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Chips O'Toole

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  1. "There might be something else going on with his head there..." 

     

    -announcer about a Vancouver player who just whiffed a slow rolling ball and fell on his ass. 

  2. 1 hour ago, BrickTop said:

    Ricky Stanicky is one of the funnier movies I have ever seen, Jon Cena shows acting ability I never knew he had.

    I enjoyed it quite a bit. I may have to see everything Jon Cena is in for a while just to watch him do crazy things. I never saw him in the WWE, but I kind wish I had, as I find him extremely entertaining. 

  3. I'm glad they got a few good dishes out of that challenge because the theme confused the fuck out of the contestants AND the judges.  Nobody knew wtf made anything "chaos cuisine".  It's telling that two of the best chefs in the contest so far shit the futon most magnificently. Like what were either of them thinking, yikes. 

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  4. Aggressive high press and some tight midfield marking, we haven't sniffed a decent attacking chance yet and Driussi is invisible again.  Maybe it will open up after St Louis gets on the board.  Until then, more horseshoe of despair and bad first touches giving it away in the middle third. 

    Ok we just had a scoring chance and did fuck all with it. 

  5. 8 minutes ago, Shaggy3.0 said:

    how?  share your wisdom and link to your newsletter.

    our Hays properties are up ~10%.  protesting property assessments, my hobby i guess.  every damn year.

     

    That sucks.  I have no idea, I think they just fucked us so hard two years ago and the comps have been so low since then that they had to correct it.  It's either completely random dart throwing or possibly because houses were sitting on the market for so long, that not enough of them actually sold to be used as comps.  

  6. First game I have attended this year, and it was a blast. I thought the Stuver foul was a red in person, but the replay shows a defender in good position, it could have been but also MLS refs tend to call that a yellow when it's farther out. Lucky call there. 

    If we can't figure out something to solve our issues at right back, we're going to need 3-4 goals to win games. Crazy how big of a dropoff it was from Lima to Jimenez, and Gallagher seems less effective on the right than the left. We need to be starting Biro and Gallagher from now on with Jimenez coming in at RB and moving Gallagher to left if Biro is coming out. Or we need to just play 3 CBs.  We are currently a fucking sieve in transition. 

    Two wins and multiple players coming on to create goals and chances in the attack, it's a good trend if we can pair it with better defending on counterattacks. 

    I think Wolff needs to figure this out to keep his job, the roster had the pieces to get back into the playoffs. I'll be firmly team Wolff out if he doesn't figure it out this year. 

     

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  7. 11 hours ago, A-Tex Devil said:

    Interesting.... I always thought Valencia was way less dynamic than Pereira, but didn't leave the back line hanging out to dry where Pereira could have a few runs in a game, but when he was at the 6, the back line was left in lurch a lot when he failed to clean stuff up.  I really like Valencia for what he is and glad he's on the team.  I may be full of shit as well.  Agree Pereira and Ring looked good Saturday. 

    You're probably seeing more than I am, I haven't been to a game in a while and my attention wanders when we struggle. I'm honestly mystified by our midfield overall since last season. I'm hoping we figured something out that can be built on and wasn't just a product of the opposition being ass. 

  8. That Dallas starting 11 is in bad shape, holy shit man.  I'm guessing they have multiple guys out, but I didn't bother checking or listening much to the commentary. 

    Driussi struggled some early but was the difference in the game imo.  Huge impact and is building good chemistry with Rubio and Obrian (already more chemistry than he has with Rigoni), plus a terrific play with Biro to setup a Zardes signature first touch of befuddlement near the box. 

     

    There was a stat that showed Ring actually created more chances than Driussi though which is great. He blew a couple of chances, but I like him being able to play more forward like this.  My take is that with Valencia, he has to play deeper to compensate vs playing with Pereira who can anchor better. I'm probably full of shit but he definitely had more juice last night, whatever the reason. 

    We're a long way from being competitive against top teams, but maybe we won't be dogshit all year. 

  9. 3 hours ago, closetojumping said:

    Invite me to the next one you throw and I will turn that scene into the fucking Wild Bunch geriatric 40 yard foot race before midnight. 

     

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  10. I have scheduled someone to come take a look.  

    These digital control panels tend to be expensive as fuck to replace.  If it's the control board, it could be a lot less, but the panels can cost like 400 bucks to order the part from what I remember.  

  11. Whirlpool top load washer just shat the bed after less than 3 years.  Will not power on at all after checking breakers and plugging it into other power sources.

    Assuming it is most likely the control panel or control board, I never get lucky with just a blown fuse or something.

    I looked into Speed Queen last time around, but the wife had never heard of it and wanted to buy through Costco, so we went that route.  We didn't opt for the extended warranty, which seems pretty dumb in retrospect.

    It seems like appliances are just garbage top-to-bottom these days.  I am tempted to try and buy an old used one that has actual buttons and was built 20 years ago.

    Any updates on Speed Queens or other brands that have been solid?  I thought Whirlpool was one of the better ones, but quality issues probably hit all of them since covid.

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