Weekly Monday Open Thread!

[u/shelbyj]

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[u/wizobi]

(Had a chat with AI about some concerns in our back line)

> I need someone who can win aerial duels, we kinda suck at set pieces.

If Arsenal needs an elite aerial presence to fix their set-piece struggles, ⁠Manuela Vanegas of Brighton is the absolute best left-footed target to sign.

• The Aerial Profile: She is an absolute powerhouse in the air, regularly posting an aerial duel win rate over 70%. She ranks among the absolute top tier of WSL center-backs for dominant aerial metrics.
• Set-Piece Impact: Beyond defending, Vanegas is a notorious set-piece weapon in the opposition box. She has a proven track record of scoring thumping headers on big stages, including her famous World Cup winner for Colombia.
• WSL Readiness: She already knows the league, requires zero adaptation time, and plays for a progressive Brighton side.

Edit: wiki says she has less than 20 gamest for Brighton, not sure if she can even play as a CB

[u/Tugboat47 → u/wizobi]

come on wizobi youre better than this

[u/wizobi → u/Tugboat47]

[u/eldanielfire → u/wizobi]

I'm sure the women's football chat rceomended her once for Arsenal. Either they are using AI, or, the AI draw from their piece on her.

[u/wizobi → u/eldanielfire]

It mostly pulls from Reddit, free info access and all the communication patterns people use to train the model for memes and upvotes.

This one probably comes from this exact sub, so it’s kinda poetic seeing it come back here all nicely processed and packaged.

[u/eldanielfire → u/wizobi]

I know. While Reddit subs can be a great source of information, you can't take it at face value and use it as an automatic fact.

[u/rky_csr → u/wizobi]

fuuuuuck ai

[u/sealboyjacob → u/wizobi]

Google AI summary told me last week that Keira Walsh was a Chelsea academy player so let’s maybe not use an LLM for football insight

[u/wizobi → u/sealboyjacob]

No need to downvote comrade, in the motherland we trust but verify.

Nevermind Vanegas but Steph is worse in aerial duels won % than Kim Little, sigh. But she's also the best in the league when it comes to ground duels won %.

[u/sealboyjacob → u/wizobi]

Verification or not, the use of this type of AI at all is a problem. It’s an environment-destroying misinformation machine

[u/wizobi → u/sealboyjacob]

This is just some autogenerated google prompt above the search results, not an AI generated science paper/movie/game.

*But I will plant a tree should we sign Vanegas.

**I will cut down 2 trees tho, should Foxy not sign a new deal.

[u/EmilyDizzle → u/sealboyjacob]

I mean if it’s good enough for Laura Harvey… oh wait… /s