USA World Cup Match 3: Iran

[Surly Bevo 24908]

Hey Iran

[Loch Ness Monster 3533]

Only two shots on goal for the US through two games.

Have had plenty of time on the opponents side of the field though. Start making the keeper work. 

[GhostofDanJones 336]

LFG!

[Captain Ron 12866]

7 hours ago, Hagbard Celine said:

xposting @Napoleon from the other thread:

see my post above.  i see the hand of stewart and mcbride in your comments (bolded italicized underlined)

 

reyna is damn good and not showing him until absolutely necessary makes sense

if there is any transitive property at all in this group, we should wax eyeran if we can attack their 6

I'm just curious how this works? I mean has all the tape on Reyna from Dortmund been destroyed? Is there no way that Iran can look up his performances from earlier this year?

[Loch Ness Monster 3533]

If Gregg starts Haji Wright again we riot.

[Ted Lange 16083]

Im less worried about who starts, unless GGG plays Acosta at the 8 or starts Morris at the 9 or something outrageous like that.

I think we see the same starting XI, but with Jesus up top.   What I do want to see is us making subs early, GIo and BA should be coming in at the 70th minute to give them 20+ min to make an impact.  

[kingkoopa6 8344]

60-65 min. But they need to be in early if we need goals 

[jeevsie 3733]

[Captain Ron 12866]

2 minutes ago, Ted Lange said:

Im less worried about who starts, unless GGG plays Acosta at the 8 or starts Morris at the 9 or something outrageous like that.

I think we see the same starting XI, but with Jesus up top.   What I do want to see is us making subs early, GIo and BA should be coming in at the 70th minute to give them 20+ min to make an impact.  

This is what worries me, those guys should be playing 30-40 minutes. Frankly, I would bring them on at the half.

[406W30th 1111]

39 minutes ago, kingkoopa6 said:

60-65 min. But they need to be in early if we need goals 

We need goals. 

[NoName 16350]

44 minutes ago, Ted Lange said:

Im less worried about who starts, unless GGG plays Acosta at the 8 or starts Morris at the 9 or something outrageous like that.

I think we see the same starting XI, but with Jesus up top.   What I do want to see is us making subs early, GIo and BA should be coming in at the 70th minute to give them 20+ min to make an impact.  

imaging having four years to find a starting group/striker and then starting 3 different in the 3 group games.

[kingkoopa6 8344]

[InkaUtexas 25857]

12 hours ago, Trey3216 said:

My Grandad’s neighbor was one of the folks held hostage at the embassy in Tehran. I could hit a 9 iron to his house.  One of the nicest men I ever met in my life, but never talked about that episode until a few years back.   Fuck Iran. 

Mom was a diplomat. her mentor was a hostage. Will never forget being 6 and him telling us the stories of what it was like.

Cousin had his chopper shot down during the oil rig events of the 1980's.

Dad lost a few friends in Desert 1. Dick Meadows was a bad ass. Mission should have continued even with the mess on the ground. Too many assets were in Tehran and got lost. 

My team was blown to shit in Afghanistan and the brits confirmed it was Iranian made explosive. 

I have liked the Iranians I worked with. Their women are hot as shit. 

Fuck their regime and may all the goats they fuck have canceraids. 

USA TODAY. And then blow the fuck out of their oil rigs just cuz. 

[Trey3216 15343]

3 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Mom was a diplomat. her mentor was a hostage. Will never forget being 6 and him telling us the stories of what it was like.

Cousin had his chopper shot down during the oil rig events of the 1980's.

Dad lost a few friends in Desert 1. Dick Meadows was a bad ass. Mission should have continued even with the mess on the ground. Too many assets were in Tehran and got lost. 

My team was blown to shit in Afghanistan and the brits confirmed it was Iranian made explosive. 

I have liked the Iranians I worked with. Their women are hot as shit. 

Fuck their regime and may all the goats they fuck have canceraids. 

USA TODAY. And then blow the fuck out of their oil rigs just cuz. 

Yep.  Have met many a solid Iranian person and several beautiful ladies.  Their regime is an absolute pariah.  So when I say FUCK IRAN, I'm pretty much saying FUCK the IRANIAN REGIME.   

[InkaUtexas 25857]

6 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

Yep.  Have met many a solid Iranian person and several beautiful ladies.  Their regime is an absolute pariah.  So when I say FUCK IRAN, I'm pretty much saying FUCK the IRANIAN REGIME.   

I am with you. FUCK THE IRANIAN REGIME. Goat Fuckers wearing shitty hats and depriving the world of hot women. May they suck more than aggy and ou combined. 

[Captain Ron 12866]

I am ready ...

 

 

[MissingInAction 25005]

I'm confused about the start time.

I see 1 pm cst everywhere but on FOX pregame it says 1 pm et.

[DanTheHorn 4913]

1 hour ago, NoName said:

imaging having four years to find a starting group/striker and then starting 3 different in the 3 group games.

Sometimes managers are just trying to find the guy that is hot going into the tournament. If it applied in baseball Altuve would have been riding the bench after his post season start this year. So I agree you should know who you trust and are going with by now.

Edited November 29, 2022 by DanTheHorn

[Captain Ron 12866]

8 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

I'm confused about the start time.

I see 1 pm cst everywhere but on FOX pregame it says 1 pm et.

FS1 is doing pregame from now until kick off.

Fox will join pregame at 1 PM eastern/Noon Central

 

Both games kickoff at 2 PM Eastern/1 PM Central.

Edited November 29, 2022 by Captain Ron

[Ted Lange 16083]

 

[Captain Ron 12866]

2 minutes ago, Ted Lange said:

 

[Zepol87 9185]

Cool can't wait to see Haji Wright start and do nothing again

[alincoln 2371]

So CCV instead of Zimmerman.

[CurlyDumps 4466]

mood:

 

[UTHornFan014 710]

Fuck Iran

That is all

[tokamak 6391]

I'm nervous. 538's model only gives us a 38% chance to win

[ztejas 43411]

13 minutes ago, Ted Lange said:

 

I mean. We've only been starting one MLS player. 

6 minutes ago, alincoln said:

So CCV instead of Zimmerman.

Hopefully CCV won't hand them a penalty or repeatedly gift possession in our third. 

[Bottlecap 1523]

i think that info is more revealing about who might potentially be up top, which hopefully means no ferreira and MAYBEEE Gio or Weah.

[alincoln 2371]

Jesus always seemed like a long shot with no PT so far.  We will know in 10 minutes regardless

 

[ztejas 43411]

3 minutes ago, tokamak said:

I'm nervous. 538's model only gives us a 38% chance to win

What were its %s for the England game?

[The Dog 44018]

1 minute ago, tokamak said:

I'm nervous. 538's model only gives us a 38% chance to win

I mean we haven't won a game since Grenada in June and have scored 2 goals in our last 5 matches. I'm surprised it's even that high. 

[Captain Ron 12866]

1 minute ago, tokamak said:

I'm nervous. 538's model only gives us a 38% chance to win

 

I mean It's the largest chance. But the problem is that we can't draw.

[Captain Ron 12866]

1 minute ago, ztejas said:

What were its %s for the England game?

Just eyballing it:
England 45%
USA 20%
Tie 35%

[WBT 20561]

Two game windows per day instead of four and the two hour break between games both kind of suck.

[The Dog 44018]

2 minutes ago, ztejas said:

What were its %s for the England game?

Over 50% for England and around 20% for us (look at the chart it tracks win probability as the game goes on):

[kingkoopa6 8344]

ccv not bad let’s gooooooooo

[Deej 76752]

11 minutes ago, tokamak said:

I'm nervous. 538's model only gives us a 38% chance to win

Seems high.

[The Dog 44018]

5 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

I mean It's the largest chance. But the problem is that we can't score.

FIFY. 

We have two shots on goal in the tournament. 

Two.

[WBT 20561]

1 hour ago, kingkoopa6 said:

Cat looks kind of Persian.  Highly suspect.

[The Dog 44018]

 

[Captain Ron 12866]

26 minutes ago, Ted Lange said:

 

There's been an update ...

 

[kingkoopa6 8344]

3 minutes ago, WBT said:

Cat looks kind of Persian.  Highly suspect.

Hahah

Half Persian half Scottish. But born in USA!. 

[alincoln 2371]

[The Dog 44018]

Official tweet:

 

[Captain Ron 12866]

8 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

Just eyballing it:
England 45%
USA 20%
Tie 35%

 

7 minutes ago, The Dog said:

Over 50% for England and around 20% for us (look at the chart it tracks win probability as the game goes on):

Whoops, yeah, my number for England is too small. Using a measure tool:

England 54%
Tie 26%
USA 20%

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[ztejas 43411]

7 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

There's been an update ...

 

Hearing Reyna in goal and Pulisic to take over managerial duties while playing. 

[SimonBolivar 10957]

Has to be the US first ever WC game with no MLS starters...well since MLS was founded.

[SimonBolivar 10957]

Are yall really excited to see Aaronson and Gio come on when the US is down 1-0 in the 75th and then one of them leads us to a goal for the 1-1 draw?

[alincoln 2371]

England has replaced Mount, Sterling and Saka with Henderson, Foden and Rashford

 

[ztejas 43411]

3 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

Are yall really excited to see Aaronson and Gio come on when the US is down 1-0 in the 75th and then one of them leads us to a goal for the 1-1 draw?

Christ why would you even say something like this...