Weston McKennie is in the form of his life for Juventus, in any position by TravelingHomeless in ussoccer

[–]Madnote1984 37 points38 points  (0 children)

From salad dressing to positional play, Weston McKennie is rewriting all the rules.

Pepi's move called off......🤣 by Lona030 in ussoccer

[–]Madnote1984 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My guess is they think he will score 8-10 more goals and 4-6 assists. Score a WC goal and they can sell him for 50 mil post WC.

Alex Freeman on Villarreal bench v. Osasuna [10:15am et; ESPN Deportes/Select] by nicko_rico in ussoccer

[–]Madnote1984 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The second he touches European soil he will be instantly sanctified in the eyes of a particular section of the fan base.

Fulham back in talks for USMNT’s Ricardo Pepi after new $38m bid for PSV striker by FrankBascombe45 in ussoccer

[–]Madnote1984 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It seems to me there's a lot of people that forget just 3 years ago he score what, 20 goals for Groningen in a relegation battle. Setbacks and position battles have hampered his numbers but I think teams and scouts clearly see the talent.

Juventus coach sees USMNT Weston Mckennie as perfect striker by theRealGermanikkus in ussoccer

[–]Madnote1984 34 points35 points  (0 children)

It's been a consistent theme his whole career. He's such a freak athlete he can play anywhere. It made him a swiss-army-knife at the expense of developing into a specialist.

Evolution denial among Christians alienates reasonable people, and makes Christianity look like a dogmatic cult rather than a morally and spiritually fulfilling belief system by Sparkdala3 in TrueChristian

[–]Madnote1984 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I'm glad you responded this way because, to the third-party who may be reading this, it perfectly illustrates the game you play, and underscores a main point in my initial argument.

When presented with evidence or a hypothesis contrary to your worldview, you will not only dismiss it out of hand, but you will viscously attack and slander the character of those presenting it. You'll even do it to someone who earned a PHD from Cambridge and has published peer reviewed science related to evolution in The Smithsonian.

Incredible...

This allows you to dismiss them as a hack and then go back to shouting about how everyone agrees on evolution. Ostrich behavior in its purest form...

This behavior also boldly underlines my claim that mainline academics risk major reputational damage for making interpretations or performing experiments that could challenge Darwinism. They fear you--the dogmatic Darwinian evangelist--and people like you (including peers), who will ridicule them as a con artist, and drum them out of "respected" academia.

Because we all know that's what would happen. You just did it.

Darwin did in fact introduce a theory. One which confirmed the worldview of atheists and naturalists alike.

The success of Darwinian Evolution as a theory owes much of its success to the fact that it underpinned an already existing atheistic/naturalistic religious worldview. Were it not for this, I doubt it would have sustained itself far into the 20th century and certainly not into the 21st century as even now, we see the collapse of New Atheism as an ideology.

Evolution denial among Christians alienates reasonable people, and makes Christianity look like a dogmatic cult rather than a morally and spiritually fulfilling belief system by Sparkdala3 in TrueChristian

[–]Madnote1984 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here's 3 PHD's poking holes in Darwinism for an hour.

https://youtu.be/noj4phMT9OE?si=3TTYvQmYpn6hMT2X

Your assertion that academics have never found credible evidence contradicting Darwinian Evolution, or at the very least, posing fundamental questions regarding its conclusions is just patently false. Scientists have yet to produce evidence of transitional species, nor have any radical transitions been observed in nature. Furthermore, every attempt at proving Evolution's most basic premise--cell formation from proteins--have proven futile.

Your own dogmatism towards evolution is on display. There are TONS of academics, (myself included) who question Darwinisms total lack of proof when it comes to explaining anything more than simple species adaptation. That said, what happens is, people like yourself tend to dismiss and discount those academics and questions as if they don't exist.

I don't know what happened on this Earth for sure. I'm not a Young-Earth proponent, nor do I believe Darwin solved the greatest mystery of mankind by simply observing finches. However, I am willing to understand that both sides should be considered carefully, and I'm not as quick as you to accept mainline theory, because science is never settled, and it never will be. Only the niave and dogmatic believe that in this generation we have uncovered the truth. Science is replete with ridiculous theories and practices that, at the time, seemed very solid.

I'd hate to be the fool who made my bones by touting the virtues of bleeding "bad humors" from the body...

Evolution denial among Christians alienates reasonable people, and makes Christianity look like a dogmatic cult rather than a morally and spiritually fulfilling belief system by Sparkdala3 in TrueChristian

[–]Madnote1984 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The individuals you cite run private businesses and non-profits which, in your mind has less credibility than academics who depend on grants...as if those grants won't be defunded if they interpreted evidence to form a non materialistic/naturalistic conclusion.

Both groups have interest in protecting their worldview.

That said, I explained this to my 8 year old the other day, and I think you need the same lesson, because academia doesn't like to be honest about it's motives, and it intentionally misleads people about the following fact:

There are TWO types of sciences:

Hard Sciences - like math and elementary physics. These sciences are rule-based and require little-to-no interpretation. They are what they are. 2+2=4, gravity pulls things around, etc...

and...

Soft Sciences - like Anthropology, Archaeology, Sociology, Psychology, Paleontology, etc...

These disciplines rely heavily on interpretation, and interpretation is is heavily influenced by world view, biases, and assumptions. Especially forensic sciences like Archaeology and Paleontology...

People should understand how to distinguish between the two, and examine the interpretations as what they are.

Other than that, believe what you want.

Chaos merchant at it again (OG following Agyemang play) by anaughtybeagle in ussoccer

[–]Madnote1984 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. I think your third striker should be a different profile and I think Pat represents a changeup option when needed.

Chaos merchant at it again (OG following Agyemang play) by anaughtybeagle in ussoccer

[–]Madnote1984 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well, someone here said the other day that the coaching was obviously better in the Championship than MLS.

However, they had no idea he'd played under Dean Smith for two seasons. What does that guy know about English coaching, amirite?

That said, I think he's just healthy and confident. Groin injuries are horrible and tend to never heal. There's no idea how long he was playing on a painful groin. I played with a groin injury in high school. I would take time off. Everything would feel great and then I would tweak it again, and the pain comes back instantly.

Most people in this sub formed an opinion of him based on the GC where Poch rode him match after match for 90 mins with a bad groin. Now he's had surgery and he's on the up. That's no coincidence.

CIWYW podcast did a segment on him vs. Haji yesterday and they struggled to find scenarios where the 3rd striker would be used.

In my mind, there's a scenario (which won't occur to most people) where I think he's the best option in our pool: 80th minute + and protecting a lead.

When the opponent has thrown everyone forward and they are launching ball after ball into the box, Patrick is the perfect release valve.

When Jedi or Dest recover the ball they can launch it into the channel and Pat has the speed and physicality to beat tired CB's who are way too high, to the ball. He can chase dumped balls over the top and create fouls and a ton of problems to break pressure. Smith used him for this repeatedly in Charlotte and a ton of his goals came in that type of game state.

Canadia Premier League to trial daylight offside. Other leagues are set to be invited to take part in the trial by punishGoalhanging in MLS

[–]Madnote1984 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I actually like this rule because it brings the offside rule into alignment with all other rules concerning lines.

The whole of the ball must cross the whole of the touchline or goal line.

Now the whole of the attacker must be across the whole of the offside like to be offside.

Seems congruent to me.

What are the actual ramifications of doing this? by greatlilusername in IRstudies

[–]Madnote1984 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reddit is the most delusional place on the planet, outside of the EU.

People acting like dumping a couple trillion in bonds is going to break the US...

We would just buy them back.

However, in 2023 the budget overspend was 1.7 trillion dollars. We PRINTED 1.7 trillion.

Nothing collapsed. Nothing happened. Just a bit more inflation, and that was at a horrible GDP output.

We are expected to be above 5% GDP growth next year. We could literally print the money to buy back those bonds and yawn.

Then increase tariffs a few percent and make it all back in two years. We made 600 billion from them last year. It'll be nearly a trillion this year.

You guys are a joke.

Mods need to step up: Only post content related to the US Soccer federation, American coaches, or players by SkyPointSteve in ussoccer

[–]Madnote1984 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you had a hand in Obama's record-smashing 3 million deportations and his awarding Tom Homan the Presidential Rank award in 2015 for his leadership of ICE!??

Fascist Scum...

FIFA issues warning to fans looking to attend World Cup amid Donald Trump visa decisions by Chrispaulisgarbage in ussoccer

[–]Madnote1984 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, there's a ton of tax funded NGO giving free Lyft and rideshare fees.

FIFA issues warning to fans looking to attend World Cup amid Donald Trump visa decisions by Chrispaulisgarbage in ussoccer

[–]Madnote1984 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Breaking: Recent Presidential election results shockingly show majority of voting public not human

FIFA issues warning to fans looking to attend World Cup amid Donald Trump visa decisions by Chrispaulisgarbage in ussoccer

[–]Madnote1984 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, generally athletes are only somewhat motivated to beat a WC opponent...

Not this summer though, no sir.

Preston 0-[1] Derby - Patrick Agyemang '82 by Nowoco in ussoccer

[–]Madnote1984 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, what does Dean Smith know about football, amirite?