SBarry Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 Sorry but Pepe is a liability and is just lucky you can play anyone next to Ramos. Also re: Ronaldo in the CL final. He did fuck all, literally could not believe his luck when he got to take a penalty to get on the scoresheet. Still the second best player in the world if you ask me. Yep and he was basically in fuck it mode during Portugal's match against Germany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzersonKillwell Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 What happened to the USA? They were playing decent possession football in the last year or so, but then we have this terrible display of football today. The team played horribly. They just sat back the whole time. They were very lucky in my opinion. They need to completely change if they have any hopes of going through. Bradley played really poorly, he is sort of the engine that makes our possession work. Having Beckerman behind Bradley and Jones wide is also a little different so I'd say that formation is a little new. Couple that with the fact the Altidore is our only real option to play up top with his back to the goal. Without him you can't really slow play in the offensive third and wait for something to develop. Even when we were playing better soccer possession and movement through the middle of the field was something we struggled with. We also have a long, long, ugly history of getting a goal and then just trying to weather the storm for the next 80 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzersonKillwell Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Happy to see some non-soccer US fans in here though!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBarry Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 Was not expecting this from Brazil vs Mexico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdtg Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Solid showing from Mexico so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBarry Posted June 17, 2014 Author Share Posted June 17, 2014 Brazil is Brazilling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laralaurent Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Damn, really wanted to see Mexico pull that off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eight1echo Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Super stoked to see Mexico not lose, they can definitely pull through out of the group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzersonKillwell Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Mexican keeper should get some kind of award. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayatex Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Super stoked to see Mexico not lose, they can definitely pull through out of the group Yup, they technically pulled the upset by not losing! As long as Mexico doesn't lose they can move on! Viva Mexico! Mexican keeper should get some kind of award. Ochoa should get a bunch of offers now from big clubs, that's kinda an award. Also he's apparently Mexico's saviour now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partysmasher Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Blasphemy from an Englishman but i hope Germany or Argentina win this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelmanfredi Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 good 2nd half in that korea vs russia game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castaway Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 I live on the west edge of Koreatown and my next door neighbors are Korean and I heard them all freaking out for the game. It was hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamfletty Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Belgium - Algeria was a crap game. Too slow, too nervous. Algeria's playing didn't help either. Just glad we won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchino Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Going to the zoo here in Peru in a minute... Hope they have the spain/chile game playing somewhere there. I just can't wrap my head around the position la Roja put themselves in. I really wasn't expecting them to bring the cup home but a group stage knockout is a very tough pill to swallow. Changes need to be made and I think Pedro and fabregas starting would be the key. Too bad it's highly unlikely that'll happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzersonKillwell Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Spain still has a decent shot to move through but they need a result in a big way against a decent Chile squad. Should be good match today. I'm expecting the Dutch to roll over the Roo's. The second time though group play is one of the best weeks. Some much riding on a lot of these games! Edit: Enjoy Peru! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eight1echo Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Today will be the first day I won't be able to watch any of the matches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBarry Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 Just turned on the Australia - Netherlands match and wtf it was 2-1 Australia until Van Persie just now?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzersonKillwell Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Weird match. Lots of flopping Roo's out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBarry Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 That Cahill goal was fucking sexy but I'm glad the Dutch came out on top. Picked them to goto the final again this year before the tournament started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
̮ ɤ ̮ Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Goodbye Spain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzersonKillwell Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Either something sort of historic needs to happen or something sort of historic will happen. P.S. Anyone see the Aussie first goal..... ooooooooh man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vialister Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Cahill's will be a contender for goal of the tourny Love a good "Yeboah". Spain are just laughable now. How Torres got on the squad over Negrado is beyond me. EDIT: for those who don't know, this is a Yeboah; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partysmasher Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 I felt sad watching Spain go out. What a team, possibly the best ever between 2008 and 2012. Iniesta will probably have another WC, as will Pique. They have Koke still to become a regular alongside Fabregas, Morata, Isco, Carvajal, Jese, Illarramendi amongst others (probably) to bring through too so they're far from spent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc32137 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 So Australia and Spain are officially out now, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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