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Apparently Sheikh Mansour, the current owner of Man City, was initially planning to purchase stakes in Everton before settling on the sister club of Manchester United. Would have been interesting to see what would have happened had he decided to go through with purchasing Everton shares...

Much as I like reading it, I feel as if alternate history writers really don’t know when to stop. Some of my favorite stories are answering pretty regional questions like “What if Greece became independent in the 19th century” or “What if Oda Nobunaga lived to reunite Japan” just kept going and...

Yeah, I was always of two minds of Ireland staying independent because I very much doubt the British are gonna take it lying down, but my general thought process on at least a briefly free Ireland is that: - Hoche and his troops land on Ireland and, with the garrison there poorly manned and...

Been trying to read more on Ireland during the 18th century since I’ve been wondering on how badly Britain would be affected if they lost it during the French Revolutionary Wars. Apparently they had about 4 to 5 million inhabitants by 1800, made up nearly half the Royal Army, and about 20% of...

If you subscribe to a more materialistic interpretation of the revolution, then it could be argued that the terror was driven by the real fears of counter-revolution and war. Certainly there were a lot of real plots and the war was a crisis that drove the government into complete extremes. I...

There was a discussion on this on the other site, and there wasn’t really much fruitful discussion, so I’m hoping that there would be a bit more here. So, how would people here think it would look like? Someone once said that a likely course is that the Thermidorians would have been smeared...

From the people I’ve spoken to on France, they do seem to imply that a general worry over France’s world status which translated to population worries, that is to say, a worry that France’s numbers would sink over the years led to them being rather socially conservative on women’s rights so they...

Reading Robert Darnton’s book on the events that led to the French Revolution, it’s amusing to me that the abolishment of the parlements, something that alternate history fans always say was a good thing, just massively blew up in everyone’s face. Very few magistrates wanted to be apart of...

With professional wrestling being an extremely big thing in the American south and a shit load of the biggest figures in wrestling being, you know, from the south, I do wonder about an independent CSA and the development of professional wrestling. Yes I know the chances of an independent CSA is...

https://www.dreamteamfc.com/c/news-gossip/460596/man-city-league-two-guardiola/amp/ There’s this article on that exact scenario where Pep and Man City do get knocked down to League Two due to the FFP breaches and a shitload of the players jumping ship. Pep does manage to keep them up and into...

Not really interested in the question of plausibility, but more of a thought experiment. Say, around the late 18th to very early 19th century, Ireland manages to break free of Britain and take the entirety of the country with them, how much would Britain be affected by that? I think I heard...

When Jose Mourinho was working for Bobby Robson, he was apparently asked to come with him to Newcastle, promising him the job in a few years time if he stuck around. Mourinho didn’t take it because he suspected Robson wouldn’t be pried from managing his boyhood club. I do wonder what would have...

Moving aside from “What if Germany won WW2” to “What if Germany won WW1”, someone posited that instead of a post-war boom or return to stability, Germany in the aftermath of any potential “victory” or stalemate would be on fire. The country was nearly starved to death by the British blockade...

Very interesting, though I do think “Glantz thinks Soviet victory wasn’t inevitable anymore” is a bit of an exaggeration. Doesn’t seem like a huge revision of his previous works, just that good intelligence is always useful and that it helped prevent the capital from being taken which would have...

Oh, really? Can you explain the things Tooze has retreated from and why Glantz is a bit distrustful of the idea of Soviet victory being inevitable?

Apparently when Sir Alex Ferguson retired, he had a list of successors that he would like to lead the club, with Pep Guardiola being his preferred option. Is it possible for Pep to lead the Reds? Would be interesting to see and could be possible, did have some conversations with each other over...

Not sure if it would change anything, but what if the pass to Maradona during the World Cup went a little bit more to the right and he actually did headbutt the ball into the net. I guess if things still go the same way after, he still hits the goal of the century and wins the World Cup, he’d...

Sixers fan hold Adam Silver hostage and force him to allow Sam Hinkie into the championship ceremony. Also, they elect Sam Hinkie mayor of Philadelphia and build a statue in his honor.

With the 10 year anniversary of the hiring of Sam Hinkie just a few days ago, and most Sixers fans in extreme doom mood, one POD I do like to think about is if Sam Hinkie, master tanker and old GM of the Sixers during the time of extreme tanking known as "The Process" was allowed to stay as GM...

I remember reading in a discussion about a proposed constitution that was mainly pushed by the left in 1946. Could it be possible that a more successful protest lead to something like the original idea for the 1946 constitution? Seems like most people here are sure that a radical socialist kind...