The Soccer Thread

[shnsajax]

Solstice, shmolstice. It's not summer until English clubs spend 100% too much on English talent.

 

Still not as bad as the Andy Carroll transfer.

[Mark Priors Calves]

Here's a good SI article about Charlie Davies and what could have been with him and Altidore.

 

http://www.si.com/soccer/planet-futbol/2014/06/27/charlie-davies-usa-germany-usmnt-world-cup-brazil

[Guest]

Solstice, shmolstice. It's not summer until English clubs spend 100% too much on English talent.

 

Still not as bad as the Andy Carroll transfer.

 

Is this Luke Shaw or somebody else?

[wolf stansson]

Shaw $53,660,000

Lallana $42,591,250

 

Absurd.

 

If Shaw is worth that, what is DeAndre Yedlin worth?

 

According to transfermarkt.com - $341,187.

 

If Lallana is worth that, what is Michael Bradley worth?

 

According to transfermarkt.com - $8,870,875

 

 

Uh huh. 100% too much is tea party level conservative.

[shnsajax]

Damn. Southhampton really milked those. So what's Ross Barkley worth? By far my favorite young English player.

[USSoccer]

Damn. Southhampton really milked those. So what's Ross Barkley worth? By far my favorite young English player.

 

Based on English Player Surcharge?

 

$80m.

[wolf stansson]

Sterling is an easy 100 mil.

[shnsajax]

All the more reason for Yedlin to Arsenal. Wenger is cheap.

[wolf stansson]

All the more reason for Yedlin to Arsenal. Wenger is cheap.

Unfortunately he isn't French.

[USSoccer]

All the more reason for Yedlin to Arsenal. Wenger is cheap.

Unfortunately he isn't French.

 

He isn't ready for the EPL. Let him stay in MLS another year, then maybe go to Holland. He can qualify for a Latvian passport which opens up some doors on the continent.

[USSoccer]

I will laaaaaaaaaugh if Rufio gets a yellow in this game and has to sit out the QF

[shnsajax]

Neymar just got shot out of a cannon. Of course it wasn't a foul but he got the call.

[shnsajax]

Hulk make booboo, Hulk sad.

[USSoccer]

Hahahaha Brazil.

 

I have such a hard time reconciling my burning desire to see Brazil bounced with my lack of desire to see full-scale rioting when they do get bounced.

[shnsajax]

Especially to another South American team.

[shnsajax]

Is Fred playing the lead role in the new Emmanuel series?

[USSoccer]

Chile have reduced Brazil to a mid-table English side in terms of tactics.

[shnsajax]

Brazil remind me of everything I hate about Real Madrid. Marcelo I'm sure plays a huge part of that.

[UMFan83]

I love extra soccer!

[UMFan83]

What was the score of the Germany-Portugal game when Pepe got the red card? 1-0 or 2-0?

 

Just random thought that USA and Portugal drew each other, both beat Ghana 2-1 on a late goal after blowing a lead. The Germany game was the difference...Portugal played a man down for over half the game and got blown out. USA played them tight and lost 1-0. That idiotic head butt pretty much ruined the WC for Portugal. I guess you can also say the order the games were played in made a big difference as well since Germany was all but through when we played them.

[kujay]

Holy hell.

[USSoccer]

If that was the US hitting the bar I'd have died of a stroke.

[bukie]

If that was the US hitting the bar I'd have died of a stroke.

And the bar again, and Brazil is through.

[shnsajax]

So lucky. Columbia is going to give them hell.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

What's Chilean for Gordon Bombay?