Marshall
marshall23.bsky.social
Marshall
@marshall23.bsky.social
Eastern Suburbs Roosters | Arsenal | Chargers casual | NBAgnostic | general snark

I hate my teams almost as much as you do
Tbf he also had no one anywhere near him most of the time.

I just don’t get why we’re spending so much time playing like we did trying to defend the lead with 10 men at city last season.

We just keep inviting pressure and opportunities for ”unlucky” stuff to happen
December 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Ode is his own thing. He’s great etc etc but he forces us into playing his way when imo we’re both more dangerous and more entertaining with eze as a genuine 10.

He‘s really redundant with Zubi too. Like they can’t both stand in the exact same places in build up
December 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
No player has ever had their stock rise so much just by being injured as Kai havertz has this year

But yeah between his own deficiencies and being mauled by every defender in the country but never getting a foul it’s really starting to feel like we can’t rely on gyok
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Too many of those today. It’s like the wet got to them or something despite playing in the rain basically every week
December 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Tough to hang onto the ball when 2/3 midfielders go missing for the last 20 minutes.

Plus the way we panic and stop trying to play at the end of games when the manager has decided to hang on for the result is becoming a real problem
December 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
What if we played *our* cup finals against spurs and Bayern?

The point of having such a deep squad is that this isn’t supposed to happen. 3 straight underperformances now, when do we stop making excuses?
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
More so than the Sunderland one? It keeps happening.

Our midfield goes to water over the last 15. We cant hold onto the ball or keep control of the game.

How all 3 starting midfielders played 90 today I don’t understand
December 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
No one’s blaming it all on him. He was terrible though.
December 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Like we want to give pgmol even more discretion to play with
November 29, 2025 at 5:31 AM
When several of your guys are exhausted to the point of being borderline useless - not tracking runners, cant stay on front of the ball carrier - it’s probably ok to question whether some more energy would have helped. Even if it is from players who are supposedly inferior
November 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Yeah I have no idea what busted saka and trossard particularly were supposedly contributing in the last 10 mins that‘s so irreplaceable

The supposed quality gap between the favourites and the rest isn’t so great that it covers them being absolutely exhausted in a backs to the wall situation
November 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Hipsters don’t want to hear it, but Origin has been the pinnacle for almost 40 years

Eligibility changes have made it worse tho- it’s a better spread of talent and more interesting matchups, but at the cost of hollowing out the tier 1 nations and widening the quality gap between int and origin
November 2, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Actually embarrassing @rwohan.bsky.social
Have some shame
October 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Sure. But we’ve been playing with the handbrake on for too long now. We deservedly have that reputation

If anything the pundits have done arteta a favour by giving the fanbase someone else to be mad at
August 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Yes, they’re both cowards. Two wrongs don’t make a right
August 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Of course. That career path makes too much sense for one of the all time empty shirt guys
August 31, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It’s actually shocking how little you hear about use of consultants at nrl hq. Seems like it would be right up their alley, but I guess it doesn’t fit with vlandos strongman ethos.

*Monorail guy voice* More of an… afl idea
August 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
That’s the genius of european football. No finals in the league, ALL the finals in the cup

They could even use the deloitte model and spend years implementing it then years winding it back.
August 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
It’s funny how the nrl continually take the wrong lessons from other sports.

The “entertaining as hell” tournament got talked about in nba circles for years, but it’s been such a non event
August 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Annesley and maxwell are booking their fact finding trip to visit pgmol as we speak
August 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I keep saying this. Technology works great in other sports and even in other football competitions.

pgmol still have the same terrible people implementing bad processes and making bad decisions
August 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Also arsenal’s draw scores way easier because of kairat, but at a certain point bad teams are an automatic 3 points regardless of their actual coefficient.

Like is kairat really going to be that much harder than qarabag or pafos or bodo or spurs?
August 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I feel like strength of schedule is the usual way to talk about these things, rather than probability of progression. Are you trying to have a different conversation to everyone else?

Also, the olympics don’t change the degree of difficulty depending on good the diver is
August 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Grub on grub violence, you hate to see it
August 28, 2025 at 5:42 AM