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Post by TheAnalyst on Nov 29, 2022 16:46:33 GMT -5
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Post by 3days on Nov 29, 2022 17:14:54 GMT -5
Yea that was a tough hit, hope he is back on Saturday
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Post by 3days on Nov 29, 2022 17:16:12 GMT -5
That was exciting, but like a 1-0 MLB game going into the ninth inning with Chapman closing type exciting. So many missed opportunities for both teams. Glad they hung on, but if they want to do anything next round they need to play much better. Hwo does the next round work? Same format? Or do or die? Do or die, it is knockout like college BB bracket. If tied at the end of the game then 30 min of overtime (not sudden death). If still tied then Penalties. Believe it or not we have a more talented team than the Netherlands, but our youth shows in finishing.
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Post by imgrate on Nov 29, 2022 18:26:04 GMT -5
That was exciting, but like a 1-0 MLB game going into the ninth inning with Chapman closing type exciting. So many missed opportunities for both teams. Glad they hung on, but if they want to do anything next round they need to play much better. Hwo does the next round work? Same format? Or do or die? Do or die, it is knockout like college BB bracket. If tied at the end of the game then 30 min of overtime (not sudden death). If still tied then Penalties. Believe it or not we have a more talented team than the Netherlands, but our youth shows in finishing. Yea, gonna call bs on us having more talent.
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Post by 3days on Nov 29, 2022 19:18:06 GMT -5
Do or die, it is knockout like college BB bracket. If tied at the end of the game then 30 min of overtime (not sudden death). If still tied then Penalties. Believe it or not we have a more talented team than the Netherlands, but our youth shows in finishing. Yea, gonna call bs on us having more talent. I will be happy to defend it, but go ahead, tell me why I am wrong
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Post by TheAnalyst on Nov 29, 2022 19:39:26 GMT -5
That was exciting, but like a 1-0 MLB game going into the ninth inning with Chapman closing type exciting. So many missed opportunities for both teams. Glad they hung on, but if they want to do anything next round they need to play much better. Hwo does the next round work? Same format? Or do or die? Do or die, it is knockout like college BB bracket. If tied at the end of the game then 30 min of overtime (not sudden death). If still tied then Penalties. Believe it or not we have a more talented team than the Netherlands, but our youth shows in finishing. I know nothing of the talents on other teams. Or ours really. Picked up some good ideas though watching these 3 games so far.
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Post by imgrate on Nov 29, 2022 22:06:28 GMT -5
Yea, gonna call bs on us having more talent. I will be happy to defend it, but go ahead, tell me why I am wrong They have about 5 guys that are unquestionably better than anyone we have. Talent is a subjective thing to say, but yea, I’ll just go with that
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Post by 3days on Nov 30, 2022 11:31:18 GMT -5
I will be happy to defend it, but go ahead, tell me why I am wrong They have about 5 guys that are unquestionably better than anyone we have. Talent is a subjective thing to say, but yea, I’ll just go with that Agreed, Talent is subjective. As you replied, I will give my thoughts for what it is worth: They have 5 players that are on the top clubs in the world and I believe one that plays in one of the top leagues. The rest play for the Dutch league which is 2nd tier. Looking at our top 5, Dest, Adams, Pulisic, McKinnie and Weah (you could argue Musah). 3 of them clearly play for the best clubs in the world and the rest are in the top leagues. Add to them there are one who is with a top team in the world, but has to work his way to a regular starting role (Turner), two of our other starters have started every game in the Premier league (best league in the world). That leaves us with 2 players in 2nd tier leagues, both as good as the Dutch league in my view. Add to this our youth, it is expected that this situation is likely to improve. Final note, looking at our bench there are also several players in the top league, looking at their bench it is basically the Dutch league. So, 5 guys unquestionably better than anyone we have, I just can’t agree with that. To be clear, given their experience I believe the Dutch have a better team, but I stand behind my statement. I do expect us to be underdogs for a good reason. Whatever happens this has been a great WC for the USA and act as a great springboard for 2026 when it is here!
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Post by imgrate on Nov 30, 2022 13:22:42 GMT -5
They have about 5 guys that are unquestionably better than anyone we have. Talent is a subjective thing to say, but yea, I’ll just go with that Agreed, Talent is subjective. As you replied, I will give my thoughts for what it is worth: They have 5 players that are on the top clubs in the world and I believe one that plays in one of the top leagues. The rest play for the Dutch league which is 2nd tier. Looking at our top 5, Dest, Adams, Pulisic, McKinnie and Weah (you could argue Musah). 3 of them clearly play for the best clubs in the world and the rest are in the top leagues. Add to them there are one who is with a top team in the world, but has to work his way to a regular starting role (Turner), two of our other starters have started every game in the Premier league (best league in the world). That leaves us with 2 players in 2nd tier leagues, both as good as the Dutch league in my view. Add to this our youth, it is expected that this situation is likely to improve. Final note, looking at our bench there are also several players in the top league, looking at their bench it is basically the Dutch league. So, 5 guys unquestionably better than anyone we have, I just can’t agree with that. To be clear, given their experience I believe the Dutch have a better team, but I stand behind my statement. I do expect us to be underdogs for a good reason. Whatever happens this has been a great WC for the USA and act as a great springboard for 2026 when it is here! We’re definitely on the up and coming.. for us atleast, but you should really look further into the players the dutch have. Van dijk is one of the best CBs in the world. They then also have de jong, de ligt (also one of the best CBs in the world that juve has a $100m transfer price on this past summer, of note, pulisic our best player is talked about as being in a swap for chelsea to land de ligt…so chelsea would pay money and pulisic to get de ligt, he ultimately went to bayern munich), depay, and de vrij Then for talent, yea guys currently play in the dutch league, but that doesn’t serve as an indicator of their talent level. Gakpo, for example is valued at a transfer price of 45m euros; pulisic is at 38m. Also, you vastly underrate the Eredivisie, it is light years ahead of mls in overall talent, especially when considering the top teams like ajax and psv, that most of these guys play for.. www.Globalfootballrankings.comLook at the market value of our players vs Netherlands..our top guy is valued at 38m, they have 5 players higher than that..completely coincidental, but happens to be the same amount of players I ballparked earlier www.transfermarkt.us/vereinigte-staaten/startseite/verein/3505www.transfermarkt.us/niederlande/startseite/verein/3379I mean, its not really even close.
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Post by 3days on Nov 30, 2022 14:37:09 GMT -5
Agreed, Talent is subjective. As you replied, I will give my thoughts for what it is worth: They have 5 players that are on the top clubs in the world and I believe one that plays in one of the top leagues. The rest play for the Dutch league which is 2nd tier. Looking at our top 5, Dest, Adams, Pulisic, McKinnie and Weah (you could argue Musah). 3 of them clearly play for the best clubs in the world and the rest are in the top leagues. Add to them there are one who is with a top team in the world, but has to work his way to a regular starting role (Turner), two of our other starters have started every game in the Premier league (best league in the world). That leaves us with 2 players in 2nd tier leagues, both as good as the Dutch league in my view. Add to this our youth, it is expected that this situation is likely to improve. Final note, looking at our bench there are also several players in the top league, looking at their bench it is basically the Dutch league. So, 5 guys unquestionably better than anyone we have, I just can’t agree with that. To be clear, given their experience I believe the Dutch have a better team, but I stand behind my statement. I do expect us to be underdogs for a good reason. Whatever happens this has been a great WC for the USA and act as a great springboard for 2026 when it is here! We’re definitely on the up and coming.. for us atleast, but you should really look further into the players the dutch have. Van dijk is one of the best CBs in the world. They then also have de jong, de ligt (also one of the best CBs in the world that juve has a $100m transfer price on this past summer, of note, pulisic our best player is talked about as being in a swap for chelsea to land de ligt…so chelsea would pay money and pulisic to get de ligt, he ultimately went to bayern munich), depay, and de vrij Then for talent, yea guys currently play in the dutch league, but that doesn’t serve as an indicator of their talent level. Gakpo, for example is valued at a transfer price of 45m euros; pulisic is at 38m. Also, you vastly underrate the Eredivisie, it is light years ahead of mls in overall talent, especially when considering the top teams like ajax and psv, that most of these guys play for.. www.Globalfootballrankings.comLook at the market value of our players vs Netherlands..our top guy is valued at 38m, they have 5 players higher than that..completely coincidental, but happens to be the same amount of players I ballparked earlier www.transfermarkt.us/vereinigte-staaten/startseite/verein/3505www.transfermarkt.us/niederlande/startseite/verein/3379I mean, its not really even close. Don’t want to fight. I could see an argument that says that the Dutch team is more talented, I would not agree, I would say more established. However I believe you are strongly over estimating both the Dutch League (your own link backs that up) and the team. I do agree MLS is a step down (not light years) that said we had 0 MLS players start yesterday. I would also agree that the Dutch are significantly better than we are at Center Back.
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Post by imgrate on Nov 30, 2022 15:42:18 GMT -5
We’re definitely on the up and coming.. for us atleast, but you should really look further into the players the dutch have. Van dijk is one of the best CBs in the world. They then also have de jong, de ligt (also one of the best CBs in the world that juve has a $100m transfer price on this past summer, of note, pulisic our best player is talked about as being in a swap for chelsea to land de ligt…so chelsea would pay money and pulisic to get de ligt, he ultimately went to bayern munich), depay, and de vrij Then for talent, yea guys currently play in the dutch league, but that doesn’t serve as an indicator of their talent level. Gakpo, for example is valued at a transfer price of 45m euros; pulisic is at 38m. Also, you vastly underrate the Eredivisie, it is light years ahead of mls in overall talent, especially when considering the top teams like ajax and psv, that most of these guys play for.. www.Globalfootballrankings.comLook at the market value of our players vs Netherlands..our top guy is valued at 38m, they have 5 players higher than that..completely coincidental, but happens to be the same amount of players I ballparked earlier www.transfermarkt.us/vereinigte-staaten/startseite/verein/3505www.transfermarkt.us/niederlande/startseite/verein/3379I mean, its not really even close. Don’t want to fight. I could see an argument that says that the Dutch team is more talented, I would not agree, I would say more established. However I believe you are strongly over estimating both the Dutch League (your own link backs that up) and the team. I do agree MLS is a step down (not light years) that said we had 0 MLS players start yesterday. I would also agree that the Dutch are significantly better than we are at Center Back. I’m not trying to fight either, I’m just saying that I don’t understand how its even an argument. Put their top 15 and our top 15 players in a list and rank them 1 thru 30, something, because I don’t see you providing anything that shows your true thought or have any justification behind the Dutch being a less talented team. The link I showed has Ajax in the the upper 90% of the EPL in terms of talent, meanwhile the MLS ranks below England’s second division. Look up any ranking of Ajax, they are a top 20 football club in the world, PSV in the top 35 or so.
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Post by 3days on Nov 30, 2022 16:58:17 GMT -5
Don’t want to fight. I could see an argument that says that the Dutch team is more talented, I would not agree, I would say more established. However I believe you are strongly over estimating both the Dutch League (your own link backs that up) and the team. I do agree MLS is a step down (not light years) that said we had 0 MLS players start yesterday. I would also agree that the Dutch are significantly better than we are at Center Back. I’m not trying to fight either, I’m just saying that I don’t understand how its even an argument. Put their top 15 and our top 15 players in a list and rank them 1 thru 30, something, because I don’t see you providing anything that shows your true thought or have any justification behind the Dutch being a less talented team. The link I showed has Ajax in the the upper 90% of the EPL in terms of talent, meanwhile the MLS ranks below England’s second division. Look up any ranking of Ajax, they are a top 20 football club in the world, PSV in the top 35 or so. I am not sure why you keep bringing up MLS. We have had 1 player from MLS start and Minimal minutes from any other not called Acosta. If you look at ECL results you will see they have played very poorly over the last 4 years against any club in the leagues ranked above them, which kills the argument about top 90% of EPL. I suspect they would struggle to be mid-table. They have not even made it out of group play. I think you overestimate the quality of Ajax or PSV. Ultimately you have a much bigger bar to leap then I do on this argument as you are using phrases like “not even close” or “Light years apart”. However I have provided an up and down the roster review of both teams which shows my stance. I agree they are stronger at the top but I feel we are more talented from top to bottom. I have also admitted that they are more established and should be favored. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFC_Ajax_in_European_football
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Post by imgrate on Nov 30, 2022 17:53:01 GMT -5
I’m not trying to fight either, I’m just saying that I don’t understand how its even an argument. Put their top 15 and our top 15 players in a list and rank them 1 thru 30, something, because I don’t see you providing anything that shows your true thought or have any justification behind the Dutch being a less talented team. The link I showed has Ajax in the the upper 90% of the EPL in terms of talent, meanwhile the MLS ranks below England’s second division. Look up any ranking of Ajax, they are a top 20 football club in the world, PSV in the top 35 or so. I am not sure why you keep bringing up MLS. We have had 1 player from MLS start and Minimal minutes from any other not called Acosta. If you look at ECL results you will see they have played very poorly over the last 4 years against any club in the leagues ranked above them, which kills the argument about top 90% of EPL. I suspect they would struggle to be mid-table. They have not even made it out of group play. I think you overestimate the quality of Ajax or PSV. Ultimately you have a much bigger bar to leap then I do on this argument as you are using phrases like “not even close” or “Light years apart”. However I have provided an up and down the roster review of both teams which shows my stance. I agree they are stronger at the top but I feel we are more talented from top to bottom. I have also admitted that they are more established and should be favored. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFC_Ajax_in_European_footballI bring up the mls because you likened that league to a 2nd tier league and further equated the Dutch league. Alll you’ve said with regard to our talent is what teams they play for. Literally nothing else Also, your link.. first sentence… AFC Ajax is one of the most successful football clubs in Europe. Something to keep in mind, one of our best players, Dest, who i also happen to like alot as a player, was eligible for Netherlands, but opted to play for U.S…. Likely because he wouldn’t get play time …I know I keep editing this…but it’s just really that incredulous. The bar you’ve set is the high one. You tell any soccer fan that the u.s. has more talent than the Dutch and they would laugh you out of the room. I’m trying to explain it to you without being a dick because you’re not a dick, but it really is like beyond any bar… Its like saying penn state has more talent than Alabama
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Post by 3days on Nov 30, 2022 19:37:34 GMT -5
I am not sure why you keep bringing up MLS. We have had 1 player from MLS start and Minimal minutes from any other not called Acosta. If you look at ECL results you will see they have played very poorly over the last 4 years against any club in the leagues ranked above them, which kills the argument about top 90% of EPL. I suspect they would struggle to be mid-table. They have not even made it out of group play. I think you overestimate the quality of Ajax or PSV. Ultimately you have a much bigger bar to leap then I do on this argument as you are using phrases like “not even close” or “Light years apart”. However I have provided an up and down the roster review of both teams which shows my stance. I agree they are stronger at the top but I feel we are more talented from top to bottom. I have also admitted that they are more established and should be favored. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFC_Ajax_in_European_footballI bring up the mls because you likened that league to a 2nd tier league and further equated the Dutch league. Alll you’ve said with regard to our talent is what teams they play for. Literally nothing else Also, your link.. first sentence… AFC Ajax is one of the most successful football clubs in Europe. Something to keep in mind, one of our best players, Dest, who i also happen to like alot as a player, was eligible for Netherlands, but opted to play for U.S…. Likely because he wouldn’t get play time …I know I keep editing this…but it’s just really that incredulous. The bar you’ve set is the high one. You tell any soccer fan that the u.s. has more talent than the Dutch and they would laugh you out of the room. I’m trying to explain it to you without being a dick because you’re not a dick, but it really is like beyond any bar… Its like saying penn state has more talent than Alabama Regarding Ajax, yes they make the Champs league every year, but that speaks to how bad the Dutch League is. Regarding Dest we have no idea why he chose the USA, could be playing time could be he wanted to grow with a team that is on the rise. Given he plays for AC Milan it is not a stretch to say he would have competed for playing time with the Netherlands. I will leave our debate here. I get it that my statement would make many soccer fans laugh, but that is because they underestimate the talent on the US team and way over estimate the talent in the Dutch league. Probably because of Eurocentric bias or they are too focused on the top 5 players for the Netherlands, who are clearly world class. I guess if you want to have fun we each try to rank the players, but I am traveling on Friday so may be more work than I want.
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Post by imgrate on Nov 30, 2022 20:42:28 GMT -5
I bring up the mls because you likened that league to a 2nd tier league and further equated the Dutch league. Alll you’ve said with regard to our talent is what teams they play for. Literally nothing else Also, your link.. first sentence… AFC Ajax is one of the most successful football clubs in Europe. Something to keep in mind, one of our best players, Dest, who i also happen to like alot as a player, was eligible for Netherlands, but opted to play for U.S…. Likely because he wouldn’t get play time …I know I keep editing this…but it’s just really that incredulous. The bar you’ve set is the high one. You tell any soccer fan that the u.s. has more talent than the Dutch and they would laugh you out of the room. I’m trying to explain it to you without being a dick because you’re not a dick, but it really is like beyond any bar… Its like saying penn state has more talent than Alabama Regarding Ajax, yes they make the Champs league every year, but that speaks to how bad the Dutch League is. Regarding Dest we have no idea why he chose the USA, could be playing time could be he wanted to grow with a team that is on the rise. Given he plays for AC Milan it is not a stretch to say he would have competed for playing time with the Netherlands. I will leave our debate here. I get it that my statement would make many soccer fans laugh, but that is because they underestimate the talent on the US team and way over estimate the talent in the Dutch league. Probably because of Eurocentric bias or they are too focused on the top 5 players for the Netherlands, who are clearly world class. I guess if you want to have fun we each try to rank the players, but I am traveling on Friday so may be more work than I want. Ajax made it to group of 16 last year and top 4 in 2019 season.. group play in other years.. 5 players is basically half the starting roster… Anyway, I’ll keep it simple and I’ll just use the value that they have in transfer market, since we’re talking talent it also accounts for future value of the player Top 12 players each team in order of their market value: de Ligt, 70mill (NED) Van djik, 50mill (ned) de Jong, 50mill (ned) Timber, 45mill (ned) Gakpo, 45mill (ned) Pulisic, 38mill (usa) Reyna, 35mill (usa) Ake, 30mill (ned) Aaronson, 30mill (usa) Koopmeiners, 30mill (ned) Dumfries, 28mill (ned) Bergwijn 27mill (ned) Frimpong 25mill (ned) Malacia 22mil (ned) Mckennie, 21mill (usa) Depay, 20mill (ned) Musah, 20mill (usa) Adams 17mill (Usa) Dest 16mill (Usa) Weah 12mill (Usa) Sargent 12mill (Usa) Scally 12mill (Usa) Robinson 10mill (usa) Carter-vickers 9.5mill (usa) Totaling all of 26 U.S. players value is 277million euro Netherlands, 587million, literally more than double the talent
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Post by 3days on Nov 30, 2022 22:15:39 GMT -5
Regarding Ajax, yes they make the Champs league every year, but that speaks to how bad the Dutch League is. Regarding Dest we have no idea why he chose the USA, could be playing time could be he wanted to grow with a team that is on the rise. Given he plays for AC Milan it is not a stretch to say he would have competed for playing time with the Netherlands. I will leave our debate here. I get it that my statement would make many soccer fans laugh, but that is because they underestimate the talent on the US team and way over estimate the talent in the Dutch league. Probably because of Eurocentric bias or they are too focused on the top 5 players for the Netherlands, who are clearly world class. I guess if you want to have fun we each try to rank the players, but I am traveling on Friday so may be more work than I want. Ajax made it to group of 16 last year and top 4 in 2019 season.. group play in other years.. 5 players is basically half the starting roster… Anyway, I’ll keep it simple and I’ll just use the value that they have in transfer market, since we’re talking talent it also accounts for future value of the player Top 12 players each team in order of their market value: de Ligt, 70mill (NED) Van djik, 50mill (ned) de Jong, 50mill (ned) Timber, 45mill (ned) Gakpo, 45mill (ned) Pulisic, 38mill (usa) Reyna, 35mill (usa) Ake, 30mill (ned) Aaronson, 30mill (usa) Koopmeiners, 30mill (ned) Dumfries, 28mill (ned) Bergwijn 27mill (ned) Frimpong 25mill (ned) Malacia 22mil (ned) Mckennie, 21mill (usa) Depay, 20mill (ned) Musah, 20mill (usa) Adams 17mill (Usa) Dest 16mill (Usa) Weah 12mill (Usa) Sargent 12mill (Usa) Scally 12mill (Usa) Robinson 10mill (usa) Carter-vickers 9.5mill (usa) Totaling all of 26 U.S. players value is 277million euro Netherlands, 587million, literally more than double the talent LOL, OK I lied, I will chime in again. First as I stated before I have acknowledged that they are more established. A 20 year old talent is not getting to get the same transfer value as a 26 year old. For example look at Musah and Depay (I could do this with many other) Musah is 20 and Depay is 28. Logic says ones value is going to go up and the other will go down. Especially after Musah’s performance in this World Cup. That is a big reason I am disputing that statement and would completely reject that the Netherlands has double the talent. For example do you think that Wentz is more talented than Burrow? Murray more than Mahomes? Regarding Ajax, drawing in group stage matters as does results. Look at this year, they got completely crushed by Napoli and Liverpool. That is not what your would expect from a team that could be near the top of the EPL. Then look at the year they advanced, they had a great draw as they only top league team they got was Dortmund who was playing poorly at that time. In conclusion, players from Ajax are clearly quality, but are not going to fill teams with fear. Maybe I am underestimating the Dutch, but this just does not look like a team that from top to bottom can dominate like England, France, Brazil, Spain and Argentina - all who are way more talented then either US or the Dutch.
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Post by imgrate on Dec 1, 2022 7:07:13 GMT -5
Ajax made it to group of 16 last year and top 4 in 2019 season.. group play in other years.. 5 players is basically half the starting roster… Anyway, I’ll keep it simple and I’ll just use the value that they have in transfer market, since we’re talking talent it also accounts for future value of the player Top 12 players each team in order of their market value: de Ligt, 70mill (NED) Van djik, 50mill (ned) de Jong, 50mill (ned) Timber, 45mill (ned) Gakpo, 45mill (ned) Pulisic, 38mill (usa) Reyna, 35mill (usa) Ake, 30mill (ned) Aaronson, 30mill (usa) Koopmeiners, 30mill (ned) Dumfries, 28mill (ned) Bergwijn 27mill (ned) Frimpong 25mill (ned) Malacia 22mil (ned) Mckennie, 21mill (usa) Depay, 20mill (ned) Musah, 20mill (usa) Adams 17mill (Usa) Dest 16mill (Usa) Weah 12mill (Usa) Sargent 12mill (Usa) Scally 12mill (Usa) Robinson 10mill (usa) Carter-vickers 9.5mill (usa) Totaling all of 26 U.S. players value is 277million euro Netherlands, 587million, literally more than double the talent LOL, OK I lied, I will chime in again. First as I stated before I have acknowledged that they are more established. A 20 year old talent is not getting to get the same transfer value as a 26 year old. For example look at Musah and Depay (I could do this with many other) Musah is 20 and Depay is 28. Logic says ones value is going to go up and the other will go down. Especially after Musah’s performance in this World Cup. That is a big reason I am disputing that statement and would completely reject that the Netherlands has double the talent. For example do you think that Wentz is more talented than Burrow? Murray more than Mahomes? Regarding Ajax, drawing in group stage matters as does results. Look at this year, they got completely crushed by Napoli and Liverpool. That is not what your would expect from a team that could be near the top of the EPL. Then look at the year they advanced, they had a great draw as they only top league team they got was Dortmund who was playing poorly at that time. In conclusion, players from Ajax are clearly quality, but are not going to fill teams with fear. Maybe I am underestimating the Dutch, but this just does not look like a team that from top to bottom can dominate like England, France, Brazil, Spain and Argentina - all who are way more talented then either US or the Dutch. Being more established has no bearing on their talent level. Depay, for example, is established, but would be the best player on the U.S. for the next two years. A guy like de vrij isn’t even on that list and would be our best player. Transfer value is not same as salary, it’s if someone wanted to buy the rights to that player to negotiate a contract, its as representative of future value/projected talent that we could possibly hope for, its a very good proxy for “talent”, since like you mention depay is relatively low on the list. Let’s just say Musuh is worth even more, say a 25mill transfer, that’s what, 4 of our players in their top 12? With regards to those other teams, they can be (and are) much more talented than the Dutch AND the Dutch can still at the same time be much more talented than the U.S. To compare it to college ball, france, brazil, england are your georgia, alabama, Tennessee… netherlands is like an oregon and the u.s. is like a UCF
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Post by TheAnalyst on Dec 1, 2022 12:03:21 GMT -5
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Post by 3days on Dec 1, 2022 12:13:56 GMT -5
I feel bad for them but love rooting for the underdog.
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Post by 3days on Dec 1, 2022 19:20:10 GMT -5
Another exciting couple games, Japan kicks out Germany
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Post by giantlegacy on Dec 1, 2022 19:25:35 GMT -5
Another exciting couple games, Japan kicks out Germany That is amazing....Japan
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Post by Nite on Dec 1, 2022 19:43:52 GMT -5
Another exciting couple games, Japan kicks out Germany Its like WWII all over again, but different
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Post by giantlegacy on Dec 3, 2022 11:26:29 GMT -5
We aren't doing very well today. 😞
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Post by TheAnalyst on Dec 3, 2022 13:00:08 GMT -5
Well that sucked. So many opportunities and they blew it. Especially to start the game off scoring 2 minutes in. They played well I thought but never could finish. Even their goal was a lucky bounce. Netherlands is definitely a better team, but I dont think it was overwhelming.
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In the dumbness that is soccer, see ya in 4 more years!
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Post by 3days on Dec 3, 2022 13:34:17 GMT -5
Was a disappointment for sure, they showed their youth. I was surprised about the defensive breakdowns.
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Post by imgrate on Dec 4, 2022 13:53:12 GMT -5
Well that sucked. So many opportunities and they blew it. Especially to start the game off scoring 2 minutes in. They played well I thought but never could finish. Even their goal was a lucky bounce. Netherlands is definitely a better team, but I dont think it was overwhelming. Oh well. In the dumbness that is soccer, see ya in 4 more years! Yea we need to get some cold blooded dudes up.
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Post by TheAnalyst on Dec 9, 2022 12:52:24 GMT -5
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Post by Fletch842 on Dec 10, 2022 15:05:08 GMT -5
pretty cool seeing Morocco knock out Portugal. Upset city this year, I love it!!
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Post by TheAnalyst on Dec 10, 2022 17:46:26 GMT -5
pretty cool seeing Morocco knock out Portugal. Upset city this year, I love it!! Yeah, I completely lose interest when the US gets knocked out to be honest. Good to see some upsets though.
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Post by Fletch842 on Dec 11, 2022 7:26:24 GMT -5
pretty cool seeing Morocco knock out Portugal. Upset city this year, I love it!! Yeah, I completely lose interest when the US gets knocked out to be honest. Good to see some upsets though. I've been fighting the flu all week, so have been mostly couch-bound, not much else was on yesterday, lol.
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