So when Mix fails to explain what happened, he's being noble and not throwing anyone under the bus.
When PV does the same he's giving coach-speak and being evasive.
Holy double standard Batman.
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When PV does the same he's giving coach-speak and being evasive.
Holy double standard Batman.
probably your dickiest post ever on here. Hope whatever shit is going on in your life resolves itself soon!
Not a double standard at all.
Mix is not in a position to place himself either on the bench or on the field. He's in a position to do what is asked of him which is to practice hard, be in shape, and support the team at home games and otherwise; if there's more than that then nobody is saying. He can only control what's in his hands and saying anything about anybody else would be throwing them under the bus.
With regard to PV/NYCFC, they are in the position to say who gets in the 18. It is therefore their place to explain their selections. That's not throwing somebody under the bus, it's actually owning up to a decision made with a rational explanation, because the buck stops with them. The way they're handling it, they don't want to own up to it, they want as little transparency as possible when field conditions the league table are both blowing holes in the rationale.
Hell, back with Lampardgate, everybody was angry that neither Lampard nor CFG would admit the truth. Either or both had a hand in him staying in Europe, which is why fans were pissed with both. If Mix was asked right now if he wants on the field, he'd say hell yes, so yeah, it's on PV/NYCFC to explain why he isn't.
Hmm. I never intend that.probably your dickiest post ever on here. Hope whatever shit is going on in your life resolves itself soon!
I also think life is reasonably good right now. I'll have to reassess.
In any case, my apologies.
I agree with everything you're saying up to this one point. While I'd *like* them to explain they have no actual obligation to explain anything to us. And actually, I can see why they may want to hold some info close to the vest so as to give opposing teams as little info as possible. Not sure they're allowed to go overboard into passing out disinformation but that's a different discussion.
Executive summary: it's their ball and they don't have to explain if they don't wanna.
We don't have to like that though.
I agree they aren't obligated to explain themselves, but they risk a giant blowback in the court of public opinion. And the problem with that is its not the first time they've absolutely screwed up a PR situation.
Until this past game they got a pass because the team was performing well and Lampard/Pirlo were healthy, but now that Lampard is injured (which a bunch of us were worried about) and PV played a winger in his place over the two mids on the bench (thus suggesting/reinforcing their roles on the team), it calls into question his short term & long term decisions with Mix. Luckily NYCFC scraped a point from the game so their feet aren't yet on the fire, but going forward if Lamps can't play and coming results aren't there, the "obligation" becomes serious damage control, and there's no way they'll come out smelling like roses short of an Orwellian blind-side twist to the situation that is so out-there that nobody has been able to conceive it (67 word sentence).
P.s. I don't think a single team has prepared for us with the idea that they'll see Mix, so any info NYCFC gives out (or doesn't give out) isn't, playing it close to the vest.
With Lampard's injury, our starting lineup is looking like: Harrison, Villa, Shelton, TMac, Pirlo, Iraola, Mata, Brillant, Hernandez, Allen, Saunders.
So our seven on the bench: Johansen, Mena, Taylor, Mendoza, Bravo, Lopez, Ballouchy
I'd like to see Mix in there instead of Ballouchy.
So our seven on the bench: Johansen, Mena, Taylor, Mendoza, Bravo, Lopez, Ballouchy
I'd like to see Mix in there instead of Ballouchy.
Of course you would. You go around ruining Mix's playing time all willynilly and don't expect to answer to anyone.
Mix sucks. I have had it with him. let him sell his stupid hats in norway and free the cap space
"Let him sell his stupid hats in Norway and free the cap space" I laughed at the unintentional use of cap space... don't mind me... carry on
sat here with my wife and she said great pun
Her tastes in comedy must be as good as her tastes in men.
HMMMMMMMM
If he comes off the bench, the crowd response is going to be amazing
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