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Comparisons to past teams, particularly those that have branded a certain style, are natural in any sport. Comparisons are fine, but using it as a stick to beat the current team with isn't my cup of tea.

Aye, as I say, give it a short 15 years and I'm sure they'll notice. Either that or I'll finally be able to say I don't give the slightest shit about "NUFC", NUFC died 20 years ago.

I grandly dislike criticism of this Brasil team based upon the fact that historical Brasil teams have been amazing and have played in a certain way. Criticize them for being a bunch of uninteresting cheating kernts, don't criticize them because they're not as good as the greats. Ultimately they could end up winning just as much anyway.

Glad he's going. The more instances of this bullshit that happens, the more likely it is that the standard fuckwit down the pub will actually realize they're being s*** on. Another 15 years and they might consider not buying the 3rd kit once in a while.

Never seen a referee destroy a game so convincingly.

This referee is just disgusting

More arsed about money going to the fat cunt than I am about our sponsors being unscrupulous tbh. Saying that, if they made a kit that wasn't fucking monstrous, I'd probably cave and buy it anyway. Thankfully there's no risk of that happening.

The arrow thing is on the promo pics, knocking bet its on the strip as someone said it would be nee chance we're getting anything with a sensible set of B&W stripes

Barca have never been cool. They're a bunch of cheats playing in a dilapidated shit pile of a stadium in a city with more Americans than Spanish. Some of that may be factually inaccurate, but I'm saying over the top things to provoke a reaction.

Looks like Barca may just be un club after all.

Imagine receiving an initial offer of £72m in cash for anything. Sat there at the table, half half shit eating grin.

Hopefully he is directly responsible for taking 6 points from us next year.

nee tits tho

Pennsylvania is making a come back

never had you pegged as an amish, amish

Incidentally, this doesn't mean I think Argentina are going to facerape them or owt. I think half the reason this WC has been class is that the TOP teams have had flaws, and it's made every game a toss up. It's class. Such a difference from Man City vs Cardiff etc.

whur

that'll best kit we'll have for a decade man.

They've not won anything at a canter, and for the most part Howard's saves were fairly ordinary, even if he had to make 1 billion of them.

I think he's a good player, just annoyed me that he disappointed for 90% of the tournament

Pata made an ace lego post in here then deleted it :(

He was pretty woeful iyam. Not sure if it was being put in the #10 position, or just being a bottler. Either way, his first touch was generally terrible all tournament. The only time he played well was when Wondo came on yesterday and he got to drop into a more central midfield position.

We're class when we're underdogs, that's for sure. In sports where we're supposed to be dominant, like baseball and basketball, we're occasionally at risk of being too lackadaisical. I believe the natural progression is shite underdog (US) contender (this stage tends to disappear in the blink of an eye) over-confident washed-up/shit, yet still a bunch of lackadaisical prima donna cunts (England)

Not from what i've seen on other forums. Superior athletes + "sound fundamentals" is their mind state. I agree. They need some flair badly. They have nobody to create apart from Bradley who hasn't been great That player is Dempsey, but he was forced to play as a lone striker since the 20th minute of the Ghana game, and that completely neutralizes his ability to create. He needs a big target striker to play off of, which is why he's had such great success with Altidore for the U.S. team and with Martins for Seattle over the past year. Good news is, we've got a few young players coming up through the ranks who play as creative AMs, so I'm not too worried about filling the hole. did my tits in seeing clint up top. The setup needed a hard working grafter type up top with the creative outlet in behind. Dempsey is a terrible #9 iyam, just purely through his body language and lack of desire to constantly keep making runs & jostling with defenders. Plus Bradley did fucking terribly when he was that high up, god knows why. He did so much better as a deep lying playmaker where he could survey the field. In the #10 role he seemed to just take too many touches, or not react quickly enough. How do you not take a back up target man? + honestly, despite his miss, Wondo was a much better option up there.