Iskaral Pust Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 The PL’s young, exciting, expensive imports from the Bundesliga have been surprisingly hit or miss recently. Haaland obviously was a huge hit, Konate mostly good so far for a young CB but Keita never lived up to expectations, Sancho has been far short of expectations, Havertz has been skillful without really being impactful enough while Pulisic has been good in flashes but injury prone and not making a sustained impact. More senior players like Gundogan and Thiago were more consistent through their transition. Should PL clubs discount their bids for the wunderkinds to reflect this uncertainty in adapting or is that just typical uncertainty around any young talent and already factored into the going prices? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacuna Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 Haaland playing his cards well. Doesn't go down on the first maybe/maybe not, does on the second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairparavel Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 Holy cow Scotland! Derfel Cadarn and Spockydog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacuna Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 Fucking wow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorshach Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 We've got the attacking players right now, but we sure don't have defenders worth mentioning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 "Edvard Munch, Martin Odegaard, Noggin the Nog, your boys took a hell of a beating." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 Go on the sweaties! Brilliant comeback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 Scotland's second goal was so good kairparavel and Spockydog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted June 17 Author Share Posted June 17 1 hour ago, Iskaral Pust said: The PL’s young, exciting, expensive imports from the Bundesliga have been surprisingly hit or miss recently. Haaland obviously was a huge hit, Konate mostly good so far for a young CB but Keita never lived up to expectations, Sancho has been far short of expectations, Havertz has been skillful without really being impactful enough while Pulisic has been good in flashes but injury prone and not making a sustained impact. More senior players like Gundogan and Thiago were more consistent through their transition. Should PL clubs discount their bids for the wunderkinds to reflect this uncertainty in adapting or is that just typical uncertainty around any young talent and already factored into the going prices? Funnily enough, more marque signings than you think are either hit or miss. kicker had a story about Real's ten most expensive signings. (fees in €) 60m for Figo hit 60m for Jovic miss 65m for Kaka miss (one good season than injuries and form) 73.5m for Zizou hit 80m for James Rodiguez miss 80m for Tchouameni tbd 94m for CR9 hit 101m for Bale miss (kicker gives a mixed rating depending how you look at it, I think miss is the apropriate label) 103m for Bellingham tbd 115m for Hazard miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Spockydog and ants 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 *applause emoji* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Corvinus85 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Croatia once again falls short in winning a trophy. Spain did have the better opportunities, though, so not underserved. But I wish Croatia had won something with this team, even if it's just the Nations League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 ughhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairparavel Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 We're in a hotel room, in Brooklyn for my birthday long weekend, and the sheer amount of 'banter' from MC during this CONCACAF Nations League final is going to be a test. Especially with 'were going to score on this corner' and then the US scores on that f%$@ing corner. <sigh> Corvinus85 and Tywin et al. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 USA! USA! 2-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywin et al. Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 39 minutes ago, Corvinus85 said: USA! USA! 2-0 The wildlings thought they had a chance. Corvinus85 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 7 minutes ago, Tywin et al. said: The wildlings thought they had a chance. How dare they hope after qualifying for the WC in 1st place. Tywin et al. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teng Ai Hui Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 It was good to see two Arsenal players in the starting lineup for the USMNT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted June 19 Author Share Posted June 19 7 hours ago, Corvinus85 said: Croatia once again falls short in winning a trophy. Spain did have the better opportunities, though, so not underserved. But I wish Croatia had won something with this team, even if it's just the Nations League. Not the first good team to win nothing, not the last one. That Dutch team around Cruyff won nothing. The English team around Lineker won nothing (and neither did any of their successors). The Italian team around P. Maldini and Roberto Baggio won nothing. Belgium's golden generation will probably leave the stage empty handed. For Croatia it's now the second generation of a great team, that will win nothing. The guys around Suker, Boban, Prosinecki and Jarni also won nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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