Funny that you claim you'd rather lose with class when your post is the polar opposite of class. Well done. Not.
Just because the label applies in certain situations doesn't make her statement any less inane. Charlie Davies isn't the only DC United player to have ever taken a dive.
The team is supposed to have class. Not me. And now neither of us do. But ******** you anyway. PS if you say one more word about LBB, I'll personally come down there and [have a frank discussion with] you. modnote: Ahem. No threats of violence, thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Ridiculous signing. I'll still be there to support the boys though. 17+ years of passion won't be undone by 1 silly action.
I understand. Here's something that's bothering me right now. Suppose he does do really well for DCU -- I doubt it'll happen, but suppose it does. Suppose we win a bunch of games because of him. Then to my mind, I'm in the position of either standing there aloof and failing to enjoy the team's success because I can't cheer for him because it would just be wrong; or selling out my principles and deciding 'hey, it's not so bad after all that he's an appalling person' and getting behind his contribution and so on. The choice between missing out on the team's success, or being less of a decent human being myself. (There will be people who will read this and think it's silly as hell; these are people for whom nothing in their life matters quite so much as their soccer team winning. Despite the time I spend here, lots of things mean more to me than my soccer team winning -- I hope.)
By the way, I really want details on how this signing went down. Because I want to know whether I can fairly blame Kasper or not.
By no means; but I'm not aware of anyone in the modern (post-2004) DCU who tried it so hard and so frequently. So, if you have a substantive basis for your insult, I'm all ears (eyes?).
How is Ruiz an appalling person? The diving and dirty play is well documented, but not out of bounds in the context of a professional soccer game. Stoichkov purposefully, imo, broke a kid's leg. Gomez spit in a man's face. These are worse actions, imo. What am I missing? I'm no fan, but I don't have the vitriol. Strangely, perhaps, I disliked Davies more b/c he appeared to not give a shit, in addition to the diving. Ruiz maybe cares too much, if he's willing and eager to be that hated.
The first thing I did after clicking on the thread was to click on the link provided by the 1st post. The only thing that makes sense to me are these two posts (by different people) under the press release: "This is obviously trade bait. Maybe a move to Chivas?" "possible b/c Chelis like Ruiz he took him to puebla in mexico where ruis flourished" Please let this be true! And if it is not true, then why not get Jaime Moreno instead, after all he is playing in the second division in Bolivia...
Holy Overreaction Batman! Good points by all. Both on the plus and negative side of the ledger. Shocker I know, I'm riding the fence on this one. As stated in another thread, I simply hated him because he always had the talent but the diving really cheapened his legacy. As for the person who said that he would not fit into the current Olsen style of play, I'll gladly remind you that Ruiz was a 100% pain in the ass to mark (and he still was, even when playing in Philly early in 2011) who would stop at nothing to score goals. If the other team and their fans spend all of their time worrying about Ruiz, then some pretty OK guys named Pontius, DeRo, DeLeon and even Pajoy could be beneficiaries of this.. The move surprised me, but honestly I see it as a low risk/high reward signing. If it doesn't work out, then just cut his ass and move on. It's not like we traded Pontius and all of our #1 picks to get him. We selected him in a league draft. The only downside is that United is not eligible to select another player from the allocation draft for the remainder of 2013. United hasn't actually used an allocation on a player since Danny Szetela in 2010. So what exactly is United risking here? Despite Ruiz being a huge ass-clown on the field, his team mates at every stop seemed to like what he did for them.. I don't see how this is going to be a cancer unless Ben inexplicably puts him out there to start every match. Personally, I think United could do a lot worse than bringing on a Ruiz with 25 minutes left.
Outside of the collecting of goals, there is nothing remotely similar to what Ruiz and Salihi do on the field..
His point is why not keep Salihi if you feel the need to get Ruiz? Salihi has fallen that far? It's hard to understand. Sure, the money, but United is in a good way there and they need goals, so never mind that.
I'm assuming that was part of his point--some of us are pretty disheartened at the "style" of soccer Olsen seems to favor.
Steven Goff @SoccerInsider One-year guaranteed contract for Carlos Ruiz. Terms not disclosed but guessing around $140,000 #dcu #mls
What exactly were you expecting? The man does have 88 career MLS goals. Expecting him to take a contract less than 100k would have been unreasonable. 140k for Fish is probably about right. Plus, its only a one year deal so the risk isn't a terrible one. As much as I hate Mr. Fish as a player, this move could pay off pretty well if he meshes well with Pontius, DeRo, and DeLo.
Totally get it - everyone hates Olsen outside of us, Ruiz is the same guy. Do I like it? I doubt he'll see the field... but if he does I can't wait to see someone swing at him when he jumps into the sg after scoring a goal