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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 3h

Can't get Deki back soon enough.

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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 5h

No doubt the idea of the phrase as an Americanism has been in the British zeitgeist.

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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 5h

Fair enough, I'm mainly reacting to what I saw in the Discord and then how it looked on the Reddit posts, which I didn't see at the time.. Some people with a particular axe to grind, it would seem.

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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah, see, my theory about this is you're more likely to get malapropisms of all kinds when your exposure is mainly to people on TV than you'd get in the general population, so if TV is your sample then certain malapropisms can seem 'American.'

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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 5h

Do you talk with Americans regularly?

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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 6h

Actually now that I think about it I might have to walk back the reality TV comment, with streaming services, Love Island, etc.

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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 6h

I still have no idea why people think this is an Americanism. I hear it in Britain as much as in the US (though US reality TV full of idiots is probably more televised in Britain than the reverse). Odd thing where Brits can't distinguish between Americanisms and malapropisms.

Matt Speight, Frank-enstein’s MonSpurs @speight88.bsky.social · 7h

If you COULD care less you do, in fact, care, I however, COULDN’T care less.

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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 7h

Yikes

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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 7h

It's once again time to say that as a US American I'm against this. It's not fair to the players, you won't get standard-quality competition, and there are better ways to do outreach to US-based fans. This is just greed, plain and simple.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 8h

The Spanish league is finally playing a regular-season game in the United States.

La Liga confirms first regular-season game abroad with Barcelona facing Villarreal in the US

The Spanish league is finally playing a regular-season game in the United States. La Liga has confirmed that Villarreal and Barcelona will face each other at Hard Rock Stadium near Miami on Dec. 20.

bit.ly

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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 7h

I hear that, but depth is all we can do about it.

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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 7h

Admittedly the idea of bassoon Reddit is funny until itself.

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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 7h

Thanks for responding! I think we agree on a lot of it, especially that the real world demands analysis and rarely throws up the samples we want when we want them, so trying to analyze well & carefully is the best we can do.

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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 8h

Good response from Nathan here. Do check this out (nice that it’s in video form too so you don’t have to read more words about my words):

NathanAClark @nathanaclark.bsky.social · 14h

My inarticulate response www.youtube.com/watch?v=43na...

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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 17h

I mean it’s not overstating, if you’re giving up tap-ins that’s very much part of how you’re defending. And that’s exactly why I’m saying you can’t discount low-xG shots either, bc they can lead to high-xG shots!

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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 17h

Yeah, dickhead behavior

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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 19h

FWIW, this is exactly the kind of public statement I called for from Levy during the obviously anomalous prior season, and unlike Postecoglou, Amorim has never finished 5th in the Premier League. And if Frank comes under fire at any point this season or next, I'd say the same.

The Athletic | Football @theathleticfc.bsky.social · 19h

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has pledged to give Ruben Amorim three years to prove himself as a “great coach” at Manchester United.

Do you agree with the decision?

✍️ @colinmillar.bsky.social, @mjcritchley.bsky.social and Dan Sheldon

🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...

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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 20h

What a ball too

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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 20h

Thank you, that's very kind of you to say.

profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 20h

It's not the attack that concerns me at this stage.

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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 21h

I think this is pretty uncharitable. I’m very happy for our fans to be happy about things and I’m pretty happy about our results myself. But I’m not in the business of commenting on or judging people’s happiness; I’m interested in what I think pundits are missing, same as with Ange, anyone.

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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 23h

Like I really admired the fact that when he made his first team debut he immediately tried to take on 1-3 players at a time but maybe he needs to learn another set of instincts, lol.

profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 1d

It's to the point now (I felt similarly about Mikey Moore) where he's doing so much stuff individually because he can't be stopped at this level and he needs to play regularly at another level soon and get more integrative / associative football experience on a regular basis.

Steve Brewer @sjbrewer.bsky.social · 1d

Both of Luca Williams-Barnett's goals vs Newcastle u21 on Sunday

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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 1d

Perfect!

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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 1d

I like it

profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 1d

It's to the point now (I felt similarly about Mikey Moore) where he's doing so much stuff individually because he can't be stopped at this level and he needs to play regularly at another level soon and get more integrative / associative football experience on a regular basis.

Steve Brewer @sjbrewer.bsky.social · 1d

Both of Luca Williams-Barnett's goals vs Newcastle u21 on Sunday

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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 1d

I mean it's nothing for me personally as I love watching football of all types, but I do think our scorelines and results are at odds with what it's like to watch us at the moment. We create very little from open play, make a lot of recovery runs, cede lots of possession, and are formulaic in attack

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