Daddsy and 999 others

[Daddsy and 999 others @Objectivebroker]

@TPythia @WgarNews @WriteWithDave I had an epiphany yesterday. We are dissatisfied with journalists because we expect them to QUESTION the govt. they think they are there to REPORT and tell us stories. They will not earn our respect while they miss the job description @InsidersABC @ABCmediawatch @ABCJournalisms

[Bail @_Bail_5]

Connor Metcalfe really played his junior football 5mins from where i currently live & it’s just such a cool feeling knowing he scored a world cup goal.

One of only 11 Australians to have scored at a World Cup & he’s from bloody Newcastle.

Today has been fantastic

[Jack @thejacksvn]

I’ve tried telling people how slept on Australia 🇦🇺 are.

Yes, they win ugly.
Yes, it’s defensive.

Who gives a shit?

Turkey had absolutely no answer.

Japan had no answer in qualifying.

When they lock in, you’re in for a grueling match.

I couldn’t be happier for the Aussies!

[John Davidson @johnnyddavidson]

Ange Postecoglou before kick off: “Australians are built on doing what others think they can’t, and that will be the challenge tonight.

“Australians, particularly as footballers, won’t bow down to anyone.”

Challenge met.

[Michael J Voukolos @moggyvouk_82]

Perhaps that was the problem, Hakan Çalhanoğlu and the rest of your nation didn't think enough about us and you just assumed you'd show up and win. Hubris, then you double down with faux outrage about a joke tweet and try to paint it with a broad brush about Australian attitudes.

[Hansi’s Barça 🇩🇪 (fan) @Flickxball]

this was nasty from this Australian player against Turkey bro 😭

[Anon Opin. @anon_opin]

Privatisation doesn't create competition. The free market doesn't lower prices. All it does is degrade the service because the profits go to shareholders and company execs, not back into the business for improvement. All the selling points of privatisation are fucking lies.

[Vince Rugari @VinceRugari]

Sick one Mike Grella

[.\leaguesCentral @AleaguesCentral]

I feel like the rest of the world thinks we are ranked like 100th with no good players. Making out as if today’s win was impossible. We’re 5 ranks behind them in the fifa rankings…

Of course I’m happy we won and definitely the underdogs. But not as far fetched as it seems

[HLTCO @HLTCO]

Should the clock not stop completely during these “hydration breaks” given the fact that they are pre-determined? They’re pumping out adverts for medical practices with 737 side-effects over in America and the time is still ticking away.

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

Anytime I save a PDF, I often think about that lady who pointed out how insane it is that the easiest way to create one is by lying to your computer and telling it you are about to print something.

[Daddsy and 999 others @Objectivebroker]

@The_GRK_ At least it wasn’t Gooner ball. Both goals were in open play.

[Daddsy and 999 others @Objectivebroker]

@The_GRK_ This is tournament football.

[Cosmopolitan Reactionary @cosmorxn]

I increasingly think that Brazil’s early success in football was due in part to the fact that they were the first country to have the ethnic and racial balance that globalization and mass migration have since made common among the most successful teams. They were the first major side to field players of west African descent, mixed-race players, and European players, guided by a European coach. After the enormous human movement of the last few decades, this demographic mix looks remarkably similar to the makeup of many successful club and international teams today. Brazil were simply ahead of their time.

Now that Brazil are competing against Germany, Spain, England, and other nations operating with a similar “model”, it is inevitably much harder for them to maintain the same advantage. @Steve_Sailer thoughts?

[Chris DeRose (ScratchyDerose.bsky.social) @ScratchyDerose]

In a heartbeat

[Toby @Jousting_Sticks]

You literally get bullied by all your teachers at school if you can’t kick a ball goodly

[Anon Opin. @anon_opin]

The GCSE Maths curriculum needs less geometry and more statistics. The average person is never going to need to work out the cosine of an angle in their adult life, but they *do* need to know how to identify when data from companies/politicians/etc is misleading.

[Simon Maechling @simonmaechling]

Spend 20 years studying Chemistry.
Collect data. Publish papers. Pass peer review.

Earn a PhD. Go online. Get told you're wrong - by an electric screwdriver salesman.

That's the internet.
Expertise vs confidence.

Science isn't broken.
Our respect for it is.

[ᜰ 🇦🇷 @markklfc]

Roy Keane on Turkey losing 2-0 to Australia national soccer team in their World Cup opener:

🗣️ “I don't want to hear excuses. Before the match, everyone was talking about Turkey as if the three points were already in the bag. Well, football doesn't care about predictions.

Australia looked like a team playing for their lives. Turkey looked like a team waiting for something to happen. That's the difference. One side competed, the other side expected.

What annoys me most is the attitude. You can forgive mistakes. You can forgive missed chances. But you cannot forgive a lack of urgency at a World Cup.

Australia won the physical battle, the mental battle, and in key moments they won the football battle too. That's embarrassing if you're Turkey because they were supposed to be the team making the statement tonight.

Some players will look at the tactics, some will blame luck, and some will point fingers elsewhere. Nonsense. Start by looking in the mirror. World Cups are not won by talent alone.

The harsh reality is this: Australia arrived believing they could win. Turkey arrived believing they should win. One mindset creates history. The other creates headlines like this.”

[Leon Sjogren @Leonsjogren]

At the pub watching the World Cup. Said to my mate “watch this, I’ll go to the toilet Australia will score”

Mid stream I hear the pub go completeyl nuts 😅🫠

You’re welcome Australia ⚽️

#FIFAWorldCup #WorldCup

[Кобзар 🇨🇦🇺🇦☦️ @CanadianKobzar]

To all the triggered Americans about the booing of the American flag at the World Cup - it wasn’t just Canadians in the stands. There were people from across the globe in the stands. I was there. And here’s the thing, you voted a president who shits on all his allies - TWICE. You reap what you sow. Cope.