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[imb]

8 world cup goals for mbappe and he's not even 24

[Transmogrified Tiger]

every Mbappe goal I see is like 'well yeah not sure how you keep him from doing that' and for France it happens every game

[Derwood]

8 world cup goals for mbappe and he's not even 24

 

9

[Transmogrified Tiger]

as I was saying

[imb]

the man dont miss, two perfectly struck, perfectly placed piss missiles, both times surrounded by defenders

[soccer10k]

8 world cup goals for mbappe and he's not even 24

 

Record is 16. He’s got at least 1 more game this year and he’ll be in his prime for 2026. I would think he’d still be good enough to be a starter in 2030. Injuries plus the World Cup only being a few games obviously come into play but it’s hard to see him not breaking the record.

[stitchface]

8 world cup goals for mbappe and he's not even 24

 

Record is 16. He’s got at least 1 more game this year and he’ll be in his prime for 2026. I would think he’d still be good enough to be a starter in 2030. Injuries plus the World Cup only being a few games obviously come into play but it’s hard to see him not breaking the record.

 

 

He's in his prime already . . .

[wolf stansson]

Still trying to imagine the mindset of a manager constantly starting Mason Mount over Phil Foden.

Gggareth was just growing into the tournament. This was the plan all along.

[soccer10k]

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Depay hasn't scored a UCL goal since the 19-20 season.

[wolf stansson]

Feel like the champions league was a throw away & his main point is we don’t have strikers nearly as good as Memphis, which is obviously true. People can parse his words if they want, but it’s not that controversial and I don’t need to catch him in a technicality when he’s entirely correct. Especially when he’s got one foot out the door.

[UMFan83]

First PKs of the tournament. Want Japan to win but not going well for them so far.

 

Edit: OK Japan is a terrible PK shooting team apparently.

[stitchface]

Feel like the champions league was a throw away & his main point is we don’t have strikers nearly as good as Memphis, which is obviously true. People can parse his words if they want, but it’s not that controversial and I don’t need to catch him in a technicality when he’s entirely correct. Especially when he’s got one foot out the door.

 

Memphis isn't really that good either, which only furthers the point. We don't have a Depay much less a good striker!

[soccer10k]

Feel like the champions league was a throw away & his main point is we don’t have strikers nearly as good as Memphis, which is obviously true. People can parse his words if they want, but it’s not that controversial and I don’t need to catch him in a technicality when he’s entirely correct. Especially when he’s got one foot out the door.

 

Memphis isn't really that good either, which only furthers the point. We don't have a Depay much less a good striker!

 

Makes it look even worse that he continued to shoehorn in a striker when we had more talented players on the bench. Reminded me of Spain did at times when they didn’t have a striker they liked. Rather than put one out there just for the sake of doing it, they’d just put an extra super talented midfielder out there instead. Obviously we’re not anywhere close to those Spain teams but the manager needs to figure out a way to get the best players on the field.

[UMFan83]

Unless South Korea overcomes a 2-0 deficit or Morocco beats Spain, it’s looking like the QF will be all European and South American teams. No surprise but I would have loved to have seen another region get a team in there.

[stitchface]

Feel like the champions league was a throw away & his main point is we don’t have strikers nearly as good as Memphis, which is obviously true. People can parse his words if they want, but it’s not that controversial and I don’t need to catch him in a technicality when he’s entirely correct. Especially when he’s got one foot out the door.

 

Memphis isn't really that good either, which only furthers the point. We don't have a Depay much less a good striker!

 

Makes it look even worse that he continued to shoehorn in a striker when we had more talented players on the bench. Reminded me of Spain did at times when they didn’t have a striker they liked. Rather than put one out there just for the sake of doing it, they’d just put an extra super talented midfielder out there instead. Obviously we’re not anywhere close to those Spain teams but the manager needs to figure out a way to get the best players on the field.

 

so, you're saying Gio is the next Iniesta?

[soccer10k]

 

Memphis isn't really that good either, which only furthers the point. We don't have a Depay much less a good striker!

 

Makes it look even worse that he continued to shoehorn in a striker when we had more talented players on the bench. Reminded me of Spain did at times when they didn’t have a striker they liked. Rather than put one out there just for the sake of doing it, they’d just put an extra super talented midfielder out there instead. Obviously we’re not anywhere close to those Spain teams but the manager needs to figure out a way to get the best players on the field.

 

so, you're saying Gio is the next Iniesta?

 

Sure would be nice if he is!

[soccer10k]

This is an ass kicking.

[wvcbxl]

This is an ass kicking.

 

And then some - Brasil can accelerate at will and there’s nothing the Koreans can do against that.

[stitchface]

This is an ass kicking.

 

And then some - Brasil can accelerate at will and there’s nothing the Koreans can do against that.

 

That third goal . . . and the fourth. It's showtime!

[Transmogrified Tiger]

[imb]

always so fun when brazil hits this gear and you start seeing things like neymar running 115 yards with the ball in his shirt

[stitchface]

only with Brazil could that second half be so entertaining . . . anyone else would have shut the game down!

[soccer10k]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/dec/05/fox-sports-us-world-cup-coverage-tv-soccer

 

This was an entertaining read. I can't speak for the accuracy of it as I haven't watched any coverage that wasn't the actual game though.

[wolf stansson]

[Rex Buckingham]

 

That's pretty great news. Need as many competitive games between now and '26 as possible.