the 370Z.com OFFICIAL football (soccer) thread

[cow]

I won't get to watch any matches today, unfortunately.

I am excited about USA vs Argentina. Blue, are you going? Weather's supposed to be in the 30s. Should be interesting.

[phelan]

wales is playing awful. morrison has had their best chance, a compleely wide open chance and he sucffs it worse than bendtner ever could.


OOOOOOOH, ramsey got a nice shot in just now though. rambo looks pretty good in the second half! just had some pretty bad jitters in the first.

Originally Posted by cow

I am excited about USA vs Argentina. Blue, are you going? Weather's supposed to be in the 30s. Should be interesting.

Nah I wish I was though it's only 20min from me.

[phelan]

20 mins from seeing leo messi in person and ur not going????

Fuk Messi

For International games I've been to 2. England vs Ecuador and USA vs Mexico. Waiting for Germany to come over here.

[Red370]

Jacky had a good game today, held the ball up well, was comfortable in possession, his final ball almost put Bent through on multiple occasions, overall, not a bad day at the office for him.

Ramsey was out of sorts in the first half. Second half, he seemed to come to life, possessed well, passes were more accurate and even got a good shot off. He'll continue to improve the more matches he gets.

Good win today for England.

[Red370]

never thought i'd say it but the US defense is worse than Arsenals. Do we really have no better options than Bocanegra, Demerit, Onyewu and Spector? of ALL the Americans playing here in the states and abroad?

[phelan]

^ uhm...yah? haha. defensively, we suck

the midfield is horrible. dempsey and donovan, the remaining big guns for the USA squad, can't do sh*t if they don't get service from the midfielders. bradley was completely out of sorts, edu looks like he's theo walcott from a year ago - useless, but runs around a lot.

in other news - i really, really like the new kit. thinking im gonna order one soon.

[Red370]

Agudelo was the only bright spot last night. If Davies gets back to form, Jozy needs to be dropped to the bench, he was dreadful.

Was Edu even on the pitch? The starting lineup said so but I didnt see him for 90 minutes.

Bob, its about time you see your son for what he really is, a mediocre and underpaced defensive midfielder.

Why did Spector get the start exactly? The kid looked like he was running in slow motion for the entire first half.

Defense in general, lacks any kind of speed, I seen Bornstein on the bench, he would have been a better option than Bocanegras old ass. Chandler was the only bright spot, Lichaj would have even been welcome. We need more depth at CB, while I love Gooch in the air, agility and stamina are his downfalls and it showed last night when Messi was carving him up left and right. And while i'm not a huge fan of Demerit, he saved our asses on more than one occasion last night with some last second tackles.

Dempsey held the ball up OK, but still looks like a sloth jogging up and down the pitch.

Lando tried to show some attacking intent but had no space to work with much of the match.

Overall, we need help. Bob Bradley made wise substitutions at the half, but we ended up playing the same way we always do against big sides, bunker down in defense and hope to score on the counter or a set piece. We need to play attacking football. A midfield with Landon in the center, Torres on the left, Jones on the right (he had an off night, usually much better), with Agudelo at left wing, Davies on the right with possibly Buddle or that Canadian kid as the striker (Jozy isnt cutting it anymore), we have the players for it, so why not experiment while we have these friendlies gearing up for the gold cup?

[Red370]

BTW, I find it HIGHLARIOUS that the USA authentic kit costs more than Arsenals

[Red370]

So what do yall think, Fab is gone this summer, I have no doubt about that. Who will AW splash the cash on?

I think if and when he goes, AW may end up pushing Jacky into the attacking mid position.

Gourcuff, Hazard (although hes technically a winger, Nasri might get pushed to attacking central mid, freeing up his slot on the wing), Montolivo, Sahin, Ayew, Muller....

As much as Cesc will bring in, we'll be able to afford pretty much anyone (anyone not on the Barca squad at least), could probably even bring in a solid CB and GK with that money as well. I honestly think Samba or Cahill would be a great fit for us.

Guys relax on the USA midfield. It's their first game back together in almost a year IIRC.

Side note. Wow England and Italy are RACIST.

Neymar racism incident mars Brazil win - ESPN Soccernet

[cow]

Sad. Confusing, though, since he doesn't look black?

I guess if youre a bigot, all brown people look the same.

[phelan]

Of course Italy is racist. Look at what Eto'o has to deal with.