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    Straight Reds (now and forever)

    Over at the Brighton forum they started a thread to track straight reds across all competitions this year. It’s a great idea. Since there’s no point in ripping that off wholesale, I thought it would be fun to have a “timeless” thread with the same convening principle. Post straight red card...
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    Biennial World Cup?

    FIFA is pushing to make the World Cup an every-two-years thing. The big clubs aren't happy. Player fatigue, especially with 48-team WC brackets, would be a real issue. Regional tournaments that take place in the non World Cup even years would get shoved aside - and even if they weren't, they'd...
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    Messi to PSG

    Wow. View: https://twitter.com/FCBarcelona/status/1423341016455819271
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    Post your World XI

    Having just finished wading through a ton of high-level soccer (and with withdrawal symptoms about to hit) this is a pretty good time to take stock of what we're seeing. So: imagine we were putting together a soccer Space Jam team to battle the aliens in late summer 2021. List your: • World XI...
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    Euro 2020: Semi-Charmed Life

    Wembley from here on out. Italy v. Spain Tuesday 6 July • 3pm ET • ESPN latest odds: Italy: +155 Draw (tied after 90'): +220 Spain: +200 England v. Denmark Wednesday 7 July • 3pm ET • ESPN latest odds: England: -137 Draw (tied after 90'): +270 Denmark: +450
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    Euro 2020, round of 16, day 4: ENGvGER, SWEvUKR

    England vs. Germany in London 12 p.m. ET on ESPN Latest odds: England +160, Draw +225, Germany +195 Sweden vs. Ukraine in Glasgow 3 p.m. ET on ESPN Latest odds: Sweden +145, Draw +215, Ukraine +230
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    Euro 2020, round of 16, day 2: Tilting at Windmills

    Netherlands v Czech Republic in Budapest 12ET on ESPN Latest odds: Netherlands -150, Draw +295, Czech Republic +450 Belgium v Portugal in Seville 3PM on ABC Latest odds: Belgium +145, Draw +225, Portugal +210
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    Euro 2020, round of 16, day 1: There be Dragons

    Wales v Denmark in Amsterdam 12ET on ESPN Latest odds: Denmark -118, Draw +230, Wales +450 Italy v Austria at Wembley 3PM on ABC Latest odds: Italy -210, Draw +320, Austria +800
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    Clubs you always root against

    The Brighton forum recently had a thread like this and it made me curious as to folks’ thoughts around here. (If we've done this before, I apologize.) I’ll go: Palace - Brighton's unlikely blood rival. I didn't fully detest them until they poached Glenn Murray (he came back though). Leeds -...
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    Covid-19 & the 2019-20 season (or, Can a rabona inspire us?)

    California is clamping down on public gatherings, impacting at least some MLS matches. Spain is playing behind closed doors. So is the Champions League in several places. In Italy, the season is in danger and playoffs might take the place of the normal run-in. In England, well, Liverpool's...
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    Your Let's Encrypt SSL cert may need to be re-issued

    If you do web work, give this story a look-over: There is a cert-checking tool here. Most of my domains are ok but two are affected.
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    Lets Talk About Drew Magary

    Maybe we should have a Magary thread. I read him and think he’s one of the good guys, but his tropes have definitely gotten old. I don’t know if he’s the progenitor, or just the main torch-bearer, of the Deadspin house style of opinionated writing, but it’s infuriating. I’ll underscore that by...
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    January ‘18 Transfer Window

    Brighton and Celtic were rumored to have come to an agreement for Moussa Dembélé - but it seems like there was less to it than first thought. (Dammit.) What else is happening this January?
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    2017-18 Premier League: Welcoming Fatboy and Picard

    The fixture list is out, so it seemed like a good time to kick this off. defending champ Chelsea FC, in a return to predictability after Leicester City's shocking title in the prior campaign. new faces Newcastle United, Brighton & Hove Albion, and Huddersfield Town join the league...
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    Craft CMS

    Anyone use it? Looking to use it?  Running away from it? Currently in the middle of a CMS evaluation for a largish institutional site.  Drupal is the defacto choice / known quantity; Craft is the upstart challenger.  Assuming things like implementation cost and in-house expertise are relatively...
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    World Cup Shirt/Design Project

    I have a Group A post live - feedback always welcome.  Especially from this crew.
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    The Championship & Smaller Clubs: '13-'14

    I thought I'd start this off as the lower leagues have kicked off in England.  While Palace sits on its ass waiting for its Premier League beatings to commence, Brighton has already lost its first match and been kicked out of the League Cup by Newport. In fact, since losing to Palace in the...