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I think every fan here would agree that the Replacements are working hard. Nobody’s jakin’ it. This isn’t the Timbers, playing dazed and confused.

But. The things we’ve seen the club do all season; things like turning the ball over, things like pushing up the 10s and fullbacks and getting torched in transition, things like people not named Smith failing to finish…these things are irritating when the squad is at full strength but lethal with this group of lesser talents. You can get away with doing stupid shit when you have Dunn and Sugita to bail you out. When it’s Taylor Porter? No. That stuff kicks you dead in the ass.

Fortunately it’s just this and Gotham and the Cup. So the damage is limited; it’s not 2015 or 2019.

Still. It’s frustrating for us to watch, and it’s gotta be as bad or worse for players like Sam Coffey who have to try to wrestle points out of this goat rodeo.

And it does shed a very unflattering light on Mike Norris and the FO. They had time to prepare for this. The league gave them a free hand to reach out and hunt up some quality unsigned players as NTRPs. They could have been working that group on playing together.

Instead we get two pickup games and two losses to very poor opponents.

And some epic crap officiating, but that is what it is…

Oh, well. Onward, Rose City.

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https://www.oregonlive.com/portland-thorns/2023/03/nwsl-commissioner-jessica-berman-upcoming-sale-of-portland-thorns-in-advanced-stages.html

Advanced stages of vetting prospective owners.... reported on March 20.

Berman personally checking up every few weeks or so... reported on March 20.

We need an update from Davis and Berman, and we need reporters asking about this.

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