Eric

[Eric @the_eric_eric]

@EvilGnomey True, Australia & Paraguay both know they can't finish lower than 3rd.
But finishing 3rd with only 3pts is a big risk not to go through as one of eight best third-placers.
Why risk it? Accept a draw, both bank 4pts, enjoy going into the knockouts.

[Eric @the_eric_eric]

@debaser337 @urkedal_odin @FPLMeerkat Paraguay almost definitely won't, given their minus GD already.
Australia would be sweating with only 3pts.
Take the draw, everyone's happy.

[Eric @the_eric_eric]

@debaser337 @urkedal_odin @FPLMeerkat I reckon there's more major incentive to guarantee quali for a knockout game, than leave yourself exposed to a defeat and likely elimination at group stage.
Especially for teams like AUS & P' guay who know they aren't winning the tournament anyway.

[Eric @the_eric_eric]

@jkitsallgood @SamENole @Ten_Hi You think a team like Australia would risk not qualifying... over and above a convenient draw to get through to the knockouts... just to avoid a certain team in Ro32 for a tournament they know they are never going to win? 🤣

[Eric @the_eric_eric]

@SamENole @jkitsallgood @Ten_Hi Noted.
But I'm not sure even with the old system that Australia still wouldn't be content to play out a draw, rather than risk a defeat and not qualify from 3rd place with only 3 points (& technically could even finish bottom).

[Eric @the_eric_eric]

@jkitsallgood @Ten_Hi @SamENole Brilliant analysis... except Australia can't finish above USA

[Eric @the_eric_eric]

@Roman_Shestakov @OneFootball Turkey 100% cannot finish 3rd. 🙄

[Eric @the_eric_eric]

@Sticks_49 @IngrahamAngle @Mark_Penn Fuel taxes in CA pay directly for road & infrastructure. Or you can go to Arkansas, or Louisiana, or Kansas, or Mississippi etc etc and pay less at the pump... which results in a huge gap in funding for roads that gets filled by higher general sales taxes.

[Eric @the_eric_eric]

@Sticks_49 @IngrahamAngle @Mark_Penn I reckon bombing Iran possibly might be slightly more influential on gas prices 🤔

[Eric @the_eric_eric]

@da_slippy_dippy @JDaltonRH @AnatoliUkraine @visegrad24 But societal factors related to drugs aren't important & don't need to be addressed according to you!
The hypocrisy escapes you 🙄
When it's drugs you want the facilitators eliminated.
When it's gun deaths, the facilitator (the fucking guns themselves) get a free pass.

[Eric @the_eric_eric]

@da_slippy_dippy @JDaltonRH @AnatoliUkraine @visegrad24 Ah well, if it's gang violence the deaths don't matter I guess!
In addition, people taking their own lives (how many of those are caused by stress related medical debt btw???) are seemingly completely worthless & we shouldn't do anything to try to prevent those???

[Eric @the_eric_eric]

@JDaltonRH @AnatoliUkraine @visegrad24 Ooooooh, you are so close to getting it!

[Eric @the_eric_eric]

@DolanBrady1010 @AnatoliUkraine @visegrad24 How many lives lost to gun deaths every year.
You support repeal of 2nd amendment I presume as well?

[Eric @the_eric_eric]

@JDaltonRH @AnatoliUkraine @visegrad24 46,000 dead Americans per year from gun deaths, so 2nd amendment should be next

[Eric @the_eric_eric]

@45LVNancy @GuntherEagleman @KatTheHammer1 @DieHard45RG @WizChadwick2 @CRRJA5 @Notmyfault99 @Jamierodr14 @CB618444 @SULLY10X @ZekeGary2 https://t.co/ZqEHW7ohRz

[🇺🇸𝕄𝔸𝔾𝔸 𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚 ن ♱ @45LVNancy]

SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED

The 2nd Amendment is absolute.

[Eric @the_eric_eric]

@Hillsgolfer @RepBeccaB https://t.co/PwJNVSzMdo

[Keith in Austin @Hillsgolfer]

@GavinNewsom Leave the 2nd Amendment Alone. “The Right to bear arms, Shall Not Be Infringed.”

[Eric @the_eric_eric]

@bopnbee @Shane_at_CP @ngdough @krassenstein https://t.co/IbugumlTIA

[Billy Bob @bopnbee]

@lisakrstin @WholePlateWay What does it mean when it says the right to bear arms shall not be infringed?

[Eric @the_eric_eric]

@LexWaters7 @BernieSanders https://t.co/xqUpsfGMhs

[Lex @LexWaters7]

@JoJoFromJerz No. The right to bear arms shall not be infringed and the militia act of 1792, said the militia would have the same weapons as the army. You need to read your founding documents and your history. You again are wrong.

[Eric @the_eric_eric]

@Nohahu111 @SN_Weekly_ @HenMazzig Oh well.

Thoughts and prayers that you never lose the gun debate as emphatically as Charlie Kirk did.