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[JHBulls]

Jude Bellingham. Holy horsefeathers, what a talent. 

[JHBulls]

😂 

Australia pulled out yesterday. We will never host a World Cup at this rate. 

[JHBulls]

 

😂 

[stitchface]

On 10/21/2023 at 6:36 PM, stitchface said:

I like the idea of being creative with positions . . . seems to work well for Guardiola. That said, aren't McKennie's biggest assets his endurance and willingness to run? I've never really thought of him as a great passer (though I don't really have a strong opinion on that). I would go with Musah because he seems better able to hold on to the ball under pressure than McKennie. If you want to keep McKennie on the field, could he play as a 2 or 3?

 

Noted he is playing wingback some at club

[soccer10k]

The sports universe is cruel. The Cubs hire Counsell and Spurs need less than 6 minutes to take the lead against Chelsea.

Since then Romero got sent off and conceded a penalty because he’s a dumbass who makes a bunch of over aggressive challenges. Then our best CB injured his hamstring and Maddison also goes off injured.

[JHBulls]

39 minutes ago, soccer10k said:

The sports universe is cruel. The Cubs hire Counsell and Spurs need less than 6 minutes to take the lead against Chelsea.

Since then Romero got sent off and conceded a penalty because he’s a dumbass who makes a bunch of over aggressive challenges. Then our best CB injured his hamstring and Maddison also goes off injured.

How Spurs have kept it 1-1 after 70 minutes is beyond me. Vicario has been amazing.  
 

Love seeing Tottenham doing well especially because Ange is an Australian. 

[soccer10k]

32 minutes ago, JHBulls said:

How Spurs have kept it 1-1 after 70 minutes is beyond me. Vicario has been amazing.  
 

Love seeing Tottenham doing well especially because Ange is an Australian. 

I wasn’t watching today, just listening to a radio broadcast until halftime. Vicario has been a great acquisition so far this year and it sounded like he was really good again today. Lloris was starting to get a bit shaky at the end and it’s always nice to have faith in your GKer.

Edited November 6, 2023 by soccer10k

[stitchface]

3 hours ago, soccer10k said:

I wasn’t watching today, just listening to a radio broadcast until halftime. Vicario has been a great acquisition so far this year and it sounded like he was really good again today. Lloris was starting to get a bit shaky at the end and it’s always nice to have faith in your GKer.

pretty bad day for spurs. I am getting pretty sick of the managers bitching about VAR. anything to deflect from their own crappy performance (unrelated to spurs sorry - mostly Arteta). Every league in the world has VAR but only the premier league has all the drama. horsefeathers brits

 

[soccer10k]

1 hour ago, stitchface said:

pretty bad day for spurs. I am getting pretty sick of the managers bitching about VAR. anything to deflect from their own crappy performance (unrelated to spurs sorry - mostly Arteta). Every league in the world has VAR but only the premier league has all the drama. horsefeathers brits

 

I'll give Klopp and Arteta half a pass because the two calls (offside for Liverpool, non-foul for Arsenal) were pretty bad. Klopp's problem is he didn't leave it at that. He kept ranting about the red cards too, which was dumb. Arteta I thought it was funny that he said the call cost them 3 points. It cost them 1 since Arsenal couldn't score. The foul is at least open to interpretation. The offsides call is black and white and there's no reason to get that thing wrong.

But overall I agree. They just complain for the sake of complaining. It's one reason why I can't stand Mourinho or Conte either. Like you said, nothing is their fault. They like to take credit for wins but blame anything other than themselves for losses.

Edited November 7, 2023 by soccer10k

[stitchface]

On 11/6/2023 at 7:07 PM, soccer10k said:

I'll give Klopp and Arteta half a pass because the two calls (offside for Liverpool, non-foul for Arsenal) were pretty bad. Klopp's problem is he didn't leave it at that. He kept ranting about the red cards too, which was dumb. Arteta I thought it was funny that he said the call cost them 3 points. It cost them 1 since Arsenal couldn't score. The foul is at least open to interpretation. The offsides call is black and white and there's no reason to get that thing wrong.

But overall I agree. They just complain for the sake of complaining. It's one reason why I can't stand Mourinho or Conte either. Like you said, nothing is their fault. They like to take credit for wins but blame anything other than themselves for losses.

espn had a breakdown of the goal and basically concluded all four reviewed parts of it were correct. there was a funny quote from Ange - basically saying that the reason there was VAR was because managers complained so much about calls. basically he says he prefers to have the bad calls without the delays as opposed to the bad calls with delays - which pretty well hits the nail on the head. if you're going to use VAR, get the call correct. if you don't make egregious mistakes, all the complaining looks like what it is - complaining to deflect.

[soccer10k]

The length of review is definitely a huge issue in all sports. If it’s close enough that it’s going to take 4 minutes to review it, leave the call as is and move on.

Limit these things to 60 seconds at most and be done with it.

[Rex Buckingham]

I'm not even sure what language the rules have in different leagues, but the one phrase that comes up most often is "clear and obvious." If it's not clear and obvious in 60 seconds or less that a call was wrong, leave it as called because taking 5 minutes to discover a guy was off the base for a split second while the tag was held or that it grazed off this guy's fingertip and not that guy's is just too much. Basically every sport that uses replay moves too fast for humans to get every call exactly correct, and as we have seen on multiple occasions, replay doesn't always get it definitely correct

[stitchface]

I reffed some rec youth soccer this weekend and I have to say it's amazing pro refs get as much correct as they do. horsefeathers happens fast. 

[soccer10k]

Games left:

If ManU loses to Galatasaray, they're out. If they tie or beat Galatasaray, they're still probably going to need at least a draw, and maybe a win, against Bayern in the last match week. Now, you might be thinking well that shouldn't be too hard. They're at home and Bayern has already won the group. However Bayern has won 16 straight group stage games and is unbeaten in their last 37 in the group stage.

Coming into today, I figured they'd beat Copenhagen and still get out of the group. Now, I'm not so sure.

[stitchface]

On 11/8/2023 at 9:53 PM, soccer10k said:

Games left:

If ManU loses to Galatasaray, they're out. If they tie or beat Galatasaray, they're still probably going to need at least a draw, and maybe a win, against Bayern in the last match week. Now, you might be thinking well that shouldn't be too hard. They're at home and Bayern has already won the group. However Bayern has won 16 straight group stage games and is unbeaten in their last 37 in the group stage.

Coming into today, I figured they'd beat Copenhagen and still get out of the group. Now, I'm not so sure.

and more premier league manager whining . . . though I have questions about the rashford red - it's a tough call but it's also pretty damn dangerous.

 

Winning in Turkey will not be easy. Bayern will win in Manchester because United is just not near their level. Maguire flailing against the Bayern attack should be amusing.

[soccer10k]

7 hours ago, stitchface said:

and more premier league manager whining . . . though I have questions about the rashford red - it's a tough call but it's also pretty damn dangerous.

I saw it similar to the straight red Liverpool got against Spurs and the Romero red against Chelsea. There wasn't malicious intent but it's still a dangerous play and probably a deserved red.

[stitchface]

14 hours ago, soccer10k said:

I saw it similar to the straight red Liverpool got against Spurs and the Romero red against Chelsea. There wasn't malicious intent but it's still a dangerous play and probably a deserved red.

yea, I can't argue with that - intent or not, you have to control your body. I hate that every european game I watch has british announcers. they are so biased.

[soccer10k]

LOL

 

[stitchface]

Is there anti-American bias in Europe? I just don't understand Dortmund. They didn't just lose to Stuttgart, they were dominated. They keep running Julian Brandt out there and the corpse of Marco Reus. I guess it shouldn't be surprising given that Mats Hummels has cost them the league like 4 years in a row but they don't see fit to replace him. Get the horsefeathers out Gio.

[soccer10k]

Playing off the old Tarkanian quote, the Premier League was so mad at Man City for breaching the profitability and sustainability rules that they docked Everton 10 points today.

[JHBulls]

It’s safe to say it all went downhill for Gibraltar when they went down to 10 men. 

Edited November 18, 2023 by JHBulls

[stitchface]

Copa America final to Miami - Wolf should be happy!

[UMFan83]

WTF Dest? Legit just lost his mind, got a red card and then yelled at his teammates for pushing him off the field. 
 

USA up 4-1 in aggregates right now at halftime but the second half will surely be more tense being down a man. 

[UMFan83]

Welp, the US loses their 2nd consecutive 2-1 match in Trinidad but advance on aggregate 4-2. 
 

Disappointing window overall

[stitchface]

seriously wth was he so angry about? That was crazy - just kicking the ball away was crazy and then he doubles down.

 

The other alarming thing was Turner - both those goals need to be saved.