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Hello hello, I found this when I was frantically looking through a pen drive for something else and remembered I quite liked it. I'm not sure where this is going to go, if it's even going to go anywhere, so I'd appreciate your thoughts on whether it's worth bothering with. I've made an effort to make the writing more Tolkien-y but I'm pretty sure it's failed miserably.
I'm so busy it's not even funny and I'm pretty sure I'm about to die of stress so I haven't got anything else done but I promise the epilogue of Saturday Night's on its way!
Tell me what you think about this and whether I should keep it around for later or just get rid of it. Thanks in advance!
"And you are certain Mithrandir?" Elrond didn't move his gaze from the rolling fields outside Rivendell but his companion knew the weight of the words.
"I understand your misgivings, old friend, but in these dark times it would be folly to scorn any reinforcements. Even ones as unconventional as these."
"I still fail to understand how their world intersects with ours."
"In truth I do not understand either, but the fact remains they –"
Elrond turned suddenly, surprising Gandalf with the dark expression on his fair features, "Was it not Saruman, the traitor, who enlightened you as to the passageway? We are to trust his counsel?"
Gandalf sighed, resisting the urge to pull out his pipe to steel his nerves, Elrond was correct to worry, "He has not made use of the passage for many years, perhaps more than four-score. I have travelled to their world and they are willing to aid us."
"For what reason? What is their price?" The lord had returned to casting his steely glaze out over his lands.
"Their demands were not extortionate, for three warriors they were willing to accept a measure of mithril and several texts relating to the vanquishing of demonic forces."
"We have known each other for many lives of men Mithrandir, you have my trust but I cannot see the difference three warriors will make, no matter their skills." Elrond's face was a smooth mask, concealing the troubled expression that filled his eyes.
"We were extremely fortunate to be given even that number. Their world is not without strife of its own and they were hard pressed to spare us them. They refused to show the extent of their skills but from what I was permitted to see we would be foolish to turn them away."
"I disagree with this course of action, Mithrandir; our world suffers enough without the addition of men completely foreign to the dangers that stalk these lands."
Gandalf leaned heavily on his staff; he was feeling the many years this body had endured. He had hoped for more support from the Elf-lord, especially with his gift of foresight. However Elrond had said that his visions were less clear than they once were and he could not be sure whether this venture would go good or ill. Gandalf attributed this to the encroaching darkness; many of those with the gift had reported their difficulties. The only exception appeared to be Faramir; Boromir had stated that the prophetic dream that brought him hither had come to his brother many times. Despite these worrying portents Gandalf was convinced that he was correct in contacting the strange world. Their aid could not go amiss, not when defences were stretched to breaking point already. Mirkwood was under constant attack, Saruman would turn his attentions to Rohan in the coming months and Gondor was an increasingly fragile bulwark against the tide. He just hoped Elrond would put aside his misgivings enough to see that.
The culture their new allies came from was incredibly different, so much so that he wasn't sure how well they would cope. Finally reaching into his pocket to get his pipe, he surveyed the area from which they would be arriving any day. He couldn't identify the feeling in his bones; it could be either good or bad. Praying for good, he lit his pipeweed ignoring the way Elrond distanced himself with a scowl.
Although Gandalf had hoped he would be the first to meet the strangers when they arrived, that privilege went to Elladan and Elrohir. Their duties had only just returned them to their father's lands and they hadn't yet shaken off their travelling habits so were awake the night the three figures suddenly appeared at the edge of Rivendell. While the twins had been told by their father to expect their presence at some point it was still a shock to them.
Elves were so attuned to their surroundings it was jarring to find their senses had failed to alert them to the presence of their father's visitors until they were upon them. Out of the dark three figures materialised, clad almost completely in black. Under the cowls of their thick travelling cloaks bone-white masks shone in the weak moonlight. Elladan hadn't realised he had reached for the handle of his blade until he felt his brother's hand gently loosen his grip. The figures hadn't moved but the twins detected a hint of amusement in the air around them and immediately felt a little sheepish. Unsure how to proceed they were relieved when the three bowed, and one spoke, a young man's voice muffled by the mask.
"We wish to speak to Gandalf." His accent was atrocious, and his pronunciation of 'Gandalf' almost brought a smile to the lips of the elves. However the voice was firm and the twins were able to remember their decorum. Despite the fact these strangers were expected by their father and Mithrandir, years of experience dealing with the forces of darkness made them loathe to invite them within their father's halls. Their hesitation was evidently noticed as the air around the strangers became noticeably chill and the speaker folded his arms and settled into a sturdier stance.
Thankfully the rather tense moment of indecision was broken by the arrival of the wizard in question, followed by Elrond. Gandalf lacked the discomfort displayed by the elf-lord but it was clear to the twins' sharp eyes that he was wary of those he had enlisted. Gandalf bowed to the strangers and, after sharing a meaningful look with Elrond, began leading them into the halls of Rivendell.
Boromir attempted to hide a yawn behind one of his large fists as his elf guide lead him to the latest meeting. It was difficult for the man not to begrudge the elves their composure, in times of trouble and at all times of the night. Since the counsel a few days previously the fellowship had been awaiting news of their new allies, a topic Gandalf had broached to them privately once the meeting had passed. Infuriatingly, the wizard had been as cryptic as his father in one of his worst moods and Boromir could not be entirely sure what these strangers were capable of. As he had been woken in the middle of the night, he could only assume that the wizard desired the fellowship to meet them as soon as possible.
In the hallway they soon approached Gimli and his elven guide. Their pace was slow, ostensibly because of Gimli's shorter legs but Boromir knew it was one of the many tricks the dwarf used to irritate his hosts. While their guides shared an inscrutable look Gimli gave him a smirk that confirmed his suspicions. Smothering a smile of his own he clapped the dwarf on the shoulder and continued towards their destination. At the doorway to the private meeting hall the elves departed, leaving the two to walk in by themselves. The ranger was already present, as was their host and their elven companion Legolas. Boromir remembered enough of his deportment lessons to bow in greeting while Gimli simply made his was over to the fire with a grunt of acknowledgement. He gritted his teeth a little at the superior look that was shared between elf and elf-kin and thought for the hundredth time that Faramir should have come in his stead. Little brother was much more suited to the learned discourse, flighty music and lack of ale present in this place. Boromir's idle fantasy of being back defending Osgiliath with a well-deserved flagon waiting for him was disrupted by the entrance of the hobbits. How strange that ones who looked so like children should be older than he. The younger two, Merry and Pippin, perked up on seeing the one person within Rivendell willing to share in their chatter. They gathered around his legs, seemingly too tired to manage much beyond the occasional yawn. Frodo and his shadow Sam took to the other man, who they seemed to feel more at ease with.
They weren't waiting long before Gandalf arrived with three cloaked and masked figures in tow. They were relatively short, one standing barely over five foot but Boromir had been a soldier too long to let something like that cloud his judgement. After all, had not dwarves shown their courage, resilience and skill for uncountable years despite their height? Out of the corner of his eye he saw Elrond was hard pressed to keep a scowl from affecting his features – if it was obvious to him then it must have been clear as day to Gandalf. The wizard ignored the tense atmosphere and merely smiled, clearing his throat to speak.
"Fellowship, and our esteemed host, these are the reinforcements our allies in Konohagakure", he stumbled over the unfamiliar word, similar to dwarvish in its hard consonants; "they are most skilled warriors."
What appeared to be the leader of the three shifted into an open and carefree stance, with his hand outstretched in a strange manner with the thumb pointing directly up and the fist curled. Boromir, and he could see Gimli too, felt more at ease – this action was more suited to a soldier than the stiff control of their new elvish brethren. Elrond, Aragorn and Legolas shared a disapproving look; at least Boromir assumed it was so despite their faces betraying nothing of their emotions.
This did not pass by one of their new friends, the shortest one, whose mask was tilted to give them a clear view of this exchange. However they said nothing, allowing Gandalf to continue his introduction.
"I do not know as yet their real names; to avoid any suspicion from the enemy they have been using only their aliases. Please, friends, this is a safe haven, show yourselves." Gandalf bowed and stepped towards the fire as anxious as his fellows to see what lurked under their cowls.
The three shared a look, the shortest one seeming to sigh, before reaching to remove their masks. Their leader pulled away the fox-shaped enamel to reveal a young, tanned man, of no more than twenty-five. His hair was an arrestingly bright shade of blonde and spiked and waved in a manner that had never been seen in Middle-Earth before. Clearly enjoying the shock his vibrant blue eyes shone and a mischievous smile showed his pointed incisors under strange markings on his cheeks.
"I am Uzumaki Naruto! Call me just Naruto." His voice was gregarious despite his stilted speech.
Taking advantage of the rapid and awkward silence, Naruto's companion, stepped into the breach. The two men were as night and day, where Naruto was blonde his friend was as black as ink. Dark eyes stood as coal in the snow of his pale features. A rather strained and unnatural smile covered his face as he bowed in greeting – "I am Sai."
Boromir could feel Merry and Pippin clinging to his legs but he didn't feel threatened by these men, their leader especially had a sense of levity that he found refreshing after so long in this place.
Their last member seemed more reluctant but slid the cowl down to show pale pink hair. As they tugged their mask off Boromir, and his companions, fought to bring his eyebrows down from where they had shot into his own hair. The pink hair was soon explained by the presence of a young woman, a similar age to her companions, with piercing green eyes. The silence that had been more interested turned to shock. Boromir could see Elrond becoming indignant at being sent a woman as aid.
"You may call me Sakura." Her command of the language was stronger than her companions, less unsure on the stresses and more flowing.
Unlike the others Gandalf did not look taken aback and merely smiled in a grandfatherly way at the girl.
"With all due respect Mithrandir, a woman –" Gandalf raised a hand to cut Aragorn off. The air had become freezing and the burning look being cast the ranger's way by said woman was enough for Gimli and Boromir to be glad they had not raised the issue.
"Aragorn, do not underestimate this young woman. In the culture of our friends here, men and women are both trained to fight from when they are children. Sakura here is the apprentice of the leader of their village. The position of leader is only given to the strongest, the most capable, and Tsunade-hime is that, and also a woman."
Naruto and Sai had moved, silently so that the gathered fellowship had not noticed, to take up flanking positions behind her, scowling in silent support.
"If they do not want me, I shall go; I have much else to do." Her voice was firm, though laced with anger.
While Gandalf raised his arms in an open manner the elves saw the fear in his eyes, fear that these people would leave. "Come now, my friends are just unused to such a culture. They realise the value of your aid."
"They'd better, or else!" The blonde spoke but the language was foreign to them, even to Elrond who had studied most over his long years.
Sakura folded her arms; Tsunade had warned Gandalf that a place where women were relegated to home and hearth would struggle with her occasionally unfeminine apprentice. Part of her contract stated that if she was made to feel unwelcome then she would be allowed to leave. It was completely out of the ordinary for a shinobi contract but ANBU medics were in such short supply it was a wonder she had been sent at all.
Boromir and Gimli shared a look over the heads of the hobbits; a slight nod confirmed that they would wait to make a judgement until they had seen the visitors in action. It was clear to the man that from the way Pippin was shifting, he was going to ask a question. He just prayed it was a sensible one.
"How did you get your hair such a colour ma'm?" Pippin queried, effectively dashing Boromir's hopes.
The hobbit quailed slightly when those hard green eyes turned to him but Pippin was very difficult to remain angry with. "It is natural. It has always been so."
Pippin seemed ready to pipe up with another, no doubt equally asinine, question so Boromir laid a hand on his hair and spoke for the first time. "Reinforcements are sorely needed," he smiled lopsidedly at the three, "Were that there were more!"
Naruto grinned, a sunny smile the likes of which had been hard to find in these dark times, "We the best!"
"We are the best..." Sai murmured under his breath, earning himself a reproachful glare from his team-mate. "We have only had small amount of time to learn this language."
Aragorn shared a long look with his father while Merry began asking the guests how to say things in their own language while Boromir and Gimli attempted to stop him inconveniencing them. Elrond sighed, bringing a hand up to pinch the bridge of his nose before approaching his new allies.
"No doubt you are weary after such a long journey, please, rest until the morning. Then we should all like to see how you will be able to aid us." He held out an arm, signalling the finality of this conversation.
The three snapped to attention and bowed deeply; oddly in sync in a way that reminded Boromir of the drill exercises his father had been so fond of. Merry and Pippin made an effort to imitate them, bringing a slight smile to their faces. The others merely nodded, for the most part still unsure as to this unusual situation. As if summoned by the thought of their lord alone, servants appeared at the doors ready to escort all present back to their chambers. The elves did their utmost to smother their surprise on seeing the guests un-masked and merely asked them to follow. Naruto left first, throwing another unfamiliar hand gesture similar to a salute but with two fingers. Sakura followed him, the lines of her shoulders showing her lingering unease. Sai took up the rear, letting his pitch-black eyes scan over the assembled fellowship a last time before departing.
When they had left, all eyes turned to Gandalf who was happily puffing away on his long pipe. He raised his eyebrows, smiling through the rising smoke. "Tomorrow should prove interesting, just as they have."
"Interesting is certainly one word for it," Gimli snorted, sharing an amused look with the Gondorian.
"Let us hope they are as skilled as you think, Mithrandir," Elrond spoke with a steel undertone to his words, making all in the room feel on edge with the shift in atmosphere.
Gandalf's eyes did not dim as he blew out a plume of smoke, "Indeed."
Breakfast in the morning was less strained than the previous evening. The hobbits were more awake and indulging in their favourite past-time. It made for a jolly atmosphere that the more hardened of their company absorbed with relish. The guests also seemed more at ease and hid their resentment at being watched, with an extreme lack of subtlety on the part of their host, with grace. Sam was very interested in their method of eating. They appeared unfamiliar with cutlery, examining the utensils and speaking softly to one another in their own language. This had progressed to watching others eating with a keen eye and imitating their movements. Watching them struggle was driving Sam to distraction but given the rather tense atmosphere he was wary of drawing any unwanted attention to himself. Eventually the hobbit could no longer contain himself on seeing the blond picking up some fruit and examining it before casting a confused look at his spoon.
"Beggin' your pardon sir, but if you cut that in two you can get at the inside easily enough," he stuttered, attempting to avoid eye contact with the man's more intimidating friends.
Naturally there had been a distinct lull in conversation at the crucial moment and silence had descended as those present observed the reaction of the strange visitors. Sam shifted in his seat, mortified that he had become the centre of attention. Sakura and Sai merely squared their shoulders and continued eating, striving to ignore the tension their very presence was causing.
Naruto threw the fruit a little into the air and, with efficiency that had all present taken aback, swept up his knife and sliced it neatly in two. "Thank you, Samwise?" His tone pulled up at the end of the sentence as he stumbled slightly over the gardener's name.
Sam nodded furiously, keeping his eyes firmly pinned to his plate. Aragorn and his father shared a look; the ease with which their guest had used his knife certainly gave them pause for thought.
"What do you eat with then?" Merry said, taking pity on Sam and drawing away their attentions.
Sai reached behind him and pulled out a long, thin package out of the pack slung over the back of his chair. Merry and Pippin crowded forward incredibly excited to be being given something exotic. Pulling the paper away delicately they were surprised to see two slim pieces of wood, completely smooth and tapered to one end. Those sitting around the two were also interested although the elves were attempting to disguise the fact. Looking up at Sai the confusion was easy to read across their faces, bringing a smile to the faces of the ninja.
"I'm afraid I don't understand, sirs, ma'm."
Sam had taken the chopsticks out of Merry's hand and was turning them over, attempting to puzzle them out in his head while Pippin questioned Sai.
"Here." Sai's tone was clipped but not unkind as he held out a pale hand to the gardener.
Sam flushed again as he handed them back to their owner. All pretence of ignoring this exchange had stopped and there was relative silence as Sai snapped apart the two pieces of wood, an automatic 'itadakimasu' falling quietly from the lips of the three ninjas. Once they were separated he held them between his slim fingers so that the ends formed a pinching point. Reaching forward he picked up a piece of cut fruit between them, lifting it effortless to his lips. Merry and Pippin shared an excited glance and practically snatched them from his hand to try the technique for themselves.
"You will have to show us the food you eat in such a manner," Boromir piped up to break the awkward silence that had descended, throwing the three an easy smile.
"Do not let Sakura ..." Naruto trailed off as he tried to summon the common-tongue for 'cook'. Looking to his right he flinched slightly at the piercing look Sakura was giving him. However a muttered 'baka' was the worst he received for the time being. His discomfort seemed to further alleviate the tension as the married men of the room ruefully recognised the strength of an irritated woman.
"It is not a skill we come by easily," said Sai, smoothly averting attention from the ire of his companion, "Few can cook well."
"What skills do you possess then?"
Elrond's tone was cool and those more warmly disposed towards the visitors shifted uncomfortably as the uncomfortable atmosphere returned. Naruto shook his head suddenly; Boromir suspected a swift kick had been delivered under the table to prevent him from acting on the annoyed look that passed over his face at his host's words.
Again it fell to Sai to divert attention back to the truly important matters. Sakura would fare better but she had elected to suppress her fiery personality so as not to alarm their hosts. Elrond was unsure of them but, although Naruto and Sakura felt it strongly, he was not being impolite nor forgetting his manners. Gandalf considered him an ally, and as their employer his will was to be trusted the same as any other paying client. "We are ninjas, the soldiers of our world. We possess physical strengths, that Gandalf tells me you do not, that allow us to perform taijutsu. In addition we are able to utilise chakra for our techniques of ninjutsu and genjutsu."
To Sakura and Naruto his speech was straightforward but Gandalf knew their terms meant nothing to the assembled listeners. The hobbits, he noted with some amusement, looked excited to be faced with such exoticism. Gimli, Boromir and even Aragorn had opened their ears at Sai's description of his comrades as soldiers, such a thing appealing to them. Legolas was reserving judgement for a time, his first loyalty would always lie with his kin and he would respect Elrond's caution. Hoping that the enthusiasm of the younger members of the assembly would win over their elders he began to explain, "Taijutsu is physical fighting, our friend Sai uses a sword, I believe they call the style of blade a katana, while Naruto and Sakura prefer a smaller dagger, called a kunai. I have seen ninjas training with each other and their skill, speed and dexterity is second to none. Ninjutsu is as magic," Here he paused as Merry and Pippin gasped in delight, "From what I was permitted to see it allows them to utilise shadows to create forms that take their likeness, or to hide themselves in the shape of other things. They can also cling to surfaces that would defeat the nimblest elf, and even walk on the surface of the water as if it were a path."
Naruto desperately wanted to interject and state that they had far more skills than what Gandalf had been shown during his time at the academy but Sakura was giving him the pinched look that meant he had to show restraint. The company around them did not look as impressed as the hobbits. Sakura couldn't fault them that reaction – Tsunade had said skills such as their own were completely unheard of. It would have proven their present company extremely gullible had they been immediately believed. Elrond had stated as they had arrived that he had cleared a space to be used for demonstrating some small tricks to prove their worth. Kakashi had told them firmly before they left that to avoid any undue attention they should play their cards very close to their chests. It was this same reason that Gandalf had been taken to the academy rather than the training grounds of real ninjas.
Sai took a moment to realise that her jostling of his arm was to get him to suggest they give their demonstration before anyone present thought to ask what genjutsu entailed. To races with no defence mechanisms the knowledge that the mind could be used against them in such a way would be unsettling, interfering with the trust that their charges would have to place in them. It was clear that only the hobbits seemed unaware that Gandalf had not finished his explanation as they all left the table to head to one of the fields beyond the walls but most seemed to recognise that Gandalf had his reasons.
The space was a little smaller than Sakura would have liked, especially as their audience crowded them on all sides. It would have prevented her using her strength had that not been one of the first things to be vetoed for demonstration. She, Naruto and Sai took their places in the centre of the circle as they noted many more elves than had been sitting with them at breakfast had chosen to join them. Gandalf's list provided them with an optimum set of techniques to show off and they were relieved he hadn't mentioned any of the more unsavoury skills they all possessed. Sai stepped forward, unsheathing the standard ANBU issue katana that he had picked up from under his seat as they left the breakfast table. The smooth blade would never be able to compete with the huge broadswords he had noticed Aragorn and Boromir wielding but speed and sharpness were as important. As the crowd murmured quietly to itself regarding the sword, and its owners practiced stance, Naruto picked up a solid branch from under one of the trees nearby. Returning to the circle he handed one end to Sakura and they stood before Sai. With a nod from Gandalf to proceed he brought the katana down in a powerful swing that sheared the limb in two cleanly. The shocked gasp from their audience was almost worth the superior looks that had been passed down their way by their hosts. Sakura and Naruto certainly thought so, they weren't entirely sure Sai had noticed them.
Once the noise had abated, and the ends of the branch had been thoroughly investigated, Naruto stood proudly ready to demonstrate his infamous shadow clone technique. Gandalf had prefaced his display by explaining how it could be used for scouting, distraction, or simply as another sword in battle although it would be destroyed by the first impact of a weapon. Sakura took a moment to observe Naruto as several clones popped in and out of existence in clouds of white smoke to the delight of the watching people. He had come so far since the troubled boy who's clone had never made it past a pale heap on the floor of their classroom. The crowd reeled and gasped as the clones moved all as one, then independently, then turned into copies of some within the crowd itself. They could see Boromir practically sitting on Merry and Pippin to prevent them running over to investigate the perfect copies of themselves as Gimli puffed on his pipe and chuckled as his double did the same. Even Elrond and his advisors seemed more at ease and perhaps as far as amused at Naruto's antics. He had always had a way of encouraging doubters to his side.
Once Naruto finished, she realised that all eyes were on her as they expected her to show her talents. She was sure Gandalf knew of her healing but was less sure of who else knew. They seemed only interested in warriors so perhaps it had not been considered worth showing despite the use it would have for the journey. Doing her best not to sigh she walked towards a tall thin tree, the crowd parting as water around her as she did. On reaching the base of the tree she did not stop, simply taking a step up onto the bark and keeping walking, holding herself perfectly horizontal as she climbed. Climbing trees would always be bittersweet as it represented the potential she had waited so long to explore as she had been too busy with thoughts of the traitor. Judging by the excited noises coming from below her, her feat seemed even to have topped Naruto's. Perhaps this was something that had more meaning for them as they recognised climbing a tree far more than creating clones of themselves. Deciding that she was due a little return for her extremely good behaviour in the face of derogatory looks and whispering she smirked. Then she kicked off from the branch, twisted in midair and landed on the ground as softly as if she had merely taken a step rather than leaping from twenty feet. The men, dwarves and hobbits present burst into applause and the elves she passed as she returned to her place with her boys inclined their heads in a show of respect.
Gandalf raised his eyebrows at Elrond as the three ninjas were surrounded and peppered with questions concerning what else they had the power to do. Elrond raised an amused eyebrow in return; they had certainly proven they had talent. However, it still remained to be seen if talents such as theirs would be enough. He was certain this was the merest hint of what they were capable of. The dark-haired child especially had a feel about him that set him aside as ruthless in a way the other two lacked but would it protect Frodo? After all, there were many unknown obstacles between the Ring-bearer and his destination and he could not be sure these ninjas were the only things to have made the journey to Middle-Earth.


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By IVES GALARCEP
Remember the days of the "Empty Bucket"? Those days when the U.S. Men's National Team played a 4-4-2 under Bob Bradley, and neither central midfielder was a pure playmaker? Those days when the complaints about the national team being to defensive-minded rained often, even when the team was producing results?
When Jurgen Klinsmann took over there was a sense that he would install a more attack-minded approach, and field a team that was more offensive and more creative. The end product hasn't quite worked out that way and you can point to his construction of the U.S. midfield as at least part of the reason Klinsmann's U.S. team has not been all that much more attack-minded.
Klinsmann didn't go away from the Jermaine Jones-Michael Bradley tandem in central midfield, but has instead moved them up the field and deployed a pure defensive midfield behind them. That decision has resulted in a U.S. team that lacks creativity and puts its attacking players in tough positions game in and game out.
Klinsmann has stated repeatedly that he doesn't see Jones or Bradley being able to play the No. 6 role, the deep-lying defensive midfield role that has been tried out by Danny Williams, Kyle Beckerman and Maurice Edu. The only problem with that stance is that you wind up having a trio of Jones, Bradley and a No. 6 taking up three of the six slots in front of the defense. You also wind up with a crowed midfield that doesn't give the team's passers much room to operate and break down opposing defenses.
While it is certainly true that Bradley is not a pure defensive midfielder, and brings good attacking qualities as a box-to-box presence, and Jones can also contribute to the attack with good passes, neither is a playmaker or a speedy attacker capable of unsettling a defense on the ball.
Does that mean you can't play them together? Not necessarily. As much as some critics hate the idea of the "empty bucket", a central midfield without a pure playmaker, the rigors of the modern game make the idea of a pure playmaker playing in front of a lone defensive midfielder is more fantasy than reality. There are plenty of national teams that play quality attacking soccer while fielding two deep-lying midfielders (like Spain and Argentina). Obviously it's easier to do when you have world-class attackers, but the issue is more about trying to identify a player to anchor the midfield rather than having two players sitting in a deep role.
Jones seems more suited for that role, and has played it with distinction quite often for Schalke 04, but Klinsmann has stated on more than one occasion that he doesn't feel Jones can have the discipline to sit deep and not surge forward, which has become a trademark for him with the U.S. team.
Bradley could play that defensive midfield role, but playing one of the U.S. team's best passers and someone who can deliver goals of his own in a role like that wouldn't necessarily help the attack or the balance of the team.
If you start with the premise that Jones and Bradley are too good not to have in the lineup (which Klinsmann has made clear), then one of them has to take on the No. 6 role if the American attack is going to have room for some players who can stretch defenses and set up for the forwards. If you don't, and you insist on playing either a Danny Williams or Maurice Edu behind Jones and Bradley, you are left with three pure attackers who have that much less service and fewer options to work with in attack.
Are there instances where having that defensive a lineup can be necessary? Sure, the argument can be made that fielding a Bradley-Jones-Edu/Williams triangle in Mexico City could provide the defensive bite to stifle the Mexican attack, but if the loss to Honduras showed us anything it is that being too compact and narrow in midfield can also leave you vulnerable on the flanks against dangerous attacking
What sort of system might work given the players available? Here are a few four-man midfields that could make more sense to provide a better balance of defensive bite and attack:
Obviously if Brek Shea or Landon Donovan are back in the mix they give Klinsmann even more flexibility, and give us lineups that look like this:
(UPDATE_You can also consider, as some here have noted, the 4-2-3-1, with Dempsey behind a lone forward, like this:
F. Johnson————–Dempsey——————–Zusi
Though in reality playing Dempsey behind a lone striker will wind up playing like a 4-4-2 anyway.
Whether he turns to any of these midfield combinations, or any others, Klinsmann will have to seriously consider Jones or Bradley as the team's No. 6, not only to ensure getting both players on the field, but also to fit one more pure attacker in the midfield, which could help the team's forward receive the kind of service they will need to generate goals in 2013.
If he stands pat, we could find ourselves watching more disjointed and offensively disappointing performances like we saw against Honduras.
What do you think of the make-up of the U.S. midfield? Do you agree that Jones or Bradley have to play in the deeper role if the U.S. attack will be able to flow? What midfield combination would you consider the best option for Klinsman?
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Mix or Feilhaber at CAM. Boca and Cameron at CB. I think Gatt would play better with the senior team as well. I'd give him another chance. We need some kind of signs of life in midfield. I hope we see a little more youth in our wings and some creativity in CM.
It's a little funny that we're all talking about changing the midfield around when, as someone mentioned above, the defense was the big let down. We were up 1 in an away qualifier in tough conditions before giving up two soft goals (I know the 1st one was a great finish, but the ball should never have gotten to him). If Bocanegra starts we might be talking about 3 away points and first place in the Hex. That said, this feels like the defense of the future, unless someone appears to beat out Gonzalez, and I can't fault Klinsmann too much for giving it a shot.
I do think we'll want a different formation for future games, when we're at home and maybe have some more attacking options available. If Donovan/Holden come back and Shea is in form, they can play the wings and we can pull one of the CMs. But until then, the three CMs are the best players available, especially when you are away and are trying to play conservatively.
I'm also not clear on why everyone is so down on Williams, and so high on Jones. I feel like we didn't hear Williams' name much, which is good if you're playing in a defensive role, and that for the most part the dangerous attacks were coming down the wings. Jones is a good player and has flashes of brilliance, but he also gives the ball up too easily and makes stupid mistakes. He's also one of the oldest players on the team. If I had to choose which of them to pair with Bradley in a future formation with two CMs, I'd lean towards Williams, especially since he seems more willing to stay home and let Bradley push forward.
***** If everyone was available I would like to see this line-up. Zusi steps in for Landon if he isn't available. I wrote it as a 4231 to emphasize the fact that Demps could have some freedom to roam.
Shea ———Altidore ———-Dempsey
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I don't understand why almost everyone is including Chandler. He never wanted to play for the US, and he was the worst player on the field in the only official game he played for the US.
There is no one else to include. Cherundolo had knee surgery and won't be available next game. Parkhurst?
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Parkhurst. Lichaj could be given a look. Cameron has been playing right back for Stoke all season. Unfortunately, none of them is German; although, Parkhurst is probably scoring some brownie points with Klinsmann for playing in Germany now. Actually, prior to the Honduras game, my preferred back line was Cameron-Gonzalez-Boca-Johnson.
No one else to include? Are you sure about that, MCFootball? And, yeah, I do think Parkhurst would have done a better job against Honduras than Chandler, plus we have other viable options at right back, such as Geoff Cameron, Lichaj, Evans, and Chance Meyers, who are aching to wear the shirt and who, in the long, long haul, can contribute more to the USMNT than a player who has signed on only to play in a World Cup. Parkhurst on Sunday put in a very good shift at right back against a good Mainz team.
I am surprised that after not showing his face at a USMNT camp for over a year and then putting in a dreadful — almost laughable — performance against Honduras that people are still designating Chandler as the USMNT right back for the next 10 world cups and bad-mouthing Parkhurst and other potential right backs (who Klinsmann strategically has not called in for looks). I would be happy if Chandler the prima donna never plays again for the USMNT, but Klinsmann has other ideas. It will be a relief when Cherundolo is healthy again.
You lost me at Lichaj…Lichaj is a LB and can't get time on the worst defensive team in the EPL. Also, you pencil in Gonzalez, who was arguably worse. 40% pass completion rate from a CB is utterly pathetic. Not to mention losing a simple mark on goal #2. Parkhurst possibly, we've seen him a few times now and each time was unimpressive. I want Dolo back as much as the next guy but your replacements are a joke. Surprised you didn't say Castillotoo, or heck Connor Lade.
And nearly anyone would have done better than Chandler, Gonzalez and Williams in Honduras. Although Fabian and Cameron don't rate too much better from that game.
With this team, JK needs to forget 3 in the mid and play a 4-4-2. Bradley and Jones in the center with Dempsey and someone with some speed and crossing ablility on the right (Gatt, Donovan if back, Chandler if Parkhurst starts playing or if Dolo is back.) Altidore and Gomez/Agudelo up top.
Altidore and Gomez/Agudelo are much better playing with a partner and Dempsey has shown time and again he is best playing wide, pinching in and giving the LB (Johsnson) room to overlap. If Shea is available and playing for Stoke, we may want to put him on the left with Dempsey on the right and Chandler providing the overlapping runs.
If Holden comes back healthy, we may be able to play effectively with Bradley and Holden in front of a defensive mid but I still believe it does not play into the rest of teams strengths.
We all might be able to soon start penciling in Break Shea in our proposed lineups. Tony Pulis is praising Brek Shea's performances in practice and saying Shea could make the roster for Stoke at Fulham on February 23. I would love to see Break Shea, if in form, playing for the USMNT against Costa Rica and Mexico next month.
I can't believe that no one thinks that Brad Davis can't be effective on the left wing, you name every other player ie: Gatt, Holden, Shea, Diskerud, but I think you are not giving enough credit to Davis. Klinsmann should try him out there. He is better defensively than given credit for and he passes and hits dead balls better than anyone else in Mls right now
Why not move Cameron to the 6 and re-insert Boca into the central defense paired with Gonzalez?
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- Lois: Great, Peter, nice going. This dinner was a disaster.
- Peter: Eh, Clash of the Titans owl was worse.
- [cutaway: Griffin dining room. Peter, Lois, Joe and Bonnie invited a "guest": Athena's mechanical owl Bubo]
- Lois: So, you're from Greece? Oh, I always wanted to go there. What's it like? [Bubo responds with mechanical hooting, leaving others confused] Yeah, I can't... I can't understand a word he's saying.
- Peter: Yeah, I told you, Lois, only Harry Hamlin can. If you gotta invite the owl, you gotta invite Harry Hamlin.
- Lois: [through clenched teeth] I will not have Harry Hamlin in this house.
- Quagmire: All right, let's see what you guys have done to make yourselves look like douchebags.
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- Brian: You're a son of a bitch. You're teaching us all this crap about how to get women and it's all a bunch of bull! I came here 'cause I wanted to get Denise back and instead, you ruined my life!
- Quagmire: These skills aren't for women you care about, you idiot. This course is in getting laid, not finding love.
- Brian: So, what's the point? If you never find love, then it's just meaningless sex. How will I get the woman of my dreams?
- Quagmire: Only when you're ready. And maybe not even then. You see, women are a lot like Saturday Night Live sketches. Lots of them are awful, some are decent, and a few are pretty good. But then there's that one--that one woman who's as amazingly perfect as "Massive Head Wound Harry." For me, that woman is Cheryl Tiegs. You'd never fall for these tricks. That's why I keep trying to figure out how to bring you back into my life. So we can make it work. I still remember the day we met.
- Quagmire: Someday...someday we'll make it right. You shouldn't have tried these tricks on Denise, Brian. But if you ask me, she got lucky, because now she's dodged the bullet of being in a relationship with a loser like you.
- Brian: Well, you just think you know everything, don't you? Y-You're like a black woman in hindsight.
- [cutaway]
- Black Woman: I told you. What did I tell you? Didn't I tell you? Cause I told you! Mm-hmm! And when did I tell you? A long time ago. And what did I say would happen when I told you? Exactly what just happened.
- Brian: Does Jillian know you're half-Polish, Mr. Quaggleczech?
- Quagmire: You son of a bitch!!!
- Brian: Good morning, everyone!
- Lois: Ah crap, he's in love again.
- Peter: Fine, I go. But this no over! I take picture of Ang Lee.
- Mr. Washee-Washee: Good! He do too many white people movie anyway! You no come back ever! I don't like you American. And all you American look alike!
- Peter: [with Gene Shalits face] Oh we all look alike huh? WELL LOOK WHO'S TALKING!
- Brian: So how did you two meet?
- Jillian: Quagmire showed up at my door and said he was the Federal Boob Inspector! And I was going to tell him to go away, but he had a warrant!
- Quagmire: It was a Snickers wrapper, Brian. I held up a Snickers wrapper.
- Brian: Call me the "Paw." That's what I go by now.
- Mr. Washee-Washee: Enough! You all banned from my store! Ding-dong!
- Mr. Washee-Washee: I no have your shirt!
- Peter: You yes have my shirt!
- [after the fight and breakup]
- Brian: Hey, you okay?
- Quagmire: Yup. Just waiting for my car.
- [Brian climbs up onto the bench next to him and stares out a few moments before speaking]
- Brian: Look, I'm sorry I did what I did. Cheryl's great and I hope someday you get the chance to be with her.
- Quagmire: No. I'm never gonna get that chance again. I blew it for good, Brian, and you know what? I deserve to be lonely. I'm no saint, I dated Jillian just to hurt you.
- Brian: It's okay. It probably wouldn't have worked out like everything else. Hey, you know, maybe it took us stealing each other's girls to finally become friends.
- Quagmire: Yeah, maybe.
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At the Boston Marathon finish line, a city heals by moving on
BOSTON -- They came down Boylston Street, runner after runner after runner, through what one competitor called a "human tunnel of emotion." They cried. They grimaced. They sprinted. They limped. They spread arms wide and mock flew toward the finish line. They high-fived the fans who pressed against the barricades, who carried signs and made T-shirts and banged cowbells.
So many runners, all headed toward where the bombs went off a year ago. Three had died after the race. Some 260 others suffered injuries. The Boston Marathon, an event that helped define a city, a Patriots' Day staple in this most patriotic place, had become a mess of blood and smoke and torn limbs and broken glass.
A year later, Jimmy Plourde just wanted candy. This was his small act of defiance, his way to let the terrorists know they had not won.
CAZENEUVE: Meb Keflezighi wins an emotional Boston Marathon
Last year, after the second bomb went off, Plourde went inside the store Sugar Heaven, which looked like a disaster zone. He found Victoria McGrath there, injured, scared, on the ground. He picked her up and carried her outside and a photographer snapped their picture, her leg wrapped in a tourniquet, her feet bloody, her arms wrapped around his neck. Plourde dropped McGrath off safely and went back inside. And back inside. And back inside.
They all did. Plourde wanted to emphasize that Monday. He wanted to credit all the first responders and fade back into a normal life. But first, he went back inside Sugar Heaven. The floor he saw covered in blood a year ago was wiped clean. The shattered glass had been replaced. He and his wife, Michelle, bought $10 worth of gummy bears. They carried the bag with them as they walked. "To be able to buy candy and not have to think about what it looked like last year, I can't tell you what that means," Plourde said. "It was a little eerie at first. But I needed that."
Increased security greeted the more than 35,000 runners and an estimated one million spectators who turned out for the 118th Boston Marathon. There were surveillance cameras and police on rooftops and checkpoints to search bags. By lunch, so many had assembled near the finish line that officials closed off the entrances around it.
PRICE: How last year's bombings made the Boston Marathon stronger
Soon afterward, there came Meb Keflezighi, an American runner with the most American of stories, the American dream embodied. He fled with his family from his birth country, Eritrea, in 1987, immigrated to the United States, settled in San Diego, went to college at UCLA, and later won both a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics and the 2009 New York City Marathon.
Keflezighi was near the finish line when the bombs exploded in Boston last year. They reminded him, he said, of his childhood. He vowed then that he would return. "When the Red Sox won and put the trophy on the finish line, I wanted to do that for the runners," he said.
Few expected him to win. Not at 38 years old. Not with a personal best time of 2:09:08. But there went Keflezighi to the front early, a daring strategy that saw him attack and then attempt to hold on. The crowd propelled him forward. They chanted U-S-A! U-S-A! He returned to the same thought, over and over, two words that have come to define both a tragedy and a city's response to it: Boston Strong.
Keflezighi would later drape himself in an American flag, the names of the four victims -- Krystle Campbell, Lu Lingzi and Martin Richard, as well as MIT police officer Sean Collier -- written on the four corners of his race bib. "This is probably the most meaningful victory for an American, just because of what happened last year," he said.
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As Keflezighi chugged toward the finish line, the crowd roared. Helicopters circled overhead. Caleb Bernhardt waved an oversized American flag. He wore a USA jacket. A runner for Nazarene University who specializes in the steeplechase, he was supposed to be at practice, which is where he was a year ago when the bombs went off. He had a long drive to Chicago ahead of him and will miss Nazarene's meet next weekend as punishment. But with two chances to qualify for nationals, he believed just watching this Boston Marathon would inspire him. "It's really amazing to see all these people and how much they love their freedom," he said. "They're not going to allow anyone to dictate that."
Across the street, runners passed by the fire station of Ladder 15, Engine 33. A makeshift memorial was displayed out front. There were daffodils, American flags, a work boot, a silver pendant, a Boston Bruins towel and two wreaths. Firemen sold T-shirts for $20.
A firefighter named Mike manned the booth. He declined to give his last name. He never considered any other line of work. His is a family of firefighters that dates back several generations, 100 years or so, he said. He was on duty last year when the bombs hit. "I'd rather not talk about it," he said. "That's all in the past. That's over now."
That is what they did on Monday. The runners moved forward and everyone who attended the Boston Marathon attempted to move on. Where one year earlier there was death and chaos and destruction there was a proposal at the finish line. And Rita Jeptoo, the women's winner, for the second year in a row and the third time. And two participants, Patrick Downes and Jessica Kensky, who each lost a leg in the bombing and crossed the finish line together a year later.
"Last year, what happened here changed the world we live in," said Ernst Van Dyk, who won the men's push rim wheelchair division. "I didn't really know how I was going to handle it. You could feel something push into your throat."
Not nerves, not exactly. More like pride and resilience and defiance.
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Not done the route but it definitely won't be fells. It is only 800m (2400ft) of ascent over 50 miles so relatively flat.
The route is sign-posted and maps and description are available online
the route wasn't signed when I did it back in 2007 / 2008
Thanks Jonny.
Too much water, did you get lost??
no, the strip maps were more than adequate
Doing it myself for the first time this year having planned to enter 2012 but had to change plans. Anyway, recced the first 2 legs and as said before the maps provoded are more than adequate.


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|This is a discussion on things fish do that you shouldn't.. aka NLH Poker Basics 101 within the online poker forums, in the Learning Poker section; as of late I've seen a fair few posts/threads asking the most basic questions.. and after seeing a thread asking how to play AA pre-flop,
things fish do that you shouldn't.. aka NLH Poker Basics 101
as of late I've seen a fair few posts/threads asking the most basic questions.. and after seeing a thread asking how to play AA pre-flop, I decided to make a thread to lay out the basics.
player wise I'm nothing special and am not making myself out to be, I'm just trying my best to help out learning/recreational players and contribute to the forum.
so we're going to go through a list of things/leaks that bad players do and why they're unprofitable..
this post is assuming you know some of the basic terms for position etc..
feel free to ask questions or tell me anything I missed out on.
Open Limping:
Forget whatever you read/heard, limping is bad. Especially at the micros.
By open limping you lose all initiative in the hand, and leave it to the players behind you to decide your fate.
A lot of new players like to limp UTG with suited connectors and small pairs with the ideal that if they spike it they'll get paid off.
This is wrong. Even if you hit your set/miracle flop, its hard for you to get maximum value OOP and even if you pot it for every street you still won't get stacks in unless its a family pot.
On top of that, good players behind you will raise with a wide range of hands and youll either have to call OOP with a weak hand and check/fold flops we miss or just fold pre-flop.
Just raise, it gives you more ways to win the pot and gives you more options post-flop.
Min 3betting:
This is another thing I see a lot of, and the thought process behind it is Ive got AA/KK but I dont want them to fold.
Fair enough, but we need to think about the reasons why we are 3 betting.
When we 3 bet we are doing it for 2 reasons:
1 we want a better hand to fold. (bluff)
2 we want a worse hand to call. (value)
If we min 3 bet then we dont really accomplish much. Yes we may get the guy with 87s to stay in the pot, but we dont gain anything much by raising so small. Ideally, we want it make it 3x his opening raise IP, and 3.5x/4x OOP.
Min Raising (post-flop):
Major problem. The theorys the same as the min 3 betting in all honesty. We dont accomplish much.
Bet Sizing:
Post-flop newer players tend to make more mistakes, and the biggest of these (IMO) is in their bet sizing.
These normally end up on the opposite ends of the spectrum, firstly:
OMFG Ive got AA, I bet $2! ..into a ¢50 pot.
or the other side:
I missed my draw, I bet the minimum
Again we need to consider what our opponent has, and what he would logically call/fold to. By betting so much we get him to fold all his marginal strength hands, and continue with his strong hands.. a lot of which may be beating us.
Donk bet:
If youre not the pre-flop aggressor, then dont lead. At higher levels this may be used for specific purposes, but at the micro stakes this is normally the sign of a weak player. This point follows the same logic as the above paragraph; he folds all his weak hands and continues with hands that have us crushed.
Stack Sizes/Effective Stack Sizes:
When playing we always need to take our stack sizes into account. If we have 10bb, then we cant call a raise because it represents too much of our stack. Its either move all in or fold.
If were deeper stacked however then we can call and play post-flop, another mistake I see people making is over shoving big stacks.
e.g. Player A raises, Player B moves all in for 40bbs.
40bbs is still a good enough stack to take a flop with and play post-flop. In this spot you want to be shipping around a 20bb stack or less, this is optional though.. you can ship some bigger stacks depending on the tournament and stack size of the original raiser IMO.
this may be a little advanced for newer players but I feel its needed and youll have to learn it sooner or later.
In its simplest form:
Player A raises UTG. Hes likely to have a strong range in this spot, AA/KK/QQ/AK, hands of that nature. Its folded round to you on the button, you look down at J10s. J10 does horribly against his range because were likely to either be dominated, or hit a flop just enough of the time to pay off his over pairs.
So to sum up: EP raises are strong/tight ranges, LP raises tend to be weaker/wider ranges.
Bad beats aren't bad beats if you play bad:
People always complain about how bad they run and how unlucky they are. Some players are generally unlucky, but they never consider the fact that they misplayed the hand.
An example of this came up in a tournament I played this morning.
Player A is UTG with A4o and limps in. Its folded round to the BB who checks.
The flop comes Ah/4h/Qs. BB checks, Player A bets half pot and the BB calls.
Turn 5c. BB checks again and Player A bet 3/4 pot, BB moves all in.
He hands are flipped, Player A shows A4o, BB shows.. 32h.
The rivers a brick and the BB doubles up.
Player As clearly annoyed and writes in the chat box this is a joke. But he never considered the fact that if hed have raised the hand pre-flop, the BB would have folded.
Sorry about the wall of text.. hope it helped, and if it didnt.. well I guess Im worse than I thought I was
Interesting stuff. I don't know that any of this stuff really applies to 5nl or below though. If you have say 78 suited from UTG and you limp, you are likely to get a family pot there, and if you hit, I think you are likely to get paid. People at 5nl and below are just freaking terrible. If you raised that same hand, same position to 3BB, you would still get callers, or at least a caller. At the low limits, I think that playing a lot of hands small ball style is fine, and once you have it, make people pay. They will, because they suck.
and limping is super bad! even with suited connectors, you'll see a family pot and can own them but you can't maximise value OOP and the pot will be so small anyway you can't get stacks in.
ask anyone on here and they'll tell you..
Things fish do that you shouldn't:
They play a wide range of hands. You should only play pockets, face cards, sometimes suited connectors, and use position whenever possible.
They limp a lot. Raise.
They chase. Don't chase unless you are really, really priced in.
They call a lot. It is better to be the aggressor. You should be the one betting more than the one calling.
They play one table at a time. Put in volume if you want to win, multiple tables reduces variance.
They don't know what a HUD is. You should be making decision's based on yours.
They don't use good BR management. You should play at least 20 BI deep at least at all times.
They tilt. Don't.
They deposit. You should withdraw.
Limping is the worst thing you could possibly do with suited connectors OOP in the micros. Limping period.
Thank You
Good post.And I like that you take the "never limp preflop/minraise is bad" rule (guidline?) and make it a paramount theme.
One thing I would like to add though: When making such posts, one should to strive to clarify if it is for micro cash, low cash, or mirco tourney, etc. Guildlines and strats vary, sometimes greatly, between formats.
My whole point is that at like 2nl, you can play any suited connectors to profitability. The people playing there are terrible.
re: Poker & things fish do that you shouldn't.. aka NLH Poker Basics 101
[QUOTE=Reptar7;1870313]Never? Never ever? Never ever ever? What if the person you are playing against will always call and never fold or bet?
My whole point is that at like 2nl, you can play any suited connectors to profitability. The people playing there are terrible. [QUOTE]
One of the reasons the people paying there are terrible is because they do just that. If you don't do it, and capitalize on it (exploit it) then you are going to come out ahead. In other words, don't stoop to their fishy level. Be better.
The value of suited connectors is having equity to play draws aggressively, not to stack off against someone who can't fold third pair. I mean, limp-calling speculative hands OOP pretty much sums up the very essence of the fish mindset. Playing a lot of hands smallball style against people who won't fold is certainly not fine. This isn't a revelation, but every bad player who has ever posted on a forum thought they could do stupid shit profitably, too.
and so, you still don't make a strong enough hand with suited connectors that you can value bet for stacks against the ultimate station..
and fold equity is the main thing that makes suited connectors profitable, if we don't have that then we really can't be playing them too much.
sorry, you can't justify it, however pretty they may be.
btw Blue, your a funny one haha! that atch made my morning.
They tilt. Don't.
This is complete and utter bullshit. Phil hellmuth must be a fish when he has 11 wsop bracelets? Although phil is far from a fish, he is a huge MTT shark. All good poker players go on tilt, some more than others including myself. Going on tilt easily does not make you a fish, it just means you have some anger issues like i do which is more personal than anything . Trust me, it is hard to swallow loosing when you call someone all in with pocket aces as a big stack late stages of an MTT preflop. Trust me, its happened before, and i am almost certain it will happen again.
All good poker players go on tilt, some more than others including myself. Going on tilt easily does not make you a fish, it just means you have some anger issues like i do which is more personal than anything . Trust me, it is hard to swallow loosing when you call someone all in with pocket aces as a big stack late stages of an MTT preflop. Trust me, its happened before, and i am almost certain it will happen again.[/quote]
If you go on tilt a lot, chances are you probably aren't a good player. If you can't swallow losing with AA late in an MTT, you probably aren't a good player. It happens to everyone, over and over, it's not really a big deal.
Watch Shaun Deeb get knocked out of the ME with AA, and see his reaction.
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He does not do it for the camera he does have genuine tilt issues. He even swallowed his pride and got help for it. Your a bad player if you insinuate that calling an all in bet with pocket aces against another big stack preflop is product of a bad player i don't think so. Your the bad player for thinking so.
Regarding this min 3betting section, I think needs to be made clear for beginners that we 3bet either as a bluff or for value.
3bet bluffing will increase your 3bet% and disguise your hand when you do have a premium pair. Some opponents will adjust badly to your 3betting by shoving over with AQs and the like, and you can snap call with QQ+.
3bet the same size (~3x original raise or more when OOP) whether you are 3betting as a bluff or 3betting for value to keep your opponents guessing and extract max value from your premium hands.
Also, 3betting preflop more often will give you an aggressive image, and make it easier to get paid when make a big hand post-flop.
Looking through my old Pokerstars cash game stats, I have played 78 suited around 300 times to a profit of $15. PTR says I played it 131 times to $30 something but that isn't right. That sample is around 350K hands. It isn't much, and clearly I haven't played it often at all, but there is profit there. Most of the hands were at 2nl and 5nl, so it is like 3-7.5 BI's.
Now, compare that to a hand like JJ, which I have played over a thousand times to around $300 profit. Clearly, usually when I looked down at 78 suited, it hits the muck immediately, but there is a time and a place, IMO.
Doesn't the fact that I have played this hand profitably justify that? OR should I be raising it or folding everytime? I just like to play family pots I guess. I wouldn't like to raise it, because I think the people at those stakes would call, and as when they call I am almost always behind, I just don't want to do it. If I fold, I just slowly lose tiny amounts, and over the course of this sample it probably would add up to like -$1 at least. I would rather be up $15 than down $1 or likely more.
Is this reasoning completely flawed? Should I be raising and narrowing the field and trying to take someones stack? Or should I just fold? I guess I just do what I do because it works. Maybe I am stuck in a delusional state tho.
I'm talking about cash games, btw. If this conversation was about SNGs or HU tables, I would play completely different, and the cards probably wouldn't be that big of a factor.
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Tilt originally meant that your anger tilted the table (literally) and your chips would slide to the other players and away from you. A good player should never let this happen. Play good or quit, don't tilt.
Also, Baudib1, what's up with your PTR stats?
The main value of playing sc's in LP is playing draws aggressively, making better hands fold, having pot control etc.
Go ahead and filter that 78s by position. I guarantee it's a loser UTG and any profit came from CO/BU.
if you filter your stats for suited connectors, you should have a positive redline and thats where you're profits will have come from.
if you change the filter to EP raises/limps(?!) can guarantee it can't have shown a profit.
and 300 hands isn't a decent sample size to go with anyway imo. no theory can seriously be made going over such a small sample.
there's normally not a never ever in poker, and yes there maybe a time and a place to limp with suited connectors.. but this, clearly isn't it.
on top of the fact that this post is for beginners who are starting out and therefore should adhere to the 'cookie cutter' strategy then your point doesn't really stand.
besides, if you were going to limp to win stacks.. limp with small pairs over suited connectors? when you have a set you can win stacks, np.
Everything is situation dependent, but each situation is a long-term problem.
As for my PTR stats, I'm a lifetime losing cash game player online.
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Abertis has reached an agreement to increase its controlling stake on its Italian subsidiary, A4 Holding, with the purchase of the 8.37% stake held in it by Società delle Autostrade Serenissima (where the two largest shareholders are Gruppo Mantovani with a 36.23% stake and by Gruppo Gavio with a 25.30% stake) and an additional 0.16% stake held by Gruppo Mantovani directly. After the acquisition, Abertis will control nearly 60% of A4 Holding, which manages the A-4 Brescia-Padova and A-31 toll roads.
Abertis will pay €47.5 Mn, which represents a 10% discount on the agreed price for the purchase of 51.4% last September.
The deal will allow a greater simplification of the management of A4 Holding, an asset with an attractive profile for the company. From the financial perspective, the acquisition will have a positive impact on Abertis' Net Profit as a result of lower minorities. It will also allow the company to have greater access to the dividend stream from Italy.
This transaction, which follows the announced last January for the purchase of a 10.52% of Sanef (France), demonstrates the ability of Abertis to grow with attractive returns in its existing portfolio of assets respecting financial discipline and creating value for shareholders.
Both agreements enable Abertis to reduce its operational risk profile and rebalance its global portfolio by increasing the weight of robust economies, like France and Italy, with stable concessions frameworks and a clear commitment to the public-private partnerships in the toll road sector. Therefore, the company will continue exploring transactions of a similar nature in these markets.
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A4 Holding currently manages 235 kilometers of toll roads in the region of Veneto, one of Italy's most prosperous areas, with one of the country's highest levels of GDP and per-capita income. It is a strategic geographical area, forming part of the corridor connecting Italy's industrial North to Europe's economic centre.
Among its main assets of toll roads, there is the A4 toll road, known as "La Serenissima", connecting the cities of Brescia and Padova along 146 kilometres. With three lanes both ways, is the toll road with the third highest density of traffic in the country.
The 89-kilometre A31 (named "Autostrada della Valdastico") connects Piovene Rocchette with Badia Polesine.
The concession contract for both toll roads (A4 and A31) expires on 31 December 2026.
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CALGARY, Alberta May 5 (Reuters) - A growing share of Canadian oil-by-rail traffic is made up of tough-to-ignite undiluted heavy crude and raw bitumen, say industry executives, as companies scramble to cut expenditures with the price of crude down more than 40 percent since June.
By eliminating the cost of diluting with ultra-light condensate, heavy oil offers rail shippers an opportunity to claw back a few dollars per barrel in transportation costs.
Official data does not break down the different Canadian crudes shipped by rail but interviews with industry executives suggest undiluted heavy and raw bitumen shipments now make up roughly a quarter of the estimated 200,000 barrel per day (bpd) oil-by-rail market.
An added bonus is that heavy crude and bitumen are far less combustible than the Bakken and Canadian synthetic crudes involved in fiery crashes that spurred the Canadian and U.S. governments on Friday to tighten safety rules for trains carrying oil.
With very high boiling and flashpoints they fall outside Packing Groups 1 and 2, used to classify the more volatile types of crude oil for transport, and are already shipped in double-hulled cars, meaning they should be unaffected by last week's tank car phase-out rules.
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