Posts by Walter Grant5

I was actually gonna try and write something smart here...

restlesssurfer97 said:nah, man, you gotta be kidding me 😂

just like always—total failure

haha, and here I was thinking we were just messing around like

restlesssurfer97 said:Look, man, don't even try to say it's easy, judging games is tough, seriously, because if officiating were actually simple, some random idiot wouldn't be standing in an offside position every single damn time, and honestly, if you look at how the rules used to work back in the day, even Lionel Messi would have been flagged for scoring a goal from a totally clear offside position one of these days, I mean the kid was basically caught in a double offside situation once or something like that, it's just how it goes.

If it were actually easy, nobody would ever get called for offside because they'd be blowing the whistle on everyone all day long.

restlesssurfer97 said:Man, I'm telling you, it's so obvious that they're calling offsides when it's clearly not even an issue half the time, like there isn't anyone even in an offside position anymore 😂

Think it's easier to call fouls now than it used to be? If they didn't, people would basically be hanging by their necks for being offside.

restlesssurfer97 said:Man, looking at this whole forum, you see like two posts and you're probably already thinking the entire place has gone completely bust 😂

What made you think it was dead? 😂

boldfox88 said:Walter Grant5 🙏

restlesssurfer97 said:Man, just when I thought things were finally settling down, I get hit with another one of those crazy dreams that honestly felt way too personal 😂

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If you aren't mentioning my handle, you're on ignore. Period. ☕

restlesssurfer97 said:man, man, it's like... cock-a-doodle-doo, cock-a-doodle-doooo

trivia night?

get it.

What’s a chicken supposed to mean? 🤣

What kind of emoji is 🤣

Beauty doesn't exist, guys. It’s just chasing some weird fetish you developed when you were a kid. Or maybe you picked it up later. Sometimes it's just whatever the current trend says is hot. Look at how "perfect" models used to look versus how they look now. Just different flavors of the same nonsense.

anyway, what's up

Larry Fox5 said:The real issue is that we’re basically living in the Matrix. People have access to all this info to form an opinion, but at the end of the day—nobody actually knows if what they're reading is legit or just pure manipulation...

This whole illusion that our own judgment matters? It leads us straight into a massive trap—where we take our own biased, manipulated thoughts and treat them like some ultimate truth.

And honestly, all these debates and perspectives just boil down to "pro vs. con," where we're just hunting for people who agree with us or picking fights with anyone we bump into who doesn't.

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Hey, how many people actually showed up for that IKEA grand opening in the end?

thanks.

any chance Americans got mixed up in this? diplomatic stuff, anything at all?

Anyone actually follow the details on that recent plane crash? A buddy was lecturing me all day yesterday about Americans. Obviously, he "hates" them, but that doesn't mean his facts are wrong. Honestly, I couldn't retain a single thing he said because he was just rattling off info non-stop while we were out. Also, how much weight do the Russians actually put behind those pro-Russian types in Ukraine? How much (or little) support are they giving them? How, and why? If anyone knows their stuff, give me the short version. Thanks.

Patrick Martin said:Everything just goes straight to hell whenever Walter Grant5 decides to show up on this board☕

Don't go feeling sorry for me. ☕

Matthew Anderson4 said:Screw Dezhulovic, man. We didn't even think about this one. 😲 If officiating actually gets accurate, what happens to our whole existence here?! Why even watch soccer if I can't troll around? What's the point? 🤣 But seriously, I'm being for real now. For any true troll, this is a death sentence. I knew I had a legitimate reason for posting on these forums, I just couldn't break through that last barrier. I was being too objective and constructive, totally shutting out my own feelings and how this affects us—whatever "us" even means (honestly, who picks these usernames?). Now, because I fell victim to being "constructive," it's too late to fix anything. 😢

You can always troll about player skill levels or trophy counts. It’s easy. Once you stop letting those refereeing blunders cloud your vision, everything becomes crystal clear and way harder to argue against. Do we actually want that clarity? I don't know. Why do we keep ignoring the truth just for a little bit of fake satisfaction? Maybe we just aren't meant to buy into the lies and the myths anymore. Humans have been tearing those down for thousands of years already.

Jessica Gonzalez said:That sounds good in theory, and I think I see where you're coming from, but the direction we're heading isn't just about refereeing. Technology itself is creeping into the sport at every level, and it feels like it's stripping the soul out of the game. I really mean that. I once heard a CEO from a major tech firm explain how they want to cover stadiums with antennas so fans have perfect connectivity everywhere, claiming a virtual experience is just as vital as being there in person. It's like they want us watching the game while simultaneously scrolling through our phones to check stats or posting selfies at Yankee Stadium. They market these 4K broadcasts just so I can watch a player struggle with basic ball control in high definition on my new Samsung TV. In the States, they're installing artificial turf in most stadiums and arenas just so they don't have to deal with mud or rain during a match. I guess it just makes everything feel so monotonous, like every single game starts looking identical. We have these 3D slow-motion cameras now that allow commentators to argue about how a striker's nose was 15 centimeters ahead of the last defender, without anyone actually questioning if the rule even makes sense anymore. Back in the day, tickets were affordable, but now for a standard seat at Madison Square Garden, you practically have to shell out $167. And then someone tells me FIFA has to adopt this tech just to keep up with the times, like the NFL or other similar trends. Soccer has been played for 150 years—in various forms for centuries, even millennia—and now it's supposedly facing extinction if we don't implement some 3D video algorithm for offsides? I don't really buy that, especially when it seems driven by television interests. Everything seems designed for TV ratings and profit. You don't see goal-line technology in local recreational leagues, and they aren't using 3D sensors to measure inches, yet that "old school" version of the game is still played all over the world.

We missed each other there. I was strictly talking about officiating, not how they use tech on players or all that marketing hype. To me, what’s actually killing the soul of the game is the coaching. These managers stick to rigid strategies that box teams in instead of evolving on both levels—the squad level and the individual level. Now, everyone just becomes a cog in the machine, basically clones of one another. There's zero individuality left. I don't think high-def replays are the reason for that. It's deeper than some video footage.

Jessica Gonzalez said:The world isn't perfect, and soccer definitely isn't either. I guess any attempt to sell perfection is just a lie. Soccer filled stadiums long before television was even a thing, and it stays popular because of the game itself, not because of whether the officiating is perfectly accurate or not.

Look, since we’re basically saying all these myths, legends, and that supposed "charm" are just products of lazy officiating, your conclusion doesn't hold water. Throw it out.

Nobody’s talking about perfection when it comes to VAR or whatever tech they're using for officiating at the big tournaments. It's not even about that. It's about trying to actually enforce the rules. Most of the "hype" lately is just people getting worked up over rules that nobody follows anyway. Honestly, arguing whether a call was a red card or a penalty in some semifinal? Save your breath. Who cares.

If it’s actually pure, there shouldn't be any tricks or hidden agendas involved. Just keeping it real.

Jessica Gonzalez said:I think it's really about the focus and the overall direction things are heading. It feels like the emphasis is shifting toward style over substance. Officiating seems to have become this massive secondary distraction rather than being the core of the game. Even at the local park level, people just play without refs. It's almost like the big stadiums too, where billions of dollars are poured into infrastructure for a sport that probably doesn't actually require that kind of scale.

It’s not even about getting better officiating. It’s about all the shady manipulation happening within the systems—football included. Honestly, thank God those overpaid prima donnas could play a match without a ref, otherwise the whole world would just collapse under its own logic.

Plus, if you actually treated officiating like part of the game, the consistency wouldn't be such a joke. Nobody would be losing their minds over some random yellow or red card—everyone would just be focused on how good the actual football was.

Basically, if soccer loses its grip on people just because we're finally cutting out the delusions and the rule-bending, then it says a hell of a lot about the fans, about people in general, and how they actually define what's worth watching.

your logic is all over the place. and before you think this is some cheap ad hominem attack, it’s just because you're missing the point entirely. we aren't talking about using tech to level up player skill; we're talking about using it to fix officiating. once you realize those are two completely different conversations, maybe then we can actually talk.

art didn't kill the money. it was the misuse of funds and basic human greed. people being vulgar by treating currency like nothing more than a crude tool for bartering.

CGI isn't precise—it's a total joke. honestly, they might as well just strap jetpacks onto football players mid-game at this point.

More correct referee calls means less magic in the beautiful game. Honestly, if they nail every single penalty or foul perfectly, we won't have anyone to blame when things go south. We lose our loser's alibi. It’s the end of football mythmaking and those fake legends people write about. Read this and tell me why you disagree ☕