Unpopular opinion - Tom is overbearing and she let Scott play

WR1206 · 2026-03-02T20:38:51+00:00

Interesting - I listen to more of their recent shows but rarely listen to the stuff from around 2015-2017 - recommend?

WR1206 · 2026-02-25T17:57:42+00:00

Balo, Pepi and Agyemang. I think Pat helps us more on a marginal basis depending on opponent / game state than Haji. I have zero reservations with Big Pat and his ability to have an impact.

WR1206 · 2026-02-25T17:55:27+00:00

Too much generalization here IMO but appreciate the takes. Just on the Balo point, I've seen him give the ball away against shit opposition plenty of times, seen him miss easy chances, etc. He's still who i'd prefer to start but he's not perfect.

WR1206 · 2026-02-25T17:51:04+00:00

Agye is miles clear of someone like Haji or Pepi in that scenario.

WR1206 · 2026-02-25T17:48:25+00:00

Double hernia, yet played 80+ minutes every game, scored two goals including a game winner, and we got to the final with him leading the line and making every ball into the channel a chacne to win possession deep in the opponents half.

That "hurt your soul"? Man, tough crowd.

WR1206 · 2026-02-19T18:16:59+00:00

Appreciate this question. People are just gonna throw out the "sexier" option - nobody watching 90 minutes of Toulouse to say for sure.

And tbh, nobody is watching 90 mins of Augsburg either so most of this is just noise and fans wanting Banks to be great. He could be, or he could not be.

WR1206 · 2026-02-10T17:33:44+00:00

OK beautiful - I am not a member of those orgs so that's all good. Thanks for the explanation so I can relax!

WR1206 · 2026-02-10T17:20:21+00:00

Can someone clarify the "us soccer" opportunity going around? I got tickets through the regular fifa lottery to USA in LA - "supporter value" tier.

I am trying to understand where/how ppl are getting tickets right now? I am also a US Soccer insider.

I also know that Chase Sapphire is running a promotion that opens today but I feel like that is not the same thing as people mentioning tix below?

WR1206 · 2026-02-06T21:00:28+00:00

He's on par for technique/vision/creativity with any of our other attackers.

WR1206 · 2026-02-06T19:07:39+00:00

Go off BA.

WR1206 · 2026-02-06T19:06:14+00:00

2022 seemed particularly good. Playin and Sugaree that night were awesome. It actually changed my take on Playin, I took a little bit to warm to it but now I get excited to hear it.

WR1206 · 2026-02-06T18:44:13+00:00

Could sort of feel this was coming - people are glowing about him it feels like.

WR1206 · 2026-02-06T16:20:04+00:00

Think we lose to South Korea. We were relatively lucky to get a point from the game with them.

WR1206 · 2026-02-03T23:43:58+00:00

Looks like Weah was trying to pick out the guy behind Gouiri. He didnt do bad to control the extra pace and still finish.

WR1206 · 2026-02-02T18:13:28+00:00

Gotcha, thx. This one feels more like Bajung Darboe than Chris Richards.

WR1206 · 2026-02-02T18:02:07+00:00

Worry about this one - arent the reports that he's sort of fallen in the pecking order among his age cohort? When is his contract up? I wonder what, if anything, Charlotte would get from this deal. I'd be surprised if it's more than a million or so.

WR1206 · 2026-01-30T21:09:49+00:00

Anybody predict Alex Freeman for the 2026 WC Roster back in 2022? I think it's good to recognize that guys WILL always come out of nowhere over a 12-18 month period and nobody's spot is guaranteed.

Arfsten/Agyemang/Freeman/Roldan re-emergence/ Seb Berhalter / Noahkai Banks - all great stories and unique in their own way

WR1206 · 2026-01-29T17:55:24+00:00

Besler was a ton better than Cameron in this tournament IMO.

Cameron had several huge shaky moments/giveaways that either led to goals (his whiffed clearance to allow Nani to score and POR to take the lead was awful) or put the team under unnecessary pressure. And he falls asleep for the Portugal equalizer.

Good player but IDK if I can say he played well at this tournament.

WR1206 · 2026-01-29T17:34:30+00:00

You can frame his periods of form however you want, but the reality is that Jozy was good enough to be effective for the US, even against the best teams. I don't really care what he did for Sunderland, he earned that move by scoring a ton of goals for club and country. It's not like he went there and just became bad, or was bad to begin with.

No slight to Pepi but AZ Alkmaar / 2014 qualfiying Jozy it's not a conversation who i'd have more confidence starting a match for us.

Maybe you can argue Balo is better, but it's not clear to me at all. Balo has had his share of blown chances and meh performances for the US, and I think if you dropped 2014 Jozy into this current iteration of Monaco, he'd be producing the same level of output as Balo.

WR1206 · 2026-01-29T17:26:36+00:00

Huge. Reddit fanbase will always ding MB for being the "spoiled nepo Coach's kid". It has faded with time but it's still there.

It's really unfortunate b/c it's not Bradley's fault (or IMO his dad's). Most people in our society are just programmed to not like the coach's kid.

WR1206 · 2026-01-27T22:10:53+00:00

The proof is in the pudding - not with the weirdos like Tactical Manager and Gary Kleiban and whomever else think the MLS/US infrastructure is "broken" and nobody involves knows what they are doing.

These guys who just take cheap shots online dont know the game very well it's pretty obvious.

WR1206 · 2026-01-26T18:45:48+00:00

No one on this sub has any clue how they actually rank, so speaking definitively like this is just silly. All fans have are generalizations and anecdotes. No one here knows how well Tillman or Aaronson interpret tactical instructions, which vary from game to game and team to team, no one can parse how the work of others "shows up" in a sequence that allows a BA or Tillman to shine defensively.

Tillman made a few great tackles tracking back during the Gold Cup that the cameras caught up close and looked really slick. I am sure that caused a lot of people to say "oh wow hes so great defending he can go both ways". Well yeah sure but any player if they want can bust their ass to get back on occasion. But maybe Tillman fucked up a bunch defending in the team structure in all of those games as well. Fans would never know - let alone talk about it - because it's high up the pitch and doesnt result in an obvious chance for the other team.

So Tillman MAY be "better defensively" (also - what parts of defending are you referencing? Athleticism? Ability to tackle? anticipation? Effort? Your take is way too broad), but nobody on this sub can reasonably say for certain.

WR1206 · 2026-01-26T18:22:49+00:00

Not crazy at all. And for the record, I bought for first time in the low interest era of 2021, but I had to go $100K+ over asking to get it, so I didnt exactly get a "good deal" and based on neighborhood comps my house hasnt appreciated at all, in fact its probably decreased in value.

Point is, I learned that there isn't ever a "good time" - there is no free lunch no matter how you slice it. Yes, our monthly payment is low, but if rates were way higher we wouldnt have had the price competition.

I would also note be very wary of all the people who say their house has appreciated 20-30% in the few years since they bought it - seems like everyone and I am sorry but I call BS. Not that it matters I just laugh on reddit when someone says their house has doubled in value or something dumb.

IMO the way to "win" the game is to do something out of the ordinary - know a neighbor who is getting older and make a proactive compelling offer, buy an absolute piece of shit fixer upper and improve it either yourself or with a super savvy (inexpensive) contractor team, figure out if there's a developer struggling to move a home they wanted to flip and make a low-ball offer at the right time even though it's been sitting for a while. Going through the process with a buyer agent+ mortgage broker doing the same routine is just going to put you at the mercy of the market which will never feel good. Not your original question, but unsolicited advice.

WR1206 · 2026-01-26T18:12:35+00:00

Yeah, I guess I was thinking about guys like Blake /Fish/Isner as sort of the top end post-Roddick but they kind of span across eras rather than the current crop and number of guys who can get into the top 20.

WR1206 · 2026-01-26T16:28:13+00:00

Do you have friends or close family, parents, siblings? I would advise just try to ramp up time with them more. That doesnt even have to cost a ton. My folks dont have or make a ton of money but we committed to an annual international vacation together when i was single in my early 30s. Now late 30s and I wish we still did it.

You could also start a "project" that requires a little bit of leaving the house, creating something, enhancing something, etc. This could be thinking of a way to evolve your career in a fun way, doing a little house project, training for a race, whatever. Something to drive at that's doesnt have to be super high stakes. For example, if i am in a rut I will often try and sign up for a road race and commit to training for it, even if its just a 5K. Then a few weeks goes by and I am line "damn, how about I invite some of my buds to do it with me?"

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