B-more Mag

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Big Joe knows the point is to get it passed the keeper, yeah?

Ref’s no Sir Topham Hatt, I’ll say that.

Oh no. Peacock audio commentary back on.

I think it’s probably a function of never having been to an English football ground, but every song at every stadium on TV sounds like that to me. Can’t make heads or tails of ‘em.

I may just start saying stupid stuff to myself in an English accent.

No commentary on Peacock? Kind of nice.

It’s insane that I haven’t looked at the bottom of the table for as long as I have. Looks like it’ll be some race to avoid the drop, and I’m so happy we’re nowhere even remotely fucking close to it.

Did it in ‘06, as a grown ass man. The World Cup got me into watching football. I had played (very poorly) as a kid but had never really gotten into it as a spectator. Figured I needed a PL team, as U.S. soccer is … well U.S. soccer. Picked Newcastle because it was furthest north, which is as reasonable as anything else, and hadn’t won anything major in quite some time, which is apparently a requisite for all the teams I support. So I guess it was the heady days of Glenn Roeder and Obafemi Martins what roped me in, anarl. Also, I got on here, and on here is class.

There used to be rules and warnings and lists of the banned. And Dave. It’s a lawless free-for-all now. Chaos reigns.

Stop throwing people out of helicopters, KaKa.

I've never been there, and I don't know anything about it, but I just want to say Ponteland sucks ass.

You can get personal testers for about $30-$50 at drugstores here in the U.S. (I assume you can over there, too). Decent ones are as accurate as the ones cops use.

Really should have breathalizers built into new vehicles. Probably be more useful than guessing at BAC.

What's 43, like .09 BAC?

Joelinton Casio II

Second leg at home is good.

I’ve never tasted Carabao, but I think I love it.

Miggy

League One is the highest, right?

Don’t call it a comeback

U.S. soccer needs napalming.

Nice piece about how his position sort of transcends the “who’s the GOAT” argument or at least is a kind of separate issue. https://slate.com/culture/2022/12/pele-dead-brazil-soccer-legacy-obit.html