This is not a vent board or any other kind of therapy. Before you hit the POST button, ask yourself if your contribution will add to the level of discussion going on.
Important notes on articles:
- Please do not copy entire articles into your post; rather, provide links to them.. We are now links-only for ALL Internet publications. If only a small portion of the article pertains to your post, Fair Use allows you to copy those one or two paragraphs, provided you cite the author's name and the publication for which he writes. Otherwise, put a link in the HTTP Link box.
- Even if you're copying a reference to an article, provide a link to the page from which the article came. We're trying to cut down on duplicate topics, and the posting process will check the link to your article to see if it's already being discussed on this board. At the very least, you'll save yourself some grief on the boards.
- If your first reaction after reading the article you're going to share is the author is uninformed / stupid / a jerk / all of the above, it's not worth sharing with anyone. Not every article needs to be discussed. The more the hair-pulling articles are discussed (e.g. ESPN Page 2), the more the authors will write hair-pulling articles.
Post being replied to
Take this analogy in baseball of hit vs error by spade
Does the defensive team want their fielder to have an error or the pitcher to have earned runs? The defensive team will prefer an error on the fielder and make the runs un-earned. The fielder rarely cares about one more error, but to a pitchers and a strikers psyche these things matter. (and yes for a borderline call, the home baseball team scorers DO show this preference even though it should be an un-biased decision)
Erikson isn't out there to score goals primarily, so one more, one less and it doesn't make or break his season. Strikers, like pitchers are fickle characters.
At the end, it doesn't bother me either way as a fan (unless I had Erikson on fantasy ha) and it's probably supported heavily from Pochettino anyway.