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Doesn’t every team fly back to their base camp? England is stationed in Kansas City, for example. Germany is in North Carolina. It’s common practice for teams to fly back home after a game. So what’s the issue?


Teams will spend the night and conduct their normal, routine recovery in the city of the match, and then fly back to their host city the following day.

For Iran, the players are forced to immediately return to Tijuana. And from Seattle, that’s about a 3-hour flight.

Athletes all have their routines. And it’s the post-game routine the Iran players are unable to conduct.

Their opponents have no restrictions.
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No cap I’m still pissed about last night. How you gon lose to lunch meat?


Why? To put it in NFL terms, we already had the division wrapped up and the No. 1 seed in the playoffs. We benched our starters in the last game, lost a close one, and now we focus on the playoffs.

No reason to be upset at all
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LOL you think your opinions validate your soccer IQ. On paper is irrelevant in international soccer and it’s precisely why we are traditionally a middle of the pack, solid team. We have had several “great” players on paper and it has translated to nothing during the only tournament that matters. Turkey being given a good chance of winning the pool is more of a reflection of the pool they are in and not of Turkey as a squad.


Turkey isn’t just good on paper. They made it to quarters in the Euros two years ago and nearly beat the Netherlands. In fact, I think they were leading most of the game and ended up losing via an own goal. But that was an amazing game.

Overall, this was a pretty weak group, but not because of Turkey. Those dudes can ball.

And with the expanded tournament, with more games, there will be more chances for goals than we’ve seen in the past
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Means y’all are top heavy


Underrated response. I laughed. Haha
Tuchel just gave more of an injury update than we’ve heard in 6.5 years combined from Arteta
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Looks like we sacked our head medical guy & team. Probably deserved after the last 2 seasons


Good! The past two seasons have been horrific
England

France has the most talent. But I don’t trust a team with Mbappe to play with unity.

Spain is legit, but if they continue to go with Simon vs. Raya in goal, it will likely bite them.

England is sound, stable, and capable. They gave up 0 goals in World Cup qualifying. They’re gonna be tough to beat. I think it’s their year.
Gabriel has taken penalties before and done well for us. Arteta knows this team. He’s incredibly detail oriented. He wouldn’t have agreed if he wasn’t confident in the approach

re: CL Semi Finals

Posted by Uhtred on 5/7/26 at 6:53 am to
Well, that’s one way to look at it, lol.

re: CL Semi Finals

Posted by Uhtred on 4/29/26 at 7:05 pm to
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Yet Arsenal are 16th in the premier league at scoring from open play. That's the issue. If there isn't a corner/set piece they do not create enough. Everyone can see that.


What??? Arsenal are fourth in open play goals in the Premier League. Where do people get this shite?

And just a couple of months ago they were second, only behind City, in open play goals. There’s a lot of shite out there.
I loved the book. I read it and listened to the audio book (best audio book I've ever listened to).

I already booked tickets for opening weekend at an IMAX.
We certainly seem to panic in the last 10-15 min of these one goal games. We forget how to maintain possession, kick it long and straight to the other side.

But three points is three points.

Lost in the mayhem of feeling disappointed in a win in a London Derby is…….

HAPPY ST. TOTTERINGHAM’S Day!!!

re: 2025-2026 Ski Thread

Posted by Uhtred on 2/18/26 at 12:11 pm to
Just finishing up a week long trip to Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the Bavarian Alps, about an hour and a half train ride or drive south from Munich. They celebrate Mardi Gras here (they call it Fasching).

Conditions were a little icy the first day, but we got dumped on the last few days and there was some decent powder off piste the past two days.

Garmisch Classic doesn’t have any beginner terrain, so I wouldn’t advise this mountain unless you’re advanced or an expert. It’s quite steep and the fricking Germans make so many turns on the damn catwalks that they become filled with moguls. Blows my damn mind. But the Kandahar is the famous run that hosts a lot of World Cup and world championship competitions for the downhill. It’s a blast.

BTW - the Germans have never heard of lining up for the lift. It’s just a clusterfrick of dozens and dozens of people pushing up against those in front, other people’s skis between your legs, trying to skip each other until you finally make it to the chair. It’s not for the faint of heart and certainly not what we’re used to in the states. You’ve got to push and block your way to the front. I don’t remember this type of social behavior in the French or Austrian Alps, but it’s been a few years, so I may just not remember. I’m hitting up Val d’Isere in France next month and can compare social norms.

re: Washington D.C. with kids

Posted by Uhtred on 2/3/26 at 12:27 pm to
Definitely take your kids on the metro. They'll love it. And it's easy to get around and much cleaner than any other metro in the country, imo.

- National Zoo
- Natural History Museum
- Air & Space Museum
- Spy Museum

Lots of great places to eat that are kid friendly.

The thing that trips up a lot of young families is the amount of walking. The National Mall doesn't look that big. And then you walk from the Licoln Memorial to the Natural History Museum and your kid has a meltdown because it's nearly a two-mile walk.
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Mr Brown’s first highlight in an LSU uniform


Haha! Ain’t that the truth
Throw this into ChatGPT as your prompt
Zubimendi and Odegaard sure did pick a bad day to have their worst games.

Zubi just sucked and Odegaard played like a total pussy, minus two decent passes.

But give United credit for two incredible goals.

This Arsenal team needs someone who can take over a game and do something special.
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I do think Tennessee is like this to a large degree.


No offense, but I disagree. Whenever I meet someone who is a Tennessee fan and they find out I went to LSU, they immediately talk trash about rednecks, coonasses, corndogs, etc. I’m not a trash talker, so this comes out of nowhere. No other fanbase seems to be this way. Could just be the Tenn fans in the DC area. Who knows?