Mjolnirs
Footballguy
Thanks. I’ll have to look into the pregame, or find a setting to start it early.
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***Official 2022 World Cup Thread*** (1 Viewer)
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NewlyRetired
Footballguy
to reiterate the massive importance of game 1.
Teams that win game 1, advance 84% of the time
Teams that draw game 1, advance 55% of the time
Teams that lose game 1, advance 11% of the time
I believe due to the Iran result, the win and losses numbers for US Wales will be even more dramatic.
If either team loses today, they will be forced to get points off of England. Both will be medium satisfied with a draw because it will keep them alive going into game 3.
Teams that win game 1, advance 84% of the time
Teams that draw game 1, advance 55% of the time
Teams that lose game 1, advance 11% of the time
I believe due to the Iran result, the win and losses numbers for US Wales will be even more dramatic.
If either team loses today, they will be forced to get points off of England. Both will be medium satisfied with a draw because it will keep them alive going into game 3.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Hollands orange looks all blurry on my tv, I can't see the numbers when the camera in back. Anyone else see this?
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Pretty much the same for me - I may need to move to the better TV in the basement.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Hard for me to believe Daley Blind still starts for the Netherlands - seems like he's been around forever.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
My tv is brand new and a really high quality tv. I think the resolution may be off for the back camera. Up close is crystal clear.
TLEF316
Footballguy
Grant Wahl stopped at the gate for a shirt.
PIK95
Footballguy
Thanks! Just paused the match to watch that segment.paniniupdate:
Sticker book is half full already, should be 75%full by tonight. Scored about fifty blue borders, and three reds. May attempt a blue book after the tourney when they are cheaper to get.
60 Minutes did a long piece yesterday on Panini soccer stickers
Panini Stickers: The billion-dollar industry for collectible soccer stickers | 60 Minutes
As the World Cup kicks off, Jon Wertheim reports on the scramble to complete the tournament’s sticker collection, so-called Panini stickers, which have become central to the World Cup experience.www.cbsnews.com
FreeBaGeL
Footballguy
Same for me, and I just paid to upgrade to the 4k version of YT TV.
FreeBaGeL
Footballguy
Same for me, and I just paid to upgrade to the 4k version of YT TV
Should also note this is always how champions league matches look to me on paramount+. But EPL games and the first 2 world cup games looked much better.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
I think it has to be the source. I can't imagine Fox is doing something different on this end.
TripItUp
Footballguy
Adams
McKennie
Turner
Pulisic
Musah (maybe)
Gio too green/soft
Weah/Aaronson not quite good enough
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
the 6-2 win was a scoragami. First time that scoreline was had in WC history
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
extremely even first half between Holland and Senegal. Looks so different compared to the first two games which were dominated by one team.
Ramsay Hunt Experience
Footballguy
Turner backs up England's backup goalkeeper. I think he'd probably back up Pope (England's third-choice keeper) as well. Now, I think Ramsdale is better than Pickford, but I think Turner would be hard-pressed to make the England roster.
I think it's really hard to evaluate Adams against someone like Calvin Phillips. Adams is excelling in a role kind of like what Phillips excelled at with Leeds himself. Phillips isn't playing because he moved to a truly elite club. But Adams had kind of stagnated for the last season or two at Leipzig. So while I think he might be "good enough" to deserve a DM spot on England, I don't think he's shown enough that he would have been picked. And that's kind of how I feel about Pulisic as well. I think Pulisic is probably at least as good as Rashford and possibly Sterling. And could very well be as good as even Saka. But for whatever reason, he hasn't really shown it consistently. So while Sterling's form has been kind of crap this season, he has a much longer and deeper resume (for club and country) that would make most coaches, I imagine, select him over Pulisic.
Musah has one half-season of club football as a CM. He was one of the worst wingers in La Liga. I think he's great, but no way that's enough of a resume to make a club like England unless he was absolutely dominating a Top 5 league at the moment. Gio likewise just doesn't have the resume. Of all the Yanks, he's the one I'm most sure is talented enough to play for England. He might literally be talented enough to make any roster in the tournament. That's how high his ceiling is. But he hasn't put together long, consistent runs of excellent play in top-level club competitions that way Bellingham (or Pedri) or even Mason Mount (who finished in the Top 10 of the B'allon D'or a year ago have.
The case for McKennie for England would be as a set-piece threat. He's a weapon. I don't think he as good or consistent as any of England's midfielders, but he does have a unique skill-set that some coaches might value. But Ward-Prowse is probably better on set piece deliveries than Weston is as a set-piece target. And Ward-Prowse didn't make it.
I think it's really hard to evaluate Adams against someone like Calvin Phillips. Adams is excelling in a role kind of like what Phillips excelled at with Leeds himself. Phillips isn't playing because he moved to a truly elite club. But Adams had kind of stagnated for the last season or two at Leipzig. So while I think he might be "good enough" to deserve a DM spot on England, I don't think he's shown enough that he would have been picked. And that's kind of how I feel about Pulisic as well. I think Pulisic is probably at least as good as Rashford and possibly Sterling. And could very well be as good as even Saka. But for whatever reason, he hasn't really shown it consistently. So while Sterling's form has been kind of crap this season, he has a much longer and deeper resume (for club and country) that would make most coaches, I imagine, select him over Pulisic.
Musah has one half-season of club football as a CM. He was one of the worst wingers in La Liga. I think he's great, but no way that's enough of a resume to make a club like England unless he was absolutely dominating a Top 5 league at the moment. Gio likewise just doesn't have the resume. Of all the Yanks, he's the one I'm most sure is talented enough to play for England. He might literally be talented enough to make any roster in the tournament. That's how high his ceiling is. But he hasn't put together long, consistent runs of excellent play in top-level club competitions that way Bellingham (or Pedri) or even Mason Mount (who finished in the Top 10 of the B'allon D'or a year ago have.
The case for McKennie for England would be as a set-piece threat. He's a weapon. I don't think he as good or consistent as any of England's midfielders, but he does have a unique skill-set that some coaches might value. But Ward-Prowse is probably better on set piece deliveries than Weston is as a set-piece target. And Ward-Prowse didn't make it.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Two hours to go - we’ve waited 8 years for this.
ChiefD
Footballguy
And here I am. Sitting at work like a dumbass.
Thank goodness for streaming and a desk that sits away from everybody else.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
So McKennie probably coming off the bench, with Reyna in the midfield?USMNT Only@usmntonly
Pulisic, Sargent, Weah front three for the USMNT against Wales, per
@RGonzalezCBS
TripleThreat
Footballguy
A week ago I changed my teams to "appear away" just for these next couple of weeks.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
This is pretty close to what I expected when the "maybe not ready to go 90" chatter about Dest and McKennie was out there.
Kinda feel like the more defensive choice at center forward (Sargent) is a nice compliment to a more attacking minded midfielder (Reyna).
Kinda feel like the more defensive choice at center forward (Sargent) is a nice compliment to a more attacking minded midfielder (Reyna).
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Is this official?
TripleThreat
Footballguy
beautiful run to head that ball in
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Really nice goal there - go Oranje!
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
No, sorry. Just folks trying to digest the Roger Gonz news.
McBokonon
Footballguy
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
BUT THIS IS OFFICIAL
Reyna and Aaronson on the bench. Which is kind of incredible.
Wes and Dest in the lineup!
Reyna and Aaronson on the bench. Which is kind of incredible.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Man, 8 minutes - they really are keeping accurate time. I love it.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Are we staying in here for the match or moving to the USMNT thread?
TripleThreat
Footballguy
Figured A-Aron-son would be a super sub coming in with fresh legs to run the Welsh silly.
The Gator
Footballguy
what were these announcers (bbc feed for me) talking about 24 minutes of added time in the Eng. game? ?? WTHeck
AAABatteries
Footballguy
My guess is GGG wanted Weah's size against the Welsh but I think I would have started Aaronson and had Weah and Gio as the subs.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Yep - 14 in the 1H and 10 in the 2H. Injury to Iran keeper in 1H but the 10 minutes in the 2H was a tad surprising. They don't seem to be messing around and honestly, it's about time.
encaitar
Footballguy
Iranian GK got hurt in the first half and it took forever. They added 14 minutes in the first half.
Couple of injuries and a bunch of goals in the second, so they added 10 in the second.
They are keeping much more accurate stoppage time so far. Expect it to continue.
The Gator
Footballguy
Wow, that's wild. If this is a positive that comes out of this WC, I'll take it. I can just imagine the grown in the EPL games when the board comes up with 11 minutes on it.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Arjen Robben approves.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
harsh scoreline for Senegal. This game had draw written all over it.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
we are all ginger today!!
TripleThreat
Footballguy
If you think USA Wales will draw there's a bunch of money on DK to be had.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
It's 5 with a possible 6th for concussion. Yellow card is the same I believe.
gianmarco
Footballguy
I don't think so. Both teams know they likely need a result in this match to get 2nd in the group. I don't see either side playing for a draw.
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
The Fox pregame show has run 16 minutes of commercials through the first 20 minutes. What is going on???
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
encaitar
Footballguy
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
It's fine for me on Fubo
