Pre-match: Can't believe it took this long for this thread, the 2024 Presidential election thread!

Girma is great, but she has this annoying fvkcing habit of taking all day and all night to take throw-ins.

It seems like she ONLY wants to throw the ball, such that the only play is for the recipient to pass it back to her, so she can punt it aimlessly down the pitch to no one, while pinned against the touch line, and under pressure.

Meanwhile, the longer she takes to take a throw, the tighter the opponent's marking becomes, and then her throw in becomes a turnover within a touch or two.

 

Yeah, I respect her game, but MY GOD, take the fvkcing throw, and trust your team mates, rather than taking all fvkcing day and night!

(Pet peeve.)

 

It'll be fun to watch her try to convince conservatives that she's their choice. All anyone who runs against her has to do is use her birth name.

 

Or point out that she's a woman and do you really trust a temperamental person to be in charge?

We all know the GOP would play that game if she were a serious candidate.

 

Presidential election time is fun like that, lots of new heads seem to pop in. I think it was 2008 when I discovered this corner of BS.

 

It’s more like we’re bifurcated between red counties and blue counties. But since the blue counties are far more populous, we’re easily a blue state.

But take a look at somewhere like Shasta County and you’ll see there are places where MAGA reigns supreme.

 

Who's "America's Pitzer"?

 

I have no doubt if Republicans do lose, they will assume it is because they were racist, misogynistic, homophobic and anti-Semitic enough.

 

Weren't?

 

Tying together the Selzer poll with what I and other have noted: in many states, the early voting numbers by party are good for Trump, but by gender they’re good for Harris. Anyway, Josh M has a post this morning about a paywalled sub stacker who has delved into the NC data. The substacker, and former Doobie Brothers singer Michael McDonald,* is still predicting Trump wins NC but acknowledges there’s a plausible, alternative scenario where the Selzer effect., I.e., older Republican and independent women breaking for Harris, means a Harris win in NC.

*Not the same guy, just the same name.

Bocanegra?

Boca split time wide and central, in 4 man back lines and 3 man back lines. IMO for that reason it’s harder to make a direct comparison.

To me, it depends on whether you’re asking who was best at his peak (Pope) or who had more value over his entire career (Boca.)

 

I’m kind of surprised to see the DJT stock up 15% today after last week’s significant sell off. If he loses the election, that stock is worthless right?

 

Well, I've already proven that there are more DCU types around these parts than ARSEnal fans.


That said, Pope isn't the greatest defender this nation has produced, in part because of a shorter peak, as well as having played at a lower level than others.

To your & Mike's point, Bocanegra did accomplish more at both the club and international level than Pope, and did for longer, and these objective measures DO matter, when subjectively rating a player.


But all that said, there's a better defender produced in the US of A than Bocanegra (and by extension, Pope).

 

The only question is when he does a Peron and dies, does his wife take up the mantle or his daughter?

 

I just put $250 on Harris to win. Fingers crossed.

 

State of Jefferson!!!