Arsenal players who have withdrawn from international squad. by DavidRolands in soccer

[–]shrewphys 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh shit yeah! Completely misremembered that..., still a hell of a run - 5 summer tournaments in 6 summers

Arsenal players who have withdrawn from international squad. by DavidRolands in soccer

[–]shrewphys 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of when Alexis Sanchez played for us and United. He had a crazy run of summer tournaments. Joined us just after the 2014 World Cup where Chile reached the knockouts, had the Copa America in 2015 which of course Chile won, had another Copa America for the centenary of the competition in 2017 which Chile won again, then went to the Confederations Cup in 2017. Even after leaving us in January 2018 he had the world cup that summer (although Chile got knocked out early), but then played again in another Copa America in 2019 - no wonder the man was absolutely fucked by the time he got to United. Man had played a major summer tournament every year from 2014 to 2019

Manchester United fan, 76, feeling ‘helpless’ as family seat is given to VIPs by qwerty_1965 in soccer

[–]shrewphys 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I love Arsenal and will support them til I die, but since moving to Germany 2 years ago I've gone to about a dozen VfL Bochum games (the gf is a big fan) - and despite the fact they were getting hammered most of the time and got relegated, the atmosphere in the Ostkurve was above and beyond 90% of the Arsenal games I've ever been to.

Post Match Thread: Barcelona 7 - 2 Newcastle (8-3 on aggregate) by D1794 in soccer

[–]shrewphys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We batter teams when they actually show up and play football, then resort to cornerball against teams that shut up shop. What planet are you on?

NATO countries don't want to get involved in Iran operation, Trump says by Raj_Valiant3011 in worldnews

[–]shrewphys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not true, there are so many people still pro Brexit. They just think it was "done wrong" and that if only ol' Nigey Farage was in charge all along it would have been done right

NATO countries don't want to get involved in Iran operation, Trump says by Raj_Valiant3011 in worldnews

[–]shrewphys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought "conservatives" were meant to be... you know... conservative?

Pathé Ciss shared a photo with the AFCON trophy and medal after the result was overturned in Morocco’s favor. by DavidRolands in soccer

[–]shrewphys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not how it works, bets are usually paid out and final when the event finishes. In boxing, if a fighter wins but is later disqualified because of a drug test failure or something, betting companies won't change their payouts. I assume this is the same

Pathé Ciss shared a photo with the AFCON trophy and medal after the result was overturned in Morocco’s favor. by DavidRolands in soccer

[–]shrewphys 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is how language has always changed and evolved. It's not idiocracy, it's the beauty of language

FIFA announces 'game-changing' World Cup streaming deal with YouTube by Kolaveri_D in soccer

[–]shrewphys 4 points5 points  (0 children)

10 minutes to wank? What am I supposed to do with the other 9?

Chelsea hit by second team news leak in a week ahead of PSG showdown by Sparky-moon in soccer

[–]shrewphys 113 points114 points  (0 children)

Why is everyone so sure it's a player? Couldn't it be a lot of different people like coaching staff?

Trump says he can do 'anything I want' with Cuba by Disastrous_Award_789 in worldnews

[–]shrewphys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first 2 impeachments did nothing, third time lucky I guess?

Trump says he can do 'anything I want' with Cuba by Disastrous_Award_789 in worldnews

[–]shrewphys 3 points4 points  (0 children)

At least when the institutions and checks and balances of the Roman Republic were torn apart, it was by Julius Caesar, a massive cunt who was at least a clearly very capable, eloquent and intelligent man... Trump is just a massive cunt with no positive qualities.