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[ACamp1900]

Uhh, that's simply real talk.

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[Emcee77]

Ha, he did get you there with the "hipster" line, ACamp. "Even though more people seem to be into it, Huge Thing A is WAY less cool than Other Thing B, which is what I'm into!" That is totally hipster talk. Just own it.

But it got me curious about the overall record of English clubs against German clubs. I can't find current data. I assume that English clubs have still won the majority of the matches (that was the case as of a couple years ago, according to the Telegraph, and there's also this, for whatever it's worth), but I'd be curious to see what the current trend is. You'd think that English clubs's European records would be improving due to their increasing revenue advantage, but just based on my own memory of the last couple years of results as I sit here, I doubt that that's the case.

 

[ACamp1900]

I'm not stating some obscure league is better because it's less followed or because it think it's cool to be 'hip and different or contrary'... Just like a guy who always drank Pabst isn't a hipster because of a bunch of pretentious douchebags (who just about to a man watch the EPL for the very reasons stated above) stole his fvking beer of choice... I'm saying an EPL fan that suggests Laver is some podunk team has serious tunnel vision and that they are better, IMO, than a lot of teams in England... Calling that hipster is just a lazy distraction,... Anyway back to soccer talk.

 

[fightingirish26]

I'm not stating some obscure league is better because it's less followed or because it think it's cool to be 'hip and different or contrary'... Just like a guy who always drank Pabst isn't a hipster because of a bunch of pretentious douchebags (who just about to a man watch the EPL for the very reasons stated above) stole his fvking beer of choice... I'm saying an EPL fan that suggests Laver is some podunk team has serious tunnel vision and that they are better, IMO, than a lot of teams in England... Calling that hipster is just a lazy distraction,... Anyway back to soccer talk.

No one said leverkusen was a bad team, you tried to bait people into saying that tho.. I can accept that you don't like the EPL, but there's no need to imply that we're pretentious douchebags just because we like it.

 

[ACamp1900]

but there's no need to imply that we're pretentious douchebags just because we like it.

I didn't say anyone here was.... I said people who steal people's beer of choice and taint it forever were....

 

[fightingirish26]

I didn't say anyone here was.... I said people who steal people's beer of choice and taint it forever were....

hipster!

 

[Cackalacky]

Brooks Lennon is having a great time for Liverpool U23s recently. He just scored in his 4th straight home game. I would love to see him get a spot on the USMNT at some point though I don't think he has ever been looked at seriously by Klinsman ( at least not reported by the media anyway)

 

[ACamp1900]

Brooks Lennon is having a great time for Liverpool U23s recently. He just scored in his 4th straight home game. I would love to see him get a spot on the USMNT at some point though I don't think he has ever been looked at seriously by Klinsman ( at least not reported by the media anyway)

He's young and Klin already has a number of fairly young attackers, Jurgen also clearly has a preference for players who play in Germany ( no, I'm not saying that's a good thing, at all, lol)... I'd still expect him to get a chance later down the road.

 

[Cackalacky]

He's young and Klin already has a number of fairly young attackers, Jurgen also clearly has a preference for players who play in Germany ( no, I'm not saying that's a good thing, at all, lol)... I'd still expect him to get a chance later down the road.

Agree. I think the premier league is good for developing defensive talent and the Bundesliga is good for attacking players.

 

[NorthDakota]

Agree. I think the premier league is good for developing defensive talent and the Bundesliga is good for attacking players.

Honestly think Bundesliga is better developing talent overall. Germany has their shit together at development. England does one thing really well...negotiating tv contracts.

 

[ACamp1900]

Dortmund with a big win today, starting to get healthy slowly....

 

[NorthDakota]

Dortmund with a big win today, starting to get healthy slowly....

Good. Bundesliga is better when Dortmund, Schalke, and Leverkusen are relevant. I actually long for the days when Bayern were sometimes 2nd or 3rd....and I root for them.

 

[Cackalacky]

Liverpool are playing amazing football right now. Coutihno is truly amazing. This is one of the individual performances that just rarely happen and you have to sit back and admire.

 

[ACamp1900]

Ashley Cole has never taken a competitive PK, so why did BA trot him out there with the season on the line?

Smh.

 

[ACamp1900]

What the hell happened to NYC? Damn.

 

[fightingirish26]

Always tried to follow MLS, but never really got into it as much as I would have liked since the union always blow. So, I've always wondered, is winning the Supporters' Shield a big deal? With the US Open Cup and MLS Cup being the other two trophies involved in the treble, shouldn't it be considered the biggest of the three? Winning the PL is bigger than winning the FA Cup, but I've always gotten the impression that the MLS Cup is considered the biggest of the three? Seems kind of silly to win the league but then lose in the playoffs and not be considered the best..I know this is how it works in most American sports but soccer is not usually like this.

 

[ACamp1900]

You nailed it. MLS Cup is the championship, bc we Americans just have to #playoffs.

 

[notredomer23]

What the hell happened to NYC? Damn.

Gio, Altidore, and Bradley are just in an unreal form and NYC had to go all out attacking from the beginning already down 2 on aggregate. They just couldn't get anything going. Lampard is definitely gone, Mix is probably gone, and Pirlo might be gone. NYC will be signing at least 1 new DP in the off season and maybe another. They also paid Mix a huge salary to just train (he never even made the bench the last half of the season) so with that $750k freed up I see them signing a high level for MLS center back.

My guess on one of the DPs is Nasri. No idea who else they'd consider.

Also, on the note of Altidore and Bradley's form, let us hope it carries into Dos a Cero on Friday.

 

[Cackalacky]

USMNT roster released yesterday. Tim Howard will be starting. I have to think we go with Wood and Altidore up front against Mexico. Don't know who is gonna pair with Brooks at CB though.

Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (Middlesbrough), Ethan Horvath (Molde), Tim Howard (Colorado Rapids), William Yarbrough (Leon)

Defenders: Matt Besler (Sporting KC), Steve Birnbaum (D.C. United), John Brooks (Hertha Berlin), Cameron Carter-Vickers (Tottenham), Timmy Chandler (Eintracht Frankfurt), Omar Gonzalez (Pachuca), Fabian Johnson (Borussia Monchengladbach), Michael Orozco (Club Tijuana), DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle)

Midfielders: Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Lynden Gooch (Sunderland), Julian Green (Bayern Munich), Jermaine Jones (Colorado Rapids), Sacha Kljestan (New York Red Bulls), Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund), Caleb Stanko (FC Vaduz), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)

Forwards: Jozy Altidore (Toronto FC), Aron Johannsson (Werder Bremen), Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders), Bobby Wood (Hamburger SV).

 

[fightingirish26]

Gio, Altidore, and Bradley are just in an unreal form and NYC had to go all out attacking from the beginning already down 2 on aggregate. They just couldn't get anything going. Lampard is definitely gone, Mix is probably gone, and Pirlo might be gone. NYC will be signing at least 1 new DP in the off season and maybe another. They also paid Mix a huge salary to just train (he never even made the bench the last half of the season) so with that $750k freed up I see them signing a high level for MLS center back.

My guess on one of the DPs is Nasri. No idea who else they'd consider.

Also, on the note of Altidore and Bradley's form, let us hope it carries into Dos a Cero on Friday.

Nasri is playing very well for Sevilla, I'd say there's a better chance of him returning to Man City after his loan spell this year than going to MLS. Nasri could go to MLS eventually, but I don't think it will be next year. Plus, I read something yesterday that claimed Nasri wanted to go to Sevilla so he could learn to love soccer again before coming back to city.

But yeah, NYCFC needs to figure out its defense, and quickly

 

[notredomer23]

Nasri is playing very well for Sevilla, I'd say there's a better chance of him returning to Man City after his loan spell this year than going to MLS. Nasri could go to MLS eventually, but I don't think it will be next year. Plus, I read something yesterday that claimed Nasri wanted to go to Sevilla so he could learn to love soccer again before coming back to city.

But yeah, NYCFC needs to figure out its defense, and quickly

Only reason I say Nasri is because of the CFG connection and he has said multiple times he wants to play in MLS. It might not be next year, but he will be one of the younger DPs to come over from Europe IMO.

Kilns won't do it but I'd love to see a pairing of CCV and John Brooks. CCV has balled out any chance he's been giving for Tottenham this year and he has made the bench every single game.

 

[ACamp1900]

Where is Lampard expected to go???

 

[ACamp1900]

Rumors that Celtic may be looking to add Gerrard later down the road.... ugh, I know he's been 'better' since he took on a more attacking role but he's still not that great and was at one time a total liability for LAG imo.. just totally past it. Anyway I guess one could say a change of scenery and all that but I don't know.

 

[Cackalacky]

Rumors that Celtic may be looking to add Gerrard later down the road.... ugh, I know he's been 'better' since he took on a more attacking role but he's still not that great and was at one time a total liability for LAG imo.. just totally past it. Anyway I guess one could say a change of scenery and all that but I don't know.

Dont see that happening. He is way past it at this point. Rumors from earlier this year were that he would come back to Liverpool and start coaching the youth squad. I am getting this from the same source that said Brendan Rodgers was getting fired when no one believed me.

 

[ACamp1900]

Late last year and early this year I think it's totally fair to call him out as one of the Galaxy's worst regular players... also in fairness he did get better with his more forward role but he still, even then, wasn't one of the better players on the the team... just 'good enough'.

 

[Emcee77]

Yeah, Stevie needs to hang 'em up. I'll be a huge fan for life, but he's got to recognize that he just can't hack it as a professional footballer at this point. The game has passed him by. The skills may be there, but the legs just aren't anymore.

 

[NDinL.A.]

USMNT roster released yesterday. Tim Howard will be starting. I have to think we go with Wood and Altidore up front against Mexico. Don't know who is gonna pair with Brooks at CB though.

Wood screwed up by getting a 3 game ban last week, meaning he won't have played for quite some time before this game. And he wasn't exactly in scintillating form to begin with - 2 goals on the season (albeit on an AWFUL squad).

Nasri is playing very well for Sevilla, I'd say there's a better chance of him returning to Man City after his loan spell this year than going to MLS. Nasri could go to MLS eventually, but I don't think it will be next year. Plus, I read something yesterday that claimed Nasri wanted to go to Sevilla so he could learn to love soccer again before coming back to city.

Nasri would be stupid to leave Sevilla IMHO. He’s playing in the Champions League where they are a lock to advance to the knockout round, he’s also in the top 4 in La Liga and jusssst got ousted by Barca yesterday, he’s playing on a team where he starts every game and plays a prominent role in their success, and he’s playing in a great city. Unless Pep pretty much guarantees him a starting spot (doubtful considering who they have, who they will undoubtedly tries to sign, and his troubles in the past with discipline), I would leave Sevilla for MC, personally.

But yeah, NYCFC needs to figure out its defense, and quickly

Sounds like what they said last year in the off-season as well. They were historically bad last year defensively and mildly better this season, but yeah, they need to shore that up. They score goals for fun at times, but man, there are a sieve far too often.

 

[fightingirish26]

Wood screwed up by getting a 3 game ban last week, meaning he won't have played for quite some time before this game. And he wasn't exactly in scintillating form to begin with - 2 goals on the season (albeit on an AWFUL squad).



Nasri would be stupid to leave Sevilla IMHO. He’s playing in the Champions League where they are a lock to advance to the knockout round, he’s also in the top 4 in La Liga and jusssst got ousted by Barca yesterday, he’s playing on a team where he starts every game and plays a prominent role in their success, and he’s playing in a great city. Unless Pep pretty much guarantees him a starting spot (doubtful considering who they have, who they will undoubtedly tries to sign, and his troubles in the past with discipline), I would leave Sevilla for MC, personally.



Sounds like what they said last year in the off-season as well. They were historically bad last year defensively and mildly better this season, but yeah, they need to shore that up. They score goals for fun at times, but man, there are a sieve far too often.

I agree, I just will always have a soft spot for Nasri and would be happy to see him back at city

 

[notredomer23]

Where is Lampard expected to go???

Chelsea or England coaching.

 

[Cackalacky]

Christian Pulisic is statistically among the most influential attackers in the world - Stars and Stripes FC

Christian Pulisic ranks as 34th in world when ranking goals involved per minutes played.