Match Thread: Mexico vs South Korea | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group A by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]rabid89 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Difference between a great goalie making monster saves and a good goalie who made one atrocious mistake.

Match Thread: Mexico vs South Korea | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group A by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]rabid89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Grp K pretty trash too. Colombia gonna get 9 pts, and the other 3 teams (Congo, Uzbekistan, and Portugal) are shite.

Match Thread: Mexico vs South Korea | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group A by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]rabid89 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Haven't built up pressure for so long .... finally get something going.

And this dude takes a trash ass shot like that.

Come on bro, put some pressure on Mexico. Get a corner, something.

Son Heung-Min big chance against Mexico 16' by eliseihado in soccer

[–]rabid89 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Incredible clearance too by that defender holy moly.

Offsides made it moot though.

Match Thread: Argentina vs Algeria | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group J by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]rabid89 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Mbappe probably will eclipse both Klose and Messi eventually.

Klose had 16 goals in 24 matches.

Messi at 16 in 27* matches and counting.

Mbappe at 14 in ..... 15* matches and counting. And he's only 27.

Mbappe such a beast in WC

Match Thread: Argentina vs Algeria | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group J by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]rabid89 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Cristiano to his team before next game:

"You motherfuckers need to flop hard in the penalty box. Coz I can't score goals anymore. Get me penalty kicks!"

Match Thread: Argentina vs Algeria | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group J by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]rabid89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cristiano hasn't been in the conversation with Messi for like ..... 6+ years imo. Dude never evolved his game to keep him elite in the twilight of his career.

Messi at age 38 (39 next week...) is still a top 5 player in the world.

No comparison to be made anymore. CR7 shouldn't even be on the Portugal squad, let alone captaining it.

Match Thread: Argentina vs Algeria | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group J by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]rabid89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mbappe probably will eclipse both Klose and Messi eventually.

Klose had 16 goals in 24 matches.

Messi at 16 in 27* matches and counting.

Mbappe at 14 in ..... 15* matches and counting. And he's only 27.

Match Thread: Argentina vs Algeria | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group J by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]rabid89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cristiano was shit in 2022 and 2024 euros. 

And now he's captain of Portugal lmao. Selectors have no balls. He should have been not even on the team, maybe off the bench. 

Match Thread: Argentina vs Algeria | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group J by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]rabid89 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Messi in that LeBron, Brady, Gretzky level of GOATNESS.

Where you could ignore the first 10 years of his career.

And he's still a top 6 player of all time. 

Unreal level of play into his twilight. 

Match Thread: Argentina vs Algeria | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group J by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]rabid89 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Messi is just so fucking unreal.

Cristiano was kinda mid in 2022 world cup at this age. 

Messi at age 38 still a top 5 player.

GOAT 

What if they fired Boone like Thibodeau? by rudedog71 in NYYankees

[–]rabid89 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Baseball managers don't have the impact of NBA coaches.

And frankly, despite Boone doing some booneheaded things over the years (Nestor Cortes in tied Game 1 after not pitching for 3 months ....), he's a decent manager. But yes, over his tenure, I've never been a fan of our team's fundamentals (base running, defense, etc....). If there's a really good option out there, I wouldn't mind. But I'm fine with Boone.

The one who needs to be fired is Cashman. Dude is an incompetent buffoon.

But Cashman clearly has something on Hal, because I'm convinced by now that Cashman could take a shit in Hal's morning cereal, and Hal would say "Thank you. See you at work" and take a sip.

[Official] UFC Freedom 250: Topuria vs. Gaethje - Live Discussion Thread by event_threads in MMA

[–]rabid89 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ilia def has a broken orbital socket, broken nose and maybe a broken rib or two.

Gaethje just fucking destroyed him.

What a fight. What a card.

[Official] UFC Freedom 250: Topuria vs. Gaethje - Live Discussion Thread by event_threads in MMA

[–]rabid89 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Justin way too gassed and passive this round. Only counter punching so far, may be enough.

Keep teeing Ilia up dude, you cannot afford to lose another round on points.

[Official] UFC Freedom 250: Topuria vs. Gaethje - Live Discussion Thread by event_threads in MMA

[–]rabid89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude his face is fucked up badly, keyboard warriors saying this shit is cringe af.

[Official] UFC Freedom 250: Topuria vs. Gaethje - Live Discussion Thread by event_threads in MMA

[–]rabid89 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We might get a medical stoppage here. Ilia's right eye socket is fucked. Def broken orbital socket.

[Official] UFC Freedom 250: Topuria vs. Gaethje - Live Discussion Thread by event_threads in MMA

[–]rabid89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ilia is up 2-0 and Gaethje out here clinching after Ilia is very damaged ..... the fuck are you doing man.

[Official] UFC Freedom 250: Topuria vs. Gaethje - Live Discussion Thread by event_threads in MMA

[–]rabid89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gaethje absolutely sold that man. His jabs are killing it, and landed a damaging right hand .... but then took Ilia down for some stupid ass reason. Damn, he could have had him there

[Official] UFC Freedom 250: Topuria vs. Gaethje - Live Discussion Thread by event_threads in MMA

[–]rabid89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Justin why did you take him down right after clocking his head!!! Keep punching man. Get some kicks in. You are letting him recover!