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	<title>Comments on: Match 20: Portland Timbers 0-0 Carolina RailHawks</title>
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		<title>By: PDXPompey</title>
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		<dc:creator>PDXPompey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mike, WTF?

Have a tough time getting to work today?  Next time add a little substance to your comments and not just a flaming missile from way out in left field.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mike, WTF?</p>
<p>Have a tough time getting to work today?  Next time add a little substance to your comments and not just a flaming missile from way out in left field.</p>
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		<title>By: adze boi</title>
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		<dc:creator>adze boi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jon,

I feel sorry for you too.  No particular reason, I just like to say really douchey things like that when I disagree with someone.  For my next trick, I&#039;ll compare you to Hitler.

Sincerely,
Every schmuck in town.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jon,</p>
<p>I feel sorry for you too.  No particular reason, I just like to say really douchey things like that when I disagree with someone.  For my next trick, I&#8217;ll compare you to Hitler.</p>
<p>Sincerely,<br />
Every schmuck in town.</p>
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		<title>By: Jon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m eagerly waiting to read your thoughts on the game and team, Mike.  With a comment like that, I&#039;m sure they&#039;ll be great.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m eagerly waiting to read your thoughts on the game and team, Mike.  With a comment like that, I&#8217;m sure they&#8217;ll be great.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jon,

You&#039;re an idiot!  Your comments don&#039;t make any sense and I feel sorry for you because you feel as though you have some insight!  Good luck with beating yourself over the head for these comments!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jon,</p>
<p>You&#8217;re an idiot!  Your comments don&#8217;t make any sense and I feel sorry for you because you feel as though you have some insight!  Good luck with beating yourself over the head for these comments!</p>
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		<title>By: Lucas</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lucas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is going from the ridiculous to the ridiculous.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is going from the ridiculous to the ridiculous.</p>
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		<title>By: Jon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My observations:

1.  Olum never stops working, chases everything, and wins the majority of headers that come his way, but when the ball is at his feet, he doesn&#039;t know what to do with it and has no technique.

2.  Chris Brown is the opposite.  He doesn&#039;t have the speed, work rate, or athleticism, and because of that he&#039;s only ever going to get one-third as many touches as someone like Olum, but he&#039;s very technical when he does have the ball.

3.  Oka was hot and cold.  I want to love the guy because he clearly has skill, speed, and likes to attack, but he&#039;s also a lazy bastard who shuts off and won&#039;t give the effort if he doesn&#039;t think he has a chance of getting to the ball.

4.  Switching Guante to left back and Griffin to left mid surprised me.  I thought it worked out okay on the night, but it just seemed a little odd... like a vote of &quot;no confidence&quot; on how either player is playing in their usual roles.  In Griffin&#039;s case I&#039;d agree with that, but Guante has been playing alright this season.

5.  Higgins was a waste of space.  He had one decent scoring chance toward the end of the game, but other than that, he was nonexistent in the center of midfield and Poltl was doing all the work.

6.  Knighton looked fairly impressive and came up with a couple good saves.

And finally, my bottom line general observation: They played better than they have in the last few games.  Once they get anywhere near the opponent&#039;s penalty box, however, they still have absolutely no idea or plan of what to do.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My observations:</p>
<p>1.  Olum never stops working, chases everything, and wins the majority of headers that come his way, but when the ball is at his feet, he doesn&#8217;t know what to do with it and has no technique.</p>
<p>2.  Chris Brown is the opposite.  He doesn&#8217;t have the speed, work rate, or athleticism, and because of that he&#8217;s only ever going to get one-third as many touches as someone like Olum, but he&#8217;s very technical when he does have the ball.</p>
<p>3.  Oka was hot and cold.  I want to love the guy because he clearly has skill, speed, and likes to attack, but he&#8217;s also a lazy bastard who shuts off and won&#8217;t give the effort if he doesn&#8217;t think he has a chance of getting to the ball.</p>
<p>4.  Switching Guante to left back and Griffin to left mid surprised me.  I thought it worked out okay on the night, but it just seemed a little odd&#8230; like a vote of &#8220;no confidence&#8221; on how either player is playing in their usual roles.  In Griffin&#8217;s case I&#8217;d agree with that, but Guante has been playing alright this season.</p>
<p>5.  Higgins was a waste of space.  He had one decent scoring chance toward the end of the game, but other than that, he was nonexistent in the center of midfield and Poltl was doing all the work.</p>
<p>6.  Knighton looked fairly impressive and came up with a couple good saves.</p>
<p>And finally, my bottom line general observation: They played better than they have in the last few games.  Once they get anywhere near the opponent&#8217;s penalty box, however, they still have absolutely no idea or plan of what to do.</p>
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