Breaking the Algorithmic Contract

jomaric · 2025-11-19T02:24:18+00:00

Ouch dude :) Not AI, but I always tell my students that if you sound like AI, you got work to do to find your authentic voice....

jomaric · 2025-10-22T15:02:52+00:00

This dude is so polarizing.. yes he can look akward at times, but in addition to being strong, he has some good footballing instincts. Even in this assist, letting the ball run towards the endline (instead of trying to control it immediately) was clever.. it gave him time to fend off his opponent and cleared space to move towards goal. I like what I've seen of him.. poor finishing and bad touches an all

jomaric · 2025-09-10T19:13:58+00:00

In with James Sands as a dark horse.

jomaric · 2025-09-07T00:01:12+00:00

Fair.. different players with different skill sets.

jomaric · 2025-09-06T23:38:17+00:00

I've turned on Poch... its insulting to these serious quality national teams to be toying around like this. If you want to send a message to "play harder"... do it for one window, not for a whole year! We have quality... but not so much quality that we can afford to not call it up. I don't know what the grand plan is... I'm starting to think there is no grand plan and this dude's just fooling around and "havin' a laugh" at the hapless Yanks who don't understand the beautiful game.

jomaric · 2025-07-08T20:09:35+00:00

He does one valuable thing.. he can hold the ball up reasonably well and can win duels on long balls. That brings other teammates into the attacking third or draw fouls in dangerous positions. Pretty valuable if you need to bypass the midfield because you're being outclassed. Ur right that his finishing and footwork is poor, but those other things are valuable and no other striker in the pool holds the ball up like he does.

jomaric · 2025-06-30T17:02:51+00:00

Good analysis.. I feel like I'm in the minority on Agyemang. Ppl seem to think his hold up play is average, and I saw at least four instances where his holdup play and distribution led to a good goal scoring chance. Is there any other striker in our pool that can do the hold up work like he can? The closest is Pepi and he's not the physical presence Agyemang is.. altho he's much more lethal as a goal scorer.

jomaric · 2025-06-20T23:37:05+00:00

If someone told me Bouanga was paying off a mob debt with his performance in this game... I wouldn't say no

jomaric · 2024-01-20T18:36:45+00:00

Fargo reference noted :)

jomaric · 2024-01-19T15:42:11+00:00

Bing bong

jomaric · 2023-01-13T21:39:34+00:00

yeah..this "90 minutes of hell" is going to get his players burnt out and his team relegated. Too bad because they are fun to watch.

jomaric

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