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The Search for the Dream Job: Inside CPFC I started this whole thing maybe six months ago. My old gig, the one building those useless mobile game prototypes, just tanked. Laid off, suddenly had time on my hands. I’m a...

The Weekend That Started This Mess Man, sometimes you just want a quiet Saturday watching some football, right? Nope. I was sitting there, trying to enjoy the early kick-off, when my buddies, Mark and Dave, started going at it. These...

Man, I gotta tell you, when they dropped the patch notes for the ’24 update, especially the stuff about the return man mechanics, I was hyped. They promised a total rework—better pursuit angles, physics-based tackling on the open field, and...

The Weekend Bet and the Cold Sweat Last weekend, I got absolutely burned. I’m not talking about just losing a few quid; I’m talking about having my expertise questioned in the group chat. That’s worse than any financial hit, mate....

Man, sometimes you look at a fixture list and think, “This is too easy.” But then you look closer, and the whole thing unravels. That’s exactly what happened when I first glanced at the predicted lines for Valencia versus Celta....

Man, I woke up this morning and just felt like I needed a project. Not a big coding project, nothing fancy. I needed to beat the damn bookies. I saw the upcoming fixtures and one immediately caught my eye: Espanyol...

Man, I swear sometimes the simplest things turn into the biggest headaches. I’m talking about prayer times. Easy, right? Just look it up. Nope. Especially if you travel, even just an hour away, things get weird. I was up in...

I stumbled into figuring out the absolute quickest way to nail down official football standings not because I’m some data wizard, but because my competitive streak almost cost me a major family feud. Seriously. This whole exercise started during the...

Man, I swear I spent six months convinced the universe had it in for me. Every single time I tried to dial in that high heat—you know, trying to hit those precise soaking temperatures for specialized steel—my “grant stoke” setup...

Man, I gotta tell you, putting together this ranking of the top five Champions League balls was a total headache. It sounds simple, right? Just look up a few famous balls and list them. Nope. Not when you’re trying to...