Deuce

Long's not a bad player to have in the squad. Especially with Shola being first-choice striker off the bench.

Ludicrouss.

Good, we can always use an extra winger.

This stuff is really pretty elementary. Not sure why it's so difficult for some to grasp.

Starting to get the feeling that this will be a pretty good tournament. Brazil will be hyped-up, as will their rivals in Argentina and Uruguay. Europe will bring the traditional heavyweights and all of CONMEBOL's qualified teams have a lot of firepower. The other regions seem to be bringing their strongest contingents too.

Really? Seems inoffensive at worst.

I think they'll be back up next season.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24962596

Cameroon-Tunisia should be an interesting match today.

I'm tempted to agree, hypocritical to get offended by this when it's fairly common on here. Doesn't make either 'okay'...

We should probably wonder why it happens so often.

This. What he did was racist, regardless of his intentions. Accept it.

Looking forward to another underachieving performance from CIV at the World Cup.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BmUqaVgANs

Hmm. Could it be...no. No. It couldn't be that the wildly corrupt dictator of Equatorial Guinea threw money at the Spanish FA.

Qatar unveils giant vagina in which games will be played: http://www.tradearabia.com/source/2013/11/16/stadium.jpg http://www.tradearabia.com/news/CONS_246460.html

I agree. Absolutely.

Who locked the England thread?

Guess you might be wanting to play European teams who are bit more tactically aware that you need to show nous against to break down but in the WC is that going to be an issue? I'm not so sure. CONCACAF WCQ is the perfect chance to focus on breaking down teams who rely exclusively on defend-n-counter against us. I wish we'd use the friendlies exclusively against teams who'll beat the crap out of us. Scotland were surprisingly fluid at times. Much better than when we gave them a 5-1 bumming in Florida last year.

Yeah I'm disappointed we could only draw the likes of Scotland and Austria. I'd rather us get bloodied by England, Germany, Spain, etc., have a real challenge. Not saying much after only drawing 0-0 against Scotland, but for as bad as we played, Scotland never really threatened either. We have played Germany, Belgium, and Bosnia in friendlies so far this year. Seems we definitely step-up against better teams and slow down against lesser opponents.

Strachan looks like a delightful little old Scottish man. Much better performance after the subs came on. Finally some pressure and movement. Disappointing not to score though. ArJo, Mix, and Lichaj need to start against Austria.

Altidore's come a long way, from the huge kid who was as delicate as a flower with the first touch of a rapist, to the huge kid who bulldozes people. With the first touch of a rapist.

Johannsson's gotta start. So lively.