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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

FIFA is not a corrupt organization

Anyone that was pointing a finger at Sep Blatter and saying that FIFA is corrupt... Guess what? You're wrong. He's been officially cleared. Fifa. It turns out plot twist, not corrupt. Everything's above board in FIFA.

Hot TakeSoccerScorchingSarcastic
The statement is satirical. While Blatter may have been cleared by a specific court, FIFA's historical corruption is widely documented.
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#PMT-2024-0715-18873
Big CatBig Cat

Offsides should be removed from soccer

Offsides should be taken out of soccer. There should be no offsides.

This is a subjective opinion on rule changes.
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Take Slip·May 17, 2024
#PMT-2024-0517-335
Big CatBig Cat

NBA players would win the World Cup for the US in four months if they switched to soccer

If the Bucks decided that they wanted to be the US men's national team in soccer, we'd win a World Cup. No problem. Pick any sport. They'd be our best soccer player without a doubt. Give them four months.

Highly unlikely given the technical skill required for professional soccer, but purely a matter of debate.
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Take Slip·Aug 7, 2023
#PMT-2023-0807-17133
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Expected goals is the biggest crock of shit stat in sports

I'm a big expected goals guy. You know the expected goals account that tweets out... how many goals you should have scored... that is maybe the biggest crock of shit stat in sports. It's like, well based on how you guys really played, you won two to nothing.

Subjective opinion on sports analytics.
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Take Slip·Aug 2, 2023
#PMT-2023-0802-5618
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The US Women's National Team are 'entitled babies'

No, you shouldn't be celebrating like that after you tie Portugal. Zero. Zero. You only won one game against Vietnam... So act listen, you haven't won shit yet. They're entitled, they're entitled babies.

The USWNT was eventually knocked out in the Round of 16, their worst ever World Cup finish, lending some creedence to the critique of their play.
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#PMT-2022-1209-12510
HankHank

Lionel Messi will choke in the 2022 World Cup

My sit is Lionel Messi. This is the time of the year... he's due for a choke in the fucking World Cup. He's not my goat. He's gonna put up a big fat goose egg in there going down.

Hot TakeSoccerScorchingSarcastic
Lionel Messi won the 2022 World Cup with Argentina, winning the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player and scoring two goals in the final.
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#PMT-2022-1123-9085
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Lionel Messi is the Chris Paul of soccer if he doesn't win the World Cup

My hot seat is Lionel Messi in Argentina because Argentina just lost 2-1 against the kingdom of Saudi Arabia... maybe the biggest defeat in the World Cup, some are asking is Messi a bust? Some are asking is Messi the Chris Paul of soccer? I think it's a fair comparison at this point.

Messi went on to lead Argentina to the 2022 World Cup title, completely debunking the 'bust' or 'Chris Paul' comparison.
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Take Slip·Apr 22, 2022
#PMT-2022-0422-14999
Big CatBig Cat

Harry Kane is not a threat to score if he is outside the six-yard line

Harry Kane? If he has the ball outside the six-yard line, he's not going to score, not a threat... outside of the six, not a danger.

Hot TakeSoccerScorchingSarcastic
Harry Kane is famous for scoring from everywhere, including long-range worldies and outside-the-box strikes.
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#PMT-2022-0401-10829
HankHank

Soccer is a joke because games are decided by penalty kicks with lasers in players' faces

I said that soccer is a joke. Like the fact that your spot at the World Cup is determined by a fucking penalty kick with laser beams getting shot in your face is a joke.

This is a subjective opinion on the sport's rules.
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Take Slip·Aug 13, 2021
#PMT-2021-0813-18864
Big CatBig Cat

Nick Saban could make Alabama the number one soccer team in the world immediately

I know we joke, but if Nick Saban and the Alabama football team decided they wanted to be number one soccer team in the world, they would. Immediately. Zero training. Yes, they just would.

Inherently untestable, but objectively false given the technical skill gaps between American football players and world-class soccer players.
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Take Slip·Aug 13, 2021
#PMT-2021-0813-18865
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

US vs Mexico is no longer a soccer rivalry because the US wins every time

I would actually go as far as to say that it's not even a rivalry. A rivalry implies that both teams win occasionally. And if you look back at the history of our last two League of Nations Golden Cups, it's just basically us showing up out there.

While the US did have a great run (the 'Dos a Cero' era continued), Mexico won matches later, and rivalries are based on more than just a 1-2 year window. In 2021, the US definitely had the upper hand.
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Take Slip·Jul 9, 2021
#PMT-2021-0709-8852
Big CatBig Cat

Soccer should change the rules to prohibit scoring on a penalty kick rebound

I don't think you should be able to rebound a penalty in soccer... I just feel like you should get it if you miss it you miss it... If you miss it, you miss it. It's a fucking free throw.

This is a subjective opinion about how a sport should be governed.
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Take Slip·Jul 7, 2021
#PMT-2021-0707-10773
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Federico Chiesa is the next GOAT of soccer

That dude Chiesa, my guy Chiesa, he's the next GOAT. Like, we might be seeing a torch event happen in the next year, two years, where Messi passes that torch.

While a great player, Chiesa suffered significant injuries and never reached the GOAT or Messi-tier status predicted.
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#PMT-2021-0628-4276
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Cristiano Ronaldo is not a top three Ronaldo

It's time that we have an honest conversation about Ronaldo. I don't even think he's a top three Ronaldo. You've got Ronaldo, you've got Ronaldinho, who is named Ronaldo... Fat Ronaldo. He's number six overall Ronaldo.

The ranking of players by name is subjective, though most soccer experts would place Cristiano Ronaldo in the top three players of all time, regardless of name.
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#PMT-2021-0601-902
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The USA is officially the best soccer country in the world because Christian Pulisic won the Champions League

The best player in the world played on the best team in the world... the best player on the best club team is American. Therefore, the USA is the best soccer country in the entire world.

The USMNT was nowhere near the top of the FIFA rankings or international performance compared to powers like France or Brazil at this time, though the take is clearly comedic.
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#PMT-2021-0423-6303
Big CatBig Cat

The European Super League would actually have been sweet because of the high-level matchups.

The Super League kind of would have been sweet. ... Imagine if there was just a Wednesday, like every Wednesday afternoon, just the best teams in the world playing each other. ... would you watch because it's going to be sweet. They'd be like, yeah, I'd watch. ... It would have been fucking sweet.

Subjective opinion on sports entertainment value.
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Take Slip·Apr 21, 2021
#PMT-2021-0421-8328
Big CatBig Cat

America deserves all the credit for killing the European Super League

In order to kill something so evil as the Super League, you have to create it. So shouldn't Americans get credit for creating something that the world can get behind and [kill]? We did this. We created and killed it, so we deserve all the credit. Specifically this show and generally America.

While American owners (Glazers, FSG, Kroenke) were central to the Super League creation, the 'credit' for killing it is subjective and satirical here.
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Take Slip·Sep 2, 2020
#PMT-2020-0902-7739
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Chris Paul would easily be a top three or four US men's soccer player

Chris Paul's personality makes you forget how good a basketball he is because he's the worst anytime. Yeah. Well in the nuts anytime the guy shit, but he's awesome... I still think he would be Top three top for US men's soccer player. Yes easily.

While CP3 is an elite athlete, the claim that he could play for the national soccer team with zero training is purely satirical.
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#PMT-2020-0826-6162
Big CatBig Cat

Messi is better than Ronaldo because he is better at cheating on his taxes

Messi is probably got like a billion... He's better at shooting us, he got away with cheating on taxes for longer than Ronaldo did. Rinaldo you bitch. Messy has one, two, three, four, five, six golden boots. Count the booties.

While messy did have a high-profile tax case, using it as the metric for football greatness is entirely satirical.
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Take Slip·Jul 24, 2020
#PMT-2020-0724-8737
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Christian Pulisic is wasting his talent overseas and should play in the MLS to grow the game

I'm squatting on a take right now and that is getting mad at Christian Pulisic for not playing in the MLS. If he truly cared about American soccer, he would be over here... more people are becoming Chelsea fans than they are Charlotte FC.

Hot TakeSoccerScorchingSarcastic
Pulisic continued to play in Europe (Chelsea, then AC Milan) to maintain a high level of competition, which is widely considered the better path for his development.
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#PMT-2020-0504-9390
HankHank

Soccer is boring because you cannot use your hands

Soccer... simple, just because any sport that you can't use your hands, that's like 50% of your body and the stuff that are much more important and you can't even use it. You're just running around, at most you're scoring one goal. It's boring as fuck.

This is a matter of personal taste and opinion.
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#PMT-2019-0812-11723
Big CatBig Cat

Christian Pulisic stunk in his Chelsea debut and might not be ready for the bright lights

I watched the whole game. He stunk. Is he not ready for the bright lights?... I'm just going to say, as someone who was ready to declare this the biggest moment in USA soccer history, yeesh, maybe we have to start getting the narrative that he's not from America.

Pulisic's Chelsea career was a mix of brilliant stretches (Champions League win) and inconsistent/injury-prone periods. Declaring him a bust after one game was a classic overreaction.
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Take Slip·Feb 11, 2019
#PMT-2019-0211-19616
JJ WattJJ Watt

I honestly thought I could be a Premier League goalie with one year of training

I swore I could be a Premier League goalie. And she's [my girlfriend, Kealia Ohai] a soccer player. So I was like, give me one year to train. I think I can do it. So she goes, okay, come to the field... She smoked a ball past my face so fucking fast. And I was like, no chance. You can give me five years to train. No chance.

He literally tested this theory and immediately realized he was wrong, admitting 'no chance'.
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Take Slip·Jul 16, 2018
#PMT-2018-0716-14061
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

France winning the World Cup avenged the 'curse of Zidane'

They avenge the curse of Zidane. The curse that I just invented right now has been put away in the closet, never to be mentioned again.

The curse was fictional, but France did win the World Cup.
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Take Slip·Jul 13, 2018
#PMT-2018-0713-8928
Big CatBig Cat

The US not making the 2018 World Cup was the best thing for soccer in America

The U.S. not making this World Cup is actually the best thing that has ever happened for soccer in America... with the U.S. removed, you watch this World Cup... and people got to enjoy soccer for soccer and not worry about, are we good enough? Is the U.S. up there with them? They just got to enjoy the game.

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Take Slip·Jul 13, 2018
#PMT-2018-0713-8929
Roger BennettRoger Bennett

Neymar's flopping is actually a profile in courage and bravery

I think it's so harsh on Neymar. I mean, I see him as a profiling courage and bravery. I just see the pain, the agony, I mean, just the savage damage that is done to his body... he loses limbs in the game... Neymar gets up when he's broken, had his leg broken, and he says, don't worry, lads, I'm going to brush this off.

Neymar's frequent diving is a matter of intense debate, but the physical 'limb loss' Roger describes is obviously not literal.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Juergen Klinsmann is a worse coach than the man who led the Thai kids into a cave

I think it was pretty astute that Juergen Klinsmann is a worse soccer coach than the guy that led them down into that predicament in the first place.

This is a satirical comparison used for comedic effect.
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Take Slip·Jun 25, 2018
#PMT-2018-0625-13775
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Soccer players are frauds and the sport isn't that difficult to play

Soccer players are frauds. I don't think that it's that difficult to play soccer.

The difficulty of professional soccer is subjective, but as a take, it's a high-level provocation.
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Take Slip·Jun 25, 2018
#PMT-2018-0625-13777
Big CatBig Cat

Harry Kane is a bust because he only scores from point-blank range

Harry Kane, still a bust in my mind [because] he just only scores from like two feet out. He basically didn't even have to [try for the hat trick]. He just showed up, and I could have gotten that hat trick.

Harry Kane went on to win the Golden Boot at the 2018 World Cup with 6 goals, though many were penalties or close-range finishes, making the take technically incorrect regarding him being a 'bust'.
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#PMT-2018-0622-12596
Big CatBig Cat

Lionel Messi is dead

Messi's dead. Messi is dead. Dunzo. Listen, it's a team sport. Go back to Argentina, Messi. Okay? It's a team sport. Argentina stinks. Messi's great. Yeah.

Messi went on to win the Copa America in 2021 and the World Cup in 2022, proving he was very much not 'dead'.
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Take Slip·Jun 18, 2018
#PMT-2018-0618-1662
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Argentina might be better at the World Cup without Lionel Messi

I think that Argentina might be better without Messi now. The whole team, they're in the win-win-for-Messi mode. And it weighs on their shoulders. Too much pressure.

Argentina struggled in the 2018 World Cup, barely advancing past the group stage and losing in the Round of 16, but Messi remained their most vital player.
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Take Slip·Jun 15, 2018
#PMT-2018-0615-7611
Big CatBig Cat

Cristiano Ronaldo is the Mike Tolbert of soccer because he just poaches goals from one yard out

He just runs it in from one yard out. The team gets all the way down, and they're like, all right, go ahead. Give it to the fat guy. He'll run it in. That's Ronaldo.

While Ronaldo became more of a poacher late in his career, the 'fat guy' comparison is purely comedic and hyperbolic.
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Take Slip·Jun 13, 2018·Picks
#PMT-2018-0613-14975
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The US will win the 2018 World Cup

I'm going with the U.S... They could still come back. You never count the U.S. out until they're totally out.

Hot TakeSoccerScorchingSarcastic
The US Men's National Team did not participate in the 2018 World Cup.
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#PMT-2018-0509-4057
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If you put an 'American stink' on an EPL team, they deserve to be relegated

If you get an American stink on your EPL team, you deserve to be relegated. [referencing Bob Bradley's tenure at Swansea City]

Hot TakeSoccerHotSarcastic
Swansea City was indeed relegated at the end of the 2017-18 season, shortly after this episode aired.
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#PMT-2018-0402-4253
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the future of American soccer at age 34

Zlatan is going to save soccer in America. He is. He's the future of American soccer. He's 34. And he's the future.

Hot TakeSoccerHotSarcastic
Zlatan was a huge success in MLS but clearly not the long-term future given his age; he returned to Europe shortly after.
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#PMT-2017-1011-3726
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

LeBron James should play for the US Men's Soccer team

LeBron actually should play for us. If you were to take the best NFL athletes... could the Chiefs qualify for the World Cup under the instruction of Andy Reid?

LeBron James never played professional soccer; this is a classic sports hypothetical.
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#PMT-2017-0612-13554
Big CatBig Cat

Celebrating a tie in soccer is un-American and makes me want to puke

The amount of celebration over a tie makes me want to puke... Very un-American. We play to win the game. That's why we've won every war we've ever been in. That's America.

In sports culture, celebrating ties is often seen as negative, though strategically in soccer it is often necessary. The claim about winning every war is factually debated but fits the character.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Morton Andersen is the best soccer player of all time

Morton Andersen, best soccer player of all time. [Because Ronaldo's goals are only worth one point].

Morton Andersen was an American football kicker, not a soccer player.
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#PMT-2017-0503-5423
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Cristiano Ronaldo's goals are easy and anyone could do them

I could fucking do that. Left footed. He's a finisher. Who isn't? We all finish.

The claim that 'anyone' could score at Ronaldo's rate is obviously false.
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Take Slip·Jul 27, 2016·Recaps
#PMT-2016-0727-12486
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Lionel Messi is bleaching his hair to hide from tax fraud investigators

So, well, he did have brown hair, and now he just bleached it totally blonde. This adds to my theory that maybe he's a relative of Nazi... that's how you get away from tax fraud or whatever he was doing with his dad.

Hot TakeSoccerHotSarcastic
The claim that he bleached it for disguise is satirical; the tax conviction was real but the hair was just a style choice.
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#PMT-2016-0711-14207
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Portugal was a better soccer team without Cristiano Ronaldo in the Euro 2016 Final

I'm going to go with hurt because he actually made the team better. I think the question has to be asked now, like, was Cristiano Ronaldo actually holding Portugal back? So better team without him. Kind of like the whole Steph Curry situation where the boys, the lads on the pitch just really opened up the game and the spacing was better.

Portugal did win the final after Ronaldo went off injured, but most experts would disagree that they were better without him.
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Take Slip·Jun 27, 2016
#PMT-2016-0627-2252
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Lionel Messi lacks the clutch gene and is likely a relative of Nazi Josef Mengele

I think that Messi might be a relative of a Nazi because a lot of them went to Argentina after the war to try to escape. Now, there was a doctor [Josef Mengele]... He was unable to uncover the clutch gene and isolate it. And that's why, you know, like Hitler, if he had had the clutch gene, he probably wouldn't have choked... Mingel moved to South America, had sex with an Argentinian. A few years later you get [Messi].

The timeline doesn't work out as Big Cat notes, and the biological claim is obviously false.
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Take Slip·Jun 27, 2016
#PMT-2016-0627-2254
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Under Armour signed Lionel Messi because they specialize in signing the biggest chokers in sports

Congratulations to Under Armour for apparently signing Lionel Messi to round out their stable of Spieth, Cam Newton, and Steph Curry, the biggest chokers in the world.

Hot TakeSoccerFireSarcastic
Messi never signed with Under Armour; he has a lifetime deal with Adidas. Also, calling those athletes chokers is a subjective hot take.
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#PMT-2016-0622-18630
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Injuring Lionel Messi would increase the popularity of soccer in the United States

I think maybe if you injure Messi, that would be pretty huge for soccer in the United States. Everybody loves a bully. Maybe severely injure Messi and make him not able to play soccer ever again. I think you would get a lot of new fans from the United States. Because if there's anything that fans in the United States hate, it's like a little European-ish guy.

This is a satirical hypothetical intended for comedic shock value.
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Take Slip·Jun 8, 2016
#PMT-2016-0608-18928
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

A statement loss to Mexico is what the US soccer team needs to announce its global presence

What you really want – now, I want to see the United States – barely lose to Mexico in a statement loss. And that could be what really announces our presence on the global scale.

This is a satirical concept of a 'statement loss' which is inherently subjective and comedic.
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Take Slip·May 4, 2016
#PMT-2016-0504-9623
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Leicester City is a fraud if they don't defend their title

If you don't defend your title, you're a fraud. Let's just put our cards on the table here, Leicester City. If you don't defend your title, you're a fraud.

Leicester City finished 12th the following season, failing to defend their title. In the context of PFT's satirical criteria, they are 'frauds'.
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#PMT-2016-0502-14573
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The 2015-16 Leicester City team is taking steroids

I think that Leicester City is all taking steroids. There were a 5,001 long shot before the league year started. And now they're probably going to win the English premiership. And the only way that's possible... they're taking steroids, all of them.

There has never been any evidence or official finding that the 2016 Leicester City team used performance-enhancing drugs.