am again treading water. need new plan. not having a clear move date is a pain in the ass because it's hard to plan backward from something. i have been doing a kind of t0ddday-peaking-block-lite for months now and while i'm still jumping pretty well from time to time i don't really feel like i'm progressing on anything.
any ideas?
If were to put myself in your shoes, I'd say not having that bit of external motivation to spur you on is maybe keeping you from those extra couple of inches and that dunk. Even if its something silly like a facebook status, "I John Cena, swear on all the Gods known to man that I will dunk come that date of 12-31-2016 or I will change my name on facebook to Bootyeater Forlyfe for all of next year." It could really put help put some sense of urgency into every session.
I know that personally, I'd need that deadline feeling (each workout being now or never just to finish off the deed). You might be different and this idea might be completely wrong for you but maybe it can raise that question of what sort of inspiration do you need to get you that last 5% when you've done 95% of the work.
Congrats Adarq I didn't want to comment yesterday while still salty lol! I had my Germany jersey on too and listened to the first half on radio and watched the second half.
While listening I was confident that Germany was going to win since France came on strong in the beginning and left themselves open a bit (the Brazil comparison I made) but Germany just couldn't convert their play into goals. Tactically, they're the best side in the world I believe because they mix in those long diagonal balls from their back line to their wing backs out wide but also play a lot of Barcelona influenced tiki taka with the short secure passing through the middle of the pitch with the aim of drawing in defenders then you try and either switch the field or play in through balls to get opportunities back on goal. It sounded like they kept doing this in waves first half but just couldn't finish. They missed their big central forward Mario Gomez a lot. He's quite poor on the ball lol but he can hold back center defenders and just hold the ball long enough to allow other players to get into good position. Then he can also just tap in balls in the box by out powering players and running through them lol. Not pretty but useful.
Everything changed with that France penalty though. It took all the pressure off France so they could sit back on their half and counter attack. From what I saw they just had a lot of athletes out on the pitch and were shutting down the German players. Sissoko was amazing with his strength and power. And yea man Griezmann has been a hero, always at the right spot at the right time. His ability to win balls in the air is just rediculous. He just has great hops plus amazing technique in the air. We need to find a highlight reel of his goals. Then like seidullaah73 mentioned the other Germany center back got hurt and that made them even more volnurable. 2-0 game over congrats to France.
The only thing with Portugal is that they're going to make the game ugly and hard for France to win. They've done it all tournament and gone this far so it's not easy to beat a team with an identity even not the prettiest one lol. They won't take many risks and will make it hard for France to get through and Portugal will hope for one of their stars to step up and make something happen. You never in soccer matches honestly but France is obviously the favorite.
Im rooting for wales. I like portugal but I would like wales to win. and I want france to beat germany, they have been very good throughout.
this is possibly the "real championship match". should be tough for each of them. I hope France wins (via my french roots), but I also think they will win regardless.. they have been impressive this tournament.
also glad to see Ronaldo in the finals.
man he looked like the Lochness monster today on that header/goal he made.
Ha never adarq, Germany is going to be very tough to beat! Even though they have their central defender, central midfielder (both 1st and 2nd choice), and central striker out they're still a very confident unit. I think it might hurt France that they're playing at home because if they chose to come out strong and attack, Germany can hurt them on the transition. That's what happened to Brazil when they got crushed 7-0.
France may chose to play it cautious but even then Germany comes at you strong. They haven't really exploded in any one match (maybe Slovakia) but I think they might be due. I like the French a lot, I really hope both teams play an open game and go at one another and we see a great game. It's just not happening much this tournament.
Holy shit 2-1.. I honestly think its a mental thing with England. They have an air of superiority that always hurts them. It dates back to them founding the sport and thinking no one was anywhere on their level before being proved wrong.
They did it again during the group stages when they tied Slovakia and blamed it on the fact that they were defending the entire match and you'd hear the commentators say they'd be better fit for the elimination rounds where teams played them to win. Germany beat Slovakia 3-0 btw. Even after Iceland's first goal the commentator said something like "cheap counter punch goal". I just don't like how they don't give other teams credit and fail to accept how good they actually are.
I also thought that Messi goal should've been saved. Guzan is a bit on the short side which I think hurt him but he also got wrong footed. Compare to this save made tonight by Fabianski v Switzerland.
I thought that Shaqiri goal was the best of the tournament so far!
Man but these European teams continue with their very tactical approach, I was disappointed in that Croatia v Portugal match. Those are teams that traditionally play good attacking futbol but no one wants to risk much until the end it seems. More goals than ever being scored last minutes of matches here.
Germany plays tomorrow and they're my favorite to support. You'll see no caution on their end, just take to the opponent all match long.
USA v Columbia tonight too! That USA game v Argentina was unfortunate, you can see a lot of the players lack the class when the speed of play is at the top level. But it also stinks for the US bc they can't sit back and defend and counter bc it's the USA and they're expected to go out there and compete with the top. It would also be more difficult to draw in fans to a team that defends much. So it's unfortunate really they didn't give themselves much of a chance.
I've been thinking about the LBJ goat argument the past few days and it's definitely an interesting one. I think I would rate him higher on an all time best athletes/ competitors all across sports than best basketball players list. This is more personal opinion but when I think of goat for a particular sport I always think of technical mastery as one of the athletes' biggest assets. Just players that wow with with amazing skill levels that no one else can match.
Curry will be more memorable to me as a basketball player than Lebron, Messi over Ronaldo, Federer over Nadal, etc... But if I had to pick one player to lead a franchise or play in a game 7 I would pick Lebron just bc of his presence and competitiveness. I also think he's the right level of alpha, where he's balanced enough to inspire teammates like he did with Kyrie but also knows his self worth and steps up when he has to (although some make the argument he doesn't do it enough). But I'd rather that sort of player if I was starting a franchise over a Kobe for example. I just figure Lebron is someone other players would love to play with.
Also, Lebron is awesome to watch bc you can learn something to carry on to any other sport. You can watch him and say that's the right level of confidence you want and the right level of intelligence. I think he's mentally leagues ahead of most other players and to note, Curry, which made the difference to close out that series. Kind of just scrappy ideas here but mainly my views on Lebron as one of the top athletes/ competitors of all time maybe even on top of where he is as a basketball player if that makes any sense. I think because Jordan ranks so high on both lists is why he's up there as one of the greatest ever to play any sport.
Watching second half now. Dunno Adarq id rather kyrie attack the basket on half court play and have Lebron get aggressive when the play breaks down. But initially Lebron is too predictable while kyrie seems unstoppable in getting to the rim or breaking down play.
Yea dude it's wild, first the mma trained Russians attacking fans and now some Croatia fans throwing flares. I didn't really understand why since Croatia was up and on its way to securing qualification with 6 points. They ended up tying after that happened. Just wild stuff that I hope security can stifle.
On another note, I've enjoyed copa america more than the Euros so far which I didn't expect. The European squads have just gotten so tactical with their play that they're almost robotic with their approach. No one wants to give up space or opportunities so few risks taken and not many goals.
The copa america on the other hand has had many exciting games with open play where teams are risking more and bringing more excitement out.
Lastly, I just watched Chile pounce on Mexico 7-0 and I have to say I've never been more suspicious with a team as in this match. Mexico has been playing very well as of late and had great momentum plus the crowd on their side tonight.
So first 15min I see the Chilean players pressing hard and making many full effort sprints both to win the ball and to attack. I'm like ohh crap this is making for exciting play, I wonder if they'll get a goal before they tire. They score and I'm thinking okay the plan worked now they can sit back a little. They keep going max effort everything up to the half and score another to make it 2-0. At this point I'm like okay wow I've never seen a team play at that intensity for that long it's quite strange. If I was the Mexico coach I wouldn't know what to say except keep playing your game and they'll tire, wear down, and we can get back to it.
So second half starts and the Chilean players are back at it again with crazy high intensity pressing and runs to create opportunities. They cause turnovers and keep scoring. I dunno man I've never seen anything like that after watching a lot a lot of soccer matches. Their players look quite strong and stocky (sprinter like) but just the fact they kept challenging with crazy intensity for such a long time made it suspicious to me. I haven't seen the fittest of the fit able to sustain that sort of play. Dunno maybe it's great training or I'm missing something but I just had the feeling of this seems off. The one player who stood out is 30yo and just now making appearances for Chile internationally. He was just amazing in his ability to track back and tackle at full speed (played as a attacking winger) then make full out runs to create scoring opportunities on the other hand and even had two goals himself.
I'll see if I read anything about this tomorrow but it just seemed off to me. They do have two superstars who played great as well but just the level of explosive fitness from the rest of the squad seemed unnatural almost. Just in awe.
Kyrie is so fun to watch but I also thought that was the first game I've seen Lebron fully engaged and making an impact on nearly every possession on both sides of the floor. Seems like he needed that one more loss and its over factor to hit him for him to just go all out instead of trying to wait it out and carefully manage games.
Warriors didn't lose two consecutive games at all in the regular season and just once to OKC in the playoffs. Getting to game 7 would be a feat in itself but to win it seems almost unimaginable.
Damn, I don't know how competitive it'll be now! I know it's been mentioned before but I think you could see Lue's inexperience come into play today. They say young coaches tend to make the mistake of leaving their best players in for too long in close games. He played both Lebron and kyrie to start the 4th and all of the way through. cavs went ice cold that 4th quarter.
Meanwhile, Kerr played James Mcadoo lol. You have to trust your bench and give your top players adequate rest. Either way I'm not sure it would've made a difference but it could've kept it close. This GSW squad is just too good
I just viewed ESPN and saw the headline "have the cavs figured the Warriors out". Man I'm so frustrated with sports media and how they jump from one extreme to other. They did this with the Cavs - Raptors series as well saying ohh it's going to be a sweep and then shifting over to the other side - are there issues with Cleveland.
I understand it's entertainment and you have to make good television out of it but even the analysts like Stephen A Smith do this. I quote he said "this series is over, I give the Cavs a 6% chance and that's in case tragedy strikes or serious injury happens." He has some explaining to do if that doesn't happen lol.
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