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Edit: got the answer here:

"There are three main cavalry counters - Pike/halbs, camel line, and monks.

Franks have a few options to counter each.

Xbow/Skirm are good vs pikes, decent vs monks, and ok vs camel but pretty bad vs heavy camel.

Hand cannons demolish pikes, but are mid vs monks and camels

Throwing axemen are great vs camels, halbs, and good enough vs monks.

The idea as franks is to play scouts into knights and counter the counter by using TA."

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This is for combining with Knights/Cavallier/Palladin and mainly to defend against the cavalry counters, i.e. pikemen.

I guess some people will say "it depends" so say when one is better for the other, I'm asking in a typical scout rush into knights strategy for Franks in arabia.

So all upgrades from blacksmith and first crown from castle, in castle age and imperial (you're welcome to answer in other conditions but to make the question more specific).

Doesn't this exist? I really like the basic bic pen but why not a version which is the same, all plastic, non retractable, no rubber but thicker grip so that it's nicer to hold? With similar waterproof ink to bic.

He retires early (for any reason he wants) but all other players stay the same.

So eg in 2008 and he keeps only what he achieved until then.

What's the earliest year he could have done that and still be considered the GOAT?

Como se hace esta conexión? Que materiales se necesitan etc? Es todo dentro de mi propiedad. La red de electricidad está en la puerta.

Aclaro que lo pregunté antes pero lo formule mal y se desvirtuó así que más prolijo preguntar en un post nuevo.

Ya se que se puede tasar pero incluso ahí uno tiene que sacar una conclusión y a veces las tasaciones son diferentes.

Que estrategias sugieren?

Que se necesita para un alargue de 250m, si, doscientos 50, por eso pregunto.

Si hay que hacer alguna modificación al enchufe donde comienza el alargue está bien pero el alargue no puede ser una instalación permanente.

Para darle electricidad a una casa en construcción y herramientas de construcción pero estoy dispuesto a tener que adaptarme. Me imagino que 3000 watts está bien.

Aclaro la pregunta. Creo que necesito el mismo cable y conexión que para una instalación permanente. Creo que se llama calle sintelar. Pero no quiero que sea permanente, la pongo y saco cuando quiero, o sea va a estar el cable por el suelo.

I think this small rule change will massively improve football.

You do the shootout first (if you're equal on goals of course) and then you play the extra time. You stop teams speculating on the shootout result and being too defensive and time wasting. Now one team will be forced to score but if they do the situation is reserved.

The game will also now finish on actual football open play and let's be realistic, those last minutes in matches are usually exciting since teams take higher risks. Whereas if score is a draw then teams get more and more conservative as the time goes.

Also, some people love shootouts, so now you'll see them in all matches that go to extra time.

Mathematically, it's the same as giving 0.5 goals to the winner of the shootout.

Thoughts?

Since people seem to get very annoyed about spicy takes here, in a sub called spicy football takes, here is a really non spicy take.

What are your other non spicy takes? I read you

Interested in setting up a competitive league for non contact football.

How could this be achieved and actually enforced? What would count as a foul but without killing the game?

I'm talking about the minimal modifications needed to achieve this. The aim is to remove injuries caused by fouls.

edit. not interested in walking football or things like that. Seems what I'm looking for is an only clean tackles rule and no sliding tackles

Ya que se para un 5 es difícil hacer un resumen con los highlights porque es más que nada la consistencia.

Pero igual, me parece un robo absoluto.

Y no me refiero a goles o asistencias. No hay super pases, no hay super salvadas. Fue un excelente 5 y nada más.

If you don't take into account how far your team goes and if you consider raw skill, read below.

Officially the best in 2014 and 2022 and almost all reputable sources claim also 2026.

But if you analyse how well each player performs, he was also the best in 2010 and 2018.

His technique, skills and contribution to his team had no match, and he was the expert at what is the hardest skill in football, which is dribbling and ball control in tight spaces.

For people not understanding what I mean, I'm taking about a level a player shows. Think that you have the chance to pick a player for free after a would cup for your team. I'd have picked Messi every single time.

If you disagree tell me with a hand in your heart which player you would have taken for free for your team after the world cup otherwise.

This is the truth. Matches with more goals are more fun. Everyone thinks so.

But then you get the traditionalists thinking that any rule change to achieve this is bad. I'm not talking about making the goal twice as large or silly things like that, but simple rules that would actually achieve more goals.

Around 5 goals per match would be ideal. Would also make referee decisions less controversial since they'd have less effect on the overall result. Now one penalty can simply give the win for one team.

And by the record I'm not American.

edit. As you can see in the responses here I'm right. All the purists come in and are afraid of the slightest changes. I'm taking about 5 goals per match, not 200 like there are in basketball. It'd still be a very rare event that you'll celebrate.

And in case people didn't understand, 5 goals means eg a 3-2 match. The best matches in the world cup were those. Argentina Cabo Verde, Argentina Egypt, Argentina France 2022 (3-3), Mexico England, etc.

Some 0-0 matches are fun but those are the very rare exceptions.

Before VAR there were very clear and serious mistakes, such as:

- goal not given to England vs Germany 2010 (I know it's not technically VAR but it's still technology helping refs)

- infamous "hand of god"

- clear offsides but still goal

- no offside but goal disallowed

- clear red cards with players hitting others but refs didn't see

In contrast, 2026 world cup had no serious mistakes. Subjective borderline cases? Of course. It's impossible not to have those, people will always debate and it's very hard to judge some actions in football, even in replays, etc, there's always ambiguity.

VAR kills a bit of the excitement, e.g. when it's a goal they are checking offside? Of course. It should be as quick as possible. But I rather wait for a correct decision than getting the wrong one instantly.

This said I think there should still be changes. Teams should be allowed challenges, VAR should revise all cards while game runs since it doesn't delay things and offside rule needs an update to stop silly millimetric offsides, eg Wenger's rule.

Before VAR there were very clear and serious mistakes, such as:

• goal not given to England vs Germany 2010 (I know it's not technically VAR but it's still technology helping refs)
• infamous "hand of god"
• clear offsides but still goal
• no offside but goal disallowed
• clear red cards with players hitting others but refs didn't see

In contrast, 2026 world cup had no serious mistakes. Subjective borderline cases? Of course. It's impossible not to have those, people will always debate and it's very hard to judge some actions in football, even in replays, etc, there's always ambiguity.

VAR kills a bit of the excitement, e.g. when it's a goal they are checking offside? Of course. It should be as quick as possible. But I rather wait for a correct decision than getting the wrong one instantly.

This said I think there should still be changes. Teams should be allowed challenges, VAR should revise all cards while game runs since it doesn't delay things and offside rule needs an update to stop silly millimetric offsides, eg Wenger's rule.

What are your thoughts?

Pa, todavía no puedo creer que te hayas ido. No caigo, o mejor dicho, no quiero caer. Se me hace muy difícil imaginarme que ya no te voy a ver más, que no vamos a hablar más. Sé que estabas sufriendo y que es lo mejor, pero te fuiste muy pronto. Todavía nos quedaba mucho por disfrutar juntos.

Tanto me pedías que juegue el último Mundial y días antes de empezar fue cuando peor te pusiste. Era la primera vez que no ibas a estar en un torneo, pero mamá me decía que iba a estar mejor y que ibas a estar bien para poder viajar. Yo te decía que íbamos a llegar a la final, así podías viajar.

Cada vez que terminaba un partido, esperaba y extrañaba tu mensaje. Ahí me di cuenta de que la situación era fea de verdad. Así y todo, no dejaba de pensar en llegar lo más posible, para darte tiempo y que vieras un partido. Llegamos a la final y no pudiste estar. Quería ganarla para llevártela y mostrarte una nueva. No pude, las piernas no me daban más. Esta vez intenté ir contra mi físico, pero no pude. Nunca pude sentirme bien.”

Cuando llegué, creías que habíamos perdido la final por penales. No pudimos hablar de nada de todo lo que pasó. No pudiste disfrutar nada. No fuimos campeones, pero no sabes cómo disfrutamos cada partido. Una vez más, tenías razón: tenía que estar y jugarlo.

Te cuento esto porque fue lo único que no pudimos hablar, porque todo lo demás ya lo sabes. Hablamos todos los días y nos veíamos cuando se podía por mis compromisos.

No sé qué voy a hacer sin vos, no sé cómo seguir. Yo solo jugaba al fútbol y ahora tengo bastantes dudas de que vaya a seguir haciéndolo por mucho tiempo más. Estuviste al lado mio desde el principio, faltaba tan poquito para el final. ¿Por qué no aguantaste ese poquito más y terminábamos juntos?

Sé que tu felicidad era ver bien a tu familia, a tu mujer, a tus hijos y, sobre todo, sin que se enteren los otros, verme jugar a mí.

Desde chiquito siempre fue así. Me llevabas a todos los entrenamientos apenas llegabas de trabajar. A muchos me llevaba mamá porque vos estabas trabajando.

Obviamente, a los partidos no faltabas a uno. Cómo sufrías viéndome y cómo disfrutabas, aunque nunca me regalabas muchos elogios.

Fuiste papá, amigo y representante. Siempre eras la persona que tenías que ser en cada momento y nunca te equivocaste en nada. Más allá de algunos reproches o peleas, siempre tenías razón. Al final se terminaba dando como vos decías.

Te voy a extrañar mucho, pero siempre vas a estar presente, y sobre todo en la educación de mis hijos, porque les enseño y los educo como ustedes lo hicieron conmigo. Descansa en paz y cuidanos desde arriba como lo hacías acá. Gracias por todo.

Te amo, pa.

I see loads of posts here posting what you're supposed to post. Spicy takes. Everyone just down voting and criticizing the posts.

So why are you even here? You should be in ultra conservative football takes instead.

This is the sub description: "The home of football’s most controversial opinions."