PBP: MLS 2017 Week 8 Continuous PBP Thread [Multiple R]

Funny thing regarding computer science is the best programmers I know didn't spend more than a year in college and most never went.

A generic computer science degree doesn't help much when you're not up to date on current software. The 3 month bootcamps in SF produce many more well earning professionals as they churn out fullstack developers who know current software.

 

Can we play Colorado every week?

 

...and another meh week of MLS comes to an end.

 

lol rapids.


That is all.

 

Colorado has been shut out by Minnesota.



Let that sink in.

 

@JasonMa ...................We're here for you..........allegedly.

 

Wonderwall as a winning celebration song? Have I created my own hell?

 

Despite Minnesota's best efforts to throw away the clean sheet at the end.

 

A team that can't hold a 3-0 advantage, or
A team that is shut out by Minnesota, or
A team that gives up 3 goals a game

Colorado really is awful.

 

Right now the Union have no competition in this contest. However, it's still early.

 

Yeah, I've seen how you guys have been there for @Knave in his hour of DC need. I have low expectations.

 

Now, now. If I wasn't here for you, how would I know when to laugh at your team's miserable fate?

 

Have the Rapids won since trading away Burch (and Cronin)?

 

They haven't won since the season opener against NE.

 

You must be looking forward to May 20 - Colorado at Philadelphia. That should be one for the ages!

 

Here's your Wooden Spoon update ...

LAG: 0.86 PPG
COL: 0.67 PPG
PHI: 0.43 PPG

 

Here in SF that's been my experience. Maybe different across markets.

 

This is the default explanation for some people, and yet, Heydude played in Europe for a long time, but played the same way. What about Arjen Robben, for a foreign example, who is still an awesome player. Did the Bayern players make the same assessment of him as Landon? They would, if they weren't discriminating.

It irritates the crap out of me when a player is so one-dimensional like that, but let's not always resort to the go-to prejudice. You really don't think anyone at Seattle or USS has talked to him about it and how he should go about addressing the issue? Either it's a psychological thing or his coordination is so bad in the department he's either never going to develop it or it's going to take a long time for that muscle memory to change. Some NBA players can never shoot consistently beyond a few feet, and it's not like the U.S. isn't a basketball culture.

People are individuals, and sometimes you just have to just focus on the strengths they do have, not let their flaws obscure them. But it's always going to be part of the equation when determining how big of opportunity and praise they deserve.

 

First, it's not exactly true that Latin America doesn't produce some rather one-footed talents.

Second, the difference (and this is just a hypothesis) is what secondary skills are emphasized to make up for limited players of that sort. Elsewhere it might be quick witted and creative play. In the US, it's probably more often what we euphemistically call athleticism.

 

It won't happen, and I have nothing against them, but how wild would it be to see LA finish dead last.

 

Such a hater dude.