Dull_Juice [he/him]

and their league has financial meltdowns almost every single season.

Their domestic league clubs are still having financial issues? Thought they put in reforms a few years ago to try and fix that.

Well that’s extra upsetting. I assumed there’s no way the Israeli league would be playing.

Thinking about it, is the Israeli league even actively playing matches at the moment? I’m a little surprised they have teams this far into European competitions, especially Europa league.

Either way I agree, it’s ridiculously hypocritical for FIFA and UEFA to ban Russia and turn a blind eye to Ukrainian and Israeli teams.

Well this is much better summary than the headline on the locked post in r/Soccer. Was not going to bother wading into the post or comments.

Glad they got their asses kicked. Also very glad the team on the field got beat 5-0 as an extra cherry on top.

Voted for PSL and for the house and senate the greens. Also there was Socialist Workers Party folks on the Ballot. Did some googling about them yesterday and talk about incoherent. Pro Israel, and then Pro Cuba

Yeah as you mentioned earlier I’m afraid this is going to move rapidly up the escalation ladder.

It’s why I was curious what Iran could potentially do to mitigate its AA installations being destroyed. Even if it’s not as good as the Russian or Chinese AA setup, some deterrence is better than nothing when the western doctrine is all about air superiority.

Interesting, thanks for the write up. Does sound like Iran will be stuck in a bind then. Damned if you do damned if you don’t. Hopefully Iran has a better plan this time for this scenario would not be good if their AA gets taken out.

The fact that 40 of these missiles have been deployed is very concerning and could indicate Israeli intentions to carry out a wider scale Suppression/Destruction of Enemy Air Defences (SEAD/DEAD) operation. This is a capability that Israel has already demonstrated against Iran, that Iran failed to stop last time round.

Appreciate the lengthy write up. I do wonder what the solution to massed SEAD would look like for Iran. Do they just turn their radar off and try and time it so the SEAD missile looses its lock? I really have no idea what other countermeasures there would be.

Lokomotiv celebrates home wins with a locomotive’s steam whistle!

Love this so much. I know the NHL teams all have unique goal sirens and stuff, this is way cooler

Watched it earlier today, and loved every second of it. Especially after learning he beat his former teammate, who was a defector.

That’s pretty wild, definitely a very random combination.

Reminds me of how apparently Flavor Flav sponsored the US Women’s Water Polo team because he heard they we had minimal funding and were working multiple jobs plus trying to keep up with their training or something like that.

Its kinda sad to think about, but also I guess very American. Hoping some benevolent rich person blesses you and your sport with money so you can hopefully keep doing that sport to win a medal.

Edit: Yeah it was the water polo team, also realized I’m being serious on a meme post… ABC News Link

Thanks for digging that up, that’s worse than I could have ever imagined it being judged… I don’t blame you I don’t want to look more into that either.

Well that’s upsetting to hear. It’s completely abhorrent and I already can’t believe that guy is allowed to compete. I can’t comprehend how 4 years was it for his jail time. Deserves much worse than just the boo’s he got in the first match.

Was going to say I remembered Paraguay being better semi recently but honestly haven’t been tracking the different South American national teams very closely.

They might make it to the 2026 World Cup just because the CONMEBOL qualifiers now allow for like 7 teams to qualify, out of 10. But with teams like Ecuador and Venezuela on the rise, they have fewer chances.

Venezuela’s rise has been interesting to me, I know quite a few of their players have come through or still are in MLS. I’m guessing the sport has grown in popularity in Venezuela enough and the domestic league quality must be decent enough to give their players a shot in foreign leagues.

Does Paraguay have a solid roster? I know they had a hard time in Copa America. Either way, hope Japan keeps their foot on the gas and can keep the Israeli’s loosing.

Idk if it was live but just watched Cuba beat USA in Men’s Beach Volleyball. The Cuban’s were pumped and really trying to get the crowd into it all match despite the rain.

Looks like it happened in pool play: Olympics Site Match Results

I don’t think most Americans are going to even register it’s subs for Australia though. Maybe that’s also the point, get Americans excited about building an extra sub or two as a treat for Australia. (Well really to your point Australia still wouldn’t actually get new subs)

I don’t watch a lot of NASCAR but seeing AKUS is blowing money being the lead sponsor on a car is wild. I guess since Australia isn’t actually getting the submarines for a long time (or is it not at all?) they’re free to do this.

Link to an image of the #6 and #17

Buildsubmarines is some site talking up AKUS

True, all good points. Uruguay has looked pretty good in the game I watched. They don’t have the the same top end star power, but the addition of Bielsa might help them add up to more then the sum of their parts. They’re definitely more talented on paper than Bolivia. The one victory in neutral sites is pretty brutal. I guess the altitude is really what tends to give Bolivia a shot.