Soccer, sports and politics (R)

roby · Sep 24, 2023

Auriaprottu said: ↑

I learned today that Domino's is an international thing. Who'd-a thunk it?
And yeah, they probably lost some Blue customers
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Yeah, Fats was everywhere....Blueberry Hill on a Blue Monday!

roby · Sep 24, 2023

dapip said: ↑

Chelsea fans order only Pizza Hut.
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That and they liked the musical Grease too.

M · Sep 24, 2023

argentine soccer fan said: ↑

I wouldn’t want to face Wales in the quarters, but that’s what we’re playing for right now.
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They demolished Australia, but this is a very poor Australia team.

soccernutter · Sep 24, 2023

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@soccernutter, Good result today. Madison is the real deal What a steal that was to grab him from Leceister.
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Spurs have not had an AM of quality since Eriksen. And even then, when Deli was still firing on all cylinders, he was a good replacement (though move of a forward than midfielder). The danger is if Maddison goes down for any significant length.

But the most impressive part from today's match, from the Spurs perspective, was on the defensive side. This was the first real test, and it was expected Arsenal had too much skill. As it was, an OG and a penalty and a howler. Perhaps there is something there for Spurs.

M · Sep 24, 2023

Deadtigers said: ↑

Some of us have yet to watch the game, so thanks.
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The thread has an "(R)" in its title...

Bootsy Collins · Sep 25, 2023

Broncos-Dolphins. Surprised this hasn't come up here:

Auriaprottu · Sep 25, 2023

Bootsy Collins said: ↑

Broncos-Dolphins. Surprised this hasn't come up here:

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Highlight video has an intermission so you can grab a sandwich

The Jitty Slitter · Sep 25, 2023

Deadtigers said: ↑

Well they have been built as big game/knock game specialists and the All Blacks haven't been allegedly. The ABs have shaken the choker tag but Fozzie is doing his best to change it.
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Oh the ABs are nowhere good enough to have a choker tag

The Jitty Slitter · Sep 25, 2023

argentine soccer fan said: ↑

Yeah, they had codes. If you chose to play, you take your punishment “like a man”. You never show your opponents that they hurt you. And you don’t leave the field unless it’s on a stretcher. If you are somehow able to stand up, you stay in the game.
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Yes! Schoolboy rugby was amongst the most brutal of all. Players looked like they had been in a fight on monday morning

The Jitty Slitter · Sep 25, 2023

ceezmad said: ↑

That sounds fvcking terrible
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One aspect worked well in that stuff was largely sorted out on the field without drama. For instance if you put in a cheapo, you could expect a good working over next time you were on the wrong side of the ruck, and you couldn't moan about it - especially the ref would not help you.

JohnR · Sep 25, 2023

Auriaprottu said: ↑

I learned today that Domino's is an international thing. Who'd-a thunk it?
And yeah, they probably lost some Blue customers
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If I'm a Chelsea fan, I'm saying "About damn time somebody spoke about how crap our club is, fire all those mother********ing bastards." And then I'm ordering from Domino's.

Deadtigers · Sep 25, 2023

The Jitty Slitter said: ↑

Rugby in the 80s was way brutal, and that's before the huge units of the 90s started turning up in the pro-era. Especially there were a lot of cheap shots!
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And kids that is why you get your retaliation in first.

Deadtigers · Sep 25, 2023

M said: ↑

They demolished Australia, but this is a very poor Australia team.
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Frankly, this is the poorest SANZAAR has looked in years and they will still likely get Three teams in the QF.

Deadtigers · Sep 25, 2023

Bootsy Collins said: ↑

Broncos-Dolphins. Surprised this hasn't come up here:

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That was Shocking. Russell should have stayed in Seattle or Pete Carroll is a genius.

Deadtigers · Sep 25, 2023

I followed the Jets vs Patriots game, it hurts! It really really ********ing hurts!;

Bootsy Collins · Sep 25, 2023

Deadtigers said: ↑

That was Shocking. Russell should have stayed in Seattle or Pete Carroll is a genius.
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Or Sean Payton isn't.

Cascarino's Pizzeria · Sep 25, 2023

Can't anybody coach in Colorado any more?

charlie15 · Sep 25, 2023

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I followed the Jets vs Patriots game, it hurts! It really really ********ing hurts!;
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******** the Jets and Woody Johnson, their MAGA owner...lol
Zak Wilson truly sucks though....

PS. LOL at the Cowboys too...

Cascarino's Pizzeria · Sep 25, 2023

Deadtigers said: ↑

I followed the Jets vs Patriots game, it hurts! It really really ********ing hurts!;
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I can picture Tom Brady in the backyard today throwing passes at tires getting ready to be a J-E-T, JET JET JET

Cascarino's Pizzeria · Sep 25, 2023

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******** the Jets and Woody Johnson, their MAGA owner...lol
Zak Wilson truly sucks though....

PS. LOL at the Cowboys too...
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Have you ever tried to be an heir of a band-aid, pharmaceutical and medical device company? It ain't easy!

Dr. Wankler · Sep 25, 2023

The Jitty Slitter said: ↑

Yes! Schoolboy rugby was amongst the most brutal of all. Players looked like they had been in a fight on monday morning
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Near the end of my playing days, we were playing out a match we'd already lost, and the other team was just as gassed as we were. We were mustering our final attack, and I thought, WTF, if I get the ball, I'll try for a drop goal, pull us within 20 or something. One of their guys, woefully offside (and standing with both his arms in the air making the international signal for "I'm having nothing to do with this play") clotheslines me as I go to run by him. Only a couple of people saw it, none of them the referee. For my part, I wasn't hurt, I was just confused: "why is there grass so close to my face?" etc.

I get up, the whistle blows, the teams shake hands. After the match, we meet up at the local watering hole. The guy who clotheslines me goes around and asks if that guy has a wife or girlfriend here: my wife was ten feet away and was scowling at him (she was one of the people who saw it): he apologized and asked what my beer of choice was. About five minutes later, "allo, mate. Sorry I hacked you. Don't know what I was thinking." His wife was there and made a comment about how common that state of mind is, then asked me what my wife's favorite wine was. In this particular place, it was a shiraz. She bought a caraffe and tracked down my wife and apologized for her husband's unsporting play. Then they hung out and discussed how both of there husbands are getting a little too old for this (I was 42 and played one more full season. Both our wives were right, incidentally).

Dr. Wankler · Sep 25, 2023

Scottish 3rd division side figures our a way around the offside law...

The Jitty Slitter · Sep 25, 2023

Dr. Wankler said: ↑

Near the end of my playing days, we were playing out a match we'd already lost, and the other team was just as gassed as we were. We were mustering our final attack, and I thought, WTF, if I get the ball, I'll try for a drop goal, pull us within 20 or something. One of their guys, woefully offside (and standing with both his arms in the air making the international signal for "I'm having nothing to do with this play") clotheslines me as I go to run by him. Only a couple of people saw it, none of them the referee. For my part, I wasn't hurt, I was just confused: "why is there grass so close to my face?" etc.

I get up, the whistle blows, the teams shake hands. After the match, we meet up at the local watering hole. The guy who clotheslines me goes around and asks if that guy has a wife or girlfriend here: my wife was ten feet away and was scowling at him (she was one of the people who saw it): he apologized and asked what my beer of choice was. About five minutes later, "allo, mate. Sorry I hacked you. Don't know what I was thinking." His wife was there and made a comment about how common that state of mind is, then asked me what my wife's favorite wine was. In this particular place, it was a shiraz. She bought a caraffe and tracked down my wife and apologized for her husband's unsporting play. Then they hung out and discussed how both of there husbands are getting a little too old for this (I was 42 and played one more full season. Both our wives were right, incidentally).
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LMAO!

The Jitty Slitter · Sep 25, 2023

Deadtigers said: ↑

And kids that is why you get your retaliation in first.
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A strategy not without risk though!

"well he wanted to start it, you've got to be prepared to continue it on"

JohnR · Sep 25, 2023

charlie15 said: ↑

******** the Jets and Woody Johnson, their MAGA owner...lol
Zak Wilson truly sucks though....

PS. LOL at the Cowboys too...
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Hey, they could be the Bears. Now that's a clown franchise. "We got Trubisky. It's all going to be different now." Me - "Hmmm, I don't see it." Them - "You don't understand football you idiot. He's not going to be a superstar in Year 1. But he's got it, you wait and see." Flash forward a few years. "We got Fields. It's all going to be different now." Me - "Hmmm, I don't see it." You know how it went from there. The same as it has for the last 35 years when I talk with them about Bears quarterbacks.