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Based on the FIFA rankings it looks like the pots for the World Cup draw might end up being

 

Pot 1 Russia, Germany, Poland, Portugal, France, Belgium, Brazil, Argentina.

Pot 2 Spain, England, Italy/Croatia/somebody else, Switzerland, Colombia, Uruguay, Peru, Mexico

 

With Brazil and Argentina not being allowed to play Colombia, Uruguay or Peru, there's a big chance England might end up in of their groups.

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Just saw the US result - I checked Argentina early in the morning but I took US' qualification for granted and didn't bother to check the TNT game.  What the hell happened?

 

Short story: poor player/tactical selection, poor play, terrible field conditions, opponent who wanted it more

 

Long story: culmination of half a decade or more of program mismanagement

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Just saw the US result - I checked Argentina early in the morning but I took US' qualification for granted and didn't bother to check the TNT game.  What the hell happened?

 

Short story: poor player/tactical selection, poor play, terrible field conditions, opponent who wanted it more

 

Long story: culmination of half a decade or more of program mismanagement

 

Terrible field conditions is no excuse at all to lose to that kind of side. Did you see the state of the pitch in the Bosnia v Belgium game and that wasn't deemed an excuse because Belgium dealt with it

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Just saw the US result - I checked Argentina early in the morning but I took US' qualification for granted and didn't bother to check the TNT game.  What the hell happened?

 

Short story: poor player/tactical selection, poor play, terrible field conditions, opponent who wanted it more

 

Long story: culmination of half a decade or more of program mismanagement

 

Terrible field conditions is no excuse at all to lose to that kind of side. Did you see the state of the pitch in the Bosnia v Belgium game and that wasn't deemed an excuse because Belgium dealt with it

 

That's seriously what you took away from Deuce's post? [emoji38]

 

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Just saw the US result - I checked Argentina early in the morning but I took US' qualification for granted and didn't bother to check the TNT game.  What the hell happened?

 

Short story: poor player/tactical selection, poor play, terrible field conditions, opponent who wanted it more

 

Long story: culmination of half a decade or more of program mismanagement

 

Terrible field conditions is no excuse at all to lose to that kind of side. Did you see the state of the pitch in the Bosnia v Belgium game and that wasn't deemed an excuse because Belgium dealt with it

 

Woosh

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My very uninformed opinion is that there's too many of the USMNT players playing in the MLS. That whole "repatriaton" trend of the past few years to bring them back to the league has hurt the competitiveness of the team's backbone, imho.

 

The NCAA college system doesn't work for football either - they need to get under 16's straight into professional clubs and not bother with an education.

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I know nothing about Panamanian football except there used to be a fairly decent Calgliari striker called Julio Dely Valdes around 1993ish.  I always thought he'd be a good signing for us (I was about 10 at the time and fancied myself as a bit of a football scout)

 

(Totally pointless post i know but probably the only time i'll ever get the chance to share that fascinating story.)

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Just having a deeks at their squad. Didn't realise they were all old as fuck. Proper last chance to do it job. Marvelous stuff. Get big Blas Pérez on that bloody plane.

 

Aye, 9 of their top 10 most capped players are in the current squad - ladgeful for Luis Henriquez but I'm sure he'll attempt to come back for it.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_national_football_team#Player_records

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I know nothing about Panamanian football except there used to be a fairly decent Calgliari striker called Julio Dely Valdes around 1993ish.  I always thought he'd be a good signing for us (I was about 10 at the time and fancied myself as a bit of a football scout)

 

(Totally pointless post i know but probably the only time i'll ever get the chance to share that fascinating story.)

 

Was mint in Championship Manager Italia

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My very uninformed opinion is that there's too many of the USMNT players playing in the MLS. That whole "repatriaton" trend of the past few years to bring them back to the league has hurt the competitiveness of the team's backbone, imho.

 

The NCAA college system doesn't work for football either - they need to get under 16's straight into professional clubs and not bother with an education.

 

It’s improving and there have been notable successes (our current RB, for one), but this is true. Pulisic for example certainly wouldn’t have developed this well had he gone the high school -> college route.

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I know nothing about Panamanian football except there used to be a fairly decent Calgliari striker called Julio Dely Valdes around 1993ish.  I always thought he'd be a good signing for us (I was about 10 at the time and fancied myself as a bit of a football scout)

 

(Totally pointless post i know but probably the only time i'll ever get the chance to share that fascinating story.)

 

Managed the national team from 2010-2013.

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I know nothing about Panamanian football except there used to be a fairly decent Calgliari striker called Julio Dely Valdes around 1993ish.  I always thought he'd be a good signing for us (I was about 10 at the time and fancied myself as a bit of a football scout)

 

(Totally pointless post i know but probably the only time i'll ever get the chance to share that fascinating story.)

 

Was mint in Championship Manager Italia

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I know nothing about Panamanian football except there used to be a fairly decent Calgliari striker called Julio Dely Valdes around 1993ish.  I always thought he'd be a good signing for us (I was about 10 at the time and fancied myself as a bit of a football scout)

 

(Totally pointless post i know but probably the only time i'll ever get the chance to share that fascinating story.)

 

Managed the national team from 2010-2013.

Yeah i just read his Wiki after i posted.  He had a pretty good scoring record over his career aswell.

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I know nothing about Panamanian football except there used to be a fairly decent Calgliari striker called Julio Dely Valdes around 1993ish.  I always thought he'd be a good signing for us (I was about 10 at the time and fancied myself as a bit of a football scout)

 

(Totally pointless post i know but probably the only time i'll ever get the chance to share that fascinating story.)

 

Was mint in Championship Manager Italia

 

The sendings off in that version were off the scale  :lol:

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