AncalagonTheBlack Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Didn't watch the Brazil game. Heard Allison made multiple saves, why was he substituted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorshach Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 1 hour ago, polishgenius said: Anyway: turns out Richarlison is the best player in the world. Who knew. He's at Spurs now, his glory days are behind him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 19 minutes ago, AncalagonTheBlack said: Didn't watch the Brazil game. Heard Allison made multiple saves, why was he substituted? I imagine Tite just wanted to give minutes to weverton Also, Tite joining the dance is content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 I'm just really enjoying that in a team full of open right wingers the only outspoken anti-Bolsonarite is the man, and for France Benzema missed the tournament by beautiful happenstance and Giroud's just go-karting him into irrelevance. 1 minute ago, Raja said: Also, Tite joining the dance is content. Trying to get on Van Gaal's level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Yeah, I can't hate on Richarlison after reading his comments recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 1 hour ago, polishgenius said: I'm just really enjoying that in a team full of open right wingers the only outspoken anti-Bolsonarite Does this include Allison too? I mean i know he's some sort of born again Cristian type, but pro Bolsonaro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Quick google says Alisson's a Bolsonarite, yeah. As are Neymar, Dani Alves and Thiago Silva. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 3 hours ago, Rorschach - 2 said: He's at Spurs now, his glory days are behind him. Hopefully his success will engender some kind of dressing room-destabilizing pissing contest between him and a certain Victorian chimney sweep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercenaryChef Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 On 12/4/2022 at 3:41 PM, Consigliere said: It's the copium that a good number of Americans seem to have (not our regular American posters on this thread who have a good understanding of football i.e. @Mexal, @Mark Antony, @MercenaryChef, @Corvinus85 and @Inigima although Inigima hasn't been around for a while). Athleticism isn't all that important in football. why thank you for putting me in the list of Americans who understand football. the intelligence, the ability to anticipate, the on the field decision making, the instinct... those things cannot be made up for by strength, size, speed and athleticism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Schulle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfell is Burning Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 2 minutes ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: Schulle... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Dismissed our head coach today. He has been with the club for 17 years (player, junior coach, head coach of the first team) So really sad to see him go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 11 hours ago, MercenaryChef said: why thank you for putting me in the list of Americans who understand football. the intelligence, the ability to anticipate, the on the field decision making, the instinct... those things cannot be made up for by strength, size, speed and athleticism. And my question remains: why not both? The insinuation that elite basketball and American football players aren't also required to do this is frankly insulting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Is it fair to say that a sport which uses feet instead of hands requires an inherently higher level of skill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 8 minutes ago, Spockydog said: Is it fair to say that a sport which uses feet instead of hands requires an inherently higher level of skill? And a sport where your every decision is pretty much made for you before you even carry out the action. NFL surely requires less decision making ability than any other sport on earth. Every step is mapped out for you in advance. The whole match is basically a free kick/corner routine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted December 6, 2022 Author Share Posted December 6, 2022 11 minutes ago, Spockydog said: Is it fair to say that a sport which uses feet instead of hands requires an inherently higher level of skill? Well here in 'Murica the most common belief is that the hardest thing in sports is hitting a round ball with a round bat. Nevermind that you hardly have to do much else in said sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 I'm not even sure what Ty's argument is anymore. Is it that eleven players with the physical profile of your typical NFL player are going to wipe the floor with eleven players built like Messi? 'Cos that's just horseshit. I suspect those big lumps would be made to look like mugs pretty quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 6 minutes ago, Spockydog said: I'm not even sure what Ty's argument is anymore. Is it that eleven players with the physical profile of your typical NFL player are going to wipe the floor with eleven players built like Messi? 'Cos that's just horseshit. I suspect those big lumps would be made to look like mugs pretty quickly. I think his argument is you should look for players who are both, however its not like the great athletes are ignored. When superb technical players are super athletic as well (Henry and Mbappe) it can be a sight to behold, its just that despite it being far and away the most popular sport on earth, those people are few and far between. You can't just train up someone who is 6ft4 and absurdly quick to have the technical ability to play football, but you probably could to be wide receiver or running back due to the specific nature of their tasks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted December 6, 2022 Author Share Posted December 6, 2022 hmm, is it me or is the referee in in Morocco-Spain match a bit biased against Spain? There's been a number of fouls not called for the Spanish, but similar fouls called for Morocco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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