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Rapinoe is bugging me this tournament. She doesn't have the legs to just run by ppl and I think she holds onto the ball too much in final 3rd. Morgan needs to see the ball more, quite frankly.
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I’m getting shades of Buster Douglas, all the way down to the favorite’s suspect defense.
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On the positive side, Ertz is owning the middle of the park.
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brian wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 11:54 am
govmentchedda wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 11:50 am Yeah, all my BTC on the US in 2H.
I dunno, man. I got a bad feeling about this game. Seems like the game where the US just can't finish and it goes to PKs and then who the hell knows at that point.
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Nonlinear FC wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:10 pm Rapinoe is bugging me this tournament. She doesn't have the legs to just run by ppl and I think she holds onto the ball too much in final 3rd. Morgan needs to see the ball more, quite frankly.
I love Rapinoe, but I tend to agree with you. She's looking her age.
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govmentchedda wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:23 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:10 pm Rapinoe is bugging me this tournament. She doesn't have the legs to just run by ppl and I think she holds onto the ball too much in final 3rd. Morgan needs to see the ball more, quite frankly.
I love Rapinoe, but I tend to agree with you. She's looking her age.
She's a disaster at the moment.
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Wouldn't be surprised if VAR overturns this PK for the US
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Bury this.
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A_B wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:25 pm
govmentchedda wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:23 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:10 pm Rapinoe is bugging me this tournament. She doesn't have the legs to just run by ppl and I think she holds onto the ball too much in final 3rd. Morgan needs to see the ball more, quite frankly.
I love Rapinoe, but I tend to agree with you. She's looking her age.
She's a disaster at the moment.
Yeah, I've been a fan since she busted onto the scene in 2011 WC and London Olympics the next year. She reminds me of the Hamm generation of women that played against a lot of inferior teams/talent and at times had trouble adjusting when things got a little tougher. Especially as they aged.
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L-Jam3 wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:30 pmBury this.
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Nonlinear FC wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:34 pm
A_B wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:25 pm
govmentchedda wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:23 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:10 pm Rapinoe is bugging me this tournament. She doesn't have the legs to just run by ppl and I think she holds onto the ball too much in final 3rd. Morgan needs to see the ball more, quite frankly.
I love Rapinoe, but I tend to agree with you. She's looking her age.
She's a disaster at the moment.
Yeah, I've been a fan since she busted onto the scene in 2011 WC and London Olympics the next year. She reminds me of the Hamm generation of women that played against a lot of inferior teams/talent and at times had trouble adjusting when things got a little tougher. Especially as they aged.
That's a pretty great point. This generation -- in theory -- should be better tested for these close matches, but you wonder sometimes.
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A_B wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:25 pm
govmentchedda wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:23 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:10 pm Rapinoe is bugging me this tournament. She doesn't have the legs to just run by ppl and I think she holds onto the ball too much in final 3rd. Morgan needs to see the ball more, quite frankly.
I love Rapinoe, but I tend to agree with you. She's looking her age.
She's a disaster at the moment.
...and nearly just got a hattrick.
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You'll be able to tell which of the US media covering the team are dopes though based on who they pick as the player of the match. It's Ertz and it shouldn't even be close.
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govmentchedda wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:37 pm
A_B wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:25 pm
govmentchedda wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:23 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:10 pm Rapinoe is bugging me this tournament. She doesn't have the legs to just run by ppl and I think she holds onto the ball too much in final 3rd. Morgan needs to see the ball more, quite frankly.
I love Rapinoe, but I tend to agree with you. She's looking her age.
She's a disaster at the moment.
...and nearly just got a hattrick.
Yeah, but even on that shot, why is she hitting that with the outside of the boot, she in-swings that ball and it's probably side net/far post.
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Good point here also:

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brian wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:37 pm You'll be able to tell which of the US media covering the team are dopes though based on who they pick as the player of the match. It's Ertz and it shouldn't even be close.
Mewis?
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mister d wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:44 pm
brian wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:37 pm You'll be able to tell which of the US media covering the team are dopes though based on who they pick as the player of the match. It's Ertz and it shouldn't even be close.
Mewis?
She has definitely had some good runs.
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I assume Spain's manager's name is Beto del Rourkez
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Ryan wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:47 pm I assume Spain's manager's name is Beto del Rourkez
Ha. I was thinking there was an amazing resemblance.
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Every time they say "Leone" my head is popping up because "Leon" was my name in French class, and I'm waiting for Madame Knepler to ask me a question.
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Tell ya what I DO like... They aren't fucking with extra time in this tournament. Routinely seeing it up past 5 minutes.
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Pressuring on offense like Spain did early in the game has helped them since the PK as well since they're not all of the sudden having to figure how to attack the US. They still look dangerous.
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Good Win. Broke the string of 4 European wins in a row. Hope Canada, China and Japan can follow suit.
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Let's go Canada!
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Spain is a tough squad. Over the last 2 cycles, they've gone from a pretty shitty side to one now that can absolutely hang with any team in the tournament.

US had really played one game of any true talent test, and that game had zero stakes. (They looked darn good, without any real pressure involved.)

Now they've got 4 full days to rest up and get ready for France, who had a VERY tough game yesterday against the Aussies.
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Seems like a bad point in time to be playing the hosts.
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Nonlinear FC wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 1:07 pm Spain is a tough squad. Over the last 2 cycles, they've gone from a pretty shitty side to one now that can absolutely hang with any team in the tournament.

US had really played one game of any true talent test, and that game had zero stakes. (They looked darn good, without any real pressure involved.)

Now they've got 4 full days to rest up and get ready for France, who had a VERY tough game yesterday against the Aussies.
I think you can say this about many European teams. 12 Years ago Outside of Germany, Sweden and Norway, the European teams were shit.
But since then, England, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands have invested in the women's game and it shows. They have surpassed Asian teams by leaps and bounds. The surprise for me is Russia. Russian women seem to excel in everything but the funding for football is lacking.

You'd think the South American teams would be better but when I talk to South Americans, they say women are shamed for playing football so they'll never improve.
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Nonlinear FC wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 1:07 pm Spain is a tough squad. Over the last 2 cycles, they've gone from a pretty shitty side to one now that can absolutely hang with any team in the tournament.

US had really played one game of any true talent test, and that game had zero stakes. (They looked darn good, without any real pressure involved.)

Now they've got 4 full days to rest up and get ready for France, who had a VERY tough game yesterday against the Aussies.
Oh, does everyone with a yellow shirt look the same?!?!?!?
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Ryan wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:47 pm I assume Spain's manager's name is Beto del Rourkez
He might be the most Spanish looking man in the world.
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degenerasian wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 1:15 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 1:07 pm Spain is a tough squad. Over the last 2 cycles, they've gone from a pretty shitty side to one now that can absolutely hang with any team in the tournament.

US had really played one game of any true talent test, and that game had zero stakes. (They looked darn good, without any real pressure involved.)

Now they've got 4 full days to rest up and get ready for France, who had a VERY tough game yesterday against the Aussies.
I think you can say this about many European teams. 12 Years ago Outside of Germany, Sweden and Norway, the European teams were shit.
But since then, England, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands have invested in the women's game and it shows. They have surpassed Asian teams by leaps and bounds. The surprise for me is Russia. Russian women seem to excel in everything but the funding for football is lacking.

You'd think the South American teams would be better but when I talk to South Americans, they say women are shamed for playing football so they'll never improve.

True on all fronts. Africa had the same issue as S.A., but seem to be having some recent success in moving things forward culturally.
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A_B wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 1:20 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 1:07 pm Spain is a tough squad. Over the last 2 cycles, they've gone from a pretty shitty side to one now that can absolutely hang with any team in the tournament.

US had really played one game of any true talent test, and that game had zero stakes. (They looked darn good, without any real pressure involved.)

Now they've got 4 full days to rest up and get ready for France, who had a VERY tough game yesterday against the Aussies.
Oh, does everyone with a yellow shirt look the same?!?!?!?

Jesus, that was a weird brain fart.
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Pruitt wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 1:31 pm
Ryan wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:47 pm I assume Spain's manager's name is Beto del Rourkez
He might be the most Spanish looking man in the world.
This was almost the line I went with.
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The only other comment I'll make is that I'm just not sure about Jill Ellis.

Morgan was not herself today and she was getting hacked to shit when she touched the ball. I don't understand keeping her out there until the 85th minute. Just in general, you have all of this talent sitting on your bench, it was a brutal day... Bring on Lloyd or Press earlier and kill the game off.

They really didn't do shit on offense, in terms of shots on goal. They owned the game possession, just a lot of not so great balls from distance that didn't even hit the frame.
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Nonlinear FC wrote: Mon Jun 24, 2019 2:14 pm The only other comment I'll make is that I'm just not sure about Jill Ellis.

Morgan was not herself today and she was getting hacked to shit when she touched the ball. I don't understand keeping her out there until the 85th minute. Just in general, you have all of this talent sitting on your bench, it was a brutal day... Bring on Lloyd or Press earlier and kill the game off.

They really didn't do shit on offense, in terms of shots on goal. They owned the game possession, just a lot of not so great balls from distance that didn't even hit the frame.
Why would she bring in Horan at that point? Picking up a 2nd yellow is in issue if she has to make a bad tackle to shut something down. Morgan and Rapinoe should have been subbed out around 60min in. Dunn played better in the second half, but Spain was all over her and Rapinoe in the first. They won in spite of Ellis. It looked like she made a game plan days ago and never adjusted. The US slipped through on a weak penalty.
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I actually thought both of the PK calls were lame.
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