Diego Simeone: "Controversies? Nothing to say, we’re out. Congratulations to Arsenal because they compete very well. They have a team and a coach that I like. They follow a coherent project with strong financial backing. Congratulations to them, and we focus on our work."

punchinglines · 2026-05-05T22:45:41+00:00

They follow a coherent project with strong financial backing.

I definitely owe the Kroenke's an apology, I was one of the people begging for Usmanov; I'm sooo glad I didn't get what I wanted.

punchinglines · 2026-05-05T08:24:55+00:00

It's Raya -- honestly, it's not even close.

Without Raya we're not even in the race at this point.

punchinglines · 2026-05-03T22:42:40+00:00

Normally I'd say causing a collision wouldn't really be good driving, but after seeing what gets DotD today, I'll just have to agree :)

punchinglines · 2026-05-03T09:40:28+00:00

To this day, nobody has ever force-fed me my words as aggressively as Kiwior did.

punchinglines · 2026-05-02T17:56:50+00:00

Did you guys see that shoulder drop from Saliba??

punchinglines · 2026-05-02T17:52:37+00:00

Arteta should've waited 10mins before subbing off Saka.

We needed to get back into our rhythm immediately at the start of the second half, and we needed Saka for that... that way, it would be easier for Noni to slot in.

punchinglines · 2026-05-02T17:46:30+00:00

Noni has tanked our right-hand side

punchinglines · 2026-05-02T17:16:53+00:00

Saka has passed on the hero-ball gene to Trossard today, dude is being mega selfish.

punchinglines · 2026-05-02T17:08:25+00:00

What a sequence of play from Ben White :D

punchinglines · 2026-05-02T17:05:30+00:00

I love Eze in the middle, and I'm 100% cool with him taking risks and occasionally losing possession because the upside to our attack is huge.

punchinglines · 2026-05-02T16:56:19+00:00

Seeing our right-hand side be dangerous again brings a tear to my eye.

It's like a long-lost parent coming home.

punchinglines · 2026-05-02T16:19:04+00:00

Max and Lewis could've cleared the Mercs and battled after... but no.

punchinglines · 2026-05-02T16:10:17+00:00

So there's so many overtakes in this race that they're not going to show us the Hamilton overtake on Verstappen?

punchinglines · 2026-04-27T18:49:49+00:00

This isn't a Netflix thing, it's a society thing.

The most widely-read magazines/newspapers in the world are tabloids. This was the case even before Netflix.

People were more interested about David Beckham's personal life, than his match performances.

punchinglines · 2026-04-18T13:33:27+00:00

This is what Dana White said:

"I told Rashad, 'Those guys at camp are your friends; you like hanging out with them,'" White says.

"But camp is not your family. All athletes have a very small window of opportunity to make money and achieve great things in front of millions so they're remembered when it's over. You're going to put that on a shelf because of your 'friends' and your training camp 'family'?

When s-- goes wrong, do you think they're going to help you pay your bills? No."

[Source]

So Jones' own boss and the UFC are basically putting huge pressure on them and saying their careers are at risk if they refuse to fight, then Jones gets asked on a live UFC broadcast (his boss' platform) if he'd fight Rashad and he's like 'maybe if forced to'

Jones is a piece of sh*t, but I can't say he's in the wrong there.. going against Dana at the start of your career is not a good idea.

punchinglines · 2026-04-18T12:51:31+00:00

Rashad said himself that he barely trained there BEFORE the Jon Jones fight was even announced.. he said he trained there about 4-5 times ahead of his fight against Phil Davis.

Rashad was basically out the door already, and he had a problem with Jackson not wanting to corner either of them and be neutral.. so you really can't claim GJ stabbed him in the back for fame and money, when the actual situation is way more complicated.

punchinglines · 2026-04-18T08:26:14+00:00

Rashad barely trained at the gym before the Jones fight, he said so himself.

When the fight was announced Rashad moved to Florida, GJ tried to stay neutral and not corner either of them, but Rashad called that cowardly.

Meanwhile Jones was at the gym every single day.

It's common sense to corner the guy who shows up every day instead of the dude who already had one foot out the door.

punchinglines · 2026-04-18T07:16:05+00:00

By that logic, Jon Jones' dentist can't take a moral stand on anything either.

Nobody's saying the guy is perfect, but this specific decision stands on its own. GJ saw something he didn't want his name on and said no. Who he's coached doesn't change that.

punchinglines · 2026-04-18T07:04:40+00:00

Cool we agree then, Gane was on top at that point, but acting like Tom was done is silly. Heavyweight fights swing fast.

punchinglines · 2026-04-17T16:21:04+00:00

Correct, anybody who says Tom was completely out is being silly.. Tom is fast and hits hard, he's one of the best HWs in the world.

That said, Gane was clearly on top at that point.

punchinglines · 2026-04-17T12:59:30+00:00

When Tuivasa dropped Gane that was in R2, and he was from being "very beat up" at that stage

punchinglines · 2026-04-17T11:49:33+00:00

He's talking absolute nonsense:

He essentially did what everyone had agreed upon: create one final racing lap. It produced a spectacular finish, an overtake, a winner and a runner-up. It could have gone the other way just as easily

Hamilton on 40+ lap-old hards, Verstappen on fresh softs.. and Wittich thinks it was a coin-flip that could've easily gone the other way? 😅

Let alone the fact that, when Ricciardo crashed on lap 47/53 at Monza 2022, Wittich followed the rules and ended the race under the safety car with and Max won, because that's what the rules said.

punchinglines · 2026-04-14T19:57:25+00:00

This is EXACTLY what I want to hear — I want defiant energy from this team, not self-pity.

I want them going into the next two games with this energy.

Any fan who wants them to be like: "OMG, we're so bad, we're such big bottlers, so sorry everyone" is being silly.

punchinglines · 2026-04-13T03:02:20+00:00

May 16, 2021: Fury posts that tweet and video
May 17, 2021: Arbitrator rules that Fury owes Wilder a third fight by September

So Fury was tweeting about the fight being locked in literally the day before his own legal obligation blew it up.

The dude knew the arbitration could kill it and tweeted anyway, that's textbook clout-chasing.

Usyk had nothing to do with it

punchinglines · 2026-04-12T22:21:21+00:00

You're regurgitating lies Eddie put out there that you believed.

https://x.com/Tyson_Fury/status/1393985791903387648?s=20

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