No way of knowing for sure, but I personally believe that injuries have taken their toll/are a large reason for his decline. It's not just the...
I realize ELO are different; but, after the Mexico and USA Losses, Panama wins, and Canada with a game pending; Panama and Canada are within 1...
I'm no expert; but, like you, I really don't see it. Do we really even have a top 20 player? We are athletic, and have more depth than other...
Agree. At the very least, I agree with others that the tournament should be regionalized. Maybe it's in the Northeast USA & Canada one year...
Guadeloupe really blowing this game. Selfishly wasting chances, and comic defending. Too bad (well, I guess not for Guatemala fans).
:Agreed; but, it's such a fun fantasy & gets brought up precisely because of the players you mention. Would have been (or would be) great to see...
I actually thought he was a bit lucky in that he had a couple of what I thought were bad turnovers in the 2nd half against both Wales and Iran...
My initial thoughts are that I'm not really a fan of the home and home quarter-finals. We'll see how this plays out - it's possible I change my...
My gut reaction is that no, they can't really be 100% equal. For that to happen, wouldn't you realistically be forced to have one combined...
If you're going to have a 24 team knockout, why not just stick with 12 groups of 4, with the 8 best group winners getting a bye in the knockout?...
I had suggest 8 groups of 6; but, thinking about this some more, if they would just go to a 24 team knockout round instead of 16 or 32, I think 12...
yeah, 4x12 would certainly be better. I'd love to see them go 8 groups of 6. Then have 3 advance from each group with the 1st place team...
Oh what a glorious day it shall be!
Well, 5 subs vs 3 should help that style; but, would certainly need more depth or have to sub/rotate more than we did for it to work for 7 games....
Agree the Wales result/game was ultimately an issue. I think Greg has to take the blame for that though. Either it was his decision to bunker,...
I tend to agree. I think Greg should get some credit in that I do think he really got this team playing well together - they definitely looked...
Yeah, this world cup showed how the groups of 4 with only 2 teams going through is about as ideal as you can get as far as eliminating 'dead'...
Agree with this. I don't really care for the studio crew analysis. Example: Clint at halftime saying that the team needed more urgency. I'd...
Yep. I think I'm disappointed because this game was winnable and in the grand scheme of things/compared to other teams, we were mostly healthy....
I think that's fatigue. Adams/Musah/Jedi looked gassed the 2nd half of the Iran game to me, and even more so today. That's what happens when...
Net ELO rating points after the CAN-MOR and CRO-BEL matches: CAF +286 CONCACAF +1 CONMEBOL -36 AFC -83 UEFA...
I'm generally a fan of Shaq; but, he's looked like he's playing scared/trying to hard not to make a mistake - he's not going with the flow.
Maybe not. All about matchups, and I think we have a chance - Ecuador really deserved to beat the Netherlands IMO - and I think most of us would...
I think Greg would play with 11 keepers if it was allowed