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Two of that group of four got the royal concacaf treatment in that first window. Pulisic out for two month; Reyna just returned from injury early March... Last edited by echappist; 03-29-2022 at 09:44 AM. |
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Also, I guess we should be grateful that at least Concacaf is round-robin style, without possibility of penalty shoot-outs
The Senegalese fans were literally lighting up the Egyptian penalty takers and keeper with green lasers, which is insane. The ref did jack squat about it, and I'm sure the distraction had an effect on the accuracy of the Egyptian penalty takers |
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Bummer, squeaky bum time
Steffen hasn't looked good at all this window and gives away a goal there... |
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And for goodness sake when you come that far to get a ball - PUNCH IT. |
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Still a lot of work to be done. But job done, for now ----------------------------------------------------------- And for a sense of just how tough it is to play on the road, Canada suffered another defeat today, to Panama of all teams. Concacaf qualification is scrappy and ain't pretty. Last edited by echappist; 03-30-2022 at 10:06 PM. |
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tangent
To me Gio Reyna looks a little like Sepp Kuss.
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That was a damp squib.
Univision had the Mexico - ES match on, so reverted to watching the scroll on the laptop. Bleah. CR comes out in 5-4-1 anyway & gives USMNT most of the possession. Never even tried to do anything. 0-0 at half and I went to bed. I hope New Zealand totally crushes the Ticos for their complete lack of ambition.
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Where was their fire/aggressiveness? Disappointing. Very dull performance.
But they are IN the next 2 WC's so that's good. They are a young squad (I think I read that Yedlin is the oldest) and should improve both physically and mentally. |
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Uninspiring
uninspiring last night, but i kind of expected that... goal was to not lose by 6 goals, not worry about winning...
in any event, Steffan looked horrible... both goals should have not had a chance... the first one was 2 feet away and he barely got a hand on it.. i know it was a hard header, and would have felt better if he had a quality move on it, but he just froze and barely touched the ball. The second goal he hesitated, he's got to be forceful there, call the ball and go and get it... he hesitated, didn't go full bore for it and left it hanging there. He didn't even look good on his saves the past few games, everything looked shaky to me... anyways, we're in, so now lets build for a few months down the road!
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So when is Turner going to be back? Steffen was even more noticeable compared to Navas on the other side.
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I don't think Turner will solve the issue, as he would be competing with Leno for the spot of 2nd-choice keeper unless Leno is sold (which may be likely). In that case, it would still mean very limited playing time, with basically a few League Cup matches. That's basically Steffen's issue as well, being second best on a team with a much better first-choice keeper. Loan moves to a mid-table or lower top-4 league first league club would be preferable, but it might not happen. Otherwise, Horvath should get at least consideration, simply because he gets game time. |
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Group B
Not a bad draw, the the dream draw that we were all hoping for with quatar, US, tunisia and Ghana... but overall not too bad...
have to be rooting against wales now and hope scotland or Ukraine can win the playin...
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Group B: England, United States, Iran, (Wales or Scotland or Ukraine) Group C: Argentina, Mexico, Poland, Saudi Arabia Group D: France, Denmark, Tunisia, (U.A.E. or Australia or Peru) Group E: Spain, Germany, Japan, (Costa Rica or New Zealand) Group F: Belgium, Croatia, Morocco, Canada Group G: Brazil, Switzerland, Serbia, Cameroon Group H: Portugal, Uruguay, South Korea, Ghana Last edited by wc1934; 04-01-2022 at 12:40 PM. Reason: added |
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