We are officially in World Cup month. Please leave your xG charts, pressing percentages, and defensive metrics in the club season. International tournament football is strictly decided by pure vibes, individual brilliance, tactical survival, and a random goalkeeper turning into prime Lev Yashin for two weeks. Enjoy the entertainment and put the spreadsheets away.
If you go back and look at Russini’s reporting on Brown to the Pats, two things are inarguable: (1) the constant reports throughout the season, while true, had a destabilizing affect on the Eagles season; (2) the reports were leaked in order to generate leverage in trade talks. I’m not here to pass moral judgment; I think we would all be better off extending people grace. But my biggest issue is the blatant conflict of interest that people are ignoring. Russini obtained this information from a coach who she was (apparently) engaged in an affair with, and then used those reports to Vrabel’s benefit.
Think it's kinda silly to think otherwise. Of course Rory had an advantage. She left public school because her grandparents paid for Chilton. They then also paid for her to go to Yale which opened up many more doors for her. Yes Rory worked hard, but obviously had an advantage.
speaking as glibly as Beavis & Butthead. does T***p even grasp the profound significance of what he has set in motion in the Middle East? this person whose most essential self is riding in a golf cart fatly, cheating at the profoundly insignificant game of leisure golf when he assumes no one is looking.