I know the Christmas rush is usually make or break for championship hopefuls but I feel bad for Wolves having to play City at 3pm on the 27th then Liverpool at 11:30 on the 29th. Brutal scheduling.
Looking like Arteta is going to be the next Arsenal manager, set to be announced tomorrow.
It's a bit of a punt, but as ex-players go, I think he has the best coaching resume and has worked under Pep. He also seems like the type to crack the whip, which is what this team needs.
Sorry going better than Nashville, though, and have 7000 season ticket deposits.
So that’s Sacramento, Charlotte and Nashville? Only issue will be schedule cause they won’t go away from 2 divisions so that’s 30! Divisional games with about 4 other games left. Not sure how this would work.
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Sorry going better than Nashville, though, and have 7000 season ticket deposits.
So that’s Sacramento, Charlotte and Nashville? Only issue will be schedule cause they won’t go away from 2 divisions so that’s 30! Divisional games with about 4 other games left. Not sure how this would work.
Yep. If they round out to 32, I think the expected two are Phoenix and Detroit. I question how the hell Phoenix will work long-term weather-wise, but *shrug*
Sacramento's likely to be successful in the near-term. They got accepted after landing a very wealthy backer, already have over 75% of the allocation for season tickets sold (a month ago), and the fanbase was already paying ticket prices above some MLS teams while in USL, and they already have their academy up and running (and doing rather well, if memory serves) so they'll come in with a pipeline for local talent pre-established. Charlotte is looking like they'll do fine, although there's going to be some friction because this is a "new" team and the USL team which already has an established fanbase is still around, but things being what they are, the bigger team will "win." Nashville is looking like something of a fiasco because they've had 2 (?) years to prepare and still aren't looking together.
The ponzi scheme of building wealth via increasing buy-in costs is annoying as hell, though, as a fan of one of the teams which has had it dangled in front of them for so long.
What are the chance of bringing in a tier system? If you're going to increase in league size so much, eventually really you'll find there are tiers anyway, might as well make it official and then second tier teams can compete with a chance for some glory, promotion etc
What are the chance of bringing in a tier system? If you're going to increase in league size so much, eventually really you'll find there are tiers anyway, might as well make it official and then second tier teams can compete with a chance for some glory, promotion etc
MLS to lower? Not a goddamn chance. I think you're more likely to see a fragmentation of the top tier into fully separate divisions that don't play outside of the final tournament/a cup scenario.
In the lower levels? USL is already starting to assemble itself that way - there's "USL Championship" and "USL League One". MLS extras are going to be fixed in League One (which is slightly silly because in some cases they're the better teams they just don't have the support at all), and the league is already talking about potentially starting to have pro/rel between USL divisions within the next few years.
What are the chance of bringing in a tier system? If you're going to increase in league size so much, eventually really you'll find there are tiers anyway, might as well make it official and then second tier teams can compete with a chance for some glory, promotion etc
MLS to lower? Not a goddamn chance. I think you're more likely to see a fragmentation of the top tier into fully separate divisions that don't play outside of the final tournament/a cup scenario.
Imagine paying the buy-in fees and then a few years later your team is demoted because it sucks, you spend no effort to improve, and never sniffs promotion? And you've built a 20,000 seat 'palace' in Fargo that is as empty as an early bowl game because Amercian sports attendance essentially stops at the Pro level.
I do not understand how the 2nd Wolves goal was allowed. I haven't watched soccer my whole life, so maybe there is some wrinkle in the rules I don't get, but Traore crashes into Mendy's back like a hockey player on the forecheck. I've seen players holding the ball in a corner or against the sidelines tons of times, and I've never seen "just ram them right off of it" be used successfully before.
I do not understand how the 2nd Wolves goal was allowed. I haven't watched soccer my whole life, so maybe there is some wrinkle in the rules I don't get, but Traore crashes into Mendy's back like a hockey player on the forecheck. I've seen players holding the ball in a corner or against the sidelines tons of times, and I've never seen "just ram them right off of it" be used successfully before.
Is there something I am just not understanding here?
Mendy fucked it by:
a) not actually shielding the ball. He's doing like a weird half shield thing where he never actually sets himself which is dumb. If this had been at the corner flag the way players normally shield it, it woulda been a foul. As an aside, I have no idea why he tries to shield it there. If he has no outlet, he should be hoofing it away
b) not going to ground. By staying on his feet it just looks like a fair coming together where he got out-muscled
basically the rules are pretty ambiguous and "two big guys coming together and both of them staying on their feet" means playing on the vast, vast majority of the time
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it should be 1-0 to wolves since it looks like it smacked off Van Dijk's hand before he lofted it up to Lallana
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Pretty frustrated with how VAR is being used in this match (among others). Just makes the game feel completely unnatural with how long it takes, going back and forth on the tape, drawing all kinds of lines. And the results aren't even conclusive! It's masturbation. They want to completely eliminate all doubt and make it all fair but the technology and the rules can't produce that result.
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Pretty frustrated with how VAR is being used in this match (among others). Just makes the game feel completely unnatural with how long it takes, going back and forth on the tape, drawing all kinds of lines. And the results aren't even conclusive! It's masturbation. They want to completely eliminate all doubt and make it all fair but the technology and the rules can't produce that result.
it's even worse when you're in the stadium because it's 3+ mins of just sitting there not knowing what's going on because they don't relay what's happening
I think they should swap to a "coaches review" approach, where each coach gets e.g. three reviews per game.
Football is not well suited to the ref frequently handing decisions over to the VAR, and yet that's exactly what would need to be done to help remove arbitrary/incorrect decisions from the game. I'm a big rugby fan, and the video ref works well in both codes as the natural flow of the game(s) is conducive to video review.
Handing the query power over to the coaches should allow football to more-of-less keep its original flow, while preventing the ref needing to hand everything over. The current incentives are all wrong, as they encourage the ref to hand as much over as possible to avoid making "bad" decisions; shift that burden to the coaches/managers/whatever.
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Pretty frustrated with how VAR is being used in this match (among others). Just makes the game feel completely unnatural with how long it takes, going back and forth on the tape, drawing all kinds of lines. And the results aren't even conclusive! It's masturbation. They want to completely eliminate all doubt and make it all fair but the technology and the rules can't produce that result.
it's even worse when you're in the stadium because it's 3+ mins of just sitting there not knowing what's going on because they don't relay what's happening
just awful
Yeah I can imagine it being even more confusing and frustrating, although it's some consolation you don't have to see the ridiculous lines they're putting together :P
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Pretty frustrated with how VAR is being used in this match (among others). Just makes the game feel completely unnatural with how long it takes, going back and forth on the tape, drawing all kinds of lines. And the results aren't even conclusive! It's masturbation. They want to completely eliminate all doubt and make it all fair but the technology and the rules can't produce that result.
it's even worse when you're in the stadium because it's 3+ mins of just sitting there not knowing what's going on because they don't relay what's happening
just awful
Yeah I can imagine it being even more confusing and frustrating, although it's some consolation you don't have to see the ridiculous lines they're putting together :P
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Pretty frustrated with how VAR is being used in this match (among others). Just makes the game feel completely unnatural with how long it takes, going back and forth on the tape, drawing all kinds of lines. And the results aren't even conclusive! It's masturbation. They want to completely eliminate all doubt and make it all fair but the technology and the rules can't produce that result.
it's even worse when you're in the stadium because it's 3+ mins of just sitting there not knowing what's going on because they don't relay what's happening
just awful
Yeah I can imagine it being even more confusing and frustrating, although it's some consolation you don't have to see the ridiculous lines they're putting together :P
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God damnit if they reverse this goal against City
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what the fuck
Alerady going better than Nashville, though, and have 7000 season ticket deposits.
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reminds me of the jordan free throw line dunk
https://youtu.be/Ifh-ZndgQyQ
It's a bit of a punt, but as ex-players go, I think he has the best coaching resume and has worked under Pep. He also seems like the type to crack the whip, which is what this team needs.
Leeds keep sending them "wish you were here" postcards from the Championship...
So that’s Sacramento, Charlotte and Nashville? Only issue will be schedule cause they won’t go away from 2 divisions so that’s 30! Divisional games with about 4 other games left. Not sure how this would work.
Nonsense, just pay 100 200 300 million and a new stadium and you can also be part of this scam league!
Yep. If they round out to 32, I think the expected two are Phoenix and Detroit. I question how the hell Phoenix will work long-term weather-wise, but *shrug*
Sacramento's likely to be successful in the near-term. They got accepted after landing a very wealthy backer, already have over 75% of the allocation for season tickets sold (a month ago), and the fanbase was already paying ticket prices above some MLS teams while in USL, and they already have their academy up and running (and doing rather well, if memory serves) so they'll come in with a pipeline for local talent pre-established. Charlotte is looking like they'll do fine, although there's going to be some friction because this is a "new" team and the USL team which already has an established fanbase is still around, but things being what they are, the bigger team will "win." Nashville is looking like something of a fiasco because they've had 2 (?) years to prepare and still aren't looking together.
The ponzi scheme of building wealth via increasing buy-in costs is annoying as hell, though, as a fan of one of the teams which has had it dangled in front of them for so long.
MLS to lower? Not a goddamn chance. I think you're more likely to see a fragmentation of the top tier into fully separate divisions that don't play outside of the final tournament/a cup scenario.
In the lower levels? USL is already starting to assemble itself that way - there's "USL Championship" and "USL League One". MLS extras are going to be fixed in League One (which is slightly silly because in some cases they're the better teams they just don't have the support at all), and the league is already talking about potentially starting to have pro/rel between USL divisions within the next few years.
e: https://theathletic.com/1124965/2019/08/08/no-limits-usl-president-on-pro-rel-league-finances-stadium-upgrades-mls-relationship-and-more/
From August. The article is paywalled, but the google summary has the money line, which is from an interview with the USL President.
The next expansion will be Nigeria.
Or a non-extradition country.
Imagine paying the buy-in fees and then a few years later your team is demoted because it sucks, you spend no effort to improve, and never sniffs promotion? And you've built a 20,000 seat 'palace' in Fargo that is as empty as an early bowl game because Amercian sports attendance essentially stops at the Pro level.
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i notice sky didn't distance themselves from this
he really, really thought he was making a point
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i really hope someone buys him for a giant filthy pile of money
On the other hand, they're building a strong case that it might actually be Liverpool's year....
https://streamvi.com/watch.php?video=1577482149
Is there something I am just not understanding here?
Mendy fucked it by:
a) not actually shielding the ball. He's doing like a weird half shield thing where he never actually sets himself which is dumb. If this had been at the corner flag the way players normally shield it, it woulda been a foul. As an aside, I have no idea why he tries to shield it there. If he has no outlet, he should be hoofing it away
b) not going to ground. By staying on his feet it just looks like a fair coming together where he got out-muscled
basically the rules are pretty ambiguous and "two big guys coming together and both of them staying on their feet" means playing on the vast, vast majority of the time
Should be 1-1.
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it's even worse when you're in the stadium because it's 3+ mins of just sitting there not knowing what's going on because they don't relay what's happening
just awful
Football is not well suited to the ref frequently handing decisions over to the VAR, and yet that's exactly what would need to be done to help remove arbitrary/incorrect decisions from the game. I'm a big rugby fan, and the video ref works well in both codes as the natural flow of the game(s) is conducive to video review.
Handing the query power over to the coaches should allow football to more-of-less keep its original flow, while preventing the ref needing to hand everything over. The current incentives are all wrong, as they encourage the ref to hand as much over as possible to avoid making "bad" decisions; shift that burden to the coaches/managers/whatever.
Yeah I can imagine it being even more confusing and frustrating, although it's some consolation you don't have to see the ridiculous lines they're putting together :P
never forget
what is perspective
edit: Aaaaaaaaaaaaa
oh look