November 21, 20214 yr Author 2 hours ago, ztejas said: …Still needs to work on his finishing off the dribble - especially on the counter with grass in front of him. I would like to see him do many more give-and-go’s, Barça style one-twos in and around the box. If he’s going to draw the foul, draw that bitch in the box, not 30 yards out. I think that for starters, the plan has to have some variation from: Antonee brings the ball up the left side to Pulisic and the passes it to him from 10 feet away and the just watches to see how Pulisic is going to try to take on two guys from 36 yards out. Pepi gives one-touch layoff passes to half the team and then turns and heads for the goal. Weah is the only non-FC Dallas teammate of Pepsi’s who even considers getting the ball back to Pepi for another layoff. Ferreira knows how to play like this, especially with Pepi, but so far they haven’t had the opportunity to play together. In my expert amateur opinion, this should be something that Pulisic can excel at, but he needs to look for it and think about it. That’s not the case so far.
November 21, 20214 yr 20 hours ago, ztejas said: Which is why Pulisic being patient and picking his spots to basically come in as a 9 off the ball is so effective. Didn't realize it but he was actually playing the 9 off the bench yesterday. Wonder if Gerg was paying attention.
November 21, 20214 yr I'm the first to say the FIFA world rankings don't matter, garbage, etc. But... 1 Belgium 1828.45 2 Brazil 1826.35 3 France 1786.15 4 England 1755.52 5 Argentina 1750.51 6 Italy 1740.77 7 Spain 1704.75 8 Portugal 1660.25 9 Denmark 1654.54 10 Netherlands 1653.73 11 Germany 1648.33 12 United States 1647.14 13 Switzerland 1642.83 14 Mexico 1638.76 15 Croatia 1620.74 It's the first time the US has been ahead of Mexico in 6 years (July 2015).
November 22, 20214 yr Odds to win 2022 World Cup. Brazil +600 France +600 England +700 Spain +800 Italy +1000 Germany +1000 Argentina +1000 Belgium +1200 Netherlands +1600 Portugal +2000 Denmark +2500 Colombia +6600 Croatia +6600 Uruguay +8000 Mexico +10000 Nigeria +10000 Serbia +10000 Switzerland +10000 Algeria +10000 USA +10000
November 22, 20214 yr The twitter war that it broke out over that was pretty funny. Between Cabal apologists and those that realize that the US is still so small as a fledgling soccer nation.
November 22, 20214 yr 18 hours ago, Captain Ron said: I'm the first to say the FIFA world rankings don't matter, garbage, etc. But... 1 Belgium 1828.45 2 Brazil 1826.35 3 France 1786.15 4 England 1755.52 5 Argentina 1750.51 6 Italy 1740.77 7 Spain 1704.75 8 Portugal 1660.25 9 Denmark 1654.54 10 Netherlands 1653.73 11 Germany 1648.33 12 United States 1647.14 13 Switzerland 1642.83 14 Mexico 1638.76 15 Croatia 1620.74 It's the first time the US has been ahead of Mexico in 6 years (July 2015). Top 7 get the #1 seed in a pot, correct (with the 8th #1 seed going to Qatar)? Might be attainable since WCQ games earn more points than friendlies. Croatia, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, and Spain have all played their last meaningful game until the World Cup. Portugal and Italy have at most, 2 more. We have 6. Maybe there's a chance?
November 22, 20214 yr I'm not sure that's possible. Right now we are down 57.61 points on 7th place. Here are our current points available the rest of the way for us El Salvador: win +6.06 @ Canada: win +8.24 Honduras: win +5.75 @ Mexico: win +12.3 Panama: win +6.59@ Costa Rica: +7.72 That's only a total of 46.66 AND we only get points with wins, anything else will cost us some points. So we need to jump everyone AND having them lose some points too. Not seeing that happen. Edited November 22, 20214 yr by Captain Ron
November 22, 20214 yr 40 minutes ago, Mittens said: Top 6? I mean I guess I get the tiers but there are like 3 good clubs in Portugal. The rest are dog. I'd rather NT guys play in the 2nd division in England, Germany or Spain than towards the bottom of the Portuguese table.
November 23, 20214 yr Big Mac starting across Captain America today - 2pm on Paramount+. Should be a fun match.
November 23, 20214 yr Pulisic gets one in space but gives it back trying to leave it for Kante. Could have taken it on himself but it was well played by the D.
November 23, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, ztejas said: Big Mac starting across Captain America today - 2pm on Paramount+. Should be a fun match. I haven't seen Mac getting in any of the mix. Chelsea has kept him off the ball most of the time.
November 23, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, Captain Ron said: I haven't seen Mac getting in any of the mix. Chelsea has kept him off the ball most of the time. He had one really nice run back on D to help deny a chance. Other than that Juve hasn't really had anyone flash.
November 23, 20214 yr Author 43 minutes ago, shnsajax said: Pefok Well… Apparently I have been pronouncing “Pefok” incorrectly. 😳
November 23, 20214 yr Where was Pefok last qualifying? He needs to be splitting minutes with Pepi. Imagine having Jonathan David on our roster now.
November 23, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, ztejas said: Where was Pefok last qualifying? He needs to be splitting minutes with Pepi. Or some other center forward. I'm 100 percent pro-Pepi, but it's absolutely bonkos that Gergg called up a solitary striker for the previous two cycles.
November 23, 20214 yr Author 6 minutes ago, shnsajax said: Imagine having Jonathan David on our roster now. I did not know that he was as American as Yunus Musah. 🥲
November 23, 20214 yr 5 minutes ago, shnsajax said: Imagine having Jonathan David on our roster now. Fuck that syrup-slurping poutine lover. 4 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said: Or some other center forward. I'm 100 percent pro-Pepi, but it's absolutely bonkos that Gergg called up a solitary striker for the previous two cycles. Yeah this basically. Pepi can barely play 90 in CONCACAF (through no fault of his own - he just isn't there physically) let alone string productive, workhorse starts together 2 or 3 games in a row. Jesus has potential but he isn't a 9.
November 24, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, ztejas said: Fuck that syrup-slurping poutine lover. Living in a city with both Canadian and Basque influences I couldn't disagree with you more. Fuse poutine and croquetas together and its fucking perfect.
November 24, 20214 yr I'm all for the home field advantage over the tropical countries, but this seems a little...extreme?
November 24, 20214 yr 6 minutes ago, Mittens said: I'm all for the home field advantage over the tropical countries, but this seems a little...extreme? Lol. I came to post same shyt. I wanted to go to one of them games… but hells nah. I’m from Texas mayne. I’ll turn into a popsicle.
November 24, 20214 yr 12 minutes ago, Mittens said: I'm all for the home field advantage over the tropical countries, but this seems a little...extreme?
November 24, 20214 yr 13 minutes ago, Mittens said: I'm all for the home field advantage over the tropical countries, but this seems a little...extreme? Wahl kind of makes the point that while this puts the Central American teams at a big disadvantage, it's doing little to no favors for us either. In these potential conditions we are going to probably have a drop off of play too. Let's not even get started about the danger of these conditions and injuries. I'm not saying let these teams play in Dallas, but play these games in fair conditions and we are likely to win too.
November 24, 20214 yr The more I read, the more I agree. This might be among the dumbest decisions that US Soccer has made for places to play. If either Honduras or El Salvador get early crap goals, we are going to be in a world of hurt. These are our two easiest games and we just upped the degree of difficulty for no reason at all.
November 24, 20214 yr My chief concern for home fixtures is having a majority of the crowd cheering for the USMNT, i.e., an actual home game. Due to El Tri's extensive popularity, this might necessitate playing in Columbus or Saint Paul in winter, but I see no need to put El Salvador, Honduras, or our own players in a deep freeze.
November 24, 20214 yr I kind of like to think of it as us giving a giant middle finger to this worthless, no VAR, injury causing, shitty field using region.
November 24, 20214 yr 50 minutes ago, dieucla98 said: I kind of like to think of it as us giving a giant middle finger to this worthless, no VAR, injury causing, shitty field using region. It is 100 percent that. I just don't think it's necessary. Beating them is enough of a middle finger, imo.
November 25, 20214 yr Author 6 hours ago, Captain Ron said: There is talk that VAR will be used starting in January. There is talk that the middle finger will be used from January 🖕though February 🖕and well into March 🖕.
November 25, 20214 yr On 11/23/2021 at 5:39 PM, Braff Zacklin said: Or some other center forward. I'm 100 percent pro-Pepi, but it's absolutely bonkos that Gergg called up a solitary striker for the previous two cycles. The last two games Pepi and Jesus were the only two strikers. The window before that Pepi, Zardes, and Hoppe were called in as the potential strikers. It feels like Pefok and Dike have dropped out of favor because they don’t fit the pressing style.
November 25, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, goatsaag said: The last two games Pepi and Jesus were the only two strikers. The window before that Pepi, Zardes, and Hoppe were called in as the potential strikers. It feels like Pefok and Dike have dropped out of favor because they don’t fit the pressing style. I'd forgotten about Zardes, but Jesus and Hoppe are not pure strikers, which has already been stated and discussed. Point is, Gergg continues to make puzzling roster decisions. Bringing only one true center forward into camp for the last cycle is merely the most recent example.
November 25, 20214 yr Zardes was thankfully hurt. He shouldn’t have been invited anyway, but that’s what my he got no call up.
November 25, 20214 yr We wound up idiotically in St Paul, Minnesota Them cold little Hondurans playing for a draw, fucking draw But we knew Qatar was in the cards if we won all the points But Pulisic crossed Big River like Washington
November 25, 20214 yr Author 32 minutes ago, Trey3216 said: We wound up idiotically in St Paul, Minnesota Them cold little Hondurans playing for a draw, fucking draw But we knew Qatar was in the cards if we won all the points But Pulisic crossed Big River like Washington William Shakespeare would kill himself if he weren’t already dead. Hell, most living poets should be put on suicide after they read that. 👀 🤯
November 25, 20214 yr 14 hours ago, Napoleon said: William Shakespeare would kill himself if he weren’t already dead. Hell, most living poets should be put on suicide after they read that. 👀 🤯 That’s what a few beers and 5 minutes of post Christmas light hanging do for me.
November 26, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Zepol87 said: I'll be at the Minny game. That Arctic-ass weather must be growing on you.
November 26, 20214 yr Playoff draw done. 4th place COCACAF will play a 1-game playoff v Oceania at a neutral site. Obviously, it would be New Zealand.
November 26, 20214 yr 5 hours ago, Knoxtnhorn said: Playoff draw done. 4th place COCACAF will play a 1-game playoff v Oceania at a neutral site. Obviously, it would be New Zealand. It's likely New Zealand, but you never know. And I don't see how anyone that would finish 4th in the Octagonal wouldn't win that matchup. The teams are just too stacked, IMHO.
November 26, 20214 yr 21 hours ago, Braff Zacklin said: That Arctic-ass weather must be growing on you. Hell no I hate this shit but I will be there that week for work anyway
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