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I almost feel like West Ham is a very comparable club to South Carolina football.


I can’t lie - that’s part of why I ended up following them. Just enough spurts of pseudo success to think ‘finally weve arrived’ only for it to come crashing down as we regress to what weve always been.
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but also, I want the fans to revolt and get out of that damn London stadium. Hasn't been the same club since they left the Boleyn Ground.


FWIW, I agree with you that London stadium is awful. And every other west ham fans feel the same way. With that said, they did have one of their best stretches in their history under Moyes and those European nights were packed and loud.

But also to your point - West Ham made a deal with the devil. They stuck their fans with a shite stadium with the promise that at least they would be permanently elevated above relegation scraps. And yet, here we are.

The London Stadium in the Championship will feel more like a cavern than it already is.

re: Good game South Carolina

Posted by theGarnetWay on 5/19/26 at 10:40 pm to
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mean you handed skenes one of his 2 losses of the season in ‘23


True. Simply saying the word ‘tarp’ still shakes the Rant to its core

re: Good game South Carolina

Posted by theGarnetWay on 5/19/26 at 8:53 pm to
We haven't had a good game in 10 years.
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Both in London.


True. But after their loss to arsenal, I think west ham dropped all of their home London derbies. Or all but 1. Either way it was some kind of record.

re: Narcos Question

Posted by theGarnetWay on 5/12/26 at 3:47 pm to
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bone... I heard the producers didn't go further into El Chapo's story because the events that would have been in the show would've been too recent and included stuff about a lot more people who were still active in the cartels. Basically fear of people involved with the show being targeted by the cartels if they didn't like that certain stories were told or how they were portrayed.


IIRC, I believe someone who was scouting locations for filming Narcos: Mexico was actually murdered in mexico. How thematic.

I’ll also say, the Narcos theme is great. Really sets the mood for the show.

ETA: From wiki:

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Carlos Muñoz Portal, one of the show's location scouts, was found murdered with multiple gunshot wounds on September 15, 2017, in central Mexico near the town of Temascalapa.[14][15] A spokesman for the attorney general in Mexico said that there were no witnesses due to the remote location, but the authorities would continue to investigate.[16] Authorities are considering the possibility of narco gang involvement,[17] but the murder has not been solve
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You selectively point out Trossard and Rice, but conveniently leave out Soucek tackling Havertz at the front post, and that foul happens BEFORE all the rest.


It's not selective. I'm asking, do you think VAR actually reviewed anything else as they were supposed to? Or did it take them 6 minutes to review one thing and declare it was something that was clear and obvious?
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Have you?


Yes, I have.

You could've just admitted that you haven't.

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That Tobido guy was only trying to go after raya and our player was trying to block him off


That same Tobido guy was being hugged by Trossard who didn't even look at the ball the whole time.

Go ahead and watch it in full speed again. Raya is world class no doubt. But he barely tried to reach for the ball before flailing to the ground. Here he is looking at the ref before his knee even hits the ground.


In your opinion, were Rice, Odegaard, and Trossard all committing penalties at the same time - or no?
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It’s the time span of potential infractions.


At what point during the time span were Rice and Trossard not holding on the West Ham players?

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he would have easily caught that cross.


How many times did you actually rewatch in real time? Raya had 0 intention of jumping up and getting that ball. He reached up and flayed about on contact.
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Which one is lsu in?


The Union.
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For a clear foul on the GK?


Sure dude. A clear and obvious fouls that took 7 minutes to decide.

I wonder if they looked at Rice damn near dry humping Dino.

Or you know, maybe next time Trossard should actually be looking at the ball when he starts grabbing West Ham players?

As a trusted lover of VAR, surely they checked on both of these with due diligence. Right?





re: Narcos Question

Posted by theGarnetWay on 5/11/26 at 5:34 pm to
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Started watching for the 1st time and absolutely loving it. Only thing I struggle with is the language. My subtitles don't always catch up with everything that is being said and I feel like I miss a lot of dialogue.
Anyone else have this problem?


No. It might just be an issue on your end.
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And if you enjoy the Colombia seasons - don't forget there is a Narcos: Mexico.
I hope no arsenal fan ever complains about the existence of VAR ever again.
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I know I watched the last one, but for the life of me I cannot remember a thing about it.


I remember the opening and ending Scorption vs Sub Zero scenes were absolutely fantastic. The first one in particular. From what I recall, I didn't really like the rest of the movie because 1) It inexplicably used on a made-up / non MK character and 2) There wasn't a whole lot of Mortal Kombating in a Mortal Kombat movie.

Just judging from the trailers, I had hoped MK2 had alleviated those 2 big issues. I don't need an indepth storyline. Just a Mortal Kombat movie that Mortal Kombats.
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I just went and checked it out. So you subscribe for free but you have to pay 25, 50, 100 bucks to see the good stuff.
Where some you just pay 15 bucks a month and get everything. Having to shell out money for 1 post tho?


Holy shite. OP is begging for someone to go subscribe and let him know if what they see is worth it.
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thank god. I had every expectation this would suck, but I really enjoyed it


Same. Scrubs was one of my favorite shows of all time. Dr. Cox in particularly is one of my favorite characters of all time. I had very low expectations for this reboot.

Mostly because a lot of reboots like this never work, they're just shadows of what they used to be. I was also worried that the humor of early 2000s Scrubs would be too 'offensive' for a show today.

But I feel like they have nailed the landing so far. All the characters and scenery, old and new, largely feel on brand. I actually love how they get around making some of the old school 'offensive' jokes by having someone from HR or therapy just come in and say 'that's offensive,' and that's it.

My only nitpick is that JD and Elliott got divorced. The original Scrubs ending (i.e., not that weird medical school spin-off) is one of my favorite show endings of all time. And I hate how reboots or sequels have this habit of being like "remember that great ending from years ago? Yeah, it didn't work out."

Again, since they decided to have them divorce I actually think they handled their new dynamic well. For me, it just kind of screws up the series finale the original run hand.
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Lovely to see Everton making a statement about the referees


I assume they referenced Pickford kicking the shite out of Taty in the box?
Not in the trailer above, but that little guitar twang followed by the Jackass theme song will forever be etched in my brain. I was just about in Middle School when Jackass was on MTV + the first movie came out.
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Attempts on a sitting president’s life in the past 40 years: What are we at? Dems: 3 Everyone else: 0


Not just presidents.

In 2022 a person was arrested for plotting to kill Kavanaugh.
In 2017, a person was shot after he attempted to kill about of GOP congressmen practicing for their annual baseball game.

ETA: and Charlie Kirk of course.