The fact that there's so many wonderful crosses and headers now is fucking amazing. God, I love a well-placed cross into the box. Fuck Adidas, FIFA, and the goddamn Jabulani for the travesty that was that thing in 2010 that deprived us of them four years ago.
Just want to say, there are a lot of salty non-americans on these boards. We played poorly, and still beat a quality team in the WC. Pretty big steps.
To add on to this, I would be really surprised if we look as poor on the ball our next couple matches as we were in game 1. Not just looking at it with homer-colored glasses on, but we don't really play *that* way anymore. We definitely did 4 years ago quite often, but these days that performance isn't the norm, and I don't think it's just that we were playing against a quality opponent - I think a lot of it was just fluky, nerves, and the inevitable "hold-on" mentality that seizes a team when they desperately want to hold a lead and forget how to attack.
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That stat's a little deceptive though - sure, most of those long bombing shots are not going to need to be challenged, but if you concede enough of them, even if only one magically swerves into the top right corner, that's enough. I thought Mexico looked a bit more dangerous than that stat lets on.
I wouldn't worry too much about that, this ball is far superior to the 2010 one.
Makes Pirlo's free kick even more impressive.
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We're at 40someodd goals scored so far through the first round of matches. 2010 had 89 scored in the entire length of the group stages. Keep it up, fellas.
Just want to say, there are a lot of salty non-americans on these boards. We played poorly, and still beat a quality team in the WC. Pretty big steps.
Quality. *snicker* Have you seen Ghana at the ball? Not to mention every other African team besides Ivory Coast. Makes CONCACAF seem like world class.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not salty like Maz is. Congrats on a well-fought victory, especially after the last two times you lost, but don't think for a second that your next opponents will play as poor with the ball as Ghana did.
Maybe Howard will have a night like Ochoa though. Not as impossible as one might think, since neither Portugal nor Germany have a decent full-bred striker that isn't over 30. Although your fullbacks aren't too great either.
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Just want to say, there are a lot of salty non-americans on these boards. We played poorly, and still beat a quality team in the WC. Pretty big steps.
Quality. *snicker* Have you seen Ghana at the ball? Not to mention every other African team besides Ivory Coast. Makes CONCACAF seem like world class.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not salty like Maz is. Congrats on a well-fought victory, especially after the last two times you lost, but don't think for a second that your next opponents will play as poor with the ball as Ghana did.
Maybe Howard will have a night like Ochoa though. Not as impossible as one might think, since neither Portugal nor Germany have a decent full-bred striker that isn't over 30. Although your fullbacks aren't too great either.
No you're absolutely right, Ghana is terrible. They definitely weren't a Suarez deliberate handball away from the semis last WC
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
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Just want to say, there are a lot of salty non-americans on these boards. We played poorly, and still beat a quality team in the WC. Pretty big steps.
Quality. *snicker* Have you seen Ghana at the ball? Not to mention every other African team besides Ivory Coast. Makes CONCACAF seem like world class.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not salty like Maz is. Congrats on a well-fought victory, especially after the last two times you lost, but don't think for a second that your next opponents will play as poor with the ball as Ghana did.
Maybe Howard will have a night like Ochoa though. Not as impossible as one might think, since neither Portugal nor Germany have a decent full-bred striker that isn't over 30. Although your fullbacks aren't too great either.
No you're absolutely right, Ghana is terrible. They definitely weren't a Suarez deliberate handball away from the semis last WC
A team can't change in four years. Nope. Not at all. They're definitely one of the best teams at the WC. I mean, how many teams had 7-0 wins in qualifying?
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Just want to say, there are a lot of salty non-americans on these boards. We played poorly, and still beat a quality team in the WC. Pretty big steps.
Quality. *snicker* Have you seen Ghana at the ball? Not to mention every other African team besides Ivory Coast. Makes CONCACAF seem like world class.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not salty like Maz is. Congrats on a well-fought victory, especially after the last two times you lost, but don't think for a second that your next opponents will play as poor with the ball as Ghana did.
Maybe Howard will have a night like Ochoa though. Not as impossible as one might think, since neither Portugal nor Germany have a decent full-bred striker that isn't over 30. Although your fullbacks aren't too great either.
No you're absolutely right, Ghana is terrible. They definitely weren't a Suarez deliberate handball away from the semis last WC
A team can't change in four years. Nope. Not at all. They're definitely one of the best teams at the WC. I mean, how many teams had 7-0 wins in qualifying?
Saltier than a bag of pretzels
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
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TavIrish Minister for DefenceRegistered Userregular
Just want to say, there are a lot of salty non-americans on these boards. We played poorly, and still beat a quality team in the WC. Pretty big steps.
Quality. *snicker* Have you seen Ghana at the ball? Not to mention every other African team besides Ivory Coast. Makes CONCACAF seem like world class.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not salty like Maz is. Congrats on a well-fought victory, especially after the last two times you lost, but don't think for a second that your next opponents will play as poor with the ball as Ghana did.
Maybe Howard will have a night like Ochoa though. Not as impossible as one might think, since neither Portugal nor Germany have a decent full-bred striker that isn't over 30. Although your fullbacks aren't too great either.
No you're absolutely right, Ghana is terrible. They definitely weren't a Suarez deliberate handball away from the semis last WC
A team can't change in four years. Nope. Not at all. They're definitely one of the best teams at the WC. I mean, how many teams had 7-0 wins in qualifying?
Saltier than a bag of pretzels
I was for America! I had alcohol riding on the game.
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Just want to say, there are a lot of salty non-americans on these boards. We played poorly, and still beat a quality team in the WC. Pretty big steps.
Quality. *snicker* Have you seen Ghana at the ball? Not to mention every other African team besides Ivory Coast. Makes CONCACAF seem like world class.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not salty like Maz is. Congrats on a well-fought victory, especially after the last two times you lost, but don't think for a second that your next opponents will play as poor with the ball as Ghana did.
Maybe Howard will have a night like Ochoa though. Not as impossible as one might think, since neither Portugal nor Germany have a decent full-bred striker that isn't over 30. Although your fullbacks aren't too great either.
No you're absolutely right, Ghana is terrible. They definitely weren't a Suarez deliberate handball away from the semis last WC
A team can't change in four years. Nope. Not at all. They're definitely one of the best teams at the WC. I mean, how many teams had 7-0 wins in qualifying?
Saltier than a bag of pretzels
I was for America! I had alcohol riding on the game.
Beer goes good with pretzels though
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
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TavIrish Minister for DefenceRegistered Userregular
Just want to say, there are a lot of salty non-americans on these boards. We played poorly, and still beat a quality team in the WC. Pretty big steps.
Quality. *snicker* Have you seen Ghana at the ball? Not to mention every other African team besides Ivory Coast. Makes CONCACAF seem like world class.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not salty like Maz is. Congrats on a well-fought victory, especially after the last two times you lost, but don't think for a second that your next opponents will play as poor with the ball as Ghana did.
Maybe Howard will have a night like Ochoa though. Not as impossible as one might think, since neither Portugal nor Germany have a decent full-bred striker that isn't over 30. Although your fullbacks aren't too great either.
No you're absolutely right, Ghana is terrible. They definitely weren't a Suarez deliberate handball away from the semis last WC
A team can't change in four years. Nope. Not at all. They're definitely one of the best teams at the WC. I mean, how many teams had 7-0 wins in qualifying?
Saltier than a bag of pretzels
I was for America! I had alcohol riding on the game.
Beer goes good with pretzels though
I had it with a cheese burger while watching Brazil Mexico.
To be fair, Uruguay was quite terrible last WC too. Forlan and Suarez basically carried the rest of the squad to the semis where The Netherlands still beat them comfortably. Forlan is out now and Suarez is struggling with his injury and look what happened. Beaten deservedly by Costa Rica.
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Forgive me I am still in mourning for josmer's right hamstring
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
Rats. For this soccer-n00b, the analysis was actually pretty interesting. Or maybe it was just the analyst's posh British accent that made me think so. Apparently, Mexico only put 2 of their 13 shots on goal.
Also, I'm going to assume that it is similar to hockey where a shot on goal means if the keeper wasn't there it would have gone in. That being said, a close but slightly wide/high shot would not register as a shot on goal.
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While I agree that being insensitive is an issue, so is being oversensitive.
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TavIrish Minister for DefenceRegistered Userregular
Rats. For this soccer-n00b, the analysis was actually pretty interesting. Or maybe it was just the analyst's posh British accent that made me think so. Apparently, Mexico only put 2 of their 13 shots on goal.
Also, I'm going to assume that it is similar to hockey where a shot on goal means if the keeper wasn't there it would have gone in. That being said, a close but slightly wide/high shot would not register as a shot on goal.
Yup. Hitting the post doesn't count as a shot on target.
My phone didn't stop buzzing for a while after the Mexico game. I'll be in and out of the office so I'll just be looking at stats and numbers on my phone whenever I get a break.
Just want to say, there are a lot of salty non-americans on these boards. We played poorly, and still beat a quality team in the WC. Pretty big steps.
Quality. *snicker* Have you seen Ghana at the ball? Not to mention every other African team besides Ivory Coast. Makes CONCACAF seem like world class.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not salty like Maz is. Congrats on a well-fought victory, especially after the last two times you lost, but don't think for a second that your next opponents will play as poor with the ball as Ghana did.
Maybe Howard will have a night like Ochoa though. Not as impossible as one might think, since neither Portugal nor Germany have a decent full-bred striker that isn't over 30. Although your fullbacks aren't too great either.
No you're absolutely right, Ghana is terrible. They definitely weren't a Suarez deliberate handball away from the semis last WC
A team can't change in four years. Nope. Not at all. They're definitely one of the best teams at the WC. I mean, how many teams had 7-0 wins in qualifying?
Saltier than a bag of pretzels
I was for America! I had alcohol riding on the game.
Just want to say, there are a lot of salty non-americans on these boards. We played poorly, and still beat a quality team in the WC. Pretty big steps.
Quality. *snicker* Have you seen Ghana at the ball? Not to mention every other African team besides Ivory Coast. Makes CONCACAF seem like world class.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not salty like Maz is. Congrats on a well-fought victory, especially after the last two times you lost, but don't think for a second that your next opponents will play as poor with the ball as Ghana did.
Maybe Howard will have a night like Ochoa though. Not as impossible as one might think, since neither Portugal nor Germany have a decent full-bred striker that isn't over 30. Although your fullbacks aren't too great either.
No you're absolutely right, Ghana is terrible. They definitely weren't a Suarez deliberate handball away from the semis last WC
A team can't change in four years. Nope. Not at all. They're definitely one of the best teams at the WC. I mean, how many teams had 7-0 wins in qualifying?
Saltier than a bag of pretzels
I was for America! I had alcohol riding on the game.
Just want to say, there are a lot of salty non-americans on these boards. We played poorly, and still beat a quality team in the WC. Pretty big steps.
Quality. *snicker* Have you seen Ghana at the ball? Not to mention every other African team besides Ivory Coast. Makes CONCACAF seem like world class.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not salty like Maz is. Congrats on a well-fought victory, especially after the last two times you lost, but don't think for a second that your next opponents will play as poor with the ball as Ghana did.
Maybe Howard will have a night like Ochoa though. Not as impossible as one might think, since neither Portugal nor Germany have a decent full-bred striker that isn't over 30. Although your fullbacks aren't too great either.
No you're absolutely right, Ghana is terrible. They definitely weren't a Suarez deliberate handball away from the semis last WC
A team can't change in four years. Nope. Not at all. They're definitely one of the best teams at the WC. I mean, how many teams had 7-0 wins in qualifying?
Saltier than a bag of pretzels
I was for America! I had alcohol riding on the game.
Beer goes good with pretzels though
nothing goes well with pretzels
they're an abomination
Snack pretzels are an abomination.
Real german pretzels are awesome as a bread substitute in a sandwich.
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To add on to this, I would be really surprised if we look as poor on the ball our next couple matches as we were in game 1. Not just looking at it with homer-colored glasses on, but we don't really play *that* way anymore. We definitely did 4 years ago quite often, but these days that performance isn't the norm, and I don't think it's just that we were playing against a quality opponent - I think a lot of it was just fluky, nerves, and the inevitable "hold-on" mentality that seizes a team when they desperately want to hold a lead and forget how to attack.
Makes Pirlo's free kick even more impressive.
It's only because we're jealous of all your freedom.
Quality. *snicker* Have you seen Ghana at the ball? Not to mention every other African team besides Ivory Coast. Makes CONCACAF seem like world class.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not salty like Maz is. Congrats on a well-fought victory, especially after the last two times you lost, but don't think for a second that your next opponents will play as poor with the ball as Ghana did.
Maybe Howard will have a night like Ochoa though. Not as impossible as one might think, since neither Portugal nor Germany have a decent full-bred striker that isn't over 30. Although your fullbacks aren't too great either.
No you're absolutely right, Ghana is terrible. They definitely weren't a Suarez deliberate handball away from the semis last WC
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
A team can't change in four years. Nope. Not at all. They're definitely one of the best teams at the WC. I mean, how many teams had 7-0 wins in qualifying?
Saltier than a bag of pretzels
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
I was for America! I had alcohol riding on the game.
Beer goes good with pretzels though
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
Yup. Hitting the post doesn't count as a shot on target.
Its his left hamstring, thank you. Now forgive me while I go chug rubbing alcohol to help forget this atrocity.
nothing goes well with pretzels
they're an abomination
Ah, victory goes GREAT with pretzels.
Snack pretzels are an abomination.
Real german pretzels are awesome as a bread substitute in a sandwich.
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Well Holland did send Robben to the left side of goal just to make Australia feel at home.
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