Shane Henry
@hiraldo.bsky.social
Social science (sports; primarily sokkah), architecture (stadia; primarily sokkah), fashion (kits; primarily sokkah), philosophy (sports analysis; primarily sokkah) and history (sports archiving; primarily sokkah). Little else of interest.
Terra Australis
Terra Australis
Koalas in particular are a nonsensical mention for this particular case given...
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Koalas in particular are a nonsensical mention for this particular case given...
- Reading a bit of reaction, and in contrast to aforementioned midfielder (or CB being played there) on wrong side of 30, I'm (much) higher on Gorry here than others. Among other really useful things that nobody else is still as good as doing, there's this turnover that should've led to a Kerr 1v1.
October 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
- Reading a bit of reaction, and in contrast to aforementioned midfielder (or CB being played there) on wrong side of 30, I'm (much) higher on Gorry here than others. Among other really useful things that nobody else is still as good as doing, there's this turnover that should've led to a Kerr 1v1.
May as well repost this from the Luongo ACL thread
October 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
May as well repost this from the Luongo ACL thread
Great to see our PM paying tribute to the 2018‒19 Socceroos sleeve design.
October 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Great to see our PM paying tribute to the 2018‒19 Socceroos sleeve design.
Excuse the irony but get up and get the fuck away from your screen once in a while
October 23, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Excuse the irony but get up and get the fuck away from your screen once in a while
Mass Luongo doing his fucking ACL, after all this
October 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Mass Luongo doing his fucking ACL, after all this
Or, to put the conundrum another way, also being wary of the tendency and problem of taking fewer risks/jumping into unknowns as one gets older vs. the increased wisdom and confidence in applying it for discerning what's most worth one's time and helps make one happier as one gets older
October 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Or, to put the conundrum another way, also being wary of the tendency and problem of taking fewer risks/jumping into unknowns as one gets older vs. the increased wisdom and confidence in applying it for discerning what's most worth one's time and helps make one happier as one gets older
The disconcerting conflict of being wary of the detrimental effects of social/event anxiety and missing out on good stuff vs. concerns I do get far more often than not turning out to be well founded nowadays and appreciating missing out on disappointment and awkwardness I cbf having much of anymore.
October 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The disconcerting conflict of being wary of the detrimental effects of social/event anxiety and missing out on good stuff vs. concerns I do get far more often than not turning out to be well founded nowadays and appreciating missing out on disappointment and awkwardness I cbf having much of anymore.
Ange in the Premier League
October 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Ange in the Premier League
Before it kicks off again, and with simultaneous applicability to whatever current culture war is currently taking up people's energy... 🇮🇱🇵🇸:
October 14, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Before it kicks off again, and with simultaneous applicability to whatever current culture war is currently taking up people's energy... 🇮🇱🇵🇸:
*laughs in pictured*
October 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
*laughs in pictured*
The practical need and fundamental benefits for both in the long run, and all the fit-for-purpose adaptability required to that end >>>>>>>> philosophical and feel-good desires as such a primary basis for something that's going to have to walk a tight rope to achieve convincing sustainability
October 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The practical need and fundamental benefits for both in the long run, and all the fit-for-purpose adaptability required to that end >>>>>>>> philosophical and feel-good desires as such a primary basis for something that's going to have to walk a tight rope to achieve convincing sustainability
Kind of gets back to my Twatter words I referred to earlier, in the absolute best stuff in sports media managing to both suitably document and captivate (in this case, to commentate accurately/informatively while still putting a legit-sounding critical as fuck edge to a game between two bad teams).
October 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Kind of gets back to my Twatter words I referred to earlier, in the absolute best stuff in sports media managing to both suitably document and captivate (in this case, to commentate accurately/informatively while still putting a legit-sounding critical as fuck edge to a game between two bad teams).
New Azerbaijan squad has me thinking: “Show me your yarımmüdafiəçilər and I’ll show you what kind of team you have.”
October 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
New Azerbaijan squad has me thinking: “Show me your yarımmüdafiəçilər and I’ll show you what kind of team you have.”
The last day of the whole eastern seaboard being on Australian Eastern Sensible Time for the next six months.
October 4, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The last day of the whole eastern seaboard being on Australian Eastern Sensible Time for the next six months.
The simultaneous asset and blindspot that comes from competitiveness/wanting to prove people wrong.
October 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The simultaneous asset and blindspot that comes from competitiveness/wanting to prove people wrong.
Amazed at how much this is no longer just amusing because of actual basketball aftermath
September 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Amazed at how much this is no longer just amusing because of actual basketball aftermath
That aside beforehand in the first half, and even with him getting the first two passes wrong... My type of midfielder.
September 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM
That aside beforehand in the first half, and even with him getting the first two passes wrong... My type of midfielder.
Bruno's United career and the perpetual club/fan loyalty to him
September 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Bruno's United career and the perpetual club/fan loyalty to him