Evan L. R. Hays

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@Shanksalot No. He might even stay on under Xabi. I'd want him to fire guys up and work with the midfielders but he's not a tactician or a details guy imo.

Would Stevie be worse than Slot for the rest of the season? ⚽️

@Shanksalot Turn on a random match this season and chances are decent you get a game like this.

@inkling84 This match is why Americans resist football.

This match is a chore for everyone.

@Shanksalot Yeah and so are we

THESE BOTTOM SIDES ARE TERRIBLE. 1-1 at Anfield.

@Shanksalot One of my two goals for 2026 is pray more worry less. You'll be in my prayers.

@inkling84 Yes. One year ago my church quit. Last five weeks ago my father died. Wasn’t so good in between.

Not a great year. I’ll probably bounce back a little. Get in, 2026.

@Shanksalot So sorry. Money has been very tight and it looks like we're going to need a new roof. My father is undergoing chemo for cancer. But praise God my wife and kids are well. God is good all the time, but Lord, we still need your mercy.

@Shanksalot Ugh. So many brutal moments.

I’ve decided to believe that the Leoni injury was the unraveling of’25-26 for Liverpool.

@Shanksalot I hate to say it, but it might be time to move on from Slot. Just no improvement and same old problems. Seems like we don't have a plan and not enough fight. Feel out Glasner and iraola.

@eleysium Pleasant. He tried gently to convert us, which I don't mind at all because it means he believes what he does. I didn't read the article yet.

@inkling84 How was it?

Ex OCA Metropolitan Jonah Paffhausen: A Review of his 2012 Dismissal pokrovtruth.substack.com/p/ex-oca-metro…

@Shanksalot sometimes, I have nightmares about Courtois. I'm still sour about that champions league final.

@Shanksalot He's never had a big money squad before. Used to the underdog role.

@inkling84 I don’t know what happened to Slot’s problem solving.

2-0. Completely fair.

@Shanksalot A comeback here would go a long way.

I still think we might scrape our way back to fourth on the last day of the season.

@eleysium @Shanksalot For sure. Can't read the history and miss it.

@inkling84 @Shanksalot Yes, I read lots of history and they have always been there. What if you were a young person 200 years ago and your village clergy groomed you? What would you do? I think it's a big reason behind the French Revolution. Hatred of this hypocrisy.

Non paywalled link to the Archbishop Wood story: archive.ph/UB1Fq He should resign immediately.

@eleysium @Shanksalot This does not justify scandals in the least, but I'm pretty convinced they've always been there, but come out more nowadays. It's good that they come out, but it's very challenging. Lord have mercy.

@inkling84 @Shanksalot I used to say that if you have a good local parish, that's all you can hope for. I still believe that. Increasingly, I don't blame people who check out and stay home, although I know that can't be the long-term answer.

@eleysium @Shanksalot Fair enough. Equally, I don't believe Christendom or post-Christendom are inherently any better or worse than each other, but we still must work to combat whatever weaknesses our current system is known to have.

@inkling84 @Shanksalot My opinion is that the model doesn't matter because you can have bad people in any system, congregational, episcopal, presbyterian, etc. I really have no answers and I don't know that there are any.

@eleysium @Shanksalot I suppose here is the big question: are hierarchical models of church polity inherently flawed, or is it more that the ACNA has not followed the model properly to guard against its weaknesses?

@inkling84 @Shanksalot ...because it is.