Frank Wagner

Math, Music, Soccer

[Frank Wagner @Fw1812]

@ToddFuhrman @benny_frank09 Ah good point! Agree that South America not a good case study anyway, since the low number of teams makes any increase completely trivialize qualification.

[Frank Wagner @Fw1812]

@benny_frank09 @ToddFuhrman It didn't. In 2014 they had 6 nations, in 2026 they have 6 nations.

[Frank Wagner @Fw1812]

@BCampbell “Late in R11” is certainly a way of putting it

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@MaxBretosSports Not necessarily: They (very likely) have a Nations League parachute into the playoff

[Frank Wagner @Fw1812]

@Theontopofus @FOXSoccer I also thought Ronaldo was offside on first look, but automated says otherwise. This one wasn’t same question at all: Obviously in offside position, question is simply whether he influences play. You really disagree?

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@DanThomasESPN Belgium's golden generation at Euro 2020, blasts through group but goes out to upstart Italy squad in quarters

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@joshweinfuss The ball hit the ground, but didn’t move enough. Cool.

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@johnbreech What do you think the ref in back was thinking? “Gee, I wonder why the defender ran off holding his head. Strange celebration!”

[Frank Wagner @Fw1812]

@GeneSteratore Wait, what was the difference between the play in Vegas at end of 3Q and Cardinals-Lions when Goff threw pick 6 at 2min warning of 1H? That was not reviewable and it was said there is no extra beat in the game clock; this was opposite on both..?

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@jayfeely Is that not a leverage penalty though?

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@KayLMurray @ESPNFC Isn’t a key piece of these offside decisions from VAR missing in these images: How are we to know this image is the *exact* instant the pass is made? Isn’t that enormous when the decision is by the cm’s of a toe?

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@mikejurecki Also only on ESPN+ while other gets regular bill. Only question is whether it gets even lower viewership than regular Sunday afternoon games.

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@Cardschatter @AZCardinals One prime time, but no standalone game. In fact, that game is ESPN+, so essentially the other game is standalone and this is less prominent than a regular Sunday afternoon game.

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@AlexiLalas Everything? Aguerooooo…forces a playoff?

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@Marcotti Agueroooooooo….forces a playoff

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@COsoccerpod Santos absolutely cost them. Made hard decisions to get perfect team to destroy Swiss, but so much success that he doesn’t make the necessary changes to combat very different foe. Really scandalous stuff.

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Had Fernando Santos seen Morocco play?

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@MaxBretosSports Nah, they saw them play well in qualifying, but maybe never saw Queiroz teams. Queiroz only in since September, never an appointment that was going to work on short notice