World Cup: Group G discussion

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I was supporting USA this game... i don't know why   

Group of death...lol...

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This German team isn't going to cut it.Low has the most talented squad in the world after spain and he is managing to screw it over.If France don't do it in quarters. a south american team will give them hell in semis

El Cujo wrote:Group of death...lol...

the group of the dead is fitting tbh.

That third hair cut did work . But still gelnaldo and co going home hmm

Wow we played so rubbish it's painful, after the brilliant Germany performance we went and put this trash performance down

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Bradley with another poor game.

I really think he should sit against belgium. See what mix can do.

Yedlin needs to get into the starting lineup somehow. Very impressed with him.

Everyone saying Ronaldo missed gazillion sitters. Anyone actually watched the game and can confirm?

He missed 2 sitters, both were saved.

Also, Gonzalez certainly shut me up. Had a great game. Arguably his best ever for the US. He was composed and made the right choices all game.

if Belgium don't make it to the quarters against this very limited US side there will be no excuse for their hypers!!

Ronaldo had a header that was saved by the Keeper, a legit penalty appeal turned down, a sht from inside the box which was hit straight at the keeper and a shot from the linesmans position that hit the bar. All this while playing injured and limping throughout the game

The other players on the other hand I swear to god Pepe is better on the ball than nearly that whole team. Ronaldo creating for others but they get cought by more hungrier Ghana players and gets into space only for a shit pass to be intercepted easily by the ghana midfielders/defenders.

Their passing looked like it was done between opposition players with how much they tried to avoid kicking it accurately to a team mate.

gosh this Portugal team is dreadful

Hapless_Hans wrote:if Belgium don't make it to the quarters against this very limited US side there will be no excuse for their hypers!!

Nothing is final yet. Algeria can still win the group. Much crazier things have already happened this world cup.

VendettaRed07 wrote:

Hapless_Hans wrote:if Belgium don't make it to the quarters against this very limited US side there will be no excuse for their hypers!!

Nothing is final yet. Algeria can still win the group. Much crazier things have already happened this world cup.

True.

VendettaRed07 wrote:Oh god. OH GOD NO. NO NO NO KLINSMANN WHY WHY WHY.

WHY WOULD YOU START OMAR GONZALEZ..

I'm going to throw up. I AM GOING TO THROW UP. Gonzalez is HORRIBLE. I can't believe this. Just can't. PLease someone help me. the room won't stop spinning. I can't handle this news.

Everyone knows my hate for Omar, but boy did good today.

Will type more when I have 2 free hands but baby girl is napping on one.

halamadrid2 wrote:All this while playing injured and limping throughout the game

Umm wat he was "injured and limping" for all of 30 seconds, after he dived for a penalty

Motogp69 wrote:

VendettaRed07 wrote:Oh god. OH GOD NO. NO NO NO KLINSMANN WHY WHY WHY.

WHY WOULD YOU START OMAR GONZALEZ..

I'm going to throw up. I AM GOING TO THROW UP. Gonzalez is HORRIBLE. I can't believe this. Just can't. PLease someone help me. the room won't stop spinning. I can't handle this news.

Everyone knows my hate for Omar, but boy did good today.

Will type more when I have 2 free hands but baby girl is napping on one.

Wasn't even the same player.

Though tbh, possibly the rain, wet pitch and slowness of the movement of the ball helped minimize his severe lack of pace.. But still, he deserves credit. Especially that perfectly timed tackle that if he had done any differently would have either been a goal or a penalty.

Okay, I think the USMNT have done well in spite of Jurgen's poor tactics.

We do well sitting back and countering, but only if we choose to defend in-between midfield and the final third. When we sit too high we are prone to balls over the top, but the real problem is that with this formation we tend to sit too deep and give up a lot of space on the wings (which will kill us against Belgium). Sitting deep has led to all 3 goals going into the game against Germany.

I don't have an issue with the lineups, but we are heavy in the midfield, so I am not sure why Jurgen isn't having the team defend more through possession given that we have shown ourselves more than capable of doing so against most teams.

Regarding Bradley, the formation (and where we have him sitting in it) doesn't exactly fit what we are expecting him to do so the normal channels that would be open aren't there because he is stuck in-between the moving parts of a very defensive formation. When we sit too deep he doesn't have anyone to outlet the ball to but sideways or back, but when we start to press and control the midfield no one is making runs for him to do anything but pass to where the man is standing. For the most part every time I have seen Bradley attempt a pass to where the man should be the runner has failed to make the run. Honestly, I think if we continue with these "tactics" it would be best if we give Jones the tip of the diamond and allow Bradley to occupy the space he loves in-between the central points of the midfield.

Most of all I think we just need to stop showing so much respect to our opposition at the start of the game given that every game thus far we have shown that we can hang with any opposition we come against.

Right now though our defensive tactics do not bode well for the Belgium fixture.

I saw Ronaldo having bad games , but this was not him playing bad. It was clear that he was injured. Could barely control the ball, couldn't run or shoot. He didn't have the mobility he usually displays. Take that and the fact that he was playing false 9 sums up his performance.

halamadrid2 wrote:Ronaldo had a header that was saved by the Keeper, a legit penalty appeal turned down, a sht from inside the box which was hit straight at the keeper and a shot from the linesmans position that hit the bar. All this while playing injured and limping throughout the game

The other players on the other hand I swear to god Pepe is better on the ball than nearly that whole team. Ronaldo creating for others but they get cought by more hungrier Ghana players and gets into space only for a shit pass to be intercepted easily by the ghana midfielders/defenders.

Their passing looked like it was done between opposition players with how much they tried to avoid kicking it accurately to a team mate.

gosh this Portugal team is dreadful

lol this except for the penalty part

Portugal were so bad it was a joke, which makes the defeat even more painful.

Half of the team looked like they could barely control a ball let alone make an accurate pass

julias wrote:

halamadrid2 wrote:Ronaldo had a header that was saved by the Keeper, a legit penalty appeal turned down, a sht from inside the box which was hit straight at the keeper and a shot from the linesmans position that hit the bar. All this while playing injured and limping throughout the game

The other players on the other hand I swear to god Pepe is better on the ball than nearly that whole team. Ronaldo creating for others but they get cought by more hungrier Ghana players and gets into space only for a shit pass to be intercepted easily by the ghana midfielders/defenders.

Their passing looked like it was done between opposition players with how much they tried to avoid kicking it accurately to a team mate.

gosh this Portugal team is dreadful

lol this except for the penalty part

Portugal were so bad it was a joke, which makes the defeat even more painful.

Half of the team looked like they could barely control a ball let alone make an accurate pass

Vierinha, Nani and Veloso

Mou is waiting for this scrub generation to get phased out before he takes over