I'm sick of Mary Black and Ronaldo. They both need to go quietly into the night.
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Jaysus what is he up to. I mean everyone knows about the ego, but I cant imagine what good he thought would come out of this for him. I guess thats how narcissism works, you don't pull the trigger thinking about your own good, you just pull it cos someone might be hurt.Originally posted by Solksjaer! View PostThis may or may not be an original thought of my own.
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Who wants to own potentially worthless NFT's for no cost and with the chance to win a signed Messi jersey?
You do!
Here's the jist, it's basically FPL but a 5 a side.
8 players within a budget of 100 points. You must select two players for each position (Goalkeeper, Defender, Midfielder, Forward) with no more than two players from the same national team.
Each Matchday, Managers select five players from their eight-player squad and compose their Sorare Global Cup lineup.
During the Global Cup, you have the opportunity to add four new player cards to your initial squad of 8 on the following dates:
Before the Round of 16: Nov 29 — Dec 3
Before the Quarter finals: Dec 3 — Dec 9
Before the Semi finals: Dec 9 — Dec 13
Managers strengthen their squad by winning National Team Common cards in the Matchday competitions.
Each Matchday the following prizes are up for grabs.
The private IPB League means bonus prizes and potential free swag.
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It's a free shot to nothing and might give this journey the the next few weeks a little interest instead of filling your sitting room full of sand.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Going to start toilet training with the youngest later this week. Filling the sitting room with sand might not be a bad idea.Originally posted by DeadParrot View PostWho wants to own potentially worthless NFT's for no cost and with the chance to win a signed Messi jersey?
You do!
Here's the jist, it's basically FPL but a 5 a side.
8 players within a budget of 100 points. You must select two players for each position (Goalkeeper, Defender, Midfielder, Forward) with no more than two players from the same national team.
Each Matchday, Managers select five players from their eight-player squad and compose their Sorare Global Cup lineup.
During the Global Cup, you have the opportunity to add four new player cards to your initial squad of 8 on the following dates:
Before the Round of 16: Nov 29 — Dec 3
Before the Quarter finals: Dec 3 — Dec 9
Before the Semi finals: Dec 9 — Dec 13
Managers strengthen their squad by winning National Team Common cards in the Matchday competitions.
Each Matchday the following prizes are up for grabs.
The private IPB League means bonus prizes and potential free swag.
https://sorare.com/invite/pl/GPVPIS?referrer=deadparrot
It's a free shot to nothing and might give this journey the the next few weeks a little interest instead of filling your sitting room full of sand.Comment
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The man is getting half a million a week which is obviously a disgrace imo, not even prime Ronnie should have got that. It's a fuck load of shirts and clicks to be accounting for. I've no idea what he was promised or told behind doors but ETH is putting out his best team and largely getting results.Originally posted by Theresa View Post
It's not even an important soccer story either. Have a read of the one about the non-existent betting company that "sponsors" City. Teddy Sheringham is the sponsored ambassador. The signing up picture of him is with a London based model (supposed exec/enployee). It's like some 13 year old pretended to make a gaming company using stock photos and paying a few duds to stand in on LinkedIn.Comment
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Glad everyone, even the blind Man U fans, have come around to my way of thinking on Ronaldo.Originally posted by Solksjaer! View Post
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At least it's mild. Put him outside like a dog imo.Originally posted by RichieM View Post
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If these are the Ukrainian grannies, no wonder the RuSSians are running away as fast as possible.
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Well your way of thinking was he was overrated etc and bottles it in big games. This way of thinking had been proved wrong many many times. However he is now a liability and some of us suspected this might be the case when he resigned. He is really a very immature lad and I’d say some ways down the road he will realise that he was very foolish . Of course Pierce poison Morgan feeds off and encourages this type of thing. He probably prompted Ronaldo to get his off his chest. Morgan is the worst kind of manipulator. A face that needs to be slapped, for the life of me I don’t know why/how he has supporters . Ronaldo hasn’t ruined his legacy for me as ability is ability , I’m in camp Messi anyway but I do think 38 year old Ronaldo has let himself down as a person.Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
Glad everyone, even the blind Man U fans, have come around to my way of thinking on Ronaldo.
My fav top 5/6 is still
Maradona
Messi
Ronaldo
Ronaldo (the fat)
Ronaldinho
Best
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ah poor Vicky, and her family.
She did some good."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big PhilComment
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Been away for about two weeks for various reasons. So missed the US election coverage - did ye all take a moment to acknowledge my Ron de Sanctimonious for Republican nominee bet turning seriously green?
Have significant doubts about the bet still, despite the favourable turn. Was listening to some analysis that said that it still all turns on whether Trump actually decides to be a nominee or not. That a nominee needs about 33% of the primary votes to be nominated and there's zero chance that Trump can't muster that. Indeed, his ability to muster primary voters for even the craziest of crazies being the reason for the disastrous election results last week. Even if he ultimately, clearly, has no chance of being elected.
Which really makes the 'Trump at 3.1 to be nominee' odds on Betfair a pretty phenomenal bet on whether he simply decides to run or not. Something that he is going to do tomorrow, seemingly. Can't touch it myself, but that's some bet. Endless liquidity on it too."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big PhilComment
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Ron got a few mentions, although your strategic betting brilliance was tragically overlooked.Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
So Trump would have to be officially nominated into the GOP primary to scoop on the above? which won't be until Q1 2024."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."Comment
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Iran going full genocidal regime. this should be getting more coverage - not the rapper per se, but the underlying atrocity. Only selecting this as article as it’s a mainstreamed source.
It’s pretty grime, particularly systematic rape of virgin female prisoners so they won’t get into heaven.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-d...cution-in-iran
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Realistically it would be trading at pennies well below then depending on how the first few primaries play out.Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post"We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big PhilComment
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I think the real action will take place over the next six months. In my view, De Santis certainly has the momentum and probable support of most of the GOP hierarchy. However though Trump does have his loyal band of lunatics...Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."Comment
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We saw how useful support of the GOP hierarchy was 8 years ago.Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostComment
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Totally different context though, now everyone knows what Trump is and his brand has now been tested on the voters 4 times...Originally posted by 6starpool View Post"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."Comment
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DeSantis has been able to refine the Trump rhetoric so that he can appeal to the base, perhaps appeal to some undecideds while also being someone that the party elites can work with(control).
Like Silver said, the recent result was the near perfect DeSantis outcome.
On the Republicans more generally, came across a great segment in FP called “Shadow Government” which is a balanced view of Republican/Conservative positions and criticism of the Democrats.
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DeSantis is also a lying prick. Bush got killed by trump because he tried to use facts so a different situation.Originally posted by 6starpool View Post
Trump V DeSantis debates will be outrageous in the truest meaning of the word.
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I'd like to see him (DeSantis) thinking on his feet in a debate, he comes across pretty wooden in his prescripted speeches.Originally posted by RichieM View Post
'We fight the woke mob' (like WTF).
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Yep. My bet is on De Santis, but essentially I think it is now a bet on whether Trump decides not to run. Which I was hoping for, but not so sure now.Originally posted by 6starpool View Post
The issue is that Trump has widened the primaries base, through his popularity with oddballs, that means he is probably a deadcert to get the 33% (approximately what it has taken in the past due to the remaining votes being divided amongst many other candidates) or so needed to triumph for the primaries.
His lunatic acolytes in the recent election sailed through Republican primaries with the same principle. The primaries voters almost seem not to care about whether the person they are voting for has any electability. They are 'making a statement', and thats enough for them.
So, if Trump sticks with it, despite the probable high certainty that he has no chance of eventually being elected, then he nails the nomination. I guess though he must surely know that he will lose again, and how will that play against his ego when he actually thinks about it.
The other factor I didn't correctly consider is that De Santis is only 44. Maybe he's thinking: pfft - lets let Trump blow up another one and then I come in as a saviour for 2028 when I'll still be a young whipper-snapper of a lad. Thats a bit of a risky game though as who knows who else might emerge as a new saviour in the intervening four years. From what I read on it, history is littered with current hot-things that decided to bide their time and then when their time comes it turns out their time was in the past. He should ride the momentum.
On the 'pro-de-Santis' side of the bet:
1. Maybe they both decide to run and the party mechanism strongly dissuades any other candidates, meaning the threshold for nomination success will be a real 50% rather than the 33% or so in a many-candidates nomination race. Or maybe the voters work this out themselves and turn it straightaway into a two horse race. That would be a much harder hurdle for Trump as surely 50%+1 of them would be reasonably convinced that a vote for Trump is a vote for four more years of Democrat rule.
2. Maybe de Santis can see a reasonable route through some of the bigger states in the primaries. He has Florida. Texas seems a state that votes with a financial hat on. California probably quite reasonable?
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oh yeah De Santis is a deeply loathsome prick. Its more that he is probably competently loathsome which might appeal to the average republitard, while Trump lacks the competency part. That he will have the ability to actually implement his dastardly plans.Originally posted by RichieM View Post"We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big PhilComment
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'analytical' is the kindly-phrased way I've seen that describedOriginally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
I'd like to see him (DeSantis) thinking on his feet in a debate, he comes across pretty wooden in his prescripted speeches.
'We fight the woke mob' (like WTF).
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Enjoying WRL Final Shrap.
Engs no 7 is fine. Then number 5, things turn dark after that.
its a semi (ironically)Last edited by Solksjaer!; 14-11-22, 19:42.Comment
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The Ronaldo stuff is just a bit pathetic now. I haven’t really followed soccer since around the time he was first at Utd.
Obviously asking Piers Morgan to do the interview is a red flag but the piece about Rooney is awfully petty.
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Famous narcissist doesn't like not being the centre of the universe. Shock horror. He's gone full Ted Crilly.Originally posted by Murdrum View PostComment
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He was always like that. People just gave him a pass as long as he was scoring goals.Originally posted by 6starpool View Post"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."Comment
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I hope you are not confusing me with someone who ever actually liked him, or espoused his virtues?Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostComment
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That’s how the world works . Elton John, Van Morrison, dicks. But ya give ‘em a pass once they are delivering.
Sure Ali was a complete dickhead to Joe Frazier. Apparently the greatest sportsman of all time.. .
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Obviously not.Originally posted by 6starpool View Post
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On the topic of football and the World Cup, this really hits home just how appalling the decision to base the WC in Qatar is. (and the one in Russia before that)Last edited by Raoul Duke III; 15-11-22, 12:40."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."Comment
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rap/Grime....Freudian lip for GrimOriginally posted by Mellor View Post
Not that i would dare get inside hi head and assume anything
This too shall pass.Comment
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Horse racing question: why are Gigginstown still running and buying young horses if O'Leary is pulling out?"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."Comment
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I'm not into horse racing but I thought he reversed that decision in the last year or so. With the caveat that Gigginstown would be keeping a smaller footprint. He's back in partnership with Mullins again too.Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostComment
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It was never expected that he would really pull out. I guess he recognised that buoyed by success he had let the operation get too big and he wanted to right size it. There were elements of family dynamic involved in that decision at the time as well. With the passage of time his son is now mad keen on the industry.
He is lucky that he is managed by his brother, Eddie, who is one of the very best practitioners in the industry.Comment
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Something like 6,000 migrant workers died working over there since they were awarded the WC. One guy had to pay the recruitment agency over €3000 just to get the poxy job.Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
World is really fucked up and the poorest get fucked the worst.
If we are in a version of the Matrix (
) about time somebody pressed the 'game over' button.....oh wait!
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So if we dont watch it they will have died in vain.Originally posted by dinekes View Post
Something like 6,000 migrant workers died working over there since they were awarded the WC. One guy had to pay the recruitment agency over €3000 just to get the poxy job.
World is really fucked up and the poorest get fucked the worst.
If we are in a version of the Matrix () about time somebody pressed the 'game over' button.....oh wait!
Seriously though you are right.
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Russian missile reported to have hit Poland\NATO, killing two.
Now presumably it just went astray but very interesting to see what the response will be."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."Comment
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Is that an official report or where you reading from the Irish MirrorOriginally posted by dinekes View Post
Something like 6,000 migrant workers died working over there since they were awarded the WC. One guy had to pay the recruitment agency over €3000 just to get the poxy job.
World is really fucked up and the poorest get fucked the worst.
If we are in a version of the Matrix () about time somebody pressed the 'game over' button.....oh wait!
The €3000 person what job title did he get for paying a hefty fee
is nobody running an auld World Cup sweep to help us get over Qatar been given this tournamentComment
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Originally posted by balfejohn View Post
It was a Guardian article, referenced later in an Amnesty International report which went into more details re employment conditions, rights , the long hours in extreme heat, poor health and safety, lack of information or autopsies on deaths (natural causes mostly is the official line) and the fees workers had to pay to get over there.
Sure easy enough to Google it
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More migrant workers died before they were awarded the World Cup.Originally posted by dinekes View Post
Something like 6,000 migrant workers died working over there since they were awarded the WC. One guy had to pay the recruitment agency over €3000 just to get the poxy job.
World is really fucked up and the poorest get fucked the worst.
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Yeah that makes sense. That went a bit over my head at 1am.Originally posted by oleras View Post
rap/Grime....Freudian lip for Grim
Not that i would dare get inside hi head and assume anything
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The 6k were of workers directly working on the WC infrastructure. Total migrant worker deaths was higher.Originally posted by Dice75 View Post
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Fair playOriginally posted by dinekes View Post
thanks for that
enjoy the football if u get a chance to watch any of itComment
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Fair play James Browne- now keep the boot pressed on that industries neck
No more Ladbrokes lads or “hilarious” paddy power banter watching super Sunday in this country
about fucking timeLast edited by MysteryGuest; 15-11-22, 19:35.Comment
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No botherOriginally posted by balfejohn View Post
Hadn't really thought to any extent about boycotting it in fairness, was just adding on to RD3's post about the workers.
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Definetly least excited I’ve been about a World Cup- I’d say atmosphere in the stadiums will be shit enough- I’d say a good few fans won’t travel with the cost/ fact that it’s being hosted by an airport departure loungeComment
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I'm certainly not advocating gambling advertisement especially when encompassing an impressionable youth demographic indiscriminately, such as tv ads at halftime, Shirt sponsorship etc,Originally posted by MysteryGuest View Post
but where will the shortfall in sponsorship revenue come from now?
The Crypto sponsorship of F1 and MotoGP will surely blow up eventually too.﴾͡๏̯͡๏﴿Comment
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People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
Get a shiny metal Revolut card! And a free tenner!
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Sports have generally always found someone to fill the shortfall. The same questions were asked when tobacco sponsorship was banned and again when alcohol sponsorship was stopped in some European countries. Sports survived, got dotcom start-up sponsorship, then poker site sponsorship, dodgy looking gambling sites with numbers in their name, cyrpto companies.Originally posted by Micknail View Post
It seems there's always a slightly shady industry around the corner who will have need of sport to get their message out.Comment
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Nice to wake up to hear Russia has potentially attacked a NATO country. At least markets are saying it's nothing.
Any mention of cardrooms or casinos in the changes?Originally posted by MysteryGuest View PostLast edited by Denny Crane; 15-11-22, 23:48.Comment
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This twitter page and WPT are giving away a package to Vegas worth $12,400. If anyone could stick a like or RT on this photo for me, I'd really appreciate it. They said winner will be chosen on engagement. Ty
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LOL. Here we go again.This may or may not be an original thought of my own.
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