Screwed the Poch: THE official Fire Mauricio Pochettino/USMNT Thread

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  1. Kyle Crew

    Kyle Crew Member+

    Feb 23, 2013
    Columbus, Ohio
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    United States
    Not a huge fan of that defense, but the midfield and attack look interesting. Glad to see Aaronson and Sargent get another look.
     
  2. Ball Kicker

    Ball Kicker Member

    Columbus Crew
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    Aug 11, 2022
    Aidan wearing #7 looks odd…
     
  3. Paul171121

    Paul171121 Member+

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Dec 14, 2018
    So I haven't watched the game much but it sounds like Poch is implementing Nancy ball

    It's a 3-2-5 in the buildout
     
  4. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite BS XXV

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    There was a random guy in a Middlesbrough (Morris) jersey at the Crew game tonight. I saw him on the south concourse before the game.
     
  5. Paul171121

    Paul171121 Member+

    Columbus Crew
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    Dec 14, 2018
    Pepi goal happened same time will Howard pulled a dak
     
  6. TKyle

    TKyle Moderator
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    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Dec 28, 2014
    Nordecke’s Porch
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    Glad somebody did something right.
     
  7. Kyle Crew

    Kyle Crew Member+

    Feb 23, 2013
    Columbus, Ohio
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    Columbus Crew
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    United States
    Eh, from the little I saw Busio was dropping deep when passing around the back and splitting the CBs. It was 4-3-3 otherwise I think.
     
  8. Paul171121

    Paul171121 Member+

    Columbus Crew
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    Dec 14, 2018
    Busio was the furthest 8/CM up the field. McKenzie was in the middle flanked by Ream and Scally
     
  9. Kyle Crew

    Kyle Crew Member+

    Feb 23, 2013
    Columbus, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    So Musah was a wingback? Sheesh, I can already tell you how that will turn out. Tried that in Valencia, it didn’t work, to put it mildly.
     
  10. Paul171121

    Paul171121 Member+

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    Dec 14, 2018
    He was in the Arfsten/Jones role to make a crew comparison, and he scored.
     
  11. KCbus

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    Nov 26, 2000
    Reynoldsburg, OH
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    United States
    I didn't even know this game was on tonight.
     
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  12. Kyle Crew

    Kyle Crew Member+

    Feb 23, 2013
    Columbus, Ohio
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    Columbus Crew
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    United States
    OK, so I just watched some highlights. The lineup was announced as 4-3-3 (which it was in defense) but switches to a 3-4-3 in attack (Robinson bombs forward). Atletico Madrid did this for a while, Simeone called it a three and a half man backline. Basically Scally just stays tucked in, Musah plays as a half winger (half CM) and with Robinson getting forward on the left, this lets the front three stay in more central areas.

    Refreshing to have a coach with modern ideas.
     
  13. Paul171121

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    Dec 14, 2018
    Puli sent home because of his workload.

    Steffen, Fossey, McKennie, and Pepi sent home with injuries
     
  14. LaMacchia

    LaMacchia Member+

    Jul 12, 2008
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  15. Hamburgler03

    Hamburgler03 BigSoccer Supporter

    Aug 31, 2000
    Columbus, OH
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    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I actually feel bad for Ulysses S Chant and Phillip from Chicago. Those two are the only ones that bring it and it's BS that Ulysses S Chant is the one who needs to explain things. These two are good dudes. Why can't national respond to this? Other than stand in the front row and not even chant, what exactly does national do?

    They very politely should have told US Soccer no that all TIFO needs to be organic and US Soccer could just have literally done this in any other section of the stadium.
     
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  16. LaMacchia

    LaMacchia Member+

    Jul 12, 2008
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    And when AT&T came to them and asked for their logo to be added during the game they should have, and could have, said no. Hard no. Forever no.
     
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  17. Paul171121

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    Dec 14, 2018
    #67 Paul171121, Oct 14, 2024
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    In the last two WCQ at columbus, they had VW sponsored and printed tifos displayed at halftime.

    USSF might take in more without SUM taking a cut, but their in house marketing feels very MLS 2.0 with a lot of reliance on fans/Podcasters
     
  18. LaMacchia

    LaMacchia Member+

    Jul 12, 2008
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    I really hope AO Columbus didn't have anything to do with that, or else I'm gonna be making some phone calls.
     
  19. Paul171121

    Paul171121 Member+

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    Dec 14, 2018
    I think it was sort of a oh hey you guys can you just unfurl this tifo real quick before the second half. It was like 30 seconds displayed in the Nordecke.

    I believe they were printed and not painted by supporters.

    Talked to someone who painted the SheBelieves tifo back and April, and I guess USSF changed their plans last minute so that they couldn't use the Tifo rigging system for the tifo they painted
     
  20. Paul171121

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    Columbus Crew
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    Dec 14, 2018
    Context:
     
  21. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite BS XXV

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    Well, if you must know, apparently National likes to commandeer capo'ing because "Seattle does it better" and they like to have locally-made tifo in their own commercials.

    They apparently also like to leave fans stranded in foreign cities while using charter planes. (If I'm wrong on any of this, my source was @Bill Archer.)

    Why AO Columbus is still a thing...it's really anyone's guess. We unplugged their speakers, but apparently we're buddy-buddy with them now. Huh?

    But at least we started the "We Love Ya" chant and now we do the AO version because...reasons?
     
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  22. Hamburgler03

    Hamburgler03 BigSoccer Supporter

    Aug 31, 2000
    Columbus, OH
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    #72 Hamburgler03, Oct 14, 2024
    Last edited: Oct 14, 2024
    Yeah I understand Peter. I've been to plenty of matches outside of Columbus too.

    I dislike AO too quite a bit. We all know the Seattle story and 100% of that was complete BS.

    And your details about stranding fans is sort of right but not really. In 2014 for the Brazil World Cup, AO had a charter package (I'm almost certain it was flying out of Houston). At the airport, the plane had issues so the charter was switched to a different plane....which was smaller so 14 of people had to be cut from that flight. The rub is that I don't think any of the officers stayed behind although I do think that one or two of the people who were left were close friends. It turned into a debacle though because it ended up taking multiple days to get them to Brazil and literally they arrived just before kickoff for the first game. If you want some fun reading on the 14, they started a twitter handle and had a sort of "AO-mazing Race" https://x.com/AOmazingRace

    The complaint that they stole a chant? Meh. 95% of chants are stolen.
     
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  23. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite BS XXV

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
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    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    True. We even stole a bunch. IIRC, the "we hate Chicago, we hate _____ too" is an original, but is it really? The music of the "here we go" songs were stolen from "Stars and Stripes Forever" and "Give It Away" but the lyrics, AFAIK, were original creations.

    I think the complaint @eboe and I share was that Columbus fans brought it into the league, it was changed and we do the new/edited version after the "Respect your Roots" era.
     
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  24. TKyle

    TKyle Moderator
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    Columbus Crew
    United States
    Dec 28, 2014
    Nordecke’s Porch
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    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The “Here we go” needs to make a comeback. Fits best as the first song after kickoff of each half. So, twice a game. Others can be more easily be moved around.
     
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  25. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite BS XXV

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It was originally at that time...kickoff. It would sometimes/rarely be done sarcastically when the team needed an extra boost. I think my biggest constructive criticism is that the first three are the same. exact. every. time. It gets bland.

    And, on that note, didn't we kill off the dumb Terminator thing? Why'd it come back? It totally kills the momentum.

    I'd be up for bringing either Here We Go back, but the RHCP version was introduced by the group from Shadowbox and they added an "awwww get busy!" at the end.

    It'd be interesting to bring them back, not mention where we got them from and see if anyone noticed.
     

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