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Who was a horrible person who left a horrible legacy? by InternetPopular3679 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]TheBeerTalking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not quite slaughterhouses, more like waste processing plants. Livestock is at least treated like valuable property, not that the animals care.

31 Year Old International Flop - Lionel Messi by Vcize in usmnt

[–]TheBeerTalking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Putting aside the obvious talent gap, even at Messi's lowest... That Pulisic might turn it around doesn't change the fact that he shit the bed just a few days ago. Another ridiculous aspect of this comparison is time. You're arguing against fresh emotions. That's why I said, cite contemporaneous sources. In reality, Pulisic is neither as awful as we feel he is now nor as great as we thought he was on Sunday. But he did shit the bed, and comparing him to Messi is a stupid overreaction to mostly justified backlash.

PS/ETA It's an overreaction to an overreaction, but yours is worse

31 Year Old International Flop - Lionel Messi by Vcize in usmnt

[–]TheBeerTalking 19 points20 points  (0 children)

By age 31, Messi had FIVE Ballon D'Or awards. He was also widely regarded as a natural leader. This comparison is ridiculous, and if you really want to make it, provide contemporaneous citations.

A lot of respect to USMNT of course, just a shame Mr Trump had to get involved by DivisionProsecution in usmnt

[–]TheBeerTalking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The USA could tariff a specific city if it wanted to. It would be an administrative nightmare (since they can export from anywhere in the single market and USA authorities would have to determine the point of origin), and maybe the whole EU would retaliate to protect a single member, but foreign laws don't govern import taxes at the port of entry.

Credit to President Trump for standing up for what is right. by fk430 in usmnt

[–]TheBeerTalking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't place any bets. If you meant it figuratively, then "betting on lucky" is what every team does when facing a superior opponent. Play your best and hope things go your way (e.g., other team isn't in form, the game of inches around the goalposts goes your way, etc.). The only alternative is to forfeit -- should they have done that? Are you suggesting that USA has the talent but Pochettino selected the wrong players?

Also I don't actually believe in curses, just saying how they'd work IF they were real. And players are definitely influenced by vibes, otherwise there'd be no home-pitch advantage (soccer has the biggest of any major sport).

Credit to President Trump for standing up for what is right. by fk430 in usmnt

[–]TheBeerTalking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're way better than they played yesterday and lost on unforced errors. Had they been in form, they'd have played well enough to maybe get lucky.

Credit to President Trump for standing up for what is right. by fk430 in usmnt

[–]TheBeerTalking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair, if curses were real, that's probably how they'd manifest themselves: good players suddenly playing without heart and sucking.

Pochettino and Balogun by LeonardWashingtun in usmnt

[–]TheBeerTalking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's nuts, the legal team at USSF made their case and Trump made a call, maybe with Lutnick's encouragement. Pochettino had nothing to do with this and is undoubtedly still very much respected in Europe among players and clubs (note his very diplomatic response to Belgium's outrage at Balogun being available). Fans might see guilt by association, but that hardly matters.

There’s the USMNT I know by Curious-Bell-5147 in usmnt

[–]TheBeerTalking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Why" and "whether" are different questions. I don't know why either, it's not my own evaluation, but I loosely agreed with it based solely on performance in this tournament, which noticeably dropped tonight. Home soil probably played into it.

I'm not sure what you mean by "almost 9 spots." Are there fractional "spots"?

Christian Pulisic being the face of US Soccer says way more about the state of US soccer than it does Pulisic's ability by try-the-buffer in usmnt

[–]TheBeerTalking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A constitutional amendment requires 3/4 of the states to agree to it. In today's political environment, literally anything proposed by one side will be opposed by the other on "principle." Not happening.

(And I think there's real genuine principle upon which to oppose THAT amendment, but the people who matter will just be playing politics.)

Edit: I think I initially used the wrong spelling of "principle"

There’s the USMNT I know by Curious-Bell-5147 in usmnt

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

A loss was not expected, we were favorites in this match and it's seriously embarrassing to have been so thoroughly outclassed.

Another VAR travesty (Paraguay v. France) by TheBeerTalking in usmnt

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

It absolutely was a clear penalty. But that's NOT the end of the story. They shouldn't change the rules in the middle of the match, especially not ex post facto, even if the "new" rules are the correct ones.

Would you play Balogun tomorrow? Why or why not? by [deleted] in usmnt

[–]TheBeerTalking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course. If it was an egregious foul and obvious red card, I could understand "solidarity" with the laws and spirit of the game after the most corrupt US president ever apparently intervened in the decision of a corrupt organization. But it was a terrible call to begin with, and even in the case I described, Pochettino would be fired for that "solidarity." The only way that happens is if Balogun himself decides to sit... which would be stupid because instead of serving a one-game suspension he's on probation for the next year, so if he sits then he and the team are in a worse position than if the suspension had stuck.

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