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FWIW, I've heard of him for a while likely before he even signed with the Neymars. Regarding the bit about, "I think nobody should sign him until we see the player in the first team." I'm afraid that ship has sailed esp now with Endrik.

We are analyzing all of that in hindsight. Once again, in hindsight, I do not see equivalence because the US was not attacked by Vietnam; the same way Russia wasn't attacked by Ukraine. You may not think the attack by Hamas and the Israeli response are proportional, but that's exactly the nuance I was referring to. Regarding teenagers/young adults, "In the last decade, a growing body of longitudinal neuroimaging research has demonstrated that adolescence is a period of continued brain growth and change, challenging longstanding assumptions that the brain was largely finished maturing by puberty [1–3]. The frontal lobes, home to key components of the neural circuitry underlying “executive functions” such as planning, working memory, and impulse control, are among the last areas of the brain to mature; they may not be fully developed until halfway through the third decade of life [2]." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892678/#:~:text=The frontal lobes%2C home to,decade of life [2]. "It doesn’t matter how smart teens are or how well they scored on the SAT or ACT. Good judgment isn’t something they can excel in, at least not yet. The rational part of a teen’s brain isn’t fully developed and won’t be until age 25 or so." https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?ContentTypeID=1&ContentID=3051 I was actually reading a book about how the brain works and it described experiments done in the past on people who lost their frontal lobes due to accidents etc. It is very interesting how they completely changed their personalities depending on how severe the loss was.

https://www.sofascore.com/player/moises-caicedo/987650 or do you only use stats when it suits your agenda? welcome to find any piece of data that corroborates your view of Caicedo's game. I will definitely take a look and consider it as new data, as it may contain something I missed.

Never said they were not vindicated. What I said was that these are not equivalent in my view. Nothing would change if Netanyahus were to leave right now--at least that's the information I have. This goes a lot deeper now than one man's wishes. Oh no, they are all extremely wise teenagers and know everything there is to know about life and they apply all that vast acquired wisdom when analyzing this 60-year+ conflict. You are right, I'm the gullible one who tries to see different sides in a complex situation. It's much easier to just take a side--works great in social media too.

Agreed that he should be improved on if we want to go for the league, but reckon we are so far from that that I really don't see any urgency in replacing him. I think we have a pretty obvious winner as to the best system for the PL; Liverpool disrupted that a bit, but in the end, the consistency of the positional play (aka total football) just works in long championships as City demonstrates. Our squad has a lot of direct players esp in attack. Noni, for ex, has been improving the teamwork side of his game, but he's still a very direct player. Mudryk ... never mind. Jackson fares better as he can shield the ball well enough, keep it at pace, but also not a possession-oriented attacker at this time. That leaves Palmer, who is unsurprisingly good at keeping the ball -- having come from city. Gallagher is not a possession maestro either -- far from it. Enzo is perhaps the most suitable midfield player for that system, which made the early idea of moving him to a CAM position really bizarre to me. Yeah, so I think we are stuck with this direct way to play for a while regardless of manager choice.

Disagree. You can't acquire life experience exclusively from books much less social media. And even then, the only absolute requirement to learn and, in time, acquire wisdom is time and that's the one thing we have zero control over. The second part is where we most disagree about because I think the level of nuance is drastically different from the other cases (and also Ukraine). Would really like to see these protestors demand the release of the hostages still being held in Gaza, for example. We are going in circles around this one tho.

I don't really see what's controversial about Caicedo's game. He's got 2 assist in 31 appearances and 0 goals, with at least one of the assists in a 5x0 win. Any way you look at his numbers will show the very same thing: he's a very good ball-wining mid, but lacks contribution in attack and possession. We all have different takes as to how much he can improve that side of his game -- never seen a drastic improvement on the skill side myself tho. They all show the same thing--here's one: https://www.sofascore.com/player/moises-caicedo/987650

Perhaps, and on the other hand they are freer to give their own take on the news. That's actually the content that sells on youtube. I think the exact opposite. They are know-nothing gullible people who definitely cannot see the bigger picture because they still lack the experience to understand the nuances in most real world situations. The most easily manipulated people are at both ends of the age spectrum.

Fair enough, but they all have agendas. Having an agenda we happen to agree with does not make it more right or wrong. That's why I rather just have the facts, and if they aren't available I will take that as the information I need. The biggest impact these protests will have is to ruin the lives of some of these students.

Did I say that? 😃 Don't watch CNN, or MSNBC, much less fox news. I do read articles from CNN when, and only if, there is data in them. I rather have less opinion in my news, not more. That's the reason I also don't get my news from youtube: yes, news media, especially professional journalists still do some vetting of information, which is entirely optional in youtube content.

Suspect that "the project" takes away too much power from the manager's hand as in who to bring in and all that. They really a yes-man who will only coach the team, which is what they've been going after. This is another aspect of the project that scares me a bit: imagine that a manager with the same philosophy of Pep becomes available; how would he be able to tweak the squad to his possession style for example? That'd demand selling and signing new players even if of similar quality, for the different characteristics.

While what he says may be true, or more truthful than what the anchor said, a youtuber making claims confidently really does not work for me as source of news.

Yeah I have big disagreement regarding strength in depth and experience, but I'm not against many of the bets made by the club esp in attack where finding established quality can be really difficult. Also, ending the season with a single striker is really unacceptable at this level. Had jackson picked up a knock or 2 and the situ could've been really difficult. We also have too many injury-pone players, most of which was entirely avoidable (Fofana made no sense whatsoever). Hard decisions ahead of us.

I don't disagree, but that's really not what I'm talking about. I'd not even be against getting a new #1 and having Petrovic as an option. Goalie selection is notoriously tricky. Which was signed as the starter? What promises were made to his agent/player then? What does the Goalkeeping coach says about each? Team form, esp defense can drastically affect the confidence and performances of goal keepers. It can be very different having to stop open shots vs ones where half of the goal is well blocked by the D. Finally, it's really easy for managers to lose all goalies by making changes too quickly because it takes several matches to build an average. All goalies make mistakes, so you have to be patient with them -- more so than with other positions. Personally I choose to give any manager credit when the right selection is made; whether that's due to injury is really besides the point. I'd once again warn about projecting current form to next season esp if we get anything more than just PL + cups.

Not to mention set pieces: when set pieces were off, it was all down to Poch. Now that we've been doing better, it's the players eh. What we think matters little tho; bet the club owners have been reassured by the current form.

Craziest thing I've ever read around here. 😆If a manager would switch goalies every time one makes a mistake clubs would need about 10 reserve goalies lol. Notoriously difficult position to make changes.

I honestly don't think they are that different, but agree that Petrovic is the better goalie. Reminder that when Sanchez became available again, the manager chose Petrovic. In normal situations the starter would always come back. It was his decision to stick with Petrovic.

And you don't know how well Sanchez could have been playing. Petrovic wasn't great when we were struggling. Do you really think Sanchez or Petrovic are that different, or that it would matter a whole lot which played in a 5 nil win? 🙂

False equivalence helps them a lot both in social and news media. One of these days CNN had an article reporting on what the polls (gallup and others) regarding the next election, and the middle east debacle appears to only be popular in Social Media. It won't swing the election for any groups. Immigration is the thing that can hurt Biden, which is hardly a surprise.

Disagree. Player go in and out of form during a long season all the time. Projecting the current form to a different time, or simply assuming this will be the norm next season would be a mistake. Perhaps some of the injured players would be performing well too? bet Carney would be able to do a lot more than Mudryk, for ex. We shouldn't take away the current form from Poch; player selection is only one aspect of it. Noni in particular has been doing the teamwork tasks really well of late. There was a prior game where he switched off and we ended conceding, but he's evidently listening to the manager. If when we lose it's the manager, and when we win it's down to the players, then no manager can ever win with us.

I hear you and I think some of it is just the forum effect: hyperboles to make one’s point create controversy. The truth usually lies somewhere in the middle eh. I remain suspicious of “the project” because I simply have not seen it work at a big club ever. Now of course the club can make specific adjustments in the summer. I suspect they will have to make hard decisions regarding injuries too. I would not make the mistake of projecting our strong end of the season towards the next season—speaking from experience. Adjustments are necessary. We played little this season… PL and cups. speaking of which, Noni should be a good rotation option right now. The fact there is literally no one else to play there scares me esp if and when we get some Europe.

Sure but the weaker players will hurt your chances. Germany 14 was pretty rounded team and had good options on the bench. Argentina had Messi and number of strong players who were unknown then like our Enzo and Alvarez, macalister too. The big WC winners have the know how and a lot of strength in depth. Sometimes they lack quality, but the depth is usually there. smaller countries like Belgium and Portugal always struggle with the depth part. I knew that Ronaldo wouldn’t be enough for Portugal at the WC for example.

Hehe spurs will get smashed. The same way we clicked at the end they have switched off. in Brazil we call it, “virou o fio” as in the fitness levels started a descending curve which is affecting all aspects of their game plan. there is no recovering from this. Good for them there aren’t many matches left eh.

Can only really speak about the game I really paid attention to, Brazil vs Belgium quarter finals in 2018; yes, Eden played well, pulled good counters against one of the weakest RB Brazil has ever employed (he played in the Brazilian league at the time ffs), but it was KDB shooting from afar that won the game. 🤷‍♂️ https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1296533/Live/International-FIFA-World-Cup-2018-Brazil-Belgium Ah yes, KDB was MotM in that game for most people (and sites), myself included. Belgium never became a top tier team despite having a few top tier players in their "golden generation." you really need 11+ elite players to win a WC and Belgium never came close to having that IMO.

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