ManeLandMichael

Will write about soccer for food. Founder/Managing Editor - @TheManeLand. Fan of superb free kicks. Available for podcasts & b-day parties. Opinions are my own.

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Drinking to forget may be unhealthy but so is being sober and remembering that game.

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Find something you love as much as struggling teams love to play teams from Orlando.

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After last night's loss, OCB throwing away a two-goal lead in the dumbest possible way and then having a breakaway to win it and Bernardo Rhein opting to pass through traffic instead of shooting really has me questioning why I watch this sport at all.

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@SoccerPrime Nah, much slower.

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1. Drop an unrealistic signing you want the club to make.
2. Two years later, ask the club's GM on a podcast to sign that player.
3. Two years after that, the GM signs that player.
4. Profit?
#AntoineGriezmann

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November 2023 on our show:
Me: "We want Antoine Griezmann. Can we make that happen?"
@9ricardomoreira: "Everybody wants Antoine Griezmann." 😂

[The Mane Land @TheManeLand]

Oh, did you think we wouldn't have a bonus epsiode of the PawedCast when the Griezmann signing became official? Why would you think that? Michael's been trying to make this happen (with no power whatsoever to do so) for years!
https://t.co/uheWGruGhR
https://t.co/uheWGruGhR

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It's simply not possible to get drunk enough to make up for what I witnessed in that game.

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The more I think about it, the more I think the club should have hired an Etsy witch to fix the team before parting ways with Oscar. Try everything that's logical first before indulging in the crazy stuff.

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Look, I don't like to toot my own horn, but...OK, the part of this sentence prior to the ellipses might be a lie.

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Is Michael Carrick the prince who was promised?

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I know Moorhouse has to make a decision there between worrying about the ball and Purce, but come on. Put someone on the back post in that situation and you don't have to decide.

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The refs could have just called the Orlando-Miami game properly. Then you might have had a better final. Seattle may still have won, but we will never know, because it was more important to have Messi there than to enforce the laws of the game. Money drives everything.

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Well, in the cold light of day, after a good night's sleep...yeah, last night still feels very much like a violation of everything that's good about our sport. Lions put themselves in a position where that could happen, but that doesn't make it right (or better).

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@byMikeGramajo

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Apparently, our long, national nightmare is over, as we have finally gotten @byMikeGramajo to watch The Shawshank Redemption. Took us nearly a decade but we're there.

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Dang, we're rapidly running out of time to add Antoine Griezmann on loan in this transfer window.

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Miss me with the "improved performance" talk. Same United: poor goalkeeping, poor set piece defending, poor finishing, and another loss at home. I'll believe they're better when they show me they're better.

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Me watching PSG pummel Inter Miami:

[Paris Saint-Germain @PSG_inside]

⏱️ 45'+3 I Ça va vite ! Déjà le quatrième signé @AchrafHakimi !

#PSGMIA 4-0 I #FIFACWC

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We could (and should) get a @WPIOOTBGW for that goal against OCB. Just ridiculous levels of unnecessary risk there.

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I watched that entire match, which shows you the level of my self-loathing.