Last week I finished Ulysses. With newfound confidence and some determination, I’m setting the goal to finally finish this.

So…pulled out a rather old kit today and it still fits.

I’m not going to pretend to be an expert with some esoteric knowledge, but I do know that I was always happy to see Sam Neill. That’ll happen way less now and it sucks. He was also a total smoke show.

I do plan on watching this seriously, but half-tired starting it, I saw this image and said quietly to myself “and tomorrow it’ll come back and cut off your johnson.” And because I’m a dumbass, I have to share it with the world.

THE SACKROOMS

The streets will not forget Cabo Verde. FUCK FIFA

I’ve not had this much fun watching a Mexico squad for as long as I can remember in my 30+ years watching this wonderful game. Thank you, El Tri. And godspeed

Welp, that was glorious. Cabo Verde, thank you for making this one of the greatest tournaments in ANY sport I’ve ever watched. You’ll live forever in our hearts. Thank you for never giving up, backing down or fighting for you place in the history of this game. ♥️♥️♥️ #FIFAWorldCup2026

DR Congo, thank you for being an absolute breath of fresh air this tournament. You should hold your heads high and we all hope to see you again.

How dare you disrespect the one true Fwb four! 😄

Reading @theathletic.com’s The Soccer 100 and I think Carl Anka’s final paragraph on Kaká might be actually the perfect description of the memory of that WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL player.

Couldn’t agree more, it’s like they saw the terrible Liverpool keeper shirt and thought, “how do we make this worse?”

How can we not be happy about this?

Ever have an old game just in your head for way longer than it should be there?

No one can EVER convince me that Cabo Verde aren’t the most wonderful thing to happen in this World Cup!!! SEE YOU IN THE KNOCKOUT STAGES CABO VERDE!!!!!!!

🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇨🇼 Thank you for coming out! This World Cup was better with you in it and, as long as my memory holds, I’ll sing your praises. I’m sad to see you go. I’ll miss you! ♥️♥️♥️ #WorldCup2026 #Curacao

I was genuinely sad to lose this to water damage.

A bit of reading while matches replay while I wait for a movie to begin… The Soccer 100 sets its terms the way I’ll say is perfect. Stories and moments that both humanize and shine perfect light on players of the past and even the present. This crew of writers rules too!

Damn autocorrect disrespecting Pierluigi Collina

Hearing stories of this and I found a talksport link to the story. I love this so much! talksport.com/football/wor...

And now I’m lost in this rabbit hole… This is his disapproving dad, Hervé Renard

If I were more bi, he’d definitely be one of those red flag men that I’d swear I could fix or be a compliment for. But now, I’ll just enjoy seeing him on the touch line as Japan absolutely decimate his squad.

Retrofuturism continuing to be a cool thing on the #worldcup2026 kits. Check Czechia’s numbers and not be taken back 80s youth soccer, challenge level: impossible. The variation on it here is just cool artistic license imo. And that collar giving 07-08 Liverpool vibes without being a collar rules!

At the Reflecting Pool, and guys, this doesn't look right.

Look, Alexi Lalas is integral to my love of soccer because of that 94 squad. I’ll never forget that. But I cannot express how much I live for the international tournament where I’m not seeing him there anymore.

I want that DR Congo kit!!! Holy shit what a stunner!!!!