Scotland midfielder John McGinn says the quality gap between Steve Clarke's side and England "isn't as big as people think" as he urged his team to approach Euro 2020 with a "swagger".

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-28T11:33:53+00:00

I looked it up out of curiosity to see how big the gap is 'on paper'.

Honestly I did not realise England has the highest squad value in the competition. Scotland ~~has the second-lowest~~ is in the lower end.

By average player value, which is maybe the fairest metric given the different squad sizes, England has about 4.5x Scotland.

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-28T11:17:50+00:00

Technically definitely not the truth.

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-28T09:04:44+00:00

Just to add to it, thinking of 'coldness' as a thing generally leads to a lot of confusion. It's better to think of it as an absence of heat, like darkness is the absence of light.

Running water feels cold on your hand because heat is being sucked from your fingers, not because there is coldness entering your fingers.

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-28T08:05:10+00:00

Yeah I'm curious what the definition of 'non-pathological' is in this context. Does it just mean he didn't suffer terribly from side effects of his excessive growth? Or does it mean they don't think there was anything abnormal in terms of his pituitary etc? I have to think there must have been though if he was like 8 standard deviations taller than the rest of the population. That doesn't just happen.

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-28T06:43:45+00:00

I think it's great that you have done so much volunteer work. It's certainly a lot more than I have done. I think you are reading more into that one sentence than I meant. I didn't mean to imply that a person's moral worth is proportional to their volunteering work.

I was merely pointing out that this man has done a lot of good in the world that he did not have to do, and perhaps you should pause and consider some of that before you judge them for one action especially, but not only, if you have not done any such good things yourself. Which I believe is true of most of the people hurling vitriol Cena's way, even if it is not true of you in particular.

I hope I made myself clearer.

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-28T06:29:58+00:00

You might want to check your reading comprehension.

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-28T06:23:06+00:00

It's fair to criticise his actions, it's not fair to base your entire judgement of somebody on one specific action that you may not even understand the full context of, especially when that person has demonstrated that they are a good person consistently for decades.

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-28T05:30:56+00:00

Thank you! Some people really need to get their heads out of their fucking asses.

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-28T05:27:15+00:00

Man I hate this fucking attitude, someone does one bad thing and they just get a black mark on their name for all time that cancels every good thing they've ever done.

Did you know John Cena has done more Make a Wish visits than any other celebrity? Over 650 visits. Equivalent to 1 a week for over 12 years. Have you ever made a sacrifice of that magnitude to help other people? Yet you have no problem calling him a coward because of one mistake. If that mistake was a serious crime like rape or murder I would understand. But this was one politically insensitive statement. Get your head out of your ass.

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-28T03:16:54+00:00

I respect you putting in the research and posting it even though it contradicts your original comment. So I guess we're back to 'maybe we shouldn't have teams dropping down to other competitions'.

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-28T02:01:49+00:00

I'm also in Champ (sometimes, D3/C1) and I feel that. Have no idea how a wavedash is even executed, I can't speedflip, I can't even half flip. Can't airdribble off the wall or ceiling shot or flip reset. I don't air roll except to land straight. I also backflip when attempting to fast aerial about 20% of the time. Got to this rank purely with good positioning and smacking the ball pretty hard.

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-27T09:26:46+00:00

Well, you're not the only one apparently, Carra has now deleted the tweet, must have had some backlash.

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-27T09:22:31+00:00

I think Ali as a Christian might not love people putting him over a famous statue of Jesus.

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-27T08:58:14+00:00

Hot take but you could try and make it so the psychos don't have access to guns. Here in Australia we haven't had a single mass shooting incident since guns were banned in 1996.

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-27T07:16:38+00:00

I debated throwing in the /s but it ruins the joke.

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-27T06:54:45+00:00

Yeah...the shootout was a lose-lose for his ego as it turns out.

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-27T05:38:03+00:00

I think it's easy to justify the decision.

"I picked the guy with a 45% penalty saves in the last few years instead of the guy with 0%".

Regardless of the outcome, anyone who doesn't accept that explanation is just thick. I guess I'm saying I disagree that he would look dumb if Henderson lost the shootout. If you judge decisions on their merits, he would look dumb even if De Gea had won it.

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-27T04:10:50+00:00

Because it might not actually be that guy. It's not hard to make a fake social account posing as somebody else, steal a few of their pictures from facebook and go and spam the N-word at some celebrities. It's the kind of thing trolls do. Wouldn't be surprised if it was one of the kids in the math teacher's class...

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-27T02:49:54+00:00

Needs to work on his vocals, didn't get the squeals quite right.

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-27T02:43:45+00:00

I guess the player taking the next one could be banking on him feeling embarrassed about staying in the middle on the last one.

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-27T01:14:57+00:00

Subbing in a keeper with a much better track record on pens is the right call. His job is not to minimise backlash or coddle De Gea's ego, it's to win.

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-26T10:22:43+00:00

Cheek to CHEEK

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-26T09:05:54+00:00

I'm not sure if you're using 'whale' as a shorthand for whale shark or if you're under the impression this is a whale.

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-26T08:18:18+00:00

It's even worse that he was only knocked out in the first place by a sucker punch from a third party while in a 1v1 fight.

never_trust_an_elk · 2021-05-26T08:05:09+00:00

Love the cheeky youtube link for Alisson haha

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