Evan

We are now forty two weeks and one day into the 2nd term of President Trump.

295 days down... 1,166 to go.

We are 20.19% through this presidency.

79.81% to go.

It's not going great. But you are doing great. And I'm proud of you. Keep going.

Feels like an apple picking and shelf construction kind of weekend is on the way.

I just realized that the Colts bye week is falling on an Arsenal international break. And LouCity went out of the playoffs early. And Iowa now can't make the CFP. And the Pacers are in a gap year. And baseball season is over.

I have achieved FULL "time to earn brownie points, no sports weekend."

*NLD, obvs

I understand why Arteta et al are happy to leave the media and opposing fans in the dark about injury news wherever possible as they have shown a willingness to take ANY even POSSIBLE competitive advantage.

But it is exhausting.

I'll be happy if any two of those six are ready come NDL time.

It is MADDENING that our hopes are all pinned on "after the international break" which appears to be the theoretical timeline for all 6 of Jesus, Havertz, Madueke, Odegaard, Martinelli, and Gyokeres.

That's 6 rostered attackers out of 13 who are all supposed to get fit at about the same timeframe?

We are now forty one weeks and one day into the 2nd term of President Trump.

288 days down... 1,173 to go.

We are 19.71% through this presidency.

80.29% to go.

It's not going great. But you are doing great. And I'm proud of you. Keep going.

"Guys, we are only down 1! We are still in this thing! Let's go get th... wait... who's coming on? Oh. Oh, no."

We are now forty weeks and one day into the 2nd term of President Trump.

281 days down... 1,180 to go.

We are 19.23% through this presidency.

80.77% to go.

It's not going great. But you are doing great. And I'm proud of you. Keep going.

"Tossing" this game would Likely mean starting:
Kepa, White, Mosquera, Hincapie, MLS, Norgaard, Merino, Nwanieri, Martinelli, Trossard, and Dowman.

That lineup can compete w/ Brighton.

I'm greedy and careless, but I still have dreams of designing a "4senal" t-shirt for winning the quad.

506 scoreless minutes for Arsenal opponents? That sounds good... is that good?

Interestingly, my favorite domestic team here in the states is on a 501 minute streak of their own.

I've watched over 1,000 minutes of soccer without watching the teams I support surrender a goal.

This is why you go get an Eze.

Humdrum game with nothing happening. One moment of individual quality to earn the points.

Oh, and the best damn defensive unit I've ever seen. All 8 back line rotation players. Both keepers. All 3 DM options. And an offensive approach that maximizes their skillset.

Copy and paste from last week.

What we're watching isn't normal. 25-3 goal differential in 12 games.

12 games
10 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss
25 goals scored
3 goals conceded
9 clean sheets

Arsenal football is FLYING

We are now thirty nine weeks and one day into the 2nd term of President Trump.

274 days down... 1,187 to go.

We are 18.75% through this presidency.

81.25% to go.

It's not going great. But you are doing great. And I'm proud of you. Keep going.

My favorite JT stat? He's leading the league in TDs even though the Colts have SIX rushing TD's from the goal line that went to OTHER players.

Jonathon Taylor has 10 rushing TD's this season. And the Colts have 6 goal line TD runs that AREN'T his! (Jones 4, Abdullah 1, Warren 1)

For the record, his name is Phillip Goodrum for Louisville City FC in the USL Championship. The goals came. The wins kept coming.

Strikers are held to a weird standard for goals. I care about effort, intent, and team results. Gyokeres is meeting my expectations.

I cheer for a local team that signed a marquis striker before this season. He got off to a slow goal start. But he was lively, drawing defenders & eyeballs, and our team was winning. I said "If he's healthy all year, the goals will come. And if they dont but we keep winning? Who cares?"

Same deal.

Ho hum. Ugly game, set piece goal, clean sheet, three points for the Arsenal. As it was decreed from on high. Time without end.

I have no problem if ref had said "play on" there. but he didnt. He called a foul. The standard to overturn an onfield call is meant to be "clear & obvious". If you have to look at a play 30 times in slow-mo then it isnt clear/obvious.

And to me, Kevin STILL went through the leg to get the ball.

Timber is the biggest snub for me. Rice & Zubimendi suffer in comparison to MF that put up gaudier statistics. Gabriel & Saliba awill always be considered a pair. Raya doesn't face enough shots. Saka has missed significant minutes.

But Timber is the absolute business and should be regarded as such.

We are now thirty eight weeks and one day into the 2nd term of President Trump.

267 days down... 1,194 to go.

We are 18.28% through this presidency.

81.72% to go.

It's not going great. But you are doing great. And I'm proud of you. Keep going.

I work for a beverage development firm and it is WILD how many alpha bros approach us with ideas like:

"Dude, what if we put creatine, protein, HGH, botox, caffeine, vodka, & a blend of 16 mushrooms into a 3oz shooter?!? It's a gold mine! Also...make it taste like Jason Statham's sweat & cherries."

... I don't know if youre kidding, so if that was sarcastic, I apologize...

But if youre not... Just ao you know... horse racing is called "The Sport of Kings"

I dont know enough about UFL to know. Would've been happy w/ grey/black as the primary w/ purple accent. Or even gold w/purple as the secondary.

Looks like the Lex logo. In Louisville. Silly. If youre gonna piss off the fans by playing on their soccer field, at least suck up to them w/ the colors.

A purple and gold color scheme to match the local soccer team depicts Louisville Kings new horse and crown logo.

I dont have nlmuch to say about UFL being played at LFS. I'm fine with it.

But they DROPPED the ball on the color scheme. They are the KINGS but didnt go with Royal Purple? They didnt mimic the local teams colors... and they copped it from Lexington's soccer team? Weird. This is so much better:

It was a rudimentary look at Wikipedia, so I'm prepared for it to be wrong...

But it looks like they went 119 competitive games without allowing 3 goals... From April 20, 2004 (3-1 loss to Monaco in the UCL Semifinal) to February 11, 2006 (4-0 loss to Middlesbrough in the league).

Reviewing Arsenal's great run of defensive form had me looking for historic context.

Begrudgingly, that context has brought me to Mourinho's 04/05 and 05/06 Chelsea teams. Good GRACIOUS those teams were brutal.