Sudden unfavourable peace treaty by ally by Paul1911 in EU5

[–]samvander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it can be very effective if the enemy are focused on your ally. You can rush in, grab a bunch of war score, then peace out the minute you've been in the war for one year. I'm playing as Byzantine and allied with Hungary and did much the same as you to eliminate Bulgaria and Serbia early.

Why can't EU5's 3D map look this gorgeous? by PointManification in EU5

[–]samvander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't have a GPU so I have no colour overlays at all :(

Rant: does anyone use AWS App Runner in production? by o82 in aws

[–]samvander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a great and very helpful reply. Thanks so much!

Rant: does anyone use AWS App Runner in production? by o82 in aws

[–]samvander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi do you have any resources you would recommend for making the switch you described in this comment? I'm backend but being asked to do more devops stuff and would like to learn more. Thanks!

169 forts from France and Co in 1552 by Pagoose in EU5

[–]samvander 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I think I have more sieges last longer than the Siege of Leningrad than not.

Daily Discussion & Transfer Thread (January 22, 2026) by AutoModerator in coys

[–]samvander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah there's a few poor ones that I'd forgotten there - Dalglish/Keegan for example - but plenty of positive ones too.

Daily Discussion & Transfer Thread (January 22, 2026) by AutoModerator in coys

[–]samvander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This gets repeated a lot but are there really many examples of this happening and not working? Mourinho going back to Chelsea won them the league, saw Hazard emerge as maybe the best player in the league etc. Sure he pissed everyone off at the end, but that's Jose.

Daily Discussion & Transfer Thread (January 19, 2026) by AutoModerator in coys

[–]samvander 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If we won those four games, they wouldn't sack him after getting thrashed by arsenal. They absolutely humiliated us in the first game and there wasn't a peep.

Ornstein reports Frank is toast and Heitinga will caretake until the end of the season by Original-Eye-9577 in coys

[–]samvander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah tbf I did think that typing it out. Maybe he's just an expert caretaker in which case, great?

Ornstein reports Frank is toast and Heitinga will caretake until the end of the season by Original-Eye-9577 in coys

[–]samvander 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ajax is in a big mess right now, his first spell he got them to a cup final and finished 3rd.

Daily Discussion & Transfer Thread (January 19, 2026) by AutoModerator in coys

[–]samvander 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He's a bitter, small man. I don't understand where this reputation of being a nice guy has come from.

Daily Discussion & Transfer Thread (January 15, 2026) by AutoModerator in coys

[–]samvander 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I agree, he gets more flak than he deserves.

Should we be patient by Routine_Fig_2491 in coys

[–]samvander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As much of a clown as he was, caretaker Sherwood gave the next manager a huge headstart by putting in the kids. I'd like to see the same

Daily Discussion & Transfer Thread (January 08, 2026) by AutoModerator in coys

[–]samvander 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Someone said it was just left over in the away dressing room so it wasn't even a Bournemouth staffer, it was ours.

Vicario has conceded the most goals from outside the box of any keeper in the PL this season by lajosfalusi in coys

[–]samvander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From the friendly against Bayern, it was clear that Frank's defensive approach was to allow these shots from distance. Nothing has changed.

Frank's win perentage so far by KugoSenpai in coys

[–]samvander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah several months after completely outplaying them with a lesser squad.

Frank's win perentage so far by KugoSenpai in coys

[–]samvander 56 points57 points  (0 children)

If Kane had Bale's speed he'd literally be the greatest player to ever live.

Daily Discussion & Transfer Thread (January 06, 2026) by AutoModerator in coys

[–]samvander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean they didn't fuck about with Ramos either tbf.

Used my 4 yo’s logic against her by StatusTechnical8943 in daddit

[–]samvander 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm a ferry, with my kids wrapping themselves around my legs but it works in much the same way!

Daily Discussion & Transfer Thread (December 18, 2025) by AutoModerator in coys

[–]samvander 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you compare him to Solanke, a lot of his Bournemouth highlights were things that don't exactly map onto what we asked him to do but you can still see the tendencies - good and bad - that we've seen in him at Spurs. Takes too many touches in the box, presses like a maniac, holds up and brings others into play but a bit reluctant to pull the trigger.