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  1. 22 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:


    harvard about to be 90% Asian !

    Harvard's "incomplete" internal study stated that Asian's would comprise 43% of accepted students if the admission standard was "academics only".  

  2. It's entirely dependent on the specific opportunity and your personal goals.  You won't make as much as a law firm partner unless you are the GC or a direct report to the GC in a very large (generally public) company (outside of liquidity events that you won't control).  The job security also isn't as strong, particularly if you are the GC or a direct report to the GC.  Senior leadership changes (new CEO or GC) often trickle down to the management team which generally includes the GC and the GC's direct reports.  You may also have to be willing to relocate if you decide to leave your in-house position and there isn't a comparable opportunity with your experience and industry expertise in your market.  That consideration is extremely market dependent. Another current reality is that legal is an area corporate America utilizes to improve its management diversity (more of a public company consideration).  This trend is rapidly accelerating to the point where white males are not even considered in some candidate pools. 

    In any event, it's a better gig than AMLAW50 associate, who are now routinely billing 2500 - 3000 hours a year.

  3. Sargent's lack of productivity (0 G/A in 19 PL games before his brace) is glaring but he did just tie Jozy's career EPL goal tally and did so in 50 less appearances.  

    Glad he didn't get called up because he needs to focus on following up that performance and helping Norwich stay up.

     

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  4. Just now, DougO said:

    It doesn't matter at this point, but shouldn't Tyreek have been flagged for taunting on that longass TD? It would have cost them some yardage that could have impacted the game. Again, it doesn't matter now, but if you have rules it pisses me off whan they are selectively enforced.

    They have swallowed the whistles 

  5. 17 hours ago, G650 said:

    My shirtmakers son worked for Chelsea, been a fan for decades now.

    Exactly!  Such an easy jaunt from Savile Row over to Stamford Bridge.  TEB -> LCY -> Savile Row -> Stamford Bridge and back again.  Easy peasy 

  6. On 1/3/2022 at 12:11 PM, G650 said:

    Nobody likes ManU because they are douchebags.

    No one likes United here because they were the Yankees when almost everyone on this board got into English football (2000-2010).  No one, particularly the stereotypical American who follows soccer, wants to be viewed as a bandwagon jumper. Hence why City still isn't very popular on this board despite dominating English football for a decade.  City was too shitty to support (other than Huck) before the takeover and almost immediately became too good to support after the takeover.  They were Villa and became United almost overnight.  

    Liverpool is popular because they have a very compelling history and supporting them would not be viewed as bandwagon jumping because at the time they weren't winning very much in relation to Arsenal, United and Chelsea who dominated English soccer in the 00s.  A calculated yet justifiable glory hunt. 

    Chelsea is popular here because they were the emerging London-based team with the better future compared to stale Arsenal (for those Chelsea fans who go back to the club's founding in 2003) and Pulisic (newish Chelsea supporters).  Plenty of cunts who frequently travel to London (West London, specifically) and name their message board handle after PJs chose Chelsea because of its convenient location.  They are basically City with better shopping and restaurants.  Easy to get to games from the US, will win plenty of trophies and don't have to deal with the riffraff elsewhere in London while doing it.  An extremely efficient glory hunt for the London tourist.

    Tottenham is popular for all the reasons Bill Simmons summarized when he was interested in soccer for about 15 minutes in 2005 or so.

    Arsenal is popular because they played a very attractive and cosmopolitan brand of football under Wenger and were the foil to United (again when most people originally selected their team).  They are now what Liverpool was (a team with a compelling history that will probably start winning trophies again at some point) and Liverpool is now what Arsenal was (the foil to the Yankees).  Accordingly, Liverpool and Arsenal continue to pick up new fans but for different reasons. 

    Again, to summarize, Liverpool (Tottenham with history then, Klopp fanbois now), City (Huck), Tottenham (see Simmons article), Arsenal (Wenger fanbois then, Tottenham with history now), Chelsea (loathsome cunts and newish USMNT fans).

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  7. 21 minutes ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

    What's making it stale and boring is these two teams, along with a handful of others, are the only ones that will win championships going forward. 

    Vegas favorites for 2022-2023 (i.e., the winners of 21 of the 24 CFP games)

    Bama 5-2

    Georgia 9-2

    Ohio State 7-1

    Clemson 12-1

  8. The US data is unsurprisingly horrible so you have to look to countries like the UK for guidance.  In the UK (another nation with high obesity levels although not as high as the US), hospitalizations and deaths have remained relatively stable compared to the period before the onset of omicron.  The UK does have significantly higher vaccination rates than the US (45% of adults have had a third shot). 

    This dude continues to have the best data interpretation summaries I have seen:

     

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  9. 1 hour ago, Captain Ron said:

    Would it? I'm not saying run this against Mexico or Canada or the speedier and more talented teams.

    But against teams like Honduras and El Salvador are more than willing to give up possession, park the defense and play the counter against the top table teams (US and Mexico). With a talent laden team like what we are talking abour running out there or this, I think might leave ourselves open, but could use our talent to contain them. I think a team like Costa Rica, where they are sending out teams that are older than dirt out there, this could also succeed.

    Along with having a better attacking philosophy (see attacks up the middle), Berhalter would also need to make this team more disciplined on their assignments. But get that right and I think it could work.

    Contemporary possession-based soccer is predicated on 3 CMs (ask Pep Guardiola).  As is Klopp's pressing system, which is actually the best fit the USMNT in Concacaf but would get us killed in the World Cup.  

    We frequently struggle to maintain possession against CONCACAF teams with 3 CMs much less 2.  Adams' passing and ball control is nowhere near good enough to play in a MF 2.  Imagine Acosta there.   

    4-2-4/4-4-2 is also a system no one plays and international soccer with a middling coach is not the place to effectively implement an unfamiliar system with unfamiliar roles.  

  10. 2 hours ago, dieucla98 said:

    Have you been watching Chelsea of late? Puli is really a wing back. Or a false 9. But definitely not a winger. Anything but a winger.

    I don't think that MF would get overrun by any team in the Octagonal... Mexico, Canada - sure. Panama, Costa Rica - maybe. But El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica? Come on, now.

    The outside midfielders in a 4-4-2 or a 4-2-4 are by definition wingers (see Ryan Giggs).  Wingbacks don't play in front of fullbacks.  They replace fullbacks in a 3-4-3, 3-5-2 or 5-3-2.  Any team with a pulse that plays 3 CMs against a 4-4-2 is going to overrun CM.  There is too much room both in front of them and behind them.  That is the primary reason no one plays a 4-4-2 any more.  You can still play only two CMs in a 3-4-3 because one of the CBs effectively serves as a CDM while in attack and the wingbacks can pinch in defense if the wingers track back.

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