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Numerate and skeptical

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@ByDougMcIntyre @FOXSoccer It’s a results business. Pochettino achieved no more than his predecessors despite a much higher price tag.

This was a remarkably meek performance against a beatable opponent at a home World Cup!

Keeping the cosch who oversaw it would be saying that’s good enough. It isn’t.

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@JMi1813970213 @tha_Real_Kumar @Backheeled What happened in 2002?

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@MenInBlazers @herculezg @DuelNats These are the ratings someone would give if they were hoping to line these guys up to appear on future shows.

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@peppersquad @stuholden Every English player was absolutely exhausted after their match.

The Belgians were laughing and dancing. Hardly broke a sweat.

You can’t put lipstick on this one. The US were dreadful when it mattered most.

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@BrianSciaretta Could stomach defeat going out like Mexico or Egypt, but yesterday was something different altogether.

Kept expecting Adams or McKennie or Pulisic to get hold of the match but never happened.

Better than the Paraguays and Bosnias of the world but miles from the top teams. Sad

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@JamesSurowiecki Yes, Paraguay was awful and Olise unfortunate.

Still doesn’t change the Balogun situation.

FIFA and Trump are a perfect match. Flexible rules and exploit advantage where you can.

Terrible shame that Trump injected himself into what had been a feel-good story.

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@stuholden Big fan but this is so dodgy.

It’s FIFA Jake!

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@yonann Wilson makes a fair point.

The problem arises when the actor lecturing about climate change takes a private jet to Cannes.

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@stuholden Always fun to hear from a guy who has made a fortune from the sport lamenting the outsized influence of money in the game.

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@zeynep It’s frustrating for doomsayers who predicted a dud, but the World Cup has been a smashing success.

Stadiums are packed despite the prices, the play is outstanding, TV ratings are massive. People are having a grand time.

Set politics aside for a few weeks and enjoy.

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@ZaidJilani Newsom was lead spinner after Biden’s debate.

He’s in no hurry to repeat that debacle.

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@henrywinter No one in US soccer in the 90s would imagine a nationwide league with most teams w their own deluxe stadiums 30 years later.

They’d be even more shocked to know there would be an army of social media posters who criticize it at every opportunity.

It’s odd.

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@Elex_Michaelson @TomSteyer If you were trying to find a way to attract an unlimited supply of very poor people with serious medical conditions to the state, Steyer’s plan would be it.

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@AliceFromQueens @jason_howerton So regions that pay most into the system are entitled to get the most out of the system?

Doesn’t sound very progressive.

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@junderland There’s not one person who is genuinely excited to vote for Becerra.

There may be enough who consider him the least worst, but no one is inspired by the thought of Becerra as governor.

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@MattZeitlin @mattyglesias Most people don’t think LA would look any different under 4 years of Raman vs 4 more years of Bass.

So don’t expect any 4D strategic voting.

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@jbarro Didn’t you listen to the ad?

He’s going to build very affordable homes AND generate high returns.

What’s not to love?

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@Elex_Michaelson @MayorOfLA @KarenBassLA @latimes Interview feels way too chummy Elex!

City has spent billions on homelessness. Is this what success looks like?

People receive free housing and almost half leave it and Bass has no idea why? This is her big, expensive signature program. She should know why!