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ATLLonghorn

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  1. MLS is consistently shitty in its application of VAR.
  2. Something that I didn't notice until I talked to a co-worker from Philly the other day, I knew we played 7 of our last 10 against the Phillies, but I didn't know the Phillies had to go to Coors for a four gamer in between while we get the Mets. That's such a huge advantage for us. As long as we don't shit the bed in our seven game stretch against Boston and at Arizona for the first time I actually like our chances to win the division.
  3. Little things good and bad add over the course of the year and I think that while it's not really getting attention now getting two eight inning starts out of Gausman during this crazy gauntlet stretch they've been on allowing the important bullpen guys a day off will end up paying off huge the last few weeks of the season.
  4. So yeah I get that MLS is miles and miles behind the best leagues in the world in terms of quality, but if you have a sense of humor about yourself it's a truly wonderful, bat shit crazy league.
  5. Never seen anything like this in MMA
  6. I feel like this game is going to be closer than it should be because Deschamps wants France to play a...pragmatic (boring, defensive) style of soccer which plays into Croatia's hands a bit. Croatia played an extra game in the knockout stages because of all the extra time games and have to be fatigued at this point. I'd love to see Deschamps do something out of the box and replace Matuidi (who is redundant with Kante in the midfield) with Dembele and just let him and Mbappe challenge the Croatian back line with their speed and skill. I'm not doubting Croatia at this point, but you have to think eventually they're going to run out of gas, but they've been so resilient in this tournament that if France gives them any opportunity they'll seize it. If France just comes at them early they can take control and never look back, but I think it's going to be a much more reserved, measured game which at least gives Croatia a fighting chance.
  7. Booting a ball off the post into your own face in celebration of a goal that is going to give you a harder path through the knockout stage is pretty fitting
  8. after googling, you are correct, so it's completely on his match producer who failed today.
  9. Colombia scores a goal which means the second is spot is decided on fair play points Ten minutes later JP Dellacamera mentions it for the first time on the broadcast Ten more minutes later he says "We don't know about the yellow cards in the Japan game" So two things: 1) The match producer should've IMMEDIATELY made sure he knew that fair play was in play 2) I don't fully blame him for not knowing the yellow card situation in the Japan game, but he's not in the stadium. He's in a studio in Los Angeles. Every resource should've been available to him and his producer to find out. That was an atrocity in broadcasting by Fox.
  10. He's been alright. Better than most.
  11. Four years to the day after he scored one of the great world cup goals of all time James Rodriguez subs out in the first half with an injury. Brutal.
  12. Just chiming in to say I hate all of Fox's commentators except for Derek Rae. Stu Holden wouldn't be bad if his balls dropped. Dellacamera and Meola are brutal to listen to.
  13. It puts the group G&H teams at a major disadvantage so there'd have to be some work arounds. If you move the R16 back a couple of days and stipulate those teams can't play the first day I don't think it would be that bad, but if a Group A team draws a Group G team and there's no extra rest they'd have three more days of rest.
  14. I wish this was logistically feasible because it would be a lot of fun.
  15. Between Croatia and Serbia Yugoslavia might be the favorites in the tournament if it was still a thing.
  16. FIFA gave it to them without having to bid on it because 2022 is going to be in the Winter and coincide with Football season which means fewer matches on big Fox.
  17. So the networks that broadcast these tournaments just take the feeds from the host broadcaster in the country where the tournament happens and in every single one the camera men are pervy as hell. During Euro 2012 we kept a running clip reel of the...talent the camera men were seeking out because we had access to all the feeds. It was good times.
  18. they lose today, Iceland beats Nigeria tomorrow and Iceland and Croatia collude to play to a draw on the final match day to eliminate Argentina in the group stage.
  19. www.twitter.com ok, so to be less of a dick
  20. This is why I think Portugal has a shot no matter who they play. Both Peru and Morocco were great box-to-box in this tournament, but lacked the finishing class that was needed to advance in this tournament. Ronaldo is a cheat code. I don't even think Portugal is that good, but it's not like anybody has been lights out in this tournament except for Belgium who played one of the worst teams in the tournament. It's been a lot of defensive soccer and a lot of one goal games and that gives the team with the best finisher a fighting chance in any game.
  21. Man they really suck if they can't qualify in a 48 team world cup.
  22. Peru is good, but finishing was obviously an issue. A Morocco-Peru game would be an insanely fun 0-0 draw.
  23. France sitting back, content to let Peru control the game seems like a weird strategy. France should've be on the front foot way more.
  24. Really glad that Mark Geiger, who is a disaster officiating MLS games, got to officiate this game.
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