2014 FIFA World Cup |OT4| What can European men do against such reckless heat?
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You still have "le cut inside man". You'll be fine.
Left-footed legend. No-right-foot ninja.
I miss Croatia-Mexico
Hodgson, you absolute dickhead. Lampard is starting against Costa Rica when it's dead rubber for us, his last cap, and we have 3 centre midfielders who could do with the international experience in Henderson, Barkley and Wilshere. There couldn't be a better time to try those 3 out in a 4-3-3
Johnson-----Cahill----Jagielka-----Shaw
----------------Henderson----------------------
---------------------------Wilshere--------------
---------------------Barkley----------------------
---------Sturridge------------------Sterling---
----------------------Rooney---------------------
Done. And Johnson's only in there because Jones is not a rightback. Playing Lampard is a sentimental waste of time
rooney as a number 9?
i've been bleating like a lamb in a vice about england adopting a 4 3 3 since the italy game. it's such a natural shape for our pacebaby squad and france are showing how well it can work in the current international game.
but yeah, there's the rooney question. he's still probably our best individual player, but can he really function as a target man? he just doesn't look comfortable with his back to goal like sturridge does. though i guess the idea of a 4 3 3 is to mitigate those situations.
PeskyToaster
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I am watching the Netherlands v Chile live of course but which game should I watch later. The Mexico one looks pretty good. I think that one matters more too. Right?
Netherlands vs chile
Ohh I know bro.
Rooney's best season was as a lone forward. I'd be far happier playing Sturridge wide than him to be honest.
Cannot see us beat this Chilean team, serious quality mixed with passion and tactically awareness, but I sad the same about the Spain match. Maybe Robben can prove me wrong, again. Good to see Wijnaldum getting a chance as I like him, specially offensively, more than, a so far somewhat disappointing, de Guzman.
Kuijt wtf, gl with your 100 cap, running 90 min. after Chilean full backs.
Kuijt wtf, gl with your 100 cap, running 90 min. after Chilean full backs.
I forgot Kyut is even playing I thought he retired ages ago
Chile one, It's more important
Hoya Destroyer
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Without Cahill, we are going to get rolled by Spain :/
gutter_trash
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cbc.ca thankfully has both games available on stream.
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I think Brazil will step it up.
This is the supposed line up for England tommorow.
loooool Walker's not even in the squad
And that's probably the least ridiculous part of that team.
This is the supposed line up for England tommorow.
CR gonna stomp
The_Hitcher89
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Rooney was okay against Uruguay (not just the goal, his finishing was horrendous though), got a one-game stay of execution from me, and pure n.9 is easily his best position
Otherwise, Sturridge at the head of the 3, and Lallana on the right until Chamberlain is fit
The time to go 4-3-3 was the moment Liverpool started beasting with it, as it does the best job hiding Gerrard's deficiencies, giving Henderson a platform to use his strengths, and theoretically gives Wilshere the most space and service to carry and move the ball into attacking areas. At the very least, that fucking owl should have tried it in the friendlies before the tournament. I honestly question whether he even watched Gerrard or Henderson last season, given the way he used them.
Gerrard wasn't good enough, but he was never going to excel playing as a normal DM in a midfield 2. With 5 Liverpool players in the starting 11, 4 of which had excellent seasons last year, he should have taken that as a clue that the system needed adjusting to get the best out of the spine. Negligence, arrogance, and a fear of moving away from what he's comfortable with. Reminds me all over again of his Liverpool days.
B-Rod pls
this is so unfair. Why do we always get blamed for everything? what have we ever done to the world?
zephervack
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im also thankful but the 2 minute delay is so annoying, rather watch a lower quality stream from other sites
Haven't seen it mentioned yet. Overnight ratings for USA vs. Portugal:
"Team USA's dramatic 2-2 draw with Portugal Sunday night was the most-watched World Cup game ever on ESPN, drawing an average 9.1 overnight ratings for the sports network.
The broadcast ranked as the third-highest ever recorded in the U.S. English-speaking market for a World Cup match, behind two games carried on ABC, both of them during the 1994 World Cup, which was held in America."
"Team USA's dramatic 2-2 draw with Portugal Sunday night was the most-watched World Cup game ever on ESPN, drawing an average 9.1 overnight ratings for the sports network.
The broadcast ranked as the third-highest ever recorded in the U.S. English-speaking market for a World Cup match, behind two games carried on ABC, both of them during the 1994 World Cup, which was held in America."
The magic of Fifa.
Ban Puncher
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Australia v. Spain all the way.
Gormless Noodle
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Oh god, let's hope Chile has a bad day.
gutter_trash
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Finally, orange home kits
paperboywriter
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This is gonna be confusing
SymbiantXenos
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Had a dream I was at a World Cup game involving the USA last night. Can't have been the deluge of gifs that caused that.
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