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Yeah, um, individual lovely owners/lovely FOs will always be with us whatever the structure of the league (barring the revolution and the dictatorship of the proletariat, anyway). Hell, sometimes it is the SAME lovely owners. That said I'd like to reiterate: Dallan Invictus posted:Counterpoint: the expansion teams are by and large the ones that give a poo poo. Keep expanding until we have enough Actually Ambitious teams to contract DC and maybe, just maybe, you can finally be happy. Fancy, how's that compare to the supporters' section at RFK though (aside from the ST requirement anyway)?
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Dallan Invictus posted:Yeah, um, individual lovely owners/lovely FOs will always be with us whatever the structure of the league (barring the revolution and the dictatorship of the proletariat, anyway). Hell, sometimes it is the SAME lovely owners. It's not 1,500 people strong. The supporters side is the TV side, and I would wager they're about 2500-3500 on any given match day. We buy game by game from our various people; Barra and Ultras make it a bit more unstructured, and the Eagles have it more orderly. We can order our tickets day of, or reserve ahead of time without penalty if we don't take them all. It's been very loose and lasseiz-faire and it's worked for 22 years. In terms of advertising, our word of mouth is all they've had since probably 2011, because there were bus ads for Dax McCarty (THE ENGINE) the last time they tried. They really, truly believe that the stadium is going to solve all their problems, and that season tickets are going to fall like rain instead of game day purchases. They're gonna be right for a few games, and then the pile of three-a-week home games to make up for the nearly full away game slate to start the season is going to make RBA look like the Big House. It's gonna be bad, and they don't care, because they can still report a profit compared to RFK.
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Like, the only reason I show up now is for my friends, because eight years of Benny Ball and an increasingly hostile front office has made this feel like a chore, and they're counting on us to be addicts. And gently caress y'all, I know how to kick that poo poo.
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gently caress it, I'm a Toronto FC fan now. The Rapids are dead to me.
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Gigi Galli posted:I just walked by David Villa in the Denver airport and he is a tiny little man. Is he as handsome in person as he is in photos?
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Wirth1000 posted:Is he as handsome in person as he is in photos? The top of his head is well groomed.
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I just googled his height and he's 2 inches taller than me, lol.
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Wirth1000 posted:I just googled his height and he's 2 inches taller than me, lol. Didn't know giovinco posted here
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Seltzer posted:Didn't know giovinco posted here Lol giovinco is 3 inches shorter than me. This is some Russian nesting doll poo poo.
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So...what to make of this? https://twitter.com/JeffreyCarlisle/status/909224612939960321
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I am very happy that Valeri was able to set the record for scoring in 8 consecutive matches with a real pretty headed goal against Rimando.
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Crazy Ted posted:So...what to make of this? Considering we're still paying Chris Rolfe to live in the Safeway in Alexandria, that's some poo poo. gently caress the Quakes
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highme posted:I am very happy that Valeri was able to set the record for scoring in 8 consecutive matches with a real pretty headed goal against Rimando. Even crazier, he never scored a goal with his head before this season. I think he has at least 3 or 4 this year alone. I was worried El Maestro might not have the physical capabilities to last in this league, but I'm thinking he'll be useful for at least a few more years. That said, every time I think the Timbers are about to be good again, they put on a performance like they did against RSL.
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Welcome to GBS posted:Even crazier, he never scored a goal with his head before this season. I think he has at least 3 or 4 this year alone. I was worried El Maestro might not have the physical capabilities to last in this league, but I'm thinking he'll be useful for at least a few more years. He has 5! I forget where I read that, though.
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wicka posted:At least some structures innately punish poorly-run teams instead of making it impossible to fail. Those structures don't innately punish poorly run teams, they punish poorly financed teams. Kroenke is just as poo poo an owner for Arsenal as he is for the Rapids, but Arsenal being relegated is about as likely as MLS adopting pro/rel (arguably it is even less likely), because while there may be seventeen teams in the PL that are better run or have more ambitious owners than Arsenal, there are absolutely not seventeen teams that are richer than they are and can afford to pay better players than they can, and this is what actually matters in the structures you are referring to. Dallan Invictus fucked around with this message at 20:39 on Sep 18, 2017 |
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Jay Heaps is out in New England. Only Peter Vermes is longer tenured at his club than Ben Olsen.
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El Jebus posted:He has 5! I forget where I read that, though. It was mentioned on the broadcast.
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Your Boy Fancy posted:Jay Heaps is out in New England. god yes
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Turdsdown Tom posted:god yes Try not to get too excited. https://twitter.com/mlstransfers/status/909961198136889344 Everyone I've heard from seems to want either Savarese or  Steve Ralston but I guess I'm just conditioned to expect less. I wouldn't be surprised if they stuck with Tom Soehn or brought in Paul Mariner, either.
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This is a good thing, but nothing will change unless the whole front office goes too or Kraft remembers that he owns a soccer team.
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Popero posted:This is a good thing, but nothing will change unless the whole front office goes too or Kraft remembers that he owns a soccer team. I don't think this is true. Jay's management of the side was stagnant and he was running out of ideas, which he never really had too of many to begin with. On the pitch I expect things to improve provided an actual manager is hired as a replacement. In terms of the team as an organization then yeah, agreed.
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Flags Of The World posted:Try not to get too excited. listen I have been disdainful of the direction Heaps took this club for like years now, I am going to revel in his ousting even if it means sacrificing the next season to a mediocre rebuilding process. hell, like everyone else is saying, I'm not even confident there will be a rebuilding at all unless the FO hits the door too. but god drat this is progress. at least we're not just floating in the ether
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Open Cup final hype. (Here's hoping that it doesn't go to PKs  )
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Papal Mainframe posted:Open Cup final hype. (Here's hoping that it doesn't go to PKs Red Bulls gonna win.
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i say gently caress the cup, I have my own game tonight and like 4 of our guys are going to the game including our outstanding goalie, which means I'm gonna have to run a lot more and also deal with a bad goalie behind me
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Shrapnig posted:Red Bulls gonna win. You were saying? 
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Up the sportings, etc. This will make our first round playoff exit more palatable, again.
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Nostradingus posted:Up the sportings, etc. This will make our first round playoff exit more palatable, again. They're consistently Good. Is that more or less frustrating?
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Your Boy Fancy posted:They're consistently Good. Is that more or less frustrating?
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Crazy Ted posted:In MLS, consistently good is fine because as long as you're consistently good you can stumble your way into some silverware. unless you root for the New York Red Bulls
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Your Boy Fancy posted:unless you root for the New York Red Bulls Mods! Technically the Red Bulls have won two consistency trophies.
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Your Boy Fancy posted:They're consistently Good. Is that more or less frustrating? I mean, I guess I should appreciate what I have. It's the same as being a Chiefs fan over the last couple years. It does feel like the FO uses our minor successes as an excuse not to invest in the team sometimes though. This has been a cool season. I was skeptical of Atlanta getting the expansion but they've built a team the right way and the city seems to accept the club.
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