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demonrail666 · 03.27.2015, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

please point out one-- i'm not saying this to be a contrarian, i'd like to see an alternative but i just can't.

One word: Bielsa. And he'd take it too.

!@#$%! · 03.27.2015, 03:51 PM

i liked donovan fine, he had his glory moments, but you're just talking hypotheticals, what ifs, bla bla. for all you know landon could have collapsed vs ghana from fatness and then we'd be with one more casualty, clint in the same predicament.

you keep rehashing this as if he still was available to play. empty speculations. move on. it's 2015 and we have a new crop of players.

!@#$%! · 03.27.2015, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

One word: Bielsa. And he'd take it too.

AAAAAAAAAH. BIELSA. YES.

he just started in marseille though. are you sure he'll be free?

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not sure he'll be a good ideological match w/ 'merica though. seriously.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 03.27.2015, 04:07 PM

Landon played very well in MLS cup so its not purely hypothetical..

My point is more so how that decision by Klinsmann may have negatively effected team chemistry and trust rather than to argue the tactics. Even if Landonnever played i think the team would have preferred he joined them

!@#$%! · 03.27.2015, 04:14 PM

it's over

demonrail666 · 03.27.2015, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

AAAAAAAAAH. BIELSA. YES.

he just started in marseille though. are you sure he'll be free?

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not sure he'll be a good ideological match w/ 'merica though. seriously.

Yep, his contract ends at the end of the season.

Japan and Saudi Arabia are supposedly already making big plays for him.

What would the ideological objections be?

!@#$%! · 03.27.2015, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

Yep, his contract ends at the end of the season.

Japan and Saudi Arabia are supposedly already making big plays for him.

What would the ideological objections be?

he's a very catholic leftist-- american catholics are more right wingers

he loved bachelet & hated piñera

his brother was a minister of kirchner

can't see him shaking hands w/ jeb bush

h8kurdt · 03.27.2015, 05:05 PM

Away from all this U.S.A talk. Well Harry Kane starts as he means to go on, with a goal 80 seconds after coming on as a sub on his England debut. Good on him.

Baines had a shocking game though.

demonrail666 · 03.27.2015, 05:16 PM

Yeah, but it'll be Hilary's hand he'll be shaking, surely. And as for the religion thing, isn't Klinsmann meant to be some kind of new age Buddhist? Can't imagine that went down well in the corridors of power.

demonrail666 · 03.27.2015, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by h8kurdt

Away from all this U.S.A talk. Well Harry Kane starts as he means to go on, with a goal 80 seconds after coming on as a sub on his England debut. Good on him.

Baines had a shocking game though.

Oh FFS! I got my days mixed up. Missed it completely.

!@#$%! · 03.27.2015, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

Yeah, but it'll be Hilary's hand he'll be shaking, surely. And as for the religion thing, isn't Klinsmann meant to be some kind of new age Buddhist? Can't imagine that went down well in the corridors of power.

ha ha ha no idea about the buddhist thing-- but he married a model and he's a californian now so new age would be fitting. did you read the link i posted above about berti vogts? berti explains it well-- how klinsi is now american-- i won't requote since it's a good read anyway.

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Originally Posted by h8kurdt

Away from all this U.S.A talk. Well Harry Kane starts as he means to go on, with a goal 80 seconds after coming on as a sub on his England debut. Good on him.

did he scream "i love you sugar kane" when he scored?

(badum-tshhhh....)

demonrail666 · 03.27.2015, 05:28 PM

Re Kane. Right now it seems he can do no wrong but I suppose we'll need to see how he bounces back from a dip before we can really judge him. But right now he does seem unstoppable.

What were we like generally?

h8kurdt · 03.27.2015, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

did he scream "i love you sugar kane" when he scored?

(badum-tshhhh....)

Dammit. I missed a trick there. There'll be plenty more times to say though.

demonrail666 · 03.27.2015, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

ha ha ha no idea about the buddhist thing-- but he married a model and he's a californian now so new age would be fitting. did you read the link i posted above about berti vogts? berti explains it well-- how klinsi is now american-- i won't requote since it's a good read anyway.

Yeah, read that. He does seem very 'californian' (I say, never having actually been there). He strikes me as someone who spends a lot of his time wearing flip flops.

h8kurdt · 03.27.2015, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

Re Kane. Right now it seems he can do no wrong but I suppose we'll need to see how he bounces back from a dip before we can really judge him. But right now he does seem unstoppable.

What were we like generally?

They weren't too bad. Rooney could've had a hat-trick in the first 30mins but hit the post twice. Other than that the first half they seemed tense till the second goal just before half-time. They picked up a hell of a lot in the second half though. Sterling got much better, Carrick played well, Welbeck played well (he's one of those players I go hot and cold on with every game I see him) till he came off injured. Having said that, Henderson was a bit meh for me tonight.

Defensively we'll only get to see them properly against Italy on Tuesday.

Highlights are on itv4 now.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 03.27.2015, 06:21 PM

Germans readjust well to California, ive known a few

demonrail666 · 03.27.2015, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by h8kurdt

They weren't too bad. Rooney could've had a hat-trick in the first 30mins but hit the post twice. Other than that the first half they seemed tense till the second goal just before half-time. They picked up a hell of a lot in the second half though. Sterling got much better, Carrick played well, Welbeck played well (he's one of those players I go hot and cold on with every game I see him) till he came off injured. Having said that, Henderson was a bit meh for me tonight.

Defensively we'll only get to see them properly against Italy on Tuesday.

Highlights are on itv4 now.

Thanks, just watched it. Am I being ridiculous when I say that if we can sort our defence out we could be a pretty decent team?

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 03.27.2015, 06:47 PM

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/li...tar-in-crisis/

h8kurdt · 03.27.2015, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

Thanks, just watched it. Am I being ridiculous when I say that if we can sort our defence out we could be a pretty decent team?

Nope I agree totally. Although the horizon doesn't look that great for the defenders. Stones, Clyne and Luke Garbutt (I'm biased but he's been great when he's played for Everton) are the only ones I can think of who are coming through that could be decent. Anyone I've missed?

The players available up front is just insane though.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 03.27.2015, 08:00 PM

Also its funny how California is essentially its own country. Y'all should all expatriate and join us, you can marry a model and get in touch with your Buddhisty New Agism

03.27.2015, 03:51 PM	#6582
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,648	i liked donovan fine, he had his glory moments, but you're just talking hypotheticals, what ifs, bla bla. for all you know landon could have collapsed vs ghana from fatness and then we'd be with one more casualty, clint in the same predicament. you keep rehashing this as if he still was available to play. empty speculations. move on. it's 2015 and we have a new crop of players.
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03.27.2015, 04:07 PM	#6584
SuchFriendsAreDangerous invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fucking Los Angeles Posts: 14,801	Landon played very well in MLS cup so its not purely hypothetical.. My point is more so how that decision by Klinsmann may have negatively effected team chemistry and trust rather than to argue the tactics. Even if Landonnever played i think the team would have preferred he joined them __________________ Today Rap music is the Lakers
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03.27.2015, 04:14 PM	#6585
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,648	it's over
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03.27.2015, 05:05 PM	#6588
h8kurdt invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In Mulder's Basement room Posts: 5,459	Away from all this U.S.A talk. Well Harry Kane starts as he means to go on, with a goal 80 seconds after coming on as a sub on his England debut. Good on him. Baines had a shocking game though. __________________ Down with this sort of thing.
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03.27.2015, 05:16 PM	#6589
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Yeah, but it'll be Hilary's hand he'll be shaking, surely. And as for the religion thing, isn't Klinsmann meant to be some kind of new age Buddhist? Can't imagine that went down well in the corridors of power.
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03.27.2015, 05:28 PM	#6592
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Re Kane. Right now it seems he can do no wrong but I suppose we'll need to see how he bounces back from a dip before we can really judge him. But right now he does seem unstoppable. What were we like generally?
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03.27.2015, 06:21 PM	#6596
SuchFriendsAreDangerous invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fucking Los Angeles Posts: 14,801	Germans readjust well to California, ive known a few __________________ Today Rap music is the Lakers
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03.27.2015, 06:47 PM	#6598
SuchFriendsAreDangerous invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fucking Los Angeles Posts: 14,801	http://grantland.com/the-triangle/li...tar-in-crisis/ __________________ Today Rap music is the Lakers
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03.27.2015, 08:00 PM	#6600
SuchFriendsAreDangerous invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fucking Los Angeles Posts: 14,801	Also its funny how California is essentially its own country. Y'all should all expatriate and join us, you can marry a model and get in touch with your Buddhisty New Agism __________________ Today Rap music is the Lakers
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