In a college bball forum I frequent, we all use teal font in order to designate sarcasm. Works great.
Toronto PostMatch Discussion
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I missed the origins of the Mix "Second breakfast" nickname. Is he supposed to be a hobbit or something?
It's ok, we can still overreact. All I've wanted to talk about this week is how good he is going to be.
Yeah, I'm not sure I've heard anyone else use it. I just think he has a striking resemblance to Pippin from LOTR
OK, watched the whole match now. That second goal was a bummer but it was hardly Saunders' fault. Could he have stopped it? Yeah, maybe. But that he didn't is not an indictable offense. Firstly the ball went right through the defender's legs. That makes it much harder for the keeper to see. Also, people have complained about his positioning, but if you watch the footage a few times you'll see that Giovinco is coming at him from his right and there are also two other Toronto attackers already behind our defense, one centered and one to Saunders' left. If he cuts off more of the angle on his right that leaves the whole goal undefended to his left with two onrushing attackers. If he moves a bit to his left to counter this he's opening up the right for Gio. Without more defenders to close all this down there's really no good play for Saunders no matter what he does, and the goal was the result. Really hard to blame him in this sort of no-win situation.
Same sort of thing for Khiry. He's good, he's young, he's fast, and I think he'll only get better and better. A lot of people here have complained that he holds the ball too long and constantly loses it. Well, yeah, but watch it again and you'll see Toronto often had three or four guys around him. I'm totally looking forward to the day when he's more experienced, enough to know how to get out of those situations with a quick pass or a great move. And thankfully we have a set of three DPs and a coach for him to learn from who are masters at that sort of thing. If Shelton can add that to his game there'll be no stopping him and he may be able to tear up the league in a year or two.
So after watching the whole match again I'm still bummed we didn't win as we had a good number of chances for a third goal. But we're a much better team this year, and at this point I'm pretty optimistic about our chances.
Bring on Orlando!
That teal looks like City Blue - which by the transitive property would mean that any time we're sarcastic, we're actually firing a volley across the bow of City.
Q.E.D.
This is the point that people need to keep making about Khiry. He's raw, sure, but the solution to that is to play him, not sit him. Once his judgment and touch get better, he will be a killer for us.
He has 3 or 4 guys around him because he holds the ball too long and lets the defenders close on him cutting off his pass.
Haven't heard the trade mix comments, or there is no position on the pitch for mix comments.
Teal on white gets very hard to read when you reach middle age, and I do love my sarcasm. I even enjoy the game of deciding whether the person who wrote it is dense or sarcastic.
Thank you for clearing that up. Now can someone explain the chicken bucket chant?Yeah, I'm not sure I've heard anyone else use it. I just think he has a striking resemblance to Pippin from LOTR
If we accept this, do we need to accept it as a starting role? Does he need 90 a game to develop? Or does he develop effectively by subbing in around minute 60? I would think a coach sitting next to him on the bench every game and pointing things out during the run of play for the first hour would help. Then bring him on when the defense is tired and hasn't game planned for him and hopefully he learns more quickly.
Is it just me or is the advertising board behind the goal new this season? Or has it been moved slightly? It seems like last season I could see the entirety of the goal and now I can't see the very bottom because its blocked by the ad board.
https://www.reddit.com/r/NYCFC/comments/4ai78d/songschants/d10r1bc
It's simply the best chant we got. When you hear Chicken Bucket, scream it.
The chicken bucket really is like the only thing in the stadium priced reasonably. I think its like $20 and can feed a few people, or one hungry ass sonofabitch destined for greatness. I was in 205 on Sun and many chicken buckets were raised. My brother had one, I made the stupid decision to try Johnny Rockets. I ate 1/4 of that terrible burger, tossed it, and settled for a coffee. Ended up getting Rosa's Pizza and a 32oz IPA in Penn before my train - should have gone for the bucket.
Is that because its an "organic" chicken bucket?
Well, more minutes = faster development, but you also don't have to rate development over other things, like having the best players on the pitch. That said, I think he's playing pretty well. Sure, he's made a couple of bad decisions, but he is aggressive, and he is getting himself into dangerous positions, which is half the battle. Plus, he has played well defensively too. Who else would you put in there? I would be fine with Poku, but for whatever reason, he's not in the running. Maybe Mendoza, but we need to see more of him to know.
Passed our overwhelming content and adoration for Mix along to him. Also added that his headers this year have been on fire. The Revjakjiv one and now the nearly goal against Toronto. Him being more central is helping him get in the box.
That's awesome. Have never heard it in 136. Where does one find one of these fabled chicken buckets?
Agree with all of that. And FWIW I don't want Khiry out. Though I do think he should know his spot has competition.
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