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  1. On 2/2/2021 at 1:09 PM, ztejas said:

    We'll need some help on top of stringing some nice results together, but we're only 6 pts back as is.

    I think part of the timing too is not binning our CL chance. 

    Makes sense.  I hadn't noticed the layout of the schedule before.  Big test today, with very little time on the job...

  2. Missed the whole game this morning...

    Spoiler

    Just in case someone hasn't seen yet.  Good result!

    - Possession & shots stats make it look like we just dominated the entire game.

    - The 3421 didn't seem to help our attackers, but somehow our defenders came through.

    - Werner added to his offsides and miss tallies.  :/

     

  3. I know Frank had very little managerial experience anyway, but have there been many managers that succeed moving from the Champions League to the Premier?

    (As a Norwich fan also, it's been frustrating seeing that team (and Farkle most recently) kill it in the lower league...and just fall apart on the bigger stage.  Norwich has spent the last decade+ going back and forth between the two... :/)

     

    As for Chelsea, we've got plenty of amazing talent....as Longhorn fans, we've all seen how that doesn't always make for a good overall team though...maybe Frank didn't have the skills to pull them all together.  Getting Rice would help...but man, how much money are we going to spend?

  4. 8 minutes ago, ztejas said:

    I might agree that as a club we could have waited to let the FA and CL play out - but in terms of what he should or shouldn't have been given he was given plenty of time. This is the most wide open PL race in awhile and we are struggling to even contend for a 4th spot after finishing 4th last season with a young side and spending tens of millions over the transfer window. Frank getting us to another CL bid would have been a miracle. I think we're probably more likely to string something together under a new manager but it's probably still a long shot. 

    Fair enough.  Frank (the player) was literally the reason I started following Chelsea...and I really hoped he would be successful leading the club. :(

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  5. 1 minute ago, RPM said:

    That's what my MAGA relatives are screaming. They don't understand burning an Autozone isn't the same as invading a seated Congress with intent to kill. undermine/override our democracy and kill anyone standing in the way.

    Fixed it for me...  Such a ridiculous false equivalence.

  6. If several Democrats were dead/detained/coerced...is it possible that both houses could have voted to sustain objections to state results?  And in that case...wouldn't they have been tossed out?  Or, more likely, would that have been enough for Trump to declare martial law?

    Every time I think we're safe...the Trumpists move the goalposts and try an even more terrifying stunt...

  7. 7 minutes ago, South Austin said:

    Highly annoyed that the Trump girl is holding a Marine Corps flag. That family doesn’t have the honor to be associated with the Marines.

    Also, agreed, fuck him for trying to appropriate that.

  8. 5 minutes ago, South Austin said:

    Highly annoyed that the Trump girl is holding a Marine Corps flag. That family doesn’t have the honor to be associated with the Marines.

    I'm sure that's some coded signal for the QAnon folks.  She's holding it in her right hand...but pointing it at Ivanka.  US flag is pointed at Trump.  This must be the signal that he is about to take over the US, and appoint her as the militant enforcer?

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  9. Over a few beers last night, one of our neighborhood Trumpians filled me in on the Democrats' diabolical master plan.  Apparently, they have all the information they need from Hunter's dealings, so they can kick ole' Joe out soon after the inauguration.  But they've been delaying until then, so that they can install "super commie Kamala" as our President.  Once that is done, we are on the fast track to a communist dictatorship, at least, we will be if the Patriots can't hold on to those 2 seats in Georgia...

  10. My concerns with Trump are many, but the ones that I really fear, are more long term.  Do they impact my day-to-day life now?  Maybe not, but the impact in the future could be significant.  It is now accepted/ok for a president to:

    - suggest that political adversaries be locked up

    - use the power of the office to target investigations of political adversaries

    - use the power/presence of the office to marginalize people/organizations that disagree with policy.

    - use the power/presence of the office to extend their own grasp of power

    - encourage/welcome any help (even from foreign entities) to gain/keep power

    - ignore/distort/bury facts that don't make them look good

    - ignore/marginalize/fire government experts that don't make you look good

    - marginalize/fire government employees that aren't "loyal to the president" (see last week's executive order)

    - use release of federal funds as a reward/punishment for presidential support from states

    Even if you support Trump, this is a dangerous set of tools to leave lying around for any president.

    (back to lurking)

  11. 2 hours ago, Cheeseweasel said:

    How does one root for two Prem teams?

    To be fair...they're not usually both Prem teams. :)  Chelsea is my team...but my family roots are in Norwich. 

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