LucaAltieri

Andros Townsend.

He must've made one hell of an impression at Freiburg. I'd have had him ahead of Ibra too.

Not even sure why they bother letting the African teams in, tbh. Maybe let 3 of them in and give two spots to more developed footballing nations. Maybe an extra Asian team and another from South America or CONCACAF. Bring the standard up.

Nope. English. Lived in Italy for a bit. Now live in the US.

When did this become the "not attending the World Cup" thread? They didn't make the cut, let's hear no more about them. Wasters.

He's not even the best Andy Townsend.

If they had any sense they'd stream the games live, in high quality, on youtube or something. Get the exposure that way.

Haven't you made enough predictions for one week?

England with very little penetration. When they have managed to break behind the German line, Germany have recovered very well. Every attack we have now there are 6 Germans between our forwards and the goal. We've got decent players, just no magic to open up organised sides like this.

Danny Simpson. Ryan Taylor.

Ashley Cole is having a 'mare.

Ashley Cole, the first touch of a Titus rapist.

Jones and Altidore did absolutely nothing last time to deserve starting today.

Goal AND an assist against Italy.

I think you're off the hook. You can't be held up for a public Giggsing when they couldn't be bothered to post it in the correct thread.

Shit.

Johanson making the difference since coming on. Bradley and & Johanson the only two players looking to pass the ball forward, and Bradley is too deep to do it effectively.

Can't believe we share the same language as you lot. We don't.

Every throw in Brad Evans takes he's walking 10 yards up the touchline.

Altidore having a shocker, here.

Been pretty turgid so far. Yup, not sure what I was expecting. USA have had nothing going on in the final third. EJ putting in a lazy performance and Altidore is in full on headless chicken mode when he gets the ball.

Not a shot on target yet from either side, 40 minutes in. Not all that surprising.

Sounds like Adu/Altidore. To an extent. When I think of Altidore he seems like a beast who is trying really hard to be a footballer. Campion is very much a footballer. Good touch, wants the ball at his feet, good movement. That's partly why I've picked him out. Been looking at a lot of college soccer recently and most of them are decent athletes but lack the fundamental skills. This guy has them. 5 minutes of youtube clip tells me this guy won't ever make it in a decent league. He's not there yet, but this guy is going to have a career in football.

Sounds like Adu/Altidore. To an extent. When I think of Altidore he seems like a beast who is trying really hard to be a footballer. Campion is very much a footballer. Good touch, wants the ball at his feet, good movement. That's partly why I've picked him out. Been looking at a lot of college soccer recently and most of them are decent athletes but lack the fundamental skills. This guy has them.

Imagine. Get it done. I could use a thread that was non-stop shitting on the Cosmos.