The "Thoughts That Don't Require Their Own Thread" Thread IV

Query: Is Brian Dunseth a native English speaker? I figure he must be most comfortable with some California surf-creole, some Beavis and Butthead at Ridgemont High dufus-speak.

I want there to be a way to see and hear the games with the crowd noise, but with no announcers not named Adrian Healey or Christopher Sullivan.

 

I'm kind of confused by the double negative, but you're either saying that you don't like Healey or that you do like Christopher Sullivan. Which ever it is, I'd disagree with it strongly.

 

Apologies for the clumsy wording. I meant to say that those are the two announcers I really like. The others I could do without.

 

Gotcha. I've always liked Adrian, since his days on WBCN, working the Boston Bulldogs games as a PA, and then eventually doing PBP for the Revs. It's really too that bad we've gone from having some of the top announcers in the country to having some of the worst IMO.

I've just never been a fan of Christopher Sullivan. He's pretty intelligent, but there's just something about him that gets on my nerves. His pronunciation of Latin players' names for one has always bothered me.

 

FYP. Adrian was on 'FNX doing the leftover lunch show... good times! He's also a great guy, whether talking about soccer or music, and as much as I hated to see him go, I'm glad to hear one of "our own" is on the big stage doing World Cup games.

Christopher Sullivan is kind of an enigma. He does have some pretty good insights, but I would never would have known that he's American with his funny accent. If you can get past that (which I generally can), he's pretty good.

 

He started at FNX, but I'll always remember him for his time at WBCN. I never got great reception for FNX, so maybe that's why.

 

Adrian was also in a band called the American Measles. My mediocre band opened for them one night. The lead singer was Chad, who IIRC was the host of the FNX Boston product show. She was so damn hot.

 

http://www.somervillema.gov/news/mayor-city-delegation-deliver-donations-hurricane-victims-nj-weeken

The Revolution contributed to the City of Somerville's donation drive for Sandy relief in NJ.

 

Does anyone else hate the way MLS displays the standings on their website? I wish they had a simplified view, and then extended if they really wanted that. I'm sure it's just me

 

Looks like their first tiebreaker is total goals..then differential.

I go directly to Supporter's Shield first...

 

Revs 1-0 undefeated on the road! 20% of the way to the total of 5 wins on the road between 2010-2012

 

Seriously, they should go after him. I don't know anything about the guy, but a 28 year old striker who isn't habitually injured and has played for decent clubs and is available is definitely worth a look.

I have to feel bad for him if he thought he was speaking with an agent. I didn't realize it was a breach of contract to have a conversation, but I don't know exactly what he might have said. I guess it's kind of like someone in a regular job getting fired because they spoke with a headhunter about moving to another job. Still, it can happen to anyone. Even Sarah Palin was duped by a Montreal morning DJ into thinking he was Jacques Chirac. It should have been a dead givaway when he said his Minister of Defence was Jean Beliveau.

 

Clearly.

Two goals in 16 appearances at the 4th level of soccer in Scotland? No thanks.

 

Aren't you the same person who said Robbie Earnshaw would be a terrible failure at TFC because of his goal scoring form in Israel?

 

Yup. I fully admit that I was wrong about that, so far. I have no issues admitting when I'm wrong. We'll see if he can keep up this pace. Should be noted though that while he has four goals, only two of them were from the run of play.

That still doesn't take away the fact that:
MLS > Israel Premier League >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Scottish Third Division (4th Tier; Amatuer).

 

All I'm saying is that you're basing a lot on only a little bit of information. Both Earnshaw and Sandaza are still in their respective primes and have played against decent competition. Sure, their most recent run of forms in subpar leagues haven't been great, but that doesn't necessarily mean they can't produce in MLS. I think that a lot of people overvalue MLS as a whole relative to other leagues. I honestly don't think an MLS (especially one of the Revs caliber) would dominate the Scotish Third Division.

 

...And that last sentence there shows that you grossly undervalue the quality of MLS as a whole relative to other leagues.

Any MLS team would easily dominate any team in the Scottish 4th tier. Hell, they'd be fine in the Scottish Premier League.

 

I think there's a lot of MLS teams that would struggle to hang in the mid-table of the Scottish Premier League. Most teams simply don't have the depth.

Rangers are currently 21 points up in the Scottish 4th, I think there are only a small number of MLS teams who could do the same.

 

This made me laugh out loud. "Even".

Typing this made me laugh again.