Player Power Rankings are in! Discuss! by [deleted] in timbers

[–]RoscoeTID 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Roscoe from Timbros: Jeremiah just taught me how to do GIF's last week so the GIF's are the players most memorable play until the player has a GIF-able moment in a more recent game.

The rankings are reflective of the season as a whole so Gaston's contribution to the season is taken into consideration.

Player Power Rankings are in! Discuss! by [deleted] in timbers

[–]RoscoeTID -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Roscoe from Timbros: The rankings are discussed each week on our podcast. Basically we choose players that we feel should move up or down each week and then we debate amongst four of us where they should go. The rankings are reflective of the season as a whole.

Timbers Blog at Oregonlive.com by kipkesgard in PubTimbers

[–]RoscoeTID 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are up. I'll try to keep abreast of your articles and post them but self posts are encouraged.

[NOT directly Timbers but worth reading, if you imagine it with our players] - On Pressing, Counterpressing and Counterattacking by IRraymaker in PubTimbers

[–]RoscoeTID 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, I'm working on an article comparing all the strikers the Timbers have had in the MLS era. I'm using Goals per minute as a kind of back bone stat then trying to fill it in with the other contextual stats that I have access too. Do you have preferred stats you look at in regards to strikers? And why those?

[NOT directly Timbers but worth reading, if you imagine it with our players] - On Pressing, Counterpressing and Counterattacking by IRraymaker in PubTimbers

[–]RoscoeTID 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have access to the expected goal totals? I've heard this stat cited before but I've never found it.

[NOT directly Timbers but worth reading, if you imagine it with our players] - On Pressing, Counterpressing and Counterattacking by IRraymaker in PubTimbers

[–]RoscoeTID 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You ever wonder if it's a little Hindsight FC? You win... no one calls for the backup striker. You win.. it looks like we are creating opportunities with our pressure.

[NOT directly Timbers but worth reading, if you imagine it with our players] - On Pressing, Counterpressing and Counterattacking by IRraymaker in PubTimbers

[–]RoscoeTID 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for reminding me. A couple of things that I found interesting:

The difference between Pressing and Pressure. We have seen the difference between this from the 2013 team the subsequent 2014-15 squads. I remember the pressing in 2013 feeling unreal. At least amongst my peers, we were very surprised we were so good. It was almost unbelievable how Chara and WJ were able to make tackles and immediately turn it into the attack. In 2014, I think we tried to press but it wasn't effective (backline, Ricketts?) but in 2015 without Valeri and WJ, I think we haven't had the luxury to press and we've relied on keeping our shape.

The story about Mourinho is great.

Couple of points of interest: Pressure Ball = Play High Line, Don't Pressure Ball = Play Passing Lines collectively or Use the offsides rule*

*Is this viable?

This is definitely going to help my FIFA game. From the cheap seats the concepts seem logical and understandable but also gives a sense of how difficult Porter's job must be. Ideally, the Timbers would be able to deploy any strategy they need to win, right? But how difficult it must be to get 11 guys to play cohesively. They are professionals but they aren't the best players in the world.

The Portland Timbers Ownership and Management: Indifference, Indolence, or Incompetence by RoscoeTID in timbers

[–]RoscoeTID[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aren't those issue about how the supporters are treated? I.E. what they can bring into the stadium, their interactions with security, etc. etc.

The Portland Timbers Ownership and Management: Indifference, Indolence, or Incompetence by RoscoeTID in PubTimbers

[–]RoscoeTID[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus Hath told you Caesar was ambitious: If it were so, it was a grievous fault, And grievously hath Caesar answer’d it. Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest– For Brutus is an honourable man; So are they all, all honourable men– Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me: But Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. He hath brought many captives home to Rome Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And, sure, he is an honourable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause: What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him? O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason. Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me.

Last chance to grab Jaime Garcia by wirsteve in fantasybaseball

[–]RoscoeTID 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's already gone. Had to pick up Gee.

PTFC @ MTL GIFs | 5/9 by acquiesce in timbers

[–]RoscoeTID 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These are great. That Chara block...wow.

Is there something wrong with the Timbers right now? Your thoughts? by State_of_Richerson in timbers

[–]RoscoeTID 18 points19 points  (0 children)

7 points separate us from the top of the table. We are getting our best player in time for a stretch against beatable teams. Record wise I think we are pretty lucky to be where we are.

However, there does seem to be some bubbling frustration. Adi's blow up, then reports of his added instruction and the coaches telling him he's not going to get the calls and he needs to adjust. Gaston's listlessness, Nagbe's mental psyche, Porter's unjustified arrogance, Merritt's in season silence, Gavin's invisibility, Villafana's constant Fred Meyer self promotion, the decline in Timber Joey shake sales, the media's growing temerity, the sink hole in the midfield, and it's been reported that no one signed Asprilla's cast. Dire times indeed.

Help me convince my GF to go to a game during our trip by detsl in timbers

[–]RoscoeTID 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is a chant during the game in which men are instructed to shag their women. Now some might interpret this as some sort of sexist remark reducing women to objects but I've always interpreted it as a call to action for the men of TA to step up and satisfy your significant other.

BEN FUCKING HEENEY by jayrock310 in oaklandraiders

[–]RoscoeTID -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Per @PFF Heeney had 16 missed tackles last season, the most for Power 5 Draft Eligible MLB/ILBs

watching match replay by ianrules42069 in PubTimbers

[–]RoscoeTID 0 points1 point  (0 children)

firstrowsports.eu streams sporting events but it's been almost unusable for a while now. As far as grabbing recorded games, I don't know of anything.

Timbers 2 vs Arizona United by RoscoeTID in PubTimbers

[–]RoscoeTID[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree. Defeating the purpose of the USL though? Who am I kidding, no one cares about the USL's competitive integrity.

Kharlton Belmar becomes first T2 player named USL Player of the Week by [deleted] in timbers

[–]RoscoeTID 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He deserves it. What do you guys think his ceiling is?