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by Square Rob
Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:31 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: EPL 2022/2023
Replies: 839
Views: 12756

Re: EPL 2022/2023

So the Toffees are officially for sale, and the price is north of £500 million? That seems incredibly cheap for a club with that much history, and good infrastructure.
by Square Rob
Sun Jan 22, 2023 2:32 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Twitter:The New Batch
Replies: 1033
Views: 28189

Re: Twitter:The New Batch

I fucking the hate the Twitter app. Tweetlogix was so much better and they basically killed those third party apps with no explanation. We were enjoying using your platform you tit!
by Square Rob
Sat Jan 21, 2023 12:52 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Trump 2024
Replies: 72
Views: 1323

Re: Trump 2024

Is it just me or has he also been strangely quiet?
by Square Rob
Fri Jan 20, 2023 12:05 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Friday Sartorial Discusssion - Shoes
Replies: 118
Views: 2109

Re: Friday Sartorial Discusssion - Shoes

rass wrote: Fri Jan 20, 2023 9:02 am Manchin and Sinema painting each other's toes and gossiping
That’s hot
by Square Rob
Fri Jan 20, 2023 12:00 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: EPL 2022/2023
Replies: 839
Views: 12756

Re: EPL 2022/2023

I’m just glad that even Pep agrees Man City are a shit club with no heart and plastic fans.
by Square Rob
Thu Jan 19, 2023 11:51 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Television (no longer temporary)
Replies: 6196
Views: 341161

Re: Television (no longer temporary)

Did anyone catch the premiere of "The Last of Us"? (HBO) last night? The GF had read some stories about it, so she wanted to check it out. I'd heard of it, and knew it was a Zombie thing, but had never played the video game its based on. Gotta say...pretty pleasantly surprised. The openin...
by Square Rob
Mon Jan 16, 2023 4:07 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Podcasts
Replies: 1415
Views: 136705

Re: Podcasts

New hardcore history dropped. And perfect as a have a three hour drive this afternoon!
by Square Rob
Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:45 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Gas Stoves
Replies: 49
Views: 648

Re: Gas Stoves

Gonna be a lot harder for angsty poets to commit suicide now.
by Square Rob
Mon Jan 16, 2023 12:25 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2022-23 NCAA Basketball Thread
Replies: 144
Views: 2583

Re: 2022-23 NCAA Basketball Thread

HaulCitgo wrote: Sun Jan 15, 2023 8:54 pm Really good at capital murder?
Yeah, that’s horrific.
by Square Rob
Sun Jan 15, 2023 5:00 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Movies
Replies: 4662
Views: 289996

Re: Movies

Made our first foray to the French cinema tonight. We watched Banshees and what can i say other than it’s a McDonagh film. I enjoyed most of it, and it wil make me think, so I guess that’s good. Has your French comprehension advanced far enough that you’re not wishing the screen had subtitles? Non....
by Square Rob
Sun Jan 15, 2023 3:44 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Movies
Replies: 4662
Views: 289996

Re: Movies

Made our first foray to the French cinema tonight. We watched Banshees and what can i say other than it’s a McDonagh film. I enjoyed most of it, and it wil make me think, so I guess that’s good.
by Square Rob
Sat Jan 14, 2023 7:31 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2022-23 NCAA Basketball Thread
Replies: 144
Views: 2583

Re: 2022-23 NCAA Basketball Thread

So, Alabama are really good this year. Really good.
by Square Rob
Sat Jan 14, 2023 7:05 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: EPL 2022/2023
Replies: 839
Views: 12756

Re: EPL 2022/2023

mister d wrote: Sat Jan 14, 2023 11:33 am And the success stops when the smart spending ends?


(If a club is going to constantly eat shit for rampant spending, they should at a minimum be outspending other clubs in their league.)
No, smart spending gets far more difficult after the success drops off.
by Square Rob
Sat Jan 14, 2023 11:11 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: EPL 2022/2023
Replies: 839
Views: 12756

Re: EPL 2022/2023

I don't think its a strawman to point out that players you can sell for a profit are better than overspending for players you can't sell for half the initial cost. (The fact they've spent as much as they do and are barely top 10 in net, between 90(pound sign) and 300 million less than the other big...
by Square Rob
Sat Jan 14, 2023 10:52 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: EPL 2022/2023
Replies: 839
Views: 12756

Re: EPL 2022/2023

Net spending is a dumb way to look at it, sorry. It completely discounts amortization for wages, plus teams that buy and buy and buy expensive players also tend to sell and sell and sell those same expensive players because they can’t keep them all happy. Ignoring United is still $100MM above City ...
by Square Rob
Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:58 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: EPL 2022/2023
Replies: 839
Views: 12756

Re: EPL 2022/2023

I’ll admit, by my interpretation of the old offsides rule, i thought Rashford was interfering with play. Didn’t realize rule had been changed. From what they explained and what I read I understand wording now that since he didn’t impede goalies vision of play, nor block a city player from touching i...
by Square Rob
Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:53 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: EPL 2022/2023
Replies: 839
Views: 12756

Re: EPL 2022/2023

It must be rough rooting for a team that spends $100 million for a guy, but they have so much talent they struggle to get him playing time . 10th in 5 year net spend but in a very egregious and sure seems spendy kind of way. No argument. Net spending is a dumb way to look at it, sorry. It completel...
by Square Rob
Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:50 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: EPL 2022/2023
Replies: 839
Views: 12756

Re: EPL 2022/2023

Sabo wrote: Sat Jan 14, 2023 9:14 am That long diagonal pass in the build up for the second Man U goal?

Woof.
Bruno is capable of some shit passes, but he can also do the sublime.
by Square Rob
Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:17 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Twitter:The New Batch
Replies: 1033
Views: 28189

Re: Twitter:The New Batch

EnochRoot wrote: Fri Jan 13, 2023 2:08 pm
sancarlos wrote: Fri Jan 13, 2023 1:55 pm Looks like Scott Adams is carrying the water for Elon Musk. This comic makes it appear like Musk is improving Twitter by getting rid of the deadwood employees.

Image
Cringe
Yikes
by Square Rob
Wed Jan 04, 2023 11:54 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"
Replies: 727
Views: 10934

Re: USMNT - 2026 Cycle - "Early Days"

What makes this all so murky is that it's highly likely that GGG just made a naïve, boneheaded mistake. He truly felt it was off the record. But it wasn't just the comments, it was the leadup where he's inexplicably benching one of his better players despite the families being close, right? Like th...
by Square Rob
Mon Jan 02, 2023 12:51 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL 2022 week 17 - Wentz the Carr crashes into the Bridge(water)
Replies: 245
Views: 3480

Re: NFL 2022 week 17 - Wentz the Carr crashes into the Bridge(water)

That level of play is actually a decent descriptor of the level of play you'd get from the currently 31-year-old QB we are discussing! This is a team that would easily be in the playoffs with Carr-level QB play all season. Derek Carr has one glaring weakness and it's similar to Zach Wilson's. He's ...
by Square Rob
Sun Jan 01, 2023 6:42 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Pele
Replies: 12
Views: 197

Re: Pele

I went to the Grenoble match Friday night and they held a minutes applause for him.
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by Square Rob
Sun Jan 01, 2023 6:22 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Farts
Replies: 113
Views: 5144

Re: Farts

Advice for someone visiting France: never trust a fart the morning after eating a shit load of cheese varieties.
by Square Rob
Sun Jan 01, 2023 6:14 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: The Weather
Replies: 2497
Views: 107019

Re: The Weather

Cool and damp, almost every day so far. More sun than I expected though, which is nice. Adjusting to a house that doesn’t have central heat is strange, but getting there. Have pretty much used our wood stove in the main salon every evening.
by Square Rob
Sun Jan 01, 2023 6:09 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Swamp Cooking Thread
Replies: 982
Views: 49580

Re: Swamp Cooking Thread

Ok...any advice on doing NY Strips? I'd usually do steaks on the grill, but wondering if I should do them in my cast iron pan instead. And a sauce? Maitre'd butter? Salt, pepper, minced garlic, and olive oil. Liberally rubbed on all sides at least 4hrs in advance of cooking. In the oven at 200 unti...
by Square Rob
Sun Jan 01, 2023 5:53 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: EPL 2022/2023
Replies: 839
Views: 12756

Re: EPL 2022/2023

It’s hard for me to put into words how good I feel about Ten Hag. The way he handled the Ronaldo situation, the way he’s got the team playing, and even the way he handled a simple thing like Rashford sleeping late and being late to a meeting. He’s strong.
by Square Rob
Sat Dec 31, 2022 6:14 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: It's (almost) 2023
Replies: 13
Views: 197

Re: It's (almost) 2023

Happy new year bitches
by Square Rob
Sat Dec 31, 2022 4:23 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: 2022 NCAA Football thread
Replies: 379
Views: 5546

Re: 2022 NCAA Football thread

Congrats to the Ohio U contingent for finally getting a win over the Pokes. It was a depleted pokes squad (RB they started hadn’t played a snap all year), but still.
by Square Rob
Wed Dec 28, 2022 3:16 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: You Workin'?
Replies: 36
Views: 458

Re: You Workin'?

We moved last week, so I took this week as PTO to settle. I know this is a shock, but moving to a different continent is a pain in the ass. I don’t recommend doing so during the holidays. Though we did fucking luck out on weather. Turns out we had a three day window with the temps warm enough both h...
by Square Rob
Wed Dec 28, 2022 3:12 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: NFL 2022 week 17 - Wentz the Carr crashes into the Bridge(water)
Replies: 245
Views: 3480

Re: NFL 2022 week 17 - Wentz the Carr crashes into the Bridge(water)

That’s Tua’s third concussion this year. Not good.
by Square Rob
Wed Dec 28, 2022 3:11 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Movies
Replies: 4662
Views: 289996

Re: Movies

Finally watched Glass Onion and quite enjoyed it. Don’t think it was quite as good as Knives Out, but as said above, so much fun to watch an A list cast have that much fun.
[+] spoiler
Also enjoyed seeing pseudo Elon get pantsed.
by Square Rob
Fri Dec 16, 2022 12:09 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Twitter:The New Batch
Replies: 1033
Views: 28189

Re: Twitter:The New Batch

Rex Chapman? He has a huge following, mostly just shares/amplifies heartwarming or funny stuff, but also is very vocally anti-maga. He seems a target to be ousted while being mostly harmless and well liked.
by Square Rob
Fri Dec 16, 2022 12:06 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Electric Vehicles
Replies: 128
Views: 2662

Re: Electric Vehicles

We talked about that and have considered it. We do have a garage space at my MiL’s we could use. But for me there’s so much uncertainty around everything Tesla I’d rather just take the hit and be done with it.
by Square Rob
Thu Dec 15, 2022 8:34 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Twitter:The New Batch
Replies: 1033
Views: 28189

Re: Twitter:The New Batch

Y’all can count on seeing me on here a lot more. And fucks sake I’m going to have to build out a good blogroll again. Man, following sports live isn’t going to be as good. Those are my two favorite things about Twitter, all my news was in one space I got to curate. And there was nothing like Twitter...
by Square Rob
Thu Dec 15, 2022 8:29 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Electric Vehicles
Replies: 128
Views: 2662

Re: Electric Vehicles

If you can get the damn thing to France for me I. The next week you might have a deal. Will be buying two cheap used cars when over there.

Promoted tweet just now on hellscape telling me to buy Tesla stock. Lol.
by Square Rob
Thu Dec 15, 2022 7:41 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Electric Vehicles
Replies: 128
Views: 2662

Re: Electric Vehicles

Y’all, it’s really worth discussing what the fuck is gonna happen with Tesla. If someone told me today that they will collapse as a business in the next six months I might believe them. So, I bought a model 3 in March. Extended range battery, self driving capable, and the performance acceleration. I...
by Square Rob
Wed Dec 14, 2022 8:52 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: World Cup - Qatar - Knockout rounds to the Final
Replies: 377
Views: 4131

Re: World Cup - Qatar - Knockout rounds to the Final

Was doing a little thought experiment earlier: how many players are better than Messi right now? Forget the history, I'm talking about Messi in his current form at age 35. Regardless of position. He'll never be in the consideration for "best player in the world"... but Griezmann has been ...
by Square Rob
Tue Dec 13, 2022 11:31 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Mike Leach
Replies: 20
Views: 274

Re: Mike Leach

Such a weird, complicated guy. So many things I just can’t look past but at the same time holy shit what an impact he had on the sport and how much fun he made so much of it.
by Square Rob
Mon Dec 12, 2022 6:20 am
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random
Replies: 8832
Views: 409936

Re: Random Thoughts About Thoughts Random

I graduated from Western Kentucky on Friday with my MBA (with a concentration in Supply Chain Management). Go Tops! I traveled there to walk and everything. I accomplished a goal of graduating from an actual brick and mortar university and not just some online only degree mill. Feels good, man! Nic...
by Square Rob
Fri Dec 09, 2022 10:38 pm
Forum: The Swamp
Topic: Grant Wahl
Replies: 61
Views: 1209

Re: Grant Wahl

This is shocking and awful.