Yup just don't delete tweets. Own your mistakes.
Nick Chavez: Eirik Johansen to Start
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So here's what you do.
Make 128 twitter accounts. Half of these accounts you make an assertion. X will happen. and on the other half you say X will not happen. Time passes by and X happens. On the correct prediction accounts you take half and make another assertion Y will happen. An on the remainder you say Y will not happen. Rinse and repeat until 6 steps later you have an account that has made 6 controversial assertions that have turned out to be correct. Now you have a "reliable" account that people trust. Turn conservative and shoot down the middle on your picks. When you are wrong make sure everyone remembers that time you said X,Y,Z. Keep the ruse going as long as you can. If your lucky you'll have a nice big subscription base. Figure out how to monetize those eyeballs and walk away into the sunset.
Then do it again with some other topic. Rinse and repeat.
This is just lesson one in my life coaching course. Subscribe to to me for more lessons.
Make 128 twitter accounts. Half of these accounts you make an assertion. X will happen. and on the other half you say X will not happen. Time passes by and X happens. On the correct prediction accounts you take half and make another assertion Y will happen. An on the remainder you say Y will not happen. Rinse and repeat until 6 steps later you have an account that has made 6 controversial assertions that have turned out to be correct. Now you have a "reliable" account that people trust. Turn conservative and shoot down the middle on your picks. When you are wrong make sure everyone remembers that time you said X,Y,Z. Keep the ruse going as long as you can. If your lucky you'll have a nice big subscription base. Figure out how to monetize those eyeballs and walk away into the sunset.
Then do it again with some other topic. Rinse and repeat.
This is just lesson one in my life coaching course. Subscribe to to me for more lessons.
If your source is as tied-in as you make him/her out to be, your "friend" may very well want to be wary of a canary trap being laid by the club. Maybe it was just coincidence that Saunders "trained" himself back into starting Saturday, or maybe the club is trying to uncover & plug leaks with disinformation. As has been joked about, it's likely everybody has signed non-disclosure agreements if working with/for the club.
At any rate, I hope you're right that Saunders is either on thin ice or has now crashed through it.
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Gotta love misconceptions. I deleted the tweet because I didn't want it to continue to confuse people (not just on my account, but on accounts like NYCFC Nation and Third Rail and the 15 others that retweeted it). And it was confusing people because even at least a half-hour after I tweeted my update negating the Saunders not starting speculation, people were still tweeting me saying they were excited that Johansen was going to start (or otherwise giving their opinions on the "change").
So, yea, I deleted it so it didn't continue to confuse people. And it was retweeted 17 times, most people who care at all about NYCFC on twitter saw it, kinda late to pretend it didn't happen.
And I did I own up to it. Several times (as well as on here):
It's very true that the club may be trying to spread misinformation to these people to smoke out leaks, or even just to make reporters afraid to share rumors they hear since they end up being so unreliable.
I think most of the time this isn't the case, though. And certainly not the case here. This guy isn't exactly a club employee. And I highly doubt the person who gave him this information would try to mislead him, nor do I think anyone would suspect him. Maybe after this happening, but certainly not before. He hasn't told me anything that I've shared in about a year.
But yes, worth noting and considering for sure.
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Nick Chavez keep doing what you do. As with all reporting on rumors, some will come to fruition, some won't. I appreciate what you throw out there for us and the time you spend doing it. More so given the lack of transparency in the culture of CFG. Do you baby. Te quiero siempre. ~Tio Tomas
Really appreciate that, guys, and if I were you, I'd want to hear this stuff too, which is why I share it. It sucks when it turns out not to be true, especially for me leaving my credibility shredded, but I'm still going to share what I hear for you guys to hear what I'm hearing, when I can. There is a good amount of stuff I haven't shared/can't share now that I have heard simply because these particular sources wouldn't allow it and felt that their cover would immediately be blown. You gotta protect your sources.
But, I just want everyone to remember that I would never lie to you guys, never intentionally mislead NYCFC fans, or tweet SOURCEd stuff or hints of rumors just for the effect without substance or information that I have good reason to believe could be true. And I never make anything up. I could make things up all the time, getting 100s of retweets and a lot more followers (my credibility couldn't suffer much more anyways at this point), but I would never do that.
Yes, I troll Red Bull, Cosmos, and random MLS fans that troll me. Yes I can be a cocky wise-ass sometimes. But, NYCFC fans are my people and I consider them to be an extended family of mine. A foundation on which this movement and, I think, one of the future great clubs in the world is being built upon. The soul of this club, and one that will outlive all of us. I would never knowingly mislead NYCFC fans, and would never troll you guys for any reason or perceived incentive. That's my word. Please remember that in the frustrating likelihood a source's information doesn't come into fruition again.
I also appreciate the reporting of these things, but I reserve the right to chuckle, point, snort, and make generally stupid fun of
haha, Fair enough. As long as you keep in mind what I've said above and realize it's the truth, I can take all the banter and wise-cracks, and I fully accept it. But, I can't accept being accused of being dishonest or irresponsible with you guys, because that will never be true.
Probably, short week. Makes perfect sense, that's what I thought would happen initially. Mix, Pirlo and McNamara all start. Maybe we even see Mullins, Allen, Martinez and Mena.
It's kind of funny/ironic, people are always asking folks to spill what "insider" info they may have, please refer to the Stadium Mega Thread. Then you get a guy like
Nick Chavez sharing what he's getting in good faith and folks mock & bash him if it doesn't pan out. That's a good way to make sure any lines of information dry up.
Nick Chavez sharing what he's getting in good faith and folks mock & bash him if it doesn't pan out. That's a good way to make sure any lines of information dry up.
If we don't see Mena soon it might be time for us to cut him. Too expensive to be a back-up.
Have we gotten any updates on him since the game where he played for like 20 minutes and had to be subbed off?
Quick review of the MLS app confirms he played less than 30 minutes against the Revs on 3/26 and hasn't made the 18 since. Dude got himself Brovsky'd apparently.
