Soccer

[JamieDimonsBalls]

If there’s a picture of Maradona bathing baby Messi, then I’ll believe we are living in a simulation.

Ironically it's almost the opposite

Argentina: Maradona on Messi: Someone who goes 20 times to the toilet before a match can't be a leader - MARCA in English

Lionel Messi's capacity for leadership has been called into question by Diego Maradona.The World Cup winner was speaking about the Argentina...

www.marca.com

 

[Mark Milton]

@mcmurtry66 @Mark Milton Lamine Yamal might be the one.

I wanna see a birth certificate. This some Freddy Adu shit.

Bro was incredible

 

[mcmurtry66]

Southgate = Genius

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

 

[Mark Milton]

OLLIE FOOKING WATKINS

 

[mcmurtry66]

Berhalter out

 

[Mark Milton]

Berhalter out

Southgate is in!

 

[mcmurtry66]

Southgate is in!

These cheap bastards. The wc is here. Who knows when again. Spend some money and do it right

 

[Mark Milton]

These cheap bastards. The wc is here. Who knows when again. Spend some money and do it right

OLLIE FOOKING WATKINS

 

[mcmurtry66]

OLLIE FOOKING WATKINS

Stop 🤣🤣🤣🤣

 

[Mark Milton]

Stop 🤣🤣🤣🤣

But, but...

 

[Mark Milton]

Patrick Viera? Not sure our guys can play like he would like to play. We can do Bielsa Ball and Klopp would be perfect....but we are likely going to get Berhalter part deux....

 

[mcmurtry66]

Patrick Viera? Not sure our guys can play like he would like to play. We can do Bielsa Ball and Klopp would be perfect....but we are likely going to get Berhalter part deux....

Klopp already said no

 

[mcmurtry66]

Patrick Viera? Not sure our guys can play like he would like to play. We can do Bielsa Ball and Klopp would be perfect....but we are likely going to get Berhalter part deux....

We’ll get to the end of all of this and find 70 something Bruce arena standing there 🤣🤣🤣

 

[Mark Milton]

Klopp already said no

Just saw that. Reyna's old man is pining for Ramos and the chance to get the gang back together again 😂 😂

 

[Mark Milton]

We’ll get to the end of all of this and find 70 something Bruce arena standing there 🤣🤣🤣

God, please don't jinx it....... Seeing Bruce Arena's tactics again..... would rather swim a pit of my own filth

 

[mcmurtry66]

God, please don't jinx it....... Seeing Bruce Arena's tactics again..... would rather swim a pit of my own filth

Klopp was making 25 mil. And I know it’s always a moving target but he was purportedly getting a piece of ads etc to where his take was approaching 50 mil. That’s not even in the same stratosphere as what the usmnt pays

 

[mcmurtry66]

God, please don't jinx it....... Seeing Bruce Arena's tactics again..... would rather swim a pit of my own filth

You know what else. If you’re at that level you may not want anything to do with going to coach Jordan morris etc. we might be insane thinking we can get someone big. Those guys like coaching the best. I think. Pep Barca Bayern city. Why would he want to coach some kid from Akron

 

[Mark Milton]

You know what else. If you’re at that level you may not want anything to do with going to coach Jordan morris etc. we might be insane thinking we can get someone big. Those guys like coaching the best. I think. Pep Barca Bayern city. Why would he want to coach some kid from Akron

I think you are right. By the way, WTF happened to Caleb Porter? Peter principle? I liked the way his players played at Akron, but college ain't the pros....You can't be a complete ahole in the pros with 40.44 winning percentage....

 

[mcmurtry66]

I think you are right. By the way, WTF happened to Caleb Porter? Peter principle? I liked the way his players played at Akron, but college ain't the pros....You can't be a complete ahole in the pros with 40.44 winning percentage....

I think you got it. And I shouldn’t dig on arena. He’s probably the best American coach ever. Just not a splash in the least

 

[mcmurtry66]

@Mark Milton @larsIU I like decorating my office with different shit. Check this out. Then check out his instagram page and website. I’m going to buy one.

12 Pentagons puts a St. Louis spin on the art of making soccer balls

What began as a pandemic hobby as blossomed into a ball-making career that's earned Jon-Paul Wheatley fans the world over.

www.stlmag.com

 

[larsIU]

@Mark Milton @larsIU I like decorating my office with different shit. Check this out. Then check out his instagram page and website. I’m going to buy one.

12 Pentagons puts a St. Louis spin on the art of making soccer balls

What began as a pandemic hobby as blossomed into a ball-making career that's earned Jon-Paul Wheatley fans the world over.

www.stlmag.com

NIce. I have some obscure pops. some framed shit. unframed pic of daughter stuck to wall. no pic of wife. man utd shit. 3 pairs of socks i've been gifted by suppliers. 5 mgmt for dummies books which look really new and untouched.

I could go on.

 

[mcmurtry66]

NIce. I have some obscure pops. some framed shit. unframed pic of daughter stuck to wall. no pic of wife. man utd shit. 3 pairs of socks i've been gifted by suppliers. 5 mgmt for dummies books which look really new and untouched.

I could go on.

3 pairs of socks
5 mgmt for dummies
6 framed pictures
And fourrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr bottles of gin!!!!!!

 

[Mark Milton]

@Mark Milton @larsIU I like decorating my office with different shit. Check this out. Then check out his instagram page and website. I’m going to buy one.

12 Pentagons puts a St. Louis spin on the art of making soccer balls

What began as a pandemic hobby as blossomed into a ball-making career that's earned Jon-Paul Wheatley fans the world over.

www.stlmag.com

that's awesome. I'm going to send that link to my boy Tim Ernst.

 

[BradStevens]

I get the beautiful game moniker when I see clips like this.

 

[mcmurtry66]

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I get the beautiful game moniker when I see clips like this.

That’s Barca Lite. So good

 

[Noodle]

Not a good scene in Miami. Fans (appear to be mostly or all Colombian) breached the entry gates. Start delayed at least 30 minutes.

 

[Noodle]

 

[ulrey]

Not a good scene in Miami. Fans (appear to be mostly or all Columbian) breached the entry gates. Start delayed at least 30 minutes.

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Looks like the border.

 

[Noodle]

Not sure if this was all from fans breaching gates or if it was also people being crushed at the gates. Scary stuff.

 

[mcmurtry66]

Not a good scene in Miami. Fans (appear to be mostly or all Colombian) breached the entry gates. Start delayed at least 30 minutes.

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Like the 2020 euro final at wembley. Not good

 

[mcmurtry66]

Not sure if this was all from fans breaching gates or if it was also people being crushed at the gates. Scary stuff.

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If the US gets the right coach you Cincy fans should create a campaign for acosta. Like schools do for the heisman

 

[mcmurtry66]

Damn Messi inconsolable on the bench

 

[Noodle]

Damn Messi inconsolable on the bench

Weird play. Nothing obvious but clearly something went really wrong with his leg.

 

[mcmurtry66]

Weird play. Nothing obvious but clearly something went really wrong with his leg.

Have you heard if the fields will be wider for the World Cup? These are brutal to watch. For every minute of play there’s three of stoppage

 

[Noodle]

Have you heard if the fields will be wider for the World Cup? These are brutal to watch. For every minute of play there’s three of stoppage

No idea, but I recall that the Bengals stadium would have required widening if Cincy got any WC games.

 

[Mark Milton]

Any thoughts on the Spain-England game?

My thoughts:

1. England was slow at all attacking positions. Kane simply cannot play internationally anymore unless he is surrounding by wingers who can run. England's squad doesn't have it. Foden is quick not fast and he's really more of a 10. Saka isn't slow but he isn't fast. He's clever and he's awesome cutting inside--not awesome beating guys out wide. Kane was the least impactful player on the field in ANY England game.
2. Mainoo, Rice and Bellingham are a great midfield trio.
3. Losing Walker at RB will be a problem for England--he's the only guy they have that can run
4. Southgate too beholden to superstars. Kane should have sat, and honestly, Bellingham walked the last 15-20 minutes of the game--just out of gas. He needed to come off.
5. England can never be Spain. Youth infrastructure isn't there. I'm reminded by Pep's genius quote many years ago when he talked about Jack Wilshere (who I loved), Pep said "he is a good player, but in spain, we have 100 Jack Wilsheres". It seemed like that was an offensive comment at the time, but in reality, Pep 100% right.
6. Rashford should have been on the squad--if nothing else for his pace and ability to play 2 out of the 3 front line positions. The geometry with a slow front line like England is bad. Teams don't have to worry about defending the wider areas as much and can make it miserable to play in the box. Kane can only function if he has space to turn. Outside of that, a salty @DANC would be a better striker.
7. Playing with 2 holding midfielders when you have more talent than all but 2 teams is chicken football.
8. Southgate apparently didn't bother watching film of Declan Rice and how Arteta uses "total football" concepts with his midfield. Rice needed to play higher.
9. Rodri is about the most dominant 6 that I have seen. Effortless control of the tempo and possession. Never makes mistakes. Great vision and knowledge of the events on the field. A pleasure to watch.
10. The 16 year old kid is a special, special player.

 

[mcmurtry66]

Any thoughts on the Spain-England game?

My thoughts:

1. England was slow at all attacking positions. Kane simply cannot play internationally anymore unless he is surrounding by wingers who can run. England's squad doesn't have it. Foden is quick not fast and he's really more of a 10. Saka isn't slow but he isn't fast. He's clever and he's awesome cutting inside--not awesome beating guys out wide. Kane was the least impactful player on the field in ANY England game.
2. Mainoo, Rice and Bellingham are a great midfield trio.
3. Losing Walker at RB will be a problem for England--he's the only guy they have that can run
4. Southgate too beholden to superstars. Kane should have sat, and honestly, Bellingham walked the last 15-20 minutes of the game--just out of gas. He needed to come off.
5. England can never be Spain. Youth infrastructure isn't there. I'm reminded by Pep's genius quote many years ago when he talked about Jack Wilshere (who I loved), Pep said "he is a good player, but in spain, we have 100 Jack Wilsheres". It seemed like that was an offensive comment at the time, but in reality, Pep 100% right.
6. Rashford should have been on the squad--if nothing else for his pace and ability to play 2 out of the 3 front line positions. The geometry with a slow front line like England is bad. Teams don't have to worry about defending the wider areas as much and can make it miserable to play in the box. Kane can only function if he has space to turn. Outside of that, a salty @DANC would be a better striker.
7. Playing with 2 holding midfielders when you have more talent than all but 2 teams is chicken football.
8. Southgate apparently didn't bother watching film of Declan Rice and how Arteta uses "total football" concepts with his midfield. Rice needed to play higher.
9. Rodri is about the most dominant 6 that I have seen. Effortless control of the tempo and possession. Never makes mistakes. Great vision and knowledge of the events on the field. A pleasure to watch.
10. The 16 year old kid is a special, special player.

Mark milton does NOT like Harry Kane 🤣🤣🤣. Can’t argue with anything you write. Only thing I’ll add is how odd it is to see Spain so great playing a style that bears little resemblance to the tiki taka you expect

 

[Mark Milton]

Mark milton does NOT like Harry Kane 🤣🤣🤣. Can’t argue with anything you write. Only thing I’ll add is how odd it is to see Spain so great playing a style that bears little resemblance to the tiki taka you expect

Definitely not tiki taka. Kind of a blend of styles, but Spanish coach did a nice job of using his players talents. When Ineista, Xavi and Messi left Barcelona, tika taka as we know it, died.

No. Not a Harry Kane guy. If you are a lumbering oaf, I expect you to hold the ball up and win a header or two. Very little of that. Bummer for him is that he has great vision. Rooney played that 10 role or false 9 well for a couple of years, but he could still run a bit (but had great vision). Kane is doo doo

 

[mcmurtry66]

Definitely not tiki taka. Kind of a blend of styles, but Spanish coach did a nice job of using his players talents. When Ineista, Xavi and Messi left Barcelona, tika taka as we know it, died.

No. Not a Harry Kane guy. If you are a lumbering oaf, I expect you to hold the ball up and win a header or two. Very little of that. Bummer for him is that he has great vision. Rooney played that 10 role or false 9 well for a couple of years, but he could still run a bit (but had great vision). Kane is doo doo

Concur!

 

[DANC]

Any thoughts on the Spain-England game?

My thoughts:

1. England was slow at all attacking positions. Kane simply cannot play internationally anymore unless he is surrounding by wingers who can run. England's squad doesn't have it. Foden is quick not fast and he's really more of a 10. Saka isn't slow but he isn't fast. He's clever and he's awesome cutting inside--not awesome beating guys out wide. Kane was the least impactful player on the field in ANY England game.
2. Mainoo, Rice and Bellingham are a great midfield trio.
3. Losing Walker at RB will be a problem for England--he's the only guy they have that can run
4. Southgate too beholden to superstars. Kane should have sat, and honestly, Bellingham walked the last 15-20 minutes of the game--just out of gas. He needed to come off.
5. England can never be Spain. Youth infrastructure isn't there. I'm reminded by Pep's genius quote many years ago when he talked about Jack Wilshere (who I loved), Pep said "he is a good player, but in spain, we have 100 Jack Wilsheres". It seemed like that was an offensive comment at the time, but in reality, Pep 100% right.
6. Rashford should have been on the squad--if nothing else for his pace and ability to play 2 out of the 3 front line positions. The geometry with a slow front line like England is bad. Teams don't have to worry about defending the wider areas as much and can make it miserable to play in the box. Kane can only function if he has space to turn. Outside of that, a salty @DANC would be a better striker.
7. Playing with 2 holding midfielders when you have more talent than all but 2 teams is chicken football.
8. Southgate apparently didn't bother watching film of Declan Rice and how Arteta uses "total football" concepts with his midfield. Rice needed to play higher.
9. Rodri is about the most dominant 6 that I have seen. Effortless control of the tempo and possession. Never makes mistakes. Great vision and knowledge of the events on the field. A pleasure to watch.
10. The 16 year old kid is a special, special player.

Didn't Kane go off with an injury vs Netherlands?

I'm ashamed to say I didn't watch the England/Spain match. Too many personal things going on.