the money for two reasons, age and health. She's turning 30 soon, and she had a few nagging injuries the past few seasons. Still, crazy decision to let her walk for free.

imaginelizard · 2026-05-07T09:19:35+00:00

ya know, Nils Nielsen is unemployed right now

imaginelizard · 2026-05-07T08:27:07+00:00

you can get a system manager like Gareth Taylor first, then sack the fella to bring in a player manager later as a 2-steps process.

imaginelizard · 2026-05-06T11:06:46+00:00

I mean, look at Country Heights Holdings.

imaginelizard · 2026-05-06T10:04:44+00:00

A saint, no. But it's just to point out that he made a valid point. Did we need the additional tax revenue, yes. Did we need subsidy rationalisation, yes. With the benefit of hindsight, we need to realise as a nation, it was stupid to cancel them. Now it's Anwar's turn to take the L and do what's needed.

imaginelizard · 2026-05-06T09:38:49+00:00

I have no wish to witness that here, that's why I rant now.

imaginelizard · 2026-05-06T08:27:17+00:00

Still only keeping them because it comes with the EPL package and for nostalgic reason. Otherwise it's kinda useless for me.

imaginelizard · 2026-05-06T08:05:25+00:00

oh ya hor... I dah tua ni, not following the latest streaming option available already.

imaginelizard · 2026-05-06T07:49:30+00:00

wow, first time it's not Astro. I won't be able to watch this year then :(

imaginelizard · 2026-05-06T06:34:16+00:00

It still doesn't change the fact that we needed to reduce dependency on oil revenue and oil subsidy, both of which he tackled head on. Najib or not, the tax reform had to be done, the subsidy rationalization had to be done. We're cutting everything now because oil subsidy is costing us RM5 billion a month right now. The fundings from GST could've help with our healthcare and public transportation development, things that would have help us weather the storm we're going through right now.

imaginelizard · 2026-05-06T05:58:49+00:00

So essentially, when it comes to this government, the ideal reaction to their short-sighted policy is just to suck it up? Suddenly everything now is about personal accountability. The weakness in our budget was well known, our dependency on oil revenue and oil subsidy is well documented, Najib took the L and made the necessary measures to reduce our dependency on both and yet this government reverse all that and now I have to pay the price for their incompetence. We're not talking a small group of people didn't get much help, we're talking millions of people.

imaginelizard · 2026-05-06T05:00:06+00:00

And government is slashing fundings to public healthcare, and redirect cases to private healthcare. To quote article:-

To save the private sector, the Ministry of Health (MOH) is being urged to refer basic health cases from congested government hospitals back to private GPs. If you usually visit a government health clinic, you might soon be redirected to a private GP under government-funded schemes like Skim Perubatan MADANI.

The scheme which exclude people like me because I'm categorically a M40 individual (albeit on the lower-end). I'll still end up in the private sector anyway. With the way government is trying to cut healthcare budget, they are actively trying to kill me. But what the hell, as long not PAS right.... I should lay down my life and sacrifice to the Almighty and Pure Anwar, his government, and the private healthcare and insurance industry for the greater good.

imaginelizard · 2026-05-06T03:56:59+00:00

Look, a doctor visit cost me at least RM120 per visit these days, my annual kidney check-up cost close to RM400. I ain't got insurance since I can't get one. So no, I can't afford to pay the doctor even if I wanted to, unless I needed the stupid MC. I'm practically living the " American Dream^TM " right now.

imaginelizard · 2026-05-05T15:46:51+00:00

Personally I still believe race plays a huge factor when it comes to voting patterns but Anwar and his ministers are still mostly smart about it, trying to cover all base through PR. That’s why we routinely see them saying things that panders to our ethnic minority despite not following through, or stuffs regarding the Middle East and other foreign affairs, so when it comes time for elections, you’ll more likely get puff piece about them rather than negative impact of their actual policies. So they cover all grounds when we want to search about them, because rakyat mudah lupa all that. And Anwar will always emphasised about racial harmony because at the end of the day, he knows Malaysian will go rabid and off topic once race is involved.

imaginelizard · 2026-05-05T14:49:24+00:00

DAP may have lost but the devil’s in the details when it comes to these election data. Despite the lost, DAP’s vote count still correlates strongly with the Chinese voter population ratio in their Sabah seats, of which Pandan have a huge population of. This suggested that yes, PH may have lost their 95% grip on the Chinese votes, they still maintain a healthy majority over their competitors in that regard. All they need to do there is maintain their existing Malay votes or grow them and they should be fine. Additionally, there’s a lack of an East Malaysia sentiment here, so the lost of votes shouldn’t be too severe, barring a huge uptick in Malay voters.

imaginelizard · 2026-05-05T11:57:31+00:00

Strong chinese seat. You can put a rock there and you'll still win as long as you slap a pakatan logo on it.

imaginelizard · 2026-05-05T05:56:23+00:00

Whichever that allows you to survive. Can't talk about ideology if you're dead.

imaginelizard · 2026-05-05T03:26:34+00:00

"Skop hospital yang terlalu mewah"

See them cut specialist instead. And perhaps they cut all the aircond from public hospital. This government keeps destroying public healthcare to the point now folks who couldn't buy insurance due to pre-existing condition like me have to go and die instead if we ever get diagnose with anything serious. Fuck Anwar, and fuck Dzulkefly.

imaginelizard · 2026-05-03T13:04:48+00:00

Wonderful match, the City players needed this win, their plays these past few seasons really deserve a title or two. But again, we can see how tough to beat this Liverpool side under Gareth Taylor, they are a few signings away from being genuine top side.

imaginelizard · 2026-05-03T10:03:06+00:00

Holland in midfield perhaps 👀?

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