No I think you are pretty spot on here. Look at the upcoming semi - Messi versus Modric. Two of the finest soccer players ever IMO. If they showed up to a tryout for Rutgers football how would they test? I bet Schiano wouldn't let them in the stadium 🤣. This game is about control of the ball, acceleration in very small spaces, balance, vision and your internal cpu. It's not about a 100 yd dash time or your max on a bench press. We need to move away from wondering how LeBron James would be at striker and move towards identifying young kids who can control a ball and see the game potentially at a world class level.
OT: 2022 World Cup Thread
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Now slight caveat. I'm not including goalie which is a different aninal or a striker from a set piece/header perspective. I'm thinking LeBron could potentially be quite useful there haha.
Now we know why Reyna wasn't playing. He almost got sent home. Hopefully he learned his lesson and will come back better in 4 years.
www.cbssports.com
Gio Reyna was nearly sent home from USA World Cup, per reports; Gregg Berhalter reveals what happened in Qatar
The tension surrounding Reyna behind the scenes in Qatar was a lot higher than we previously knew
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Maybe that's accurate, to some degree. It's an explanation that would fit neatly, at least.Now we know why Reyna wasn't playing. He almost got sent home. Hopefully he learned his lesson and will come back better in 4 years.
Gio Reyna was nearly sent home from USA World Cup, per reports; Gregg Berhalter reveals what happened in Qatar
The tension surrounding Reyna behind the scenes in Qatar was a lot higher than we previously knew
But in reality, we'll never know exactly what happened. I will say this, in the second half against NED, Reyna didn't light the game on fire, although he did work back to help defend well, which he should given he was better rested than the other 10 on the field at the time.
And, to my eye, his gait in the 7 minutes in the earlier game, and most of the second half of the NED game, seemed unnatural. It seemed slightly labored. I've seen that before with players who've recovered physically from an injury, but mentally are still favoring the injury which throws off their mechanics some.
For the RUMBB fans here, Caleb did the same thing while wearing a knee brace in his first game back, but looked much better in this second game (sans brace) and looked 100% normal since then.
As he should. I find the "we thought this was off the record" a bit nonsensical, considering the way it was delivered was quite... measured/planned (ie the word Reyna was strategically never uttered in those comments). Maybe it is just me.
Here's the thing. It is quite possible that by the time the next cup comes around, and perhaps by the time qualifying begins, that Reyna is CLEARLY the best attacking player in our pool. Are we going to risk him not playing for Berhalter, or just use this opportunity to thank Greg for the hard work but "we are going to get some new coaching blood"?
USA’s Gio Reyna hits back after reports of attitude problem at World Cup
The midfielder was almost sent home from Qatar for a perceived lack of effort before the team’s World Cup opener against Wales, according to multiple reports
sad day for the futbol world. that's probably the last time we'll see Modric play at a WC. not sure he plays in a 3rd place game. Maybe last time ever in a national team shirt. what a player.
Croatia 4 million people. NJ has twice that and we can't beat U Penn
I'll be floored if he doesn't play in that 3rd place game - he's a consummate professional and I would think he'd want to go out on a better note than that game against Argentina. Fantastic player still.
Just finished the DVR of today's game - great performance by Argentina and Messi and the rest of the team. Messi was just brilliant.
Looking forward to today’s matchup. Have to admit, Amrabat has been a surprise in this WC and I wonder if a big money offer will come to Fiorentina for him.
Side note — The conspiracy theorists from the current events board will never admit they were wrong, but the cause of Grant Wahl’s death was released this morning.
Side note — The conspiracy theorists from the current events board will never admit they were wrong, but the cause of Grant Wahl’s death was released this morning.
Need France to win for that reason. France - Argentina could be epic.
Unnecessary goal given up by Morocco in the 5th minute on a couple of defensive miscues. Lloris has made one really good save for France. Could get out of hand if Morocco presses too much to even things up.
And France is doing all this with arguably having lost more key players to injury than any other side, such as Ballon d'Or winner Benzema, Pogba, Kante, and Hernandez (a few minutes into the first match of the WC).
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soc...2022-players-missing/iksf7wljnvms9gc2tgseknji
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soc...2022-players-missing/iksf7wljnvms9gc2tgseknji
Almost the goal of the WC on that bicycle kick by Morocco - looks like Lloris might've gotten a hand to it pushing it onto the post. Wow. Glad to see Morocco making some chances.
They’re playing really well at the moment. France has been maybe a bit too defensive, but that’s in large part due to how effective Morocco has been at attacking through the center of the field.
That was all Mbappe‘s ability to dribble penetrate and draw the defense to him. The ball springing free the way it was lucky, sure, but the defender being out of position on the final touch was Mbappe.
Griezemann has been so stout in the midfield and especially on defense, making several key clearances/interceptions in the box.
Yep, when one guy occupies 5 defenders, the odds of a fortuitous bounce to a teammate are much greater, since there are fewer defenders away from the ball.
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