England romping over Iran in as much of a snoozefest a 6-1 game can be

they are loosely organized in the way you would think 11 professional footballers could make it work in a pinch, but there appears to be no real plan

and i dont understand the point of this asymmetrical 532. a central position is definitely in Gakpo's future as he develops, but they are only using half the field in possession. Blind's existence was justified before the tournament by the idea that he was going to tuck inside and combine with Gakpo on that wing. instead he's just standing around and Gakpo is fruitlessly running into very narrow channels.

if someone with a better tactical understanding could explain this, i would be very appreciative

>they are loosely organized in the way you would think 11
>professional footballers could make it work in a pinch, but
>there appears to be no real plan

I dig it!

Turner; Dest, Zimmerman, Ream, Robinson; Adams, Musah, McKennie; Weah, Sargent, Pulisic

dont even bid if you arent willing to spend AT LEAST €60M

in favor of a bunch of pressing merchants.

play the player in his best position and let him build some confidence with multiple starts in a row and you have a borderline world class talent.

Pulisic's experience at wingback has them confident to let Jedi get wayyyy up the field while Pulisic drops deeper into the LB zone

thats interesting, and seems like the kind of thing that could create a Wales bust

You’re a focking Pulisic stan. That’s all you are. You’re not a Chelsea fan.
You’re the Vex ID of soccer….

FOH.

I can’t wait til he is moved so you can follow some other club.

a sole focus on possession and defense while trying to scrap your ways to ugly goals is not a recipe for sustained success for a top club.

but it sure as hell weren’t Chelsea matches.

Chelsea had many offensive games last season…

and now you hate Potter, because he also knows Pulisic is overrated.

That’s all you care about is Pulisic.

It’s about winning trophies at the bridge!

its been open season on Americans ever since

that absurd Italy match in 06, Altidore getting his ass beat all thru 2010, this Mepham clown getting repeated verbal warnings

it never ends

good second half so far, Wales using Moore's big frame to good effect

way too conservative, especially with a lead.

but hey, he's wearing A Ma Maniere Jordan 4's!

Unless he's not fit (which wouldn't be a surprise), he needs to be out there

you have enough good players to go take the game.

you don't have to just sit back and do nothing an hope the lead holds, which is Berhalters m.o.

he's such a bum ass manager.

we don't exactly have tall and elite physical specimens playing in central defense. it was terrifying every time the ball went into the box.

i don't feel like we sat back and wanted to absorb that pressure. it just kinda happened as wales grew in confidence on the ball.

something to them.

And that penalty, so frustrating.

I’m good. I’m still in boycott mode though….only watching box scores.

I might break once Belgium plays.

Go back to watching Serie A where soccer doesn’t happen.

you mouth breathing knuckle dragging moron who makes no sense every time you type

not to mention an overly sanctimonious fake concerned righteous dickhead. LOL you supported Chelsea and Abramovich all these years, the same guy who sponsored settlements in west bank and gaza , and a huge pro Israeli Defense Forces supporter



>Go back to watching Serie A where soccer doesn’t happen.


this reminds me, gonna start flooding the soccer posts with LONG Serie A swipes from every Futbol source on the internet. just because it gives you nosebleeds and your shitty phone cant handle it.

the misfits of society. They appear when not called upon or thought about.

You’re not in elementary school anymore, my man.

>the misfits of society. They appear when not called upon or
>thought about.

like how you just came crying about Ben Simmons when no one was thinking about you (or trying to even critique Ben)?

smh.

>the misfits of society. They appear when not called upon or
>thought about.
>
>You’re not in elementary school anymore, my man.
>

>>the misfits of society. They appear when not called upon or
>>thought about.
>>
>>You’re not in elementary school anymore, my man.
>>
>
Then tries and hide his hands.

He is a very good bootlicker though if you're in need of those services.

Now exit the thread, because you really don’t know anything
about soccer. You just chime in to troll and post long meaningless
Serie A swipes which no one cares about.

I’ll wait until you’re done playing the violins for migrant workers you didn’t give a fuxk about before World Cup .


>Now exit the thread, because you really don’t know
>anything
>about soccer.

Lol I’ve been on OKP long enough to know that you don’t know shit about anything



You just chime in to troll and post long
>meaningless
>Serie A swipes which no one cares about.
>
>


Lol Serie A teams have a rich tradition , Chelsea was a piece of shit club until your Russian Zionazi daddy bought them and pumped money in .

threads, before you appeared to get in a verbal battle.

Do you have anything soccer related to add?

Any predictions?

Any players?

Any teams?

Anything of substance to show your worth instead of being an
instigator?

I’ll save my soccer commentary for someone worth discussing and learning from ppl worth learning from


FORZA Serie A / Inter .

They came so close in the last WC, finishing in third place, but now
a lot of those players are winding down and are in their twilight. Plus they
will be without Lukaku for the first two matches, so Mitchy will get the start.

The one bright spot for them is Lois Openda, a rising, young striker who is
very elusive and can strike with speed and power. …will this be his coming out?


We shall see.


I would love for Hazard to close his career with a WC trophy…He has won everything
else.

But Garland / Mitchell vs Young/ Murray is a straight up battle at the moment….

or otoh idk how we threaten england

we have a lot of players that fit an ideal attacking archetype but physically they are all unremarkable, on top of being 2nd or 3rd tier technically

say a prayer for Dest cause Rashford and Saka are about to take liberties w/ him

>or otoh idk how we threaten england
>
>we have a lot of players that fit an ideal attacking archetype
>but physically they are all unremarkable, on top of being 2nd
>or 3rd tier technically
>
>say a prayer for Dest cause Rashford and Saka are about to
>take liberties w/ him

you also got to get gio on the field if healthy. a pure striker ain't gonna mean shit vs england with minimal possession. have him as a false 9 and pray the innate skillets between puli/weah/gio figure something out. if gio isn't ready throw aaronson in there instead. maybe go to a 442. i dunno.

if the defense can somehow hold up i would want my most talented attacking players on the field to give us the best chance to squeeze something out of this.

against Iran. Wales will lose against England, unless they do some UK collusion
against America, and allow Wales to draw…. I can actually see that.

If they try to run with the three lions, they will get murked.

That is an unreal result to wake up to

How on earth?

As much as I didn't really believe in Argentina's fave status, this is still a massive shocker.

Group C is suddenly very fucking interesting.

https://twitter.com/trollfootball/status/1595018808015704064?s=46&t=29w5R78Sb40Gt78G-bYnYA

If he was crossing his arms and a 3rd hand (of god) was giving the finger.

doesnt he sort of slow down and drag his shooting foot before driving it thru the ball?

seemed like he was alllllllll up in his own head

That save was huge.

https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/1595107357159297029

just had to upstage Messi's bad day

still the best to ever rock the shirt tho

I mean, he's obviously on of the all time greats... but his Man U career was before he peaked and then after his peak.
He won a Champions League with them, scored in the final (and also missed his pen), so he's obviously got a place in club history... but Man U goat? Idk.

I'd argue guys like Scholes, Keane or Giggs probably accomplished a little more at the club over a longer period of time.

Which is ironic considering he accomplished so much more at Madrid, and yet he doesn't feel like their GOAT to me at all (but you could certainly argue it).

hes one of the worlds best midfielders right now

why move him so far away from the ball and put Milik on the bench?

>why move him so far away from the ball and put Milik on the
>bench?

I may need to watch that at the local Barca bar

because it's glaringly weak. Everything dangerous goes down the right.

https://twitter.com/TheAthleticFC/status/1595153984905515011?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

too funny that both liverpool and united will be on the block at the same time.

I can only hope Todd Boehly follows suit SOON. They know
nothing about the game, from the business end to the pitch.

We are being linked to Ronaldo again…smh

Not crowning their ass yet (I like Brazil to win a little more atm), but they looked about as I expected - borderline unplayable.

let's see how we do against a Denmark side that will be desperate for a W. Also super bummed about Hernandez's injury, our D is already looking brittle and this ain't helping

i guess its fitting for a cup played in Qatar

Probably lucky Germany haven't found another yet, but I wouldn't be surprised at 1-1, at this point.

Is it me, or is Neuer looking kinda sketchy?

>Is it me, or is Neuer looking kinda sketchy?

The first half was looking like a slaughter but then in the second half and after the changes they completely flipped that shit. It was excellent!

that penalty they gave up was his fault. Terrible decision to tackle. I saw another play where he came out too far to punch a ball, and that almost led to a goal too...but yea he stepped up in the 2H

That Gavi goal was filthy.

Meanwhile Belgium back line is suspect AF

We were lively, and that first half was mostly ours, couldn't do anything in the final third and then let them get that goal over the top right before half-time. The pen is unfortunate, but felt like we could have gotten more out of the game otherwise with better decisions in the box.

Still, feels like we could do something in the group, but don't really know what this says for us against Morocco/Croatia, didn't see their morning draw, and doubt it will be the same kind of games as this one.

This has been an entertaining nil-nil.

Eden Hazard showed his class. He played extremely well.

https://youtu.be/qT8zNrULP60

That first touch, then spin off and back to the ball was a thing of beauty.

I imagine Belgium’s link up play will improve once Lukaku returns

Yea will be a goal for the ages- especially if they win this cup

with some of the greatest Scissor/Bicycle kicks by a Brasílian.

Assuming England with 9, Wales with 1, it'll all hinge on US beating Iran.

Obviously I've written off rhis afternoon in this calculation.

Wales was lucky not to lose by 4

qatar eliminated before the end of Matchday 2A

Crowd seemed surprisingly sparse for a home match, the pitch opposite side of the regular camera was not full at all.

if hes ever the best player Chelsea has, they're mid-table at best

year and Chelsea Player of the year.

So your assessment is 100 percent wrong.

Chelsea player of the year 2020-21
Chelsea player of the year 2021-22

Club finished top 4 in both seasons.

SMH…majority of you guys in here just say to say shit

hes calling a man's game, and the players are being physical without being dirty

if this is Dest/McKennie/Adams/Pulisic/Weah every time out, we can compete with everyone in the tournament

Yep great combination or work rate and creativity. Just gotta minimize mistakes on the counter.

Counter looks great.

US running out of steam.

Reyna shoulda had more time especially, run around, create some havoc.

Still, a good point.

down to the last play those last 15 were a waste

Southgate is such an uninspiring coward of a manager my god

I get why he's the one taking them but I feel like every single corner kick and free kick was the same thing over and over. I feel like they should let somebody else do a couple of them just to at least get some different looks.

If Gio isn't going to start he should at least come on sooner than he did today.

Otherwise I think it was good.

they need to dead this marketing push for him he is just a guy out there. it'd be good for both him and us if he was treated like that.

because you knew it was going nowhere

I thought the US was supposed to be good at set pieces

>I get why he's the one taking them but I feel like every
>single corner kick and free kick was the same thing over and
>over. I feel like they should let somebody else do a couple of
>them just to at least get some different looks.
>
>If Gio isn't going to start he should at least come on sooner
>than he did today.
>
>Otherwise I think it was good.

I guess im the dissenting voice here, but most of his corners were well placed in the 6 yard box...there was just nobody at the end of them. A lot better than some corners Ive seen this cup.

Im not a Pulisic stan by any stretch, but thats one thing i thought he did well and gave the US chances at

and I had never head of dude until a few days ago they were hyping him up on tv as the “face” of this current team but yesterday I didn’t see him do 1 thing special.

If that’s our best I don’t see us going very far at all.

Gave Trippier all kinds of trouble, was dangerous both on the cross and the dribble, and had McKennie been not so wildly off target, would have had at least an assist.

He doesn't dominate games, but he creates a ton of offense.

ugh.

It’s not his fault our current center forward crop is less than inspiring. And that said, Sargent and Wright did well as far as hold up play and occupying the opposition’s center halves.

Yes, Reyna should have more time in an ideal world. But even when he’s saying to the press he’s good to go he was admitting he still had some tightness. So managing his minutes makes sense.

I certainly prefer him to someone like Bruce Arena, who stuck with his favorites for far too long in both his stints in charge.

sadly we are stuck w/ him until the next cup for sure

Wales was a letdown, but I had no problems with yesterday. Now I'd like to see what it looks like in a must-win against an inferior squad.

shout out to my boys Tyler Adams and Tim Ream. Tyler playing like this his 3rd WC. couldn't be prouder unless Aaron Long gets into the game at some point (not holding my breath).

>shout out to my boys Tyler Adams and Tim Ream. Tyler playing
>like this his 3rd WC. couldn't be prouder unless Aaron Long
>gets into the game at some point (not holding my breath).

prolly team MVP thus far

That was awesome.

Needed Denmark to draw this. Damned France.

not totally convinced yet but the early returns on this Griezou/Tchouameni/Rabiot triangle are def better than I expected

Maybe especially on the big countries, where nearly every player is on some top Euro club and thus has to suddenly switch gears from club to country, whereas in the summer, with the season over and a short break before the tourney start, he has time to sort of switch gears, do more training with the country squad.

And presumably smaller countries might be less affected, especially if their players aren't involved in club international comps, like CL and Europa.

Or at least the schedule seems to be introducing a level of unpredictability.

But I've done absolutely no research, so maybe not.

Was really hoping to see germany eliminated…

seemed to alternate disappointing ones with seemingly transcendent ones. They'll have to hope they can keep that pattern going against Spain.

I've always liked their team so was disappointed Canada was in their Group. We made them earn it (felt like we let Belgium get away with that goal), which they unfortunately came out and did. Hopefully they can at least carry that momentum and beat Belgium and go out of the group with Morocco, and I can continue being amused at Belgium's rankings.

It was amusing seeing Modric being the main one trying to piss us off and get under out skin at times. Our keeper getting booed because he has history with a top Serbian club, I feel like that's happened before but this was our first match against them.

Our defense can get scrappy, which might seem to work in Concacaf sometimes, but we probably need to learn how defend these top countries in the next four years. Hopefully this group can keep growing together and be more ready for that second chance.

The defense Canada played from 30 mi utes on was some of the worst I’ve seen at the cup level. It felt like they were an auto bid team that had no business in the cup ( cough Qatar) when they won concacaf