2014 World Cup: General Thoughts Thread [R]

la fresa · Jun 27, 2014

...In my defense said: ↑

The hand wringing over the US and their methods of obtaining results is getting tiresome.

The only fools who believed the US would suddenly turn into an offensive juggernaut were some of their delusional fans.

Much like the delusional bunch around here who thought we would win the WC after winning the gold medal.

My biggest knock against the US has been the fact that they have never been consistent at the highest level. Reaching the round of 16 for the second time in a row is a worthy accomplishment for them and a step in the right direction.

Tactically, they are much improved but it's no surprise they have resorted to a more refined style of counter attacking this time around. At the very least, they managed to impose themselves against Portugal, regardless of how poor the Portuguese have been this tournament.

We'll see what they're made of against Belgium but I certainly don't fancy them as underdogs.

The day I stopped being heavily invested in their failure was the day I truly began to appreciate Mexico's evolution.

They do their thing, we do ours. We'll play against them next year and see where each one of us stacks up in comparison.
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agree. all the US hate gets so old. i sometimes think people enjoy watching them lose more so than watching mexico do well, which is rather sad. getting out of the group stage bunkering or not, they were able to do so twice in a row now, something that such teams as italy, spain or england can't say. anyway, i can see them getting a result past belgium, who i still feel is incredibly over rated.

mexico is winning this shit though

Rebaño_Sagrado · Jun 27, 2014

la fresa said: ↑

agree. all the US hate gets so old. i sometimes think people enjoy watching them lose more so than watching mexico do well, which is rather sad. getting out of the group stage bunkering or not, they were able to do so twice in a row now, something that such teams as italy, spain or england can't say. anyway, i can see them getting a result past belgium, who i still feel is incredibly over rated.

mexico is winning this shit though
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those 3 national teams you mentioned have won the world cup and are consistently contenders for that reason alone

as for the rest, don't jinx it breh

Perndog2006 · Jun 27, 2014

Cris 09 said: ↑

She must be a communist in disguise....

http://theweek.com/speedreads/index...rld-cup-are-a-sign-of-the-nations-moral-decay
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repost noob

sidspaceman · Jun 27, 2014

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