Transmogrified Tiger
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Yellows are completely reset for knockouts correct? No, not til after the quarterfinals.
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Rooting interests for tomorrow, the potential quarterfinal opponent would be between the winner of Group C and the runner up in Group D. That means we really want Poland to get a result against Argentina to keep Argentina out of the top spot. Less likely and more fun would be Saudi Arabia blowing out Mexico to catch Argentina's GD, but they'd have to win by at least 3 to overcome a 1 goal Argentina win. In Group D it would take a miracle for France to not win the group, which is good. The rooting interest would be Australia getting a result over Denmark to take the 2nd spot. If both of those broke the US's way, neither of which seem beyond the pale given performances thus far, their (again, potential) quarterfinal opponent could be the winner of Poland/Australia.
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Yes it is exactly that.
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Musah needs to sort himself out defensively in that new spot on the right
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It does not, we have one more window to make 2 subs.
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It's gonna be Morris for Weah and Yedlin for Dest and then probably Wright for Sargent? Please get a 2nd
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don't worry there's gonna be 12 minutes of stoppage time too
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Weah just got his own Lackeyfun.gif moment on camera
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Bale off with an injury for Wales, as long as England stay tied the chance of them getting the shock winner is still there, but hopes are waning edit: no sooner did I type this and England score
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They really need to get the 2nd early in the half so the inevitable Acosta for Musah doesn't kill the attack
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Need some earlier subs than we've had so far. I'm not exactly sure who they should be outside of taking off a hurt Pulisic, but we can't let Iran increase the desperation against tired legs in Game 3 and not sub til 70'.
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I wanted the US to play at the world cup, I said yes this is the experience that I would prefer, who wouldn't want to be a ball of anxiety for 3 matches and wait for set piece coinflips to decide your fate
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I was really hoping his middle name was like Jefferson or something, but Wikipedia says it's Shaan, which is arguably cooler.
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Incredible.
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CCV supposedly in for his pace and maybe his passing, which sure I can buy he's better than Zimmerman on the margins. But Zimmerman is a good bit better in the air and breaking in a brand new CB pairing after conceding nothing from open play for 2 games seems like a lot of risk for not a lot of benefit.
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CCV, okay then
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Not looking like a great cycle for CONMEBOL at the moment. Peru lost to Australia in the intercontinental playoff, Ecuador is 45 minutes from blowing a chance at the knockouts to Mane-less Senegal, and Argentina already lost to Saudi Arabia. Of course Argentina can get their stuff together and Brazil look like the engine of death they normally do, so for all I know it'll be an all-CONMEBOL final.
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I think you've gotta have Weston in there, he's huge for set pieces and is our best scoring threat from midfield that isn't just repurposing a winger into that position. I bet we'll stay with the 4-3-3 with minimal changes, basically the Wales lineup with maybe Aaronson in for Musah. Reyna gets 30-40 minutes for Weah, Ferreira replaces Sargent if he runs out of steam, Wright gets tossed on for a defender if we need a goal.
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2022-23 Offseason Thread (non-Cubs)
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Derwood's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
If you give Abreu 20 million AAV and pay a SS, you're gonna have to shop at the bottom of the barrel for most of your other needs in order to stay under the LT. Especially given what these early deals imply about what FA's are going to cost. Abreu would've been very useful but ultimately it's going to be easier to find a professional hitter with fewer marginal dollars than it will be to find a starting CF, C, or SP. -
Like the "my work here is done"/"but you didn't do anything" meme come to life
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2022-23 Offseason Thread (non-Cubs)
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Derwood's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
12 million it is. Not great for the odds of doing much better if someone like Walker or Taillon is on the menu -
Oof, get well soon. I took last week off and woke up to 11 goals before I could even caffeinate in my first day back in the office, and now I have a ton to catch up on so I'm limiting myself to only blocking my calendar for the 2nd half tomorrow (for now).
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2022-23 Offseason Thread (Cubs)
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Derwood's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
1. I think an argument can be made that a team in the Cubs' position can afford some inefficiency to avoid talent drains, especially for a player with a well rounded skill set like Happ's, but as a LF-only player they can stomach that better than most other positions. 2. I could probably be talked into Heaney as SP1 in some circumstances, but it probably depends on the contract. If he's getting 2/20ish like contract crowdsourcing says, then you could do some fun things with the rest of the roster, especially if you also took a swing with SP2(e.g. Rogers) 3. YES, I would go as far as to say that Phillips is not unique in this regard, but there are a number of low salary/low trade cost CFs that could fit well here in the name of saving resources to use elsewhere. 4/5. The Cubs won't become a championship contender again without stars, and as much as they may be able to approximate a similar average win total in 2023 without one of the SS, they will be further away from consistent title contention if they don't get a SS. My thoughts on Swanson are documented already but I would much rather take Bogaerts' bat to the bank than the ambiguity that comes with Swanson's bat and the uncertain degree of his defensive excellence. -
2022-23 Offseason Thread (non-Cubs)
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Derwood's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I'll be curious to see what the contract looks like. Based on projections he was in that group that would be a little too underwhelming for SP1 but a little too expensive for SP2 in most situations. 'More than 8 million' doesn't really tell me much since I would've been shocked if he got less than 8.
