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  1. 1 hour ago, alincoln said:

    538's model actually has England as a very slight favorite over France (52-48) and the SF b/w Portugal and France/England as a toss-up.  They have Brazil as a strong favorite to emerge from the other side and win it all.

    I'm not sure why the Dutch aren't getting more respect.

     

    Dutch definitely demand more respect.

    England being a favorite over France, though?  I guess 538 doesn't factor in them being the Aggy of the fusbal world?  Choking under pressure is what they do.  And nobody is stopping Mbappe.  Dude is on another level.

     

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  2. 13 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

    good. go bye bye. get off my tv screen. the most self absorbed, self important athlete in the world joining a club that isn't covered by anyone in the western hemisphere is music to my ears. dude could have joined FC Miami and just chilled and bagged 50 goals a season, but instead he's going to go disappear somewhere out on the arabian peninsula. just how i like it.

    You're not wrong.  Except for the fact that ol' Ronny has some rape allegations from here in the States.  Think he might want to stay off US soil.

     

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  3. I will give the caveat that it ain't hard to look like a genius when you're going up against an idiot like Berhalter.

    We essentially played right into Van Gaal's strategy.  We have a shallow team whose main guys have played almost every minute of every game and are exhausted.  The Dutch have a strong defense and really like to counterattack.  So did we play conservatively, disciplined, and let our guys not wear themselves out and not allow the Dutch to kill us on the counterattack?  Fuck no!  We went balls to the wall, got completely out of shape, and let the Dutch do exactly what the fuck they wanted to do.  Played right into their hands. 

    But hey, GGG says we dominated and it was just a bad break here and there that cost us the game so I guess we should all be thrilled with getting bounced in the Ro16 yet again. 

    Also, someone needs to let GGG know that this ain't the group stage.  You somehow managed to not play super attacking football against a highly talented English squad with way more play makers than the Dutch and you held them to a draw.  You could have done the same thing in this game and had a chance to, ya know, win on penalty kicks. 

     

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  4. Donovan and Lalas already carrying water for GGG saying that "consistency" is what we need with the USMNT.

    No, fellas, what we need is a coach who knows how to put the best players on the field, put them in a position to succeed, and adjust to the other team's gameplan instead of letting them cross easy balls into the box to wide open guys. 

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  5. Just now, ztejas said:

    You aren't wrong but that step can be made up quickly in the next 4 years. 

    We need a better LB and two good CBs. And a striker. And optimally Dest is a 3-5 wingback not a 4-3 RB. 

    The dream is Pep. I'd love Jesse Marsch but I think he's doing to well in the prem to want to leave. Wonder if we could lure him. 

    I still absolutely do not understand the decision to not bring Pepi.  Bring the kid and get him some experience. 

    Same baffling decision making with not playing Gio. 

     

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