JCalv_1300

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Mike Myers says ‘AUSTIN POWERS 4’ is going to happen.

(Source: trevornoah/IG)

[JCalv_1300 @jcalv_13]

Another year of mediocrity

[christian @caquino__]

I will be 30 years of age the next time italy could play in a world cup

[Adam @TOSportsAdam]

2025-26 Auston Matthews

[Bryan Hayes @HayesTSN]

McDavid is putting on an absolute clinic. Not normal. Not human.

[433 @433]

𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐎 𝐖𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐁𝐘 🫡

Maignan saves yet another penalty 🤯

[Dougie Critchley @DougieCritchley]

Do you know who are quietly having an excellent start to the season?

Milan.

Disastrous last year... so much change this summer... new manager... 10 new players signed... and they look like a proper team.

4 wins on the bounce... 9 goals scored, 0 conceded in that run and the best defence in Europe by expected goals against.

All with Rafa Leao having missed the entirety of the campaign to date and Santiago Gimenez really struggling in front of goal.

Well done Allegri!

[JCalv_1300 @jcalv_13]

@Matt_Santangelo Without Leao we look like a mid table side, this is rough to watch

[JCalv_1300 @jcalv_13]

@MartinoPuccio If healthy, this is a signing that could prove to be the difference between UCL spots and making an unlikely run for the title. Interested if this means we pursue a front 2 or 3 with leao, Boniface and pulisic.

[Brute @BuddyNoLove]

I genuinely wish companies knew how exhausting it was attach a resume, just to be asked to manually fill out a skills and work experience section that is literally in the resume.

[Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 @big_business_]

F1 movie was cheesy, predictable and had every trope you can think of in a film and it doesn’t matter cuz that shit was amazing.

[AC Milan @acmilan]

AC Milan is deeply saddened by the tragic passing of Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva. Our heartfelt condolences go out to their family, friends, and all who are mourning. May they rest in peace.

[Anthony Lopopolo @sportscaddy]

It seems the people who run Milan are only now understanding how much has gone wrong. Milan CEO Giorgio Furlani did a rare thing and showed his face to the cameras in the hours after the Coppa Italia defeat. He called the season a failure. And it is. But the truth is far worse.

Management and ownership have said so many things that their words no longer hold meaning. They've said the team is stronger than the one that won the Scudetto in 2022; that they must win with intelligence, not with Inter's financial imprudence; and that they have strong ambitions to bring Milan back to the top of podium.

But their actions — including the owner's complete absenteeism — say otherwise. They've run hefty transfer deficits the last two seasons and somehow haven't made the team better. They've gone through three coaches in a year and will hire another. They're still without a sporting director as they enter the summer and seem in no rush to hire one despite rumors of a forthcoming bid for Tijjani Reijnders from a certain Manchester City.

Because that's what Milan need: another late start to the summer window, another hole to fill, and just weeks to perform open-heart surgery on a team that lacks courage, leadership, and any cohesion whatsoever. You can't possibly expect a new sporting director to come in in June or July and rebuild everything in one or two months. So the same actors who haven't shown the humility to learn from their mistakes will likely call the shots again.

In the grogginess of the morning after their Coppa Italia celebrations, Bologna find themselves on much better footing. Even if head coach Vincenzo Italiano departs, as is expected either this summer or next, the club has a system in place to keep moving forward. Technical director Giovanni Sartori relies on a team of scouts and AI-enriched data provided by leading stats bureau Opta to generate player profiles that fit their playing style. Sartori knows what he's doing, too. This is the guy who signed Franck Kessie, Cristian Romero, and Robin Gosens for Atalanta for just under €20 million and flipped them for a combined €111 million.

Bologna can stomach selling players because they are, with all due respect, Bologna. Their place in the food chain is much lower than Milan's. That's not to disrespect them. That's simply to say that they can implement a buy-to-sell strategy without the fans revolting.

The connotations with algorithmic player discovery are much worse at Milan. Management is accused of cutting corners with Moneyball techniques that fail to identify the human characteristics that make Milan players so special and enable them to withstand the searing pressure that comes with playing in this demanding market.

Replacing your best players in the aggregate — that is, focusing less on finding a direct replacement for talent and more on filling the void with role players — is a risky strategy that underplays the importance of individual talent in big teams. It's easier for Bologna to go ahead and find a body that can perform in a system that relies more on athleticism than talent. It's harder for a club like Milan to find a player that has the necessary traits as well as the comportment to deal with San Siro's fickle atmosphere and incessant media coverage. The jump is tough to make. It's supposed to be when you play for Milan.

Making multiple €20-million bets, as the club did with the proceeds from Sandro Tonali's sale, is arguably riskier than signing a direct replacement. They could also, you know, just keep their best players and build around them. Rather than selling, Milan should buy low and develop high. That makes just as much economic sense. If money really is tight, as it could be without Champions League football, there are plenty of spare parts they can put up for sale.

The most important thing the Coppa Italia bought is time. Bologna now have enough goodwill to spread over several seasons. The clock is already ticking on Milan's next season.

[JCalv_1300 @jcalv_13]

@JDBunkis Any chance we can start Leafs Talk early, we all have work in the morning... and unlike the leafs we actually have to show up

[JCalv_1300 @jcalv_13]

@HayesTSN Can’t wait for Overdrive tomorrow to hear the boys rip into this pathetic performance

[JCalv_1300 @jcalv_13]

Deserved. Dreadful.

[David Alter @davidalter]

Fans are booing after the faceoff.

[theScore @theScore]

Watch out Florida, the Leafs are moving in 😂🍁

[JD Bunkis @JDBunkis]

Tell me again how the Leafs games 5-7 stats are overblown or mentioning the now 1-13 record in elimination games is "negative Toronto outlook"

[Daily Naruto @NarutoDaily_]

Rock Lee vs Gaara

[Tommy @tommykippes2]

CANADA GAMEDAY 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 #4Nations