You know it's coming. In fact, in some threads, it has already begun...the age old battle between Chicken Little and Pollyanna. This is BigSoccer - there is no room for reason! So here it is, the official Chicken Little vs. Pollyanna thread! All you panicky Petes and cracksmokers, here's the place to let loose with your wildest irrational diatribes about how Freddy's choice of shampoo during the preseason means we won't score until June, or how this is the year Tino and Jaime combine for 45 goals during Nowak's Army's undefeated, untied march to the MLS Cup title! I'll start things off: Since last year, as every Chicken Little worth his or her salt knows, all of our problems were the fault of Marco, Ray, and (to a lesser extent) Trask, and they're gone, DC United will be an unstoppable force, no matter how much weight Freddy does or does not gain! See how easy that was? Now it's your turn. Bring. It. On.
I'm a little of both, so I must be Chicken Polly. (Which is slightly better than being Chicken mole.)
The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Fortunately our cunning team has assembled the shortest squad in the league. Consequently all the other sides get knocked silly and we score goals with stunning ease.
Both the CSC and Dema break a few kneecaps, Petke gets busted for buying Freddy beers, Alecko gets tattooed in the forehead again only to send it over the crossbar, we beat another EPL team, free beers and nachos on Hispanic Heritage night, Convey becomes the new BigSoccer whipping boy and uh.....we squeak into the playoffs. Bottom line.....Same 'Ol, Same 'Ol.....
Nowak is obviously not the answer. We need, no, must have, a foreign coach. Sir Alex would be barely acceptable.
Check that....I think Chino is tailor made for the central defense. That and DCU will win the Champions League this year.
Here's the Chicken Little perspective: we are owned by the Metros all season then Anschutz dies and funding for MLS collapses--we go the way of WUSA. Here's the Pollyanna perspective: Nowak has the book on Bradley and we whip the Metros throughout the season, Adu is ready for prime time and Convey owns the keys to the car--we cruise in style.
When we win: I will ridicule the Pollyannas for thinking one win means that our problems are solved. When we lose: I will ridicule the Chicken Littles for not seeing the positive side. When we tie: I will be thrilled that we didn't lose it in overtime.
You are all wrong! In fact the Earth is rising! Pretty soon it will push us into the vacuum of space and we will all explode! As for the season, one minute at a time. Every victory doesn't guarantee the next, every loss doesn't mean the end, a new coach will not make everything all better, and EVERY player is expendable! But don't take my word for it - I'm just here for the beer... And if the frustrating seasons continue, we'll have terraces soon enough...
Just a reminder that "Chicken Little" is 3-0 since 2000. Pollyanna hasn't put a shot on net over the last three years.
I guess that makes the only things that are certain in life: --death, --taxes, --Lanky will ridicule us all; ; )
I thought I'd bump up this thread in light of some posts I've seen in the wake of Reyes being waived. There certainly are some chicken littles around here.
I say, son, I say, SON, what's that yew gaht in yer hands ther. Love that little dude. "I'm a Chicken Hawk! I hunt Chickens."
start of season: Pollyanna mid-season: chicken little going deep into the USOC: Pollyanna going out to an A-leagues team (Richmond, with Richie outplaying Dema at d-mid): chicken little end of regular season after making the playoffs: Pollyanna falling in playoffs, at whatever point short of winning the Cup: chicken little preseason 2005: Pollyanna….
Wow, Chicken Little is really kicking some butt in these pre-season threads! "We haven't scored a goal in over four meaningless matches, two of which went for a full 60 minutes! We're doomed! Doomed, I tell you, doomed!" Amazing how much people read into pre-season matches they didn't see...
While obstensibly I would agree with this thinking, you'd be crazy not to at least consider that not scoring in 4 straight matches in pre-season is a bit worrysome.. What evidence has this team shown in recent memory that we can all of a sudden turn on the switch and start pouring in goals? None that I am aware of.. I think fans, coaches and players alike should be a tad concerned.. Just excusing the fact that it's pre-season doesn't mask that there is a problem going on right now, if anything, it's magnified to me.. If you can't score in meaningless matches, what makes you think we can when they count?
Hey, not scoring isn't what scares me... we've had that problem for years... but there for a while, we didn't allow goals. Now we're making mistakes at midfield that are leading to goals. How are we going to set the record for most consecutive ties if we keep letting the other team get goals? Doomed, I say, we're doomed!