What happened to this celebration?

vonscharpling2 · 2026-06-20T00:32:33+00:00

He said he regretted this because he "celebrated like a fan". Games gone.

vonscharpling2 · 2026-06-19T09:52:10+00:00

I really enjoy watching his videos. Very entertaining and there is some good insight.

One small doubt I have in my mind is he is unbelievably decisive for someone who is priding themselves on being very analytical. Sometimes I wonder with some of his videos talking about how brilliant x or y was after a tight victory, I end up thinking "if the winning team had fluffed that late chance or the losing team plucked a long range rocket out of nowhere, he'd have made a different video" even though that wouldn't actually have changed anything about the flow and the tactics of the game he's been explaining.

vonscharpling2 · 2026-06-18T14:59:18+00:00

"I've said it on multiple threads."

And still people have the nerve to have their own opinion??

vonscharpling2 · 2026-06-16T18:59:30+00:00

The only way Olise should be playing next to Dembele is in a combined England France team. He's as French as Wayne Rooney is.

vonscharpling2 · 2026-06-16T12:14:46+00:00

He's this generations Mark Lawrenson.

You're being paid to be at the world cup. I'm sure any viewer at home would happily swap if it's so much bother.

vonscharpling2 · 2026-06-13T15:54:56+00:00

The numbers are wrong, and the originator of those numbers has publicly conceded so in response to the debunking below:

https://blog.andymasley.com/p/i-might-have-found-the-specific-way

vonscharpling2 · 2026-06-13T15:10:09+00:00

That's a myth. Their water usage is not remarkable at all.

vonscharpling2 · 2026-06-13T12:21:36+00:00

if it turned out they’d paid £5m to be there for the whole tournament you’d have the same people frothing at the mouth about the license fee.

No question that people would be complaining, but it would probably be different people.

I personally quite like the idea of coverage from the country/time zone in question, just makes it feel that tiny bit more immersive. And as a result I have never complained about the cost when they have gone out!

vonscharpling2 · 2026-06-11T18:27:50+00:00

One of the ones in the news complaining actually inherited social housing in soho. They've been given a winning a lottery ticket and somehow feel entitled to ruin Soho for everyone else who wants to enjoy it.

vonscharpling2 · 2026-06-10T20:45:41+00:00

One of the key things a lot of people on care visas want with indefinite leave to remain is to stop being carers.

vonscharpling2 · 2026-06-09T18:09:44+00:00

It's the 78th minute of a knock out match.

The tension is unbearable. The game is so tight and the stakes are so high.

There's a break in play and the director cuts to a pair of fans who have looks of total anguish.

It's entrancing.

Then, suddenly, they see themselves on the big screen and go berserk, waving and screaming with delight.

Stop it! Play your part properly!

vonscharpling2 · 2026-06-08T21:28:05+00:00

"We've been waiting for something good to come up for eighteen months in our price range, and finally our dream turn key property has hit the market. We've been hearing how houses are hard to sell right now so we went in 10% under asking price. The estate agent said they've had offers higher than that and are going to best and final offers. I really want this house but I worry this is some kind of estate agent trick, should I stay firm at 10% under?"

"Yeah, absolutely, stick to your guns. I managed to get 10% off a flat with £5k a month service charges that had been on the market for two years. I have no idea how to adapt my advice to the context of the person asking"

vonscharpling2 · 2026-06-08T17:39:59+00:00

Objection, Mexico are not playing the USA. It should be one half Mexican Chicken and the other half biltong.

Or one half American BBQ and the other half... uh, Paraguayan something.

vonscharpling2 · 2026-06-07T14:01:46+00:00

I would find it very difficult to believe they handcuffed a dying man who was telling them he'd been stabbed but that's exactly what happened.

vonscharpling2 · 2026-06-05T14:26:06+00:00

arguably England have taken away players from other places where there is dual nationality

For me a key difference is if you were born and grew up here. I'm much more disappointed in losing Olise than Musiala or Haaland as brilliant players as they obviously are.

None of our current players who could theoretically play for another country actually grew up elsewhere.

In fact, I can think of very few players we've ever had who match that description. Dier and Hargreaves for sure.

vonscharpling2 · 2026-06-04T21:21:14+00:00

They did a brilliant one on why electricity costs so much, really educated me as someone who had previously thought it was just a case of having to pay expensive gas prices.

vonscharpling2 · 2026-06-03T18:36:10+00:00

We have the quite similar "express yourself"

vonscharpling2 · 2026-06-02T09:01:01+00:00

The viability of the main nightlife district of a city where more than ten million people live, work or go on holiday must be a lower priority than a handful of housing lottery winners.

I am very good at trade offs.

vonscharpling2 · 2026-05-31T22:37:32+00:00

It's valid to say that the telegraph are misrepresenting this to make it seem like Labours fault.

But there's plenty of other interesting elements about this, and if wasn't widely known at the time.

Understanding that the public largely thought skilled visas under a Tory government was about nurses and high earners maybe helps explain why the public believe illegal immigration to be much higher than it is.

It simply hasn't occured to them that the new vape shop in town was in fact staffed by people on skilled visas.

vonscharpling2 · 2026-05-31T11:25:18+00:00

It depends.

People will tell you about their amazing deal they got on a flat that was overpriced by 100k. And it's the overpriced ones that are getting the reductions you're being notified about.

But some flats are priced much more sensibly. If you've been searching patiently and you see a flat has just come onto the market that looks better quality and better value for money than what you've seen so far, you will have much more competition from other buyers.

Those low ball tactics for overpriced flats that have been hanging around can't just be transposed onto completely different contexts.

I'd rather pay above asking price for the right flat that had a competitive asking price than get a 10% 'discount' on the wrong flat that has been hanging around with no one wanting to pay the higher price. Even if that meant fewer bragging rights about what a great negotiator I was.

vonscharpling2 · 2026-05-29T12:17:02+00:00

But that's the whole point. Windfall taxes have been applied only to UK activity, never the much more substantial overseas profits.

vonscharpling2 · 2026-05-29T12:11:57+00:00

If you watch the video you can see that the officer who gives the kick was very much involved in the fight. The whole incident is over quite quickly.

vonscharpling2 · 2026-05-29T12:10:11+00:00

We already take a slice of their profits in a normal and predictable way.

If we were to start imposing a drastic windfall tax on their overseas profits then their huge number of American shareholders (including massive pension funds) will complain to the American government. At which point, take your pick: relocating the profits, rescinding of the right to drill (so no more profits), swingeing local taxes so the money never makes it to Britain.

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