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  1. InstaFace

    Life is a Beach - Summer 2023 Transfer

    I hear Carles Puyol is available. He must be the only one among those legendary squads who as soon as he couldn't play for his team anymore, just straight retired. None of this middle east oil money, go play in China or MLS nonsense. Or even a lesser team in La Liga. Not Barca? OK that's...
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    Not Being a Joker, We Need A The Finals Thread

    And some wholesome content: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WetOYfJ1fGM I hadn't seen the last one, but it deserved its place.
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    Not Being a Joker, We Need A The Finals Thread

    Ben Thompson does his film thing for game 1: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlolv4g6Nes Now, while I see what he's talking about, I don't think that you can fully tell the story of Game 1 without talking about 3P% - but even there, height might have had something to do with it, too.
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    The Thunder Down Under: Women’s Soccer & the 2023 World Cup

    Those first few goals, by Wolfsburg and then the first by Barca, were ones any men's player would've been proud of. Absolute bangers. I'm sure Michele Kang saw that opener by Pajor and thought about getting out her checkbook. ...but then there was the decider. And, good lord, what a way to...
  5. InstaFace

    In-season NBA news thread

    Nah, first 3 games of every series the team plays. The better you do without him, the more of him you get to have.
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    FA Cup Final Game Thread: Citeh v Utd

    I think the current rule is that anything above the shoulders with the arms is de-facto considered an unnatural position. Now, I'm not saying that should be the rule - so like, if it's coming straight at your face you can't put your arms up, that's "unnatural", you have to do the natural thing...
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    2023 Europa League Final Game Thread - Sevilla vs Roma - It's football heritage

    I laughed. These things have the importance that we give them. It's a trophy contested-for by a number of great teams, you get a huge cup and celebration and the games get worldwide attention. It might not be as good as the Champions League, but it represents an achievement, the UCL is not...
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    2023 Tennis

    I only just found out about the Taylor Fritz thing. I didn't see it, but having read this, now I kinda wish I had.
  9. InstaFace

    Life is a Beach - Summer 2023 Transfer

    yeah Meslier is crap too, most particularly by the same measure he just cited. Last two seasons, he's been among the worst in the PL (I think last season he was the very worst) in PSxG +/- per 90. This season he was merely second-worst, to the aforementioned Southampton. Either way, a...
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    Not Being a Joker, We Need A The Finals Thread

    NBA League Pass - or certain streaming services - give you a feed that is the announcers and normal TV broadcast, but no commercials, instead of the commercials you get the in-arena main camera during those breaks. So you get to see all the timeout dance-troupe routines, the awards to Local...
  11. InstaFace

    The Thunder Down Under: Women’s Soccer & the 2023 World Cup

    Font feels very Brooklyn Dodgers
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    Not Being a Joker, We Need A The Finals Thread

    We should play an international charity series best-of-5 or something during preseason. Every fuckin NBA fan would watch. Edit: even more seriously, NBA should play a 3rd place series on the Finals off nights. Make it worth the players' while. Satisfy fans' curiosity. They'd all make a fortune.
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    Not Being a Joker, We Need A The Finals Thread

    The Long Arm of the SoSH strikes again.
  14. InstaFace

    The Thunder Down Under: Women’s Soccer & the 2023 World Cup

    missed opportunity for Alcatraz FC, imo. It's like people learned nothing from the travails of the California Angels.
  15. InstaFace

    USMNT: Soccer's Coming Home

    No way man, the most obscure player is the guy behind Josh Cohen. What the heck is a Drake Callender? He's got Miami barely in the top 3rd of MLS's psXG+/- per 90 rankings, but same goes for Chris Brady for Chicago, McCarthy for LAFC, Joe Willis in Nashville, Stuver in Austin, all of them...
  16. InstaFace

    USMNT: Soccer's Coming Home

    Nobody wants the new USMNT thread? OK, lock it up I guess.
  17. InstaFace

    USMNT Summer 2023: Memo's Mirror Gets Sharp

    Yeah in my opinion, Gio (and Musah, and perhaps Adams) is our main ceiling-raiser for 2024 and 2026, as a team.
  18. InstaFace

    USMNT Summer 2023: Memo's Mirror Gets Sharp

    No I was speaking of one Giovanni Reyna, who I think has the highest-upside of any player in our pool (an opinion shared by many, though reasonable people can differ). And I'm speaking of his relative lack of fitness, club form, and all the drama around his selection (or lack thereof) in Qatar...
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    USMNT Summer 2023: Memo's Mirror Gets Sharp

    I think we need a new thread for this summer's tournaments, and any developments concurrent with those tournaments. The team is in a transitional state, let's have a transitional thread. Once we get through this summer, and have a permanent manager, I think TB (as is tradition) can make the...
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    Curb Your Enthusiasm: US Youth National Teams, Prospect Hype, and Youth Development Thread [The DA is DEAD updates]

    NZ came out with 2-3 nice opportunities on the counter in the first 15', one of which forced some tidy intervention in the box, but they were basically done with offense after the first goal went in.
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