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After everything Malawi did to get there, first ever WAFCON final appearance, beating Nigeria and Algeria along the way, Cameroon came out and just blew the game open in the first half. brutal way for that underdog story to end honestly

still an insane tournament run for Malawi regardless of the result, ranked way outside the top teams and made it all the way to the final. hope people don't just forget that run because of how the final went

feels like Nico's been the guy who unlocks everything for this team the last couple seasons, and now he's out and there's still transfer noise about Arsenal circling him for something like €90m whenever he's fit again

Hope it won't affect us much without him, Guruzeta and Navarro have been solid finishers but I don't think either of them creates in the same way Nico does off the left

after everything Malawi did to get there, first ever WAFCON final appearance, beating Nigeria and Algeria along the way, Cameroon came out and just blew the game open in the first half. brutal way for that underdog story to end honestly

still an insane tournament run for Malawi regardless of the result, ranked way outside the top teams and made it all the way to the final. hope people don't just forget that run because of how the final went

after everything Malawi did to get there, first ever WAFCON final appearance, beating Nigeria and Algeria along the way, Cameroon came out and just blew the game open in the first half. brutal way for that underdog story to end honestly

still an insane tournament run for Malawi regardless of the result, ranked way outside the top teams and made it all the way to the final. hope people don't just forget that run because of how the final went

between not being included in the matchday squad at all and Ferran Torres officially joining just adds another body ahead of him in the pecking order.psg really be switching up cause they buy at every position regardless of who's there and good.

Mann feels like there's a real split happening, last season already saw a move away from possession-heavy football toward more direct stuff, long throws, set pieces, GKs just clearing it long instead of playing out. some people think that was partly a reaction to Pep's style dominating for so long

now with him out of City and a bunch of new managers coming in , curious if people think this pulls things back toward fast attacking football again or if the shift was more structural than just one manager's influence maybe?

I don't trust rookie WRs in year one no matter how good the draft profile looks, feel like people reach for them every year based on hype and then they end up as fringe flex plays at best while some random vet outproduces them. not saying never draft them, just feel like the hit rate gets way overstated compared to how often it actually pays off immediately imo

not hating on cricket at all, just find it interesting how lopsided the attention is here compared to say the US or Europe where you've got 3-4 sports genuinely competing for mainstream attention

feel like hockey's literally India's most successful Olympic sport historically and still gets a fraction of the coverage cricket gets in an off season. same with badminton, kabaddi's actually got a solid domestic league too imo.or feel free to correct me if I'm wrong too

for me it was always the simplest stuff that ended up being the hardest to actually do well under pressure. the fancier techniques you kind of expect to take forever, but then something like a basic hip escape or a jab takes years to feel natural when you're actually being pressured ino

feel like this always gets talked about but everyone describes it differently. some people say it's mostly a navigation problem, others say the mental part of not being able to see the bottom or walls is what actually gets to them first

curious if people found it way easier or way harder than they expected compared to pool swimming, and how long it took to actually feel comfortable out there

some teams look completely different coming back, others clearly used the break better than others in terms of fitness and form

curious who people are actually backing for MLS Cup at this point, feels like a more wide open field than usual with the schedule being so disrupted this season

ranked 153rd in the world, playing in their first ever WAFCON, and they took down Algeria 3-1 in the semis. the Chawinga sisters combined for all three goals, Tabitha scored twice and Temwa added one plus an assist

this isn't even their first upset either, they beat defending champs Nigeria in the group stage too. first tournament debutants to reach the semis since 2000 and now they're in the actual final which is unexpected fr

Mann I feel like every year the debate sometimes look at team output instead of actually looking at individual output. like a guy can be the best player in the world on a team that finishes 4th and get zero real consideration just bc of team results he doesn't fully control

not saying team success should mean nothing, team success does say something about a player's impact tbh. just feels weighted way too heavily compared to actual individual numbers and eye test fr

been following WAFCON and Nigeria really needed that one against Zambia, Oshoala coming up big early was massive for the belief going into a must win game. feels like every tournament people write Nigeria off a bit too early and then they find a way. still think the squad has more depth than people give credit for even with some of the usual questions about consistency. curious how far this run actually goes now that they've steadied things a bit man

just saw the schedule news, Sixers open the season Oct 20th AT Madison Square Garden, same night the Knicks raise their first championship banner since 1973. so LeBron's Sixers debut is literally interrupting the Knicks' celebration lol . That's either the most disrespectful scheduling ever or the most perfect drama the NBA could've possibly set up on purpose. no way this is an accident

also love that it's a triple header kickoff, feels like the league knows this season already has more storylines than usual with LeBron changing teams this late in his career