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@saoirdaya I’ve heard it’s visually bold, has a couple Hollywood A-listers in the cast, has some musical elements, has LGBT themes, premiered at Cannes, won a prize, and was acquired by Netflix. Seems like a few more similarities than just being in Spanish tbf.

People out there saying La Bola is the new Emilia Perez when the only thing this 2 films share in common it’s the Spanish language. I just wish you guys would stop talking about films you haven’t seen

@FtProgression Arteta’s no mug. Finished above Pep and Klopp twice, each. Beat Ancelotti home and away. Outclassed Simeone over three matches. Beat Kompany’s “best team in the world” Bayern side. Beat Enrique once. He can compete with the best in the world on any day.

No tactical reason at all. If PSG's at their best, they're better than us at our best. However, History isn't written by the best on paper but it's etched in flame by the best on the night. And that will be The Arsenal.

@Tulipspeculator @intothecrevasse More than Napoleon?

@intothecrevasse Victor Hugo

One of my favorite games is “Who’s the Most Famous Person in the World,” where you pick a country and guess who the most famous person from there is. Some are easy (Barbados—Rihanna), but I’m now wondering about France. Probably some footballer, right

@Skypoetofficial @meek__01 I've seen the side angle, it's incredibly inconclusive. Super far and pixelated, and people are micro-analysing half a second of it. People saying it proves anything are only seeing what they want to see. It seems like it was bouncing out, but I'm really not fussed either way.

@SebMadeInChina @meek__01 the point is it’s not an own goal it’s a Dorgu goal . The trajector of the ball was going inward meaning would’ve been a goal hence it stands and it’s factually a goal and trying to manipulate backwards clips when you’ve actually got the side angle is a bit desperate..

Bruno Fernandes' record 21st assist probably shouldn't exist. And the rules that prove it came from Man United fans themselves. Here's what happened: Fernandes whipped in a corner, Dorgu's header hit the crossbar, came down, hit Verbruggen's hand and went into the net. The Premier League officially credited it as a Dorgu goal and a Bruno Fernandes assist. Record broken. Then the replays came out. United fans started sharing a screenshot of the Premier League's own published rules titled "When is it NOT an own goal?" thinking it proved the goal was correctly given to Dorgu. Here's the painful irony, that image actually builds the case AGAINST Bruno's assist. Here's exactly why. The PL rules only protect attacker goal credit in two specific situations: 1. ON-TARGET DEFLECTIONS — If an attacking player shoots a ball that is already on target and it deflects off a defender on its way past the goalkeeper, the goal stays with the attacker. The defender's touch is just considered a deflection. 2. GOALKEEPER FUMBLES — If an attacking shot on goal is stopped but the goalkeeper fumbles and accidentally pushes it over the line, it is credited to the shooter. The critical word in BOTH cases is ON TARGET. A ball that hits the crossbar or post is by definition OFF TARGET. It is logged as a missed shot in every official stats system including Opta, the PL's own data partner. The goal was already not happening. At the moment that ball struck the crossbar, Dorgu's header was a miss. So when Verbruggen's hand then redirected it into the net, he was not fumbling an on-target shot. He was accidentally diverting a ball that had already missed the goal. Neither of the two protection rules applies here. By the Premier League's own published rules, that is an own goal, Verbruggen OG, not Dorgu goal. Now here's where it gets even more brutal for we the United fans If the Premier League's Goal Accreditation Panel reviewed this and ruled it a Verbruggen own goal, Bruno Fernandes would lose his assist completely. This is another PL rule most people don't know, own goals cannot have assists. It doesn't matter how good the corner was, how deliberately it was delivered or how directly it led to the goal. The moment it becomes an OG, the assist simply disappears from the record. Bruno would drop from 21 back to 20 and level with Kevin De Bruyne and Thierry Henry, not above them. No outright record. Can the panel actually change it now? Technically yes. The Goal Accreditation Panel has no strict published deadline for reviews. But will they? Almost certainly not. The season ended today. The Premier League has already posted the record celebration on their official account. Bruno Fernandes was named Premier League Player of the Season just yesterday. The record has been publicly confirmed at the highest level. Reversing it now would mean the PL publicly embarrassing themselves by walking back their own official announcement hours after making it. So Bruno almost certainly keeps the record, not because the rules clearly support the decision, but because football admin does not reopen finished seasons, and nobody with the power to change it has any incentive to do so. I'm a Man United fan. I want the record to stand. But bias doesn't change what the rules actually say.

@Skypoetofficial @meek__01 The point is that it wasn’t a Dorgu goal, it was a Verbruggen own goal.

@meek__01 it’s an assist and that’s it . no amount of gaslighting changes it being an assist. It’s literally Dorgus goal therefore it is literally an assist

@MerkDEnglish The man shot Fargo and was a nine-time Oscar nominee prior to Skyfall; if they didn’t know who Deakins was at that point, they were a lost cause to begin with.

Remembering that time someone I knew said Skyfall was a bad movie and I said "the cinematography was great though" and they said it was "shit". Cut to Roger Deakins getting popular and well known and winning an Oscar and that same person praises them and their work on Skyfall lol

@Rory_Talks_Ball @JamesB_afc This might be a dumb question but if Villa finish fourth, do we just cede the extra CL spot to another league? Why should it matter whether they finish 4th or 5th?

@JamesB_afc My understanding is that it doesn’t push the other spots down

Help me Do Brentford want to lose this game? If Liverpool win & Villa lose, 6th gets CL, which I assume pushes the European spots down and gets Brentford Conference League?

@AdequateEmily I thought The Square was such a cool choice. Takes big swings, tackles big themes, has a clever sense of humour. I agree it’s not as tight or refined as FM, but its complete balls-to-the-wall energy makes it such a unique Palme winner. I don’t think TOS should’ve won, though.

…The Triangle of Sadness and The Square Palme D’or wins still baffle me…but I guess I did love Force Majeure so I can’t complain too much

@firstshowing Cannes is on an incredible streak for the Oscars rn. You can look at films individually if you want, but it’d be silly not to predict one or two of them for BP at this point in the season.

Hot take: only one of these films will be nominated for Best International and neither will get any other noms than that. These extremely early Oscar predictions from Cannes always miss that there's a whole 6 more months of films that will get most of the real noms next year.

@expert_oscar_2 Haven’t seen the movie, but having two previous acting nominees starring in a “prestige” Cannes film distributed by Neon that includes a lot of English dialogue seemed like a great package even before it won the Palme.

It’s not a slam dunk for Oscars but this helps. It’s this or Sudden for Neon probably (not both). I sensed a lot more passion for Sudden. But Fjord could be seen as a challenging film for our times. Lead performances are strong but don’t scream noms (no close-ups or yelling)

Not obsessed with the winners. I would have been more excited if it were Minotaur, Black Ball or AOAS. Fjord is definitely a surprise. I’m still working through some conflicting feelings about if it really provoked me as much as it wanted to.

@Rimbeux @BlueCityBrain They were one of the most successful teams in a league that was drastically different. To suggest that they’d be equally successful against an entirely different profile of opposition is illogical. Much of how other teams play is precisely to counteract the way Pool attacked.

@SebMadeInChina @BlueCityBrain The profile of erg players are exactly what you’d want for today, for Liv man for man not a single player from this or last season wouldn’t be replaced by their equivalent then for duals, running capacity, long & short passing, defending, they’d be a 90+ point team

In 2018/19 - 2 teams finished on 98 points and 97 points one of them doing a domestic treble and there was 4 teams from the Premier League in both finals. Ask City fans or Liverpool fans how hard it was to win a league then lol.. imagine finishing on 97 points and not winning the league. This is recent history Enjoy your title but there no need to put this season on a pedestal

@Rimbeux @BlueCityBrain I never said they were... I agree with this, but what I don't understand is how that supports your theory that the 2019 City and Pool sides would have thrived under these conditions, when they thrived in very different ones. It's contradictory.

@SebMadeInChina @BlueCityBrain Liv weren’t man to man, they hunted ball in packs What we’ve seen is a return to the physical essence of PL, the few seasons before this where more became JdP were the anomaly, now it’s more who lock on M2M to stymie build up then drop into shape

@Rimbeux @BlueCityBrain Except the great pressers of the 2010s were Liverpool, not the opposition. M2M pressing at this level of physicality/aggression by mid-table sides simply wasn't a thing until the last few seasons. What you're saying isn't true.

@SebMadeInChina @BlueCityBrain Opposite. I’m looking at what would work today, what got them into a great position was finding all weather solutions for a physical hard pressing direct league. When the changed in reaction & became more technical, they went more technical & were less prepared for snap back

@Rimbeux @BlueCityBrain No, they were ideally matched for the seasons in which they played and dominated. The rest of the league has evolved and adapted; to suggest they'd play just as well and thrive playing the same style today is extremely short-sighted of you.

@SebMadeInChina @BlueCityBrain How both played 2-4 years in was different to how they started and continued to change and twist as people worked out solutions & players changed, their 18-22 teams were ideally matched for today, the last 2-3y of both less so as Liv esp went more technical over physical

@Rimbeux @BlueCityBrain They’re “better” for their time. Those players suited the style of football Pep/Klopp were able to play. Many players today would thrive under those conditions, while many during that time would probably have benefited playing in the more physical PL today. “Better” is subjective

@SebMadeInChina @BlueCityBrain Watched them & who they played, they were just much better attacking units than they are now, as well as being more physically capable, just look at Liv MF & forwards then, along with that VVD, Trent & Robbo etc, City with peak Rodri, KDB, BS, Gunda, Walker, Stonrs.. just better

@Rimbeux @BlueCityBrain Gegenpressing was not a thing in the Prem until Klopp, so yes, the tactical style of physicality in the Prem today has not been seen before. Pep introduced a whole new way of attacking in the Prem, so naturally tactics were developed to help defend that style of attack.

@SebMadeInChina @BlueCityBrain Big picture is reversion to more physical teams that are more typically PL than the pep lite a few took up from about 22, it’s not a never seen before mass of physicality or man oriented tactical approaches

@Rimbeux @BlueCityBrain Slot has spoken about it, Pep has spoken about it. The league has been particularly rigid this season, and that’s down to tactical trends and advances. If you think 2019 City could come in today and play however they like, hit 90+ pts, you really don’t know much about football.

@Rimbeux @BlueCityBrain You’re reaching. We’re talking about trends that have affected the whole league, and you’re using mental gymnastics to explain individual teams’ performances, rather than look at the big picture.

@Rimbeux @BlueCityBrain Which happened to coincide with the league evolving to a more defensively structured style. That season, City, Liverpool and Arsenal all scored 85+ goals. This season, the highest goalscorers were City with 76, a whole twenty goals less than they managed in 23/24.

@SebMadeInChina @BlueCityBrain He had a good 6 months and got worked out

@bad_electr22016 @RyanRozbiani I work in TV production; not that that’s relevant because anyone with eyes can see that that’s clearly a mask.

@RyanRozbiani It’s clearly a shadow coming from his collar created by an uplight. Uplighting is what removes harsh shadows and sunken eyes from the lights above. It looks weird because the down lights are also filling the collar shadow a bit.

Admiral Robert Harward is GOING VIRAL Here are BOTH CLIPS UNEDITED of the interview from 5/18 and yesterday 5/21 People are saying it is NOT HIM it is someone else WEARING a mask. To me it looks and sounds like two different people, but both are of him Watch and tell me what do you think?