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

Sliders Ep 1 - Insane FIFA ft. New England Revolution
April 4, 2018, 12:52PM EDT

Revs on Revs, playing FIFA
Juan Agudelo and Diego Fagundez
vs
Antonio Delamea and Brian Wright

 

Am I asking too much when I ask, so what's going on with that De La Torre kid?

 

Guessing here but I doubt he's coming, at least before the midsummer window. The revs are stacked with attackers so there's no room to play him and he's probably not going to unseat Diego or either winger. I can't imagine Fulham would loan him out without some assurances of playing time.

 

It has been too many years of marginal performance for me to ever feel comfortable with a sentence that says “The Revs are stacked with...” unless that sentence is going to end with “incompetent <insert front office or ownership position>.”

 

I don't think the Revs are that interested in short-term loans. Unless there were a purchase option or a multi-year loan, I doubt they'd be interested. We are rebuilding - band-aids aren't really going to help.

Watch them prove me wrong ...

 

Wow. Just wow. What a shoddy piece of journalism. All he does is whine about not having an SSS, which has very little to do with why the Kraft's are the worst owners.

Did he even read the original article that he references?

 

It must have been a really shoddy article, because they took it down already!

The downside of modern "journalism" is that literally anyone can throw up a horrendous piece of crap masquerading as an "article," and it somehow looks legit at first glance. A crappy article that uses a correct premise is still a crappy article. And Jonathan "Don't Call me Uday" Kraft can point to it and use it to bash anyone who has legitimate, fact based criticism of his third-rate operation.

 

How to watch MLS matches in 2018
April 12, 2018, 9:00AM EDT
MLSsoccer staff

MLS Live has been taken over by ESPN+

It's $4.99/mo, but the link above offers a 30-day free trial.

Also,

 

On on board too. Actually, I was on board with them before.
It's worth noting that the site's publisher, Greg Bedard, made it clear in an editor's note that this is basically an experiment and it's not going to work unless Revs fans subscribe. So, this is a real chance to show that there is an audience for genuine Revs coverage.

 

Is it more opinions or is it news-based? Kraft interviews? New angles we haven't analyzed to death here?

I want to give it a try but I'm skeptical it's any deeper or more insightful than Bent Musket or the revs website.

 

They've hired two people to cover the Revs. Here's what they've done so far:
https://www.bostonsportsjournal.com/category/new-england-revolution/

And here's Bedard's https://www.bostonsportsjournal.com/2018/04/13/asked-revolution-coverage-come-bsj/

I'd say the coverage, so far, is similar to what BSJ does with the other teams. Besides, we spend so much time whining about how little coverage there is of the Revs, it's worth supporting a publication that is willing to try.

 

So Taylor Twellman and my boy Adrian Healey are commenting on the Onion vs. Orlando match. Healey says that there is an emerging consensus the the East has all the best teams this year. Twellman emphatically agrees - says (I'm paraphrasing here) "Lets take Toronto, Atlanta, and NYCFC off the top right off the start. Red bulls looked really good in the Champions' League and will be a contender. Then Orlando and Philadelphia look good to be 5 and 6." A moment later, he says "...Oh, wait a minute. How could I forget? Columbus Crew is looking really good!"

Are the Revs no-hopers, or does Taylor have a bit of a hate-on for Revolution?

 

Taylor Twellman: brilliant soccer player. Legendary rev. Idiot pundit. He's a clueless moron, and that's not just for his anti-revs sentiment.

 

Look at Matt Doyle’s preview of all MLS action this week. Revs get a couple sentences. Everyone else gets paragraphs.

 

The only way Twellman will even admit to having any association with the Revolution is if he was subpoenaed by a grand jury and made to testify under oath.

 

Or when he needs to promote/market his concussion stuff [I keed, I keed - I know that is a very low blow]

 

Both

 

In terms of training facility improvement and expansion, as I’ve stated in the past it is unrelated to our stadium project and that our intent is still to build a stadium closer to Boston. That was also stated at the recent meetings on the training facility expansion.

— Brian Bilello (@RevsPrez) April 18, 2018

Is it just me or does this sound defensive?

 

Boston City FC‏ @BostonCityFC 2h2 hours ago
Please RT: #BCFCUS home #NPSL opener vs #NYCosmos has been brought forward to Sunday, April 29 at 6pm at Malden Catholic, to accommodate the @NYCosmos #usoc2018 schedule.
Story:
http://www.bostoncityfc.com/news/home-opener-against-cosmos-brought-forward-to-sunday-april-29/ …pic.twitter.com/WwoWIxZHtY

 

I took it

I took it as a clarification, but it could be, sure.

 

And I intend to play the lottery until I win the big one, no matter how many times I'm asked or have to say it.

Sheesh, already.