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NinpoEspiritoSanto: Oct 22, 2013

Der Shovel posted:

My man, we're on a forum that currently has multiple threads running in the hundreds or even thousands of pages dedicated to gawking at Internet weirdoes. Sometimes it's just fun to read the ramblings of some nutter who genuinely believes Paul Pogba has been running an elaborate scam since September in an effort to force a move to Real, going as far as paying off doctors and hospitals to put fake casts on his ankle so he can have them removed for Instagram videos.

Plus it's a great source for all the hottest news and rumours, since people there trawl the net for anything United related at a speed and intensity that makes Google's web crawler bots look like slackers.

Eh, trolling fellow fans for steaming takes doesn't feel as funny as other fan boards :shrug:

# ? Jan 19, 2020 20:26

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# ? May 12, 2024 09:23

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

Der Shovel posted:

Sometimes it's just fun to read the ramblings of some nutter who genuinely believes Paul Pogba has been running an elaborate scam since September in an effort to force a move to Real, going as far as paying off doctors and hospitals to put fake casts on his ankle so he can have them removed for Instagram videos.

I like the sound of that

# ? Jan 19, 2020 20:58

sassassin: Apr 3, 2010; by Azathoth

Der Shovel posted:

My man, we're on a forum that currently has multiple threads running in the hundreds or even thousands of pages dedicated to gawking at Internet weirdoes. Sometimes it's just fun to read the ramblings of some nutter who genuinely believes Paul Pogba has been running an elaborate scam since September in an effort to force a move to Real, going as far as paying off doctors and hospitals to put fake casts on his ankle so he can have them removed for Instagram videos.

Cobblers. Raiola is running it.

# ? Jan 19, 2020 20:59

goddamnedtwisto: Dec 31, 2004; If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you; Fun Shoe

https://twitter.com/ChrisPowell1969/status/1218992804518596609

ADO Den Haag welcoming Alan Pardew and Chris Powell to the club.

# ? Jan 20, 2020 01:57

NinpoEspiritoSanto: Oct 22, 2013

I suppose "WAG Toucher" fits Pards as a nickname?

# ? Jan 20, 2020 10:16

goddamnedtwisto: Dec 31, 2004; If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you; Fun Shoe

Bundy posted:

I suppose "WAG Toucher" fits Pards as a nickname?

This suits him better:

https://twitter.com/Sport_Witness/status/1217725460878184448

# ? Jan 20, 2020 10:25

NinpoEspiritoSanto: Oct 22, 2013

goddamnedtwisto posted:

This suits him better:

https://twitter.com/Sport_Witness/status/1217725460878184448

Doesn't really scan with "Ghostbusters" though.

If you want some strange, from your neighbourhood, who ya gonna call?
The58yearoldnarcissistfromwimble-don!

# ? Jan 20, 2020 10:42

oliwan: Jul 20, 2005; by Nyc_Tattoo

goddamnedtwisto posted:

https://twitter.com/ChrisPowell1969/status/1218992804518596609

ADO Den Haag welcoming Alan Pardew and Chris Powell to the club.

It says 'the ghost of relegation' on the logo

# ? Jan 20, 2020 12:04

vyelkin: Jan 2, 2011

I couldn't find a good thread to put this in but I wanted it to reach a broader audience than just PL folks so here's an interesting article:

quote:

Yes, social media and video games really can hurt footballers' decision-making
Sean Ingle
Study of footballers in Brazil shows spending time on a smartphone or console before a game causes mental fatigue

Could spending too much time on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram affect a footballer�s performance? Manchester United appear to think so. One report before their trip to Anfield claimed the club were �consulting leading experts� about how to help their stars deal with the negative mental effects of social media and also suggested there were concerns that players were suffering dips in form as a result of being abused online.

Some may suggest the players should just �man up�. But scientists are increasingly scrutinising how mental fatigue � the lack of energy we feel from long periods of purely cognitive activity � can influence sporting performance, often with startling results.

Only last week a study by academics on Brazilian professional footballers, published in the prestigious Journal of Sports Sciences, came to an eye-opening conclusion. Being on �social networks on smartphones and/or playing video games for at least 30 minutes before official matches impairs the passing decision-making performance in professional soccer athletes�. The researchers� advice for managers was also as crisp as a Zico free-kick. �Coaches should evaluate the use of social networks on smartphones and/or playing video games before official matches in soccer athletes.�

It is easy to imagine many old-school managers rolling their eyes and saying �tell us something we didn�t know 10 years ago�.

However, the snappily titled article, �The effect of smartphones and playing video games on decision‑making in soccer players: A crossover and randomised study�, is significant because it backs up that instinct with hard science.

The academics� research was based on a series of pre‑season matches played by professional players from two teams in Brazil � only with a twist. Before each game they split players into three groups. The first control group watched videos for 30 minutes. The second looked at social media on their phone for the same period. The third played Fifa 18. The footballers also did the Stroop task, a well-established psychological test, before and after these activities to assess their mental fatigue. They then warmed up and played a 90-minute match which was filmed and analysed.

Three or four days later the players switched their pre-match activity and played another 90 minutes. Six matches were played in total and to keep the players motivated they were told the games would be used to select the team once the season started.

The due diligence did not end there. The academics asked the participants to rate their levels of energy before each game to assess recovery from the previous match. Afterwards players had their blood lactate levels analysed and were required to give their perceived rate of exertion during the game.

As well as all that, two experienced analysts watched each game. Their task was simple: assess every pass made by every player and assess whether it was a good decision. After the numbers had been crunched the scientists found that, while each of the three groups � video watchers, social media viewers and Fifa 18 players � made a similar number of passes overall, the quality of passing decision-making decreased in the players who had used social media or played Fifa beforehand when compared with the passive video watchers.

So what might be going on? We all know football is an extremely dynamic and tactical sport, which places high mental demands on decision-making. However, the academics suggest being on social media and playing Fifa 18 leads to a prolonged period of electrical impulses in certain areas of the brain, reducing the speed of information processing � thus leading to less successful decision‑making accuracy.

�When mentally fatigued, athletes usually demonstrate longer fixation time on opponents and shorter fixation time on their teammates,� they point out. �Mentally fatigued athletes may not adequately interpret (sports perception) or anticipate (frontal cortex) opponent�s actions, which affects the decision-making accuracy. Thus, it seems that mental fatigue negatively affects the way players choose their tactical actions during matches.�

This is a small study, one of the veryfew that have looked at concrete evidence of the link between smartphones and video game use on elite performance on the pitch. However, other studies based on non-elite athletes have found mental fatigue has led to slower and less accurate reactions, poorer visual perception and even a reduction in the collective movement of a team in small‑sided games.

Elsewhere laboratory studies have also found some evidence of a decline in endurance performance following a mentally challenging task. One study, for instance, found a significant decline in power output in a 20-minute cycling time trial when athletes are already mentally fatigued.

Other research, based on interviews with elite Australian athletes, found mental fatigue can negatively influence player performance in other ways � including decreased motivation and enthusiasm and less attention to details.

Perhaps most of this comes as no surprise. Even so, after years when academics have focused largely on the physical nature of fatigue as opposed to its mental aspects, the focus on potential mental stressors and their relation to mental fatigue in elite sport is surely overdue.

At any rate the message from the Brazilian academics seems clear enough: staying off social media immediately before a match will not just help you to avoid the trolls; it might help you to perform better.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2020/jan/20/social-media-video-games-players-decision-making

Short version is that academics in Brazil found that using social media or playing video games before a match mentally fatigues players, causing them to make worse decisions on the pitch. So next time you see a photo or video of players goofing around on their phones in the locker room before a match starts, you can know that by doing so they're actively harming your best team's performance that game.

# ? Jan 20, 2020 17:05

Bape Culture: Sep 13, 2006

That Tyler the creator tweet dot jpg

# ? Jan 20, 2020 17:19

sticksy: May 26, 2004; Nap Ghost

https://twitter.com/nocontextfooty/status/1219374568516788228?s=21

I want to buy an account for whoever runs No Context Footy, it's consistently one of the best follows on Twitter.

# ? Jan 21, 2020 03:54

goddamnedtwisto: Dec 31, 2004; If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you; Fun Shoe

https://twitter.com/visualsatire/status/1220254932231761920

# ? Jan 23, 2020 10:23

CyberPingu: Sep 15, 2013; If you're not striving to improve, you'll end up going backwards.

goddamnedtwisto posted:

https://twitter.com/visualsatire/status/1220254932231761920

# ? Jan 23, 2020 10:29

trem_two: Oct 22, 2002; it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals; Fun Shoe

https://twitter.com/BurgerKingUK/status/1220022224381534208

# ? Jan 23, 2020 14:50

Literally Lewis Hamilton: Feb 22, 2005

Luke Shaw looks like he would work at Burger King just to get the discount

# ? Jan 23, 2020 14:52

Literally Lewis Hamilton: Feb 22, 2005

Naughty tackle here that I didn�t see in the aftermath of the goal

https://twitter.com/ketchell/status/1220082155767902208?s=20

# ? Jan 23, 2020 15:16

goddamnedtwisto: Dec 31, 2004; If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you; Fun Shoe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtPByJi8gtY

Good to see the Australian grassroots is building the skills for players to prosper in the AFL.

# ? Jan 24, 2020 08:30

XBenedict: May 23, 2006; YOUR LIPS SAY 0, BUT YOUR EYES SAY 1.

For less racist context.

# ? Jan 24, 2020 15:15

CyberPingu: Sep 15, 2013; If you're not striving to improve, you'll end up going backwards.

Pickfords arms are farrrr to long in that picture

# ? Jan 24, 2020 15:18

NinpoEspiritoSanto: Oct 22, 2013

CyberPingu posted:

Pickfords arms are farrrr to long in that picture

If you look closely you can see it's all sleeve his hands aren't protruding

# ? Jan 24, 2020 15:22

XBenedict: May 23, 2006; YOUR LIPS SAY 0, BUT YOUR EYES SAY 1.

Bundy posted:

If you look closely you can see it's all sleeve his hands aren't protruding

And he doesn't appear to be wearing pants.

# ? Jan 24, 2020 15:23

goddamnedtwisto: Dec 31, 2004; If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you; Fun Shoe

https://twitter.com/Wheddsta/status/1221101351800856576

# ? Jan 26, 2020 17:12

pik_d: Feb 24, 2006; follow the white dove

TRP Post of the Month October 2021

goddamnedtwisto posted:

https://twitter.com/Wheddsta/status/1221101351800856576

https://twitter.com/PapaJohnsUK/status/1221395240201981955

Shot down

# ? Jan 26, 2020 17:14

Simone Poodoin: Jun 26, 2003; Che storia figata, ragazzo!

Shirley Cruz owns

https://twitter.com/FOXSoccer/status/1222319146366656512

The commentator sucks but sound on is worth it to hear that hit

# ? Jan 29, 2020 03:16

CyberPingu: Sep 15, 2013; If you're not striving to improve, you'll end up going backwards.

https://streamable.com/s4iin

# ? Jan 29, 2020 10:11

Mickolution: Oct 1, 2005; Ballers...I put numbers on the boards

CyberPingu posted:

https://streamable.com/s4iin

Wonderful.

# ? Jan 29, 2020 10:16

goddamnedtwisto: Dec 31, 2004; If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you; Fun Shoe

CyberPingu posted:

https://streamable.com/s4iin

That was on the JAYFC NPL compilation, just world-class shithousing.

# ? Jan 29, 2020 10:49

Mickolution: Oct 1, 2005; Ballers...I put numbers on the boards

https://twitter.com/ofalafel/status/1222124323508572161

# ? Jan 29, 2020 11:08

CyberPingu: Sep 15, 2013; If you're not striving to improve, you'll end up going backwards.

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/evljch/alassane_plea_gladbach_scores_a_volley_with_his/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Because Reddit still don't have direct links to videos for "reasons"

# ? Jan 29, 2020 13:14

NinpoEspiritoSanto: Oct 22, 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFGdPVH65FI
:discourse:

e:
This account is fun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfC_eLhxOsY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNpifWwcAOY

NinpoEspiritoSanto fucked around with this message at 15:13 on Jan 29, 2020

# ? Jan 29, 2020 13:58

goddamnedtwisto: Dec 31, 2004; If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you; Fun Shoe

https://twitter.com/iresimpsonsfans/status/1222532519817568263

# ? Jan 29, 2020 15:58

Shaman Tank Spec: Dec 26, 2003; *blep*

The Jesse Lingard experience:

"Jesse! One more time and you're loving off!"

(he kept turning over possession in bad situations time and time again)

https://twitter.com/ManUnitedZone_/status/1222628848937979905

# ? Jan 30, 2020 09:22