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irishapple21

Member Since 06 Mar 2006
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#1390600 Metro - Columbus Game Thread

Posted by irishapple21 on 12 September 2021 - 07:56 PM

I’ve been ignoring the team this year and just checking the MF recaps. Until Red Bull changes, they won’t get any of my money, time, or attention. Red Bull is doing nothing to earn any of that. I was fine subsidizing their soda advertising while they provided the money and players to win trophies, but they’ve dropped their end of the bargain, so I’ve dropped my end as well.




#1389681 Red Bull is garbage

Posted by irishapple21 on 28 August 2021 - 09:12 PM

After Red Bull purchased Leipzig, they lost all interest in RBNY as a sporting entity. I’ve said this before, but it’s true. Red Bull wants the fans in the NY/NJ Metro area to pay for tickets, merchandise, and concessions to subsidize a training program to provide players to their other teams. If you have a problem with that, then you should cancel your season tickets and stop spending any money on the team. Once I realized the truth of the situation, that’s what I did. I used to spend thousands of dollars a season on this team and now I spend nothing.




#1387461 Metro - Cincinnati Game Thread

Posted by irishapple21 on 01 August 2021 - 11:10 AM

During seasons like this one, I take comfort in the fact that we have a history of success to look back at fondly. A history where the team won trophies. It's much better than how it was in 1999 or 2009.




#1387353 We never do enough

Posted by irishapple21 on 31 July 2021 - 03:42 PM

The best way to enjoy an RBNY game is to go there to have a nice night out with your buds. Eat an overpriced hot dog. Drink an overpriced beer. And if they win the game that's terrific! But they probably won't and you have to be okay with that.




#1387223 I like to make the same jokes over and over

Posted by irishapple21 on 28 July 2021 - 11:29 AM

I think RBNY has it in them to squeak into the playoffs and then get shutout in the first round. They'll definitely avoid relegation. Dare to dream!




#1385636 I like to make the same jokes over and over

Posted by irishapple21 on 24 June 2021 - 10:25 PM

The real question we need to ask ourselves about this game is which of our remaining players will play well enough in it to be sold to another European club. Our purpose as a team is to provide training for young players to develop skills. The actual result of the game isn’t important. At least that’s what I have learned about this team over the past few years.




#1385532 Metro - Revs Game Thread

Posted by irishapple21 on 23 June 2021 - 08:53 PM

On the plus side, everybody had fun and made new friends tonight and that’s a win in my book.




#1385141 FMR: Tyler Adams "linked" with Arsenal move

Posted by irishapple21 on 12 June 2021 - 06:40 PM

My guess is that the money would be invested in the youth academy and purchasing high end youth players for rb2 and the senior team.

If you want a road map to the red bull way... we can look at salzburg.

We would all be happy if we can have the success that salzburg has in Austria.

Thelwell leash will be dependent on players he produces and success

 

RBNY is a glorified farm team. The money would be invested in the academy to create more products that could move up to AAA in Austria or the majors in Germany. None of that money would go toward bringing in real DP players to RBNY. The days of Henry and Angel are over. Leipzig is what matters now.




#1384327 Is Coronel better than Meara?

Posted by irishapple21 on 25 May 2021 - 07:35 AM

RBS sends a lot of their trash to RBNY. How many decent players have they actually loaned the team and how many of them were worth the transfer fee paid for them? Not a whole lot. That's because RBNY is essentially a farm team for RBS which is a farm team for RBL. It sucks but it's the truth.




#1384133 Metro - Revs Game Thread

Posted by irishapple21 on 22 May 2021 - 08:20 PM

I'm watching this game from out of town so I'm on the NE broadcast. Their halftime coach/player interviews were hilarious because they all went "yeah we weren't good enough for the first part of the end, but we were able to turn it on at the end there" as if Red Bulls didn't get a red card

That’s the feed I’m watching too on ESPN+ So I noticed that as well. Every soccer fan knows that the game was basically over once the red card was issued.




#1381821 No games on national TV

Posted by irishapple21 on 16 April 2021 - 03:20 PM

You can tell how far the organization has fallen in the league's esteem when not a single RBNY match this season is being broadcast nationally on Fox, ABC, or even UniMas.




#1375019 Metro - Columbus Playoff Thread

Posted by irishapple21 on 21 November 2020 - 04:14 PM

Far too many unforced turnovers.




#1349404 MetroStars vs Chivas USA: 08/21/2005

Posted by irishapple21 on 17 July 2019 - 08:35 PM

I also recorded the episode of MTV Made when a MetroStars coach helped a really flamboyant obese kid make his high school soccer team. If there was a Hall of Fame for Alexi Lalas' cringe-worthy marketing ideas, that episode would be a first ballot winner. I used to have it posted on my channel as well, but it was taken down due to copyright.




#1343483 Apathetic and fractured fanbase

Posted by irishapple21 on 25 March 2019 - 11:59 AM

A lot of fans probably feel the same way I do right now, which is why should they participate in a fanbase that is constantly depressed and negative even in years where RBNY wins major trophies. Our fans are about as fun as a root canal.




#1334940 Results Watch 2018

Posted by irishapple21 on 28 October 2018 - 08:38 PM

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An artist's impression of MLS Decision Day 2018