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yeah we need some good subs here.  levels are dropping

this Pefok fella is a unit.  strong as an ox just need to continue to refine his game.

well, yedlin doesn't have that blistering pace anymore.  brooks went missing too.  hope they have some fight in them.  we need 3 points.

everton academy babY!!!  antonee robinson great assist for the goal!

aaronson nice work there

hit the post, hope that doesn't haunt us

i like lleget

great run there from dest!

4 minutes ago, dunlopp9987 said:

Dest has just never looked solid for the USMNT in a string of matches

at least they have him at RB his natural position, the whole LB thing has been madness

terrible by dest, great save by turner

3 hours ago, patto said:

It’s not Everton’s fault he got injured he could have had a nice 2 weeks rest. 

Agreed.  Last time I checked we pay Seamus paycheck.  ROI ain’t giving him much of anything money wise.  At his age and injury history it’s just not wise to play for them.  After all we’ve backed him through (broken leg koeman visiting him) you’d think he would think twice about playing qualifiers for a WC he’s not likely to even play in.

It’s just what Matt does, puns are his forte

3 hours ago, pete0 said:

Allan. Out performed him last season. 

Ancelotti said Davies was the player most like himself. Ferguson and Alladyce put him straight in. Koeman stopped him going to the kids world cup as he wanted him around the first team. All bar Silva have rated him. Find it mad our fans don't get behind him.

Agreed everyone wants hotshot spainiard and wants to off our academy kids.  Other teams back their academy and kids and give them a chance to shine.  It’s unfortunate we don’t do that here.  Davies was excellent last year.

I doubt he’s going to turkey.  Rafa needs to put his ego aside and find a way to get him in the side.

3 hours ago, StevO said:

That just wasted five minutes of my life. Kept me busy while I had a shit, so that’s a bonus I guess.

Has Tom Davies cut his hair yet? Bloody hippy!

Nothing wrong with being a hippy or having long hair.  Love ya Tom!

32 minutes ago, dunlopp9987 said:

I actually like Berhalter too. He's got the passion that I love to see. While I don't think he's the best tactician, he has done a helluva job recruiting, and a few of the players who've committed to the USMNT have credited him with that.

I also like berhalter too, he’s trying to get them to play the right way, just like Juergen was doing.  Arena was someone I didn’t like.  Previous to Juergen I liked bob bradley, I thought he did well with what he had.  You see how he got them working together and fighting for each other, a far cry from the arena teams.

42 minutes ago, dunlopp9987 said:

There were a myriad of reasons why we fucked it up last time, but the biggest (for me) was sacking Jurgen and bringing in Arena. If they had just stayed with Jurgen, believe we wouldve qualified

Amen brother!  I loved Juergen.

16 minutes ago, dunlopp9987 said:

Both of those teams are stronger than El Salvador lol. Honduras been to a few WC's in the last decade or so, Canada is probably the third best team in CONCACAF behind us and Mexico.

I think what we realized last night (and it shouldn't have been a realization, because we've always known this) is that CONCACAF WCQ is just hard. There's no two ways about it.

yeah mostly they say its super hostile and you're playing in tropical super humid conditons (altitude too) in central america, you can't leave the hotel because it's not safe, etc.  the canada match is at home, if we can't beat canada ( Davies is good, Larin and Osorio are ok, , the rest are not great) we should just call it a day.  Honduras away like El Salvador, but gotta be expecting a draw at minimum.  only teams we should be losing too if we must are mexico and jamaica.

1 hour ago, dunlopp9987 said:

I get that. But I watched some of them during the Gold Cup, and they're an up and coming side. And you could see it last night, too. They've got some good players. Whoever was on their right wing made Dest look absolutely foolish all night.

As much as I expected a win, I think this result was always more likely. Yes, this young side has a ton of European experience and even some decent experience with USMNT, but they haven't experienced a WCQ on the road. It's a totally different beast. 

Hopeful that now they've experienced it, they can push on and improve from there. Because you're right, if they can't rack up points early, things are going to get nervy. Especially because our campaign is stacked pretty favorably for us on the front end.

Good point let’s hope it was like you said their first WCQ and just nerves.  Canada and Honduras next.  They played last night and drew 1-1 in Canada.  I believe both of those teams should be 3 points as well, neither are particularly strong and nowhere as talented as we are.  We need to rack up points on these smaller sides.

Good. He’s a fighter and a true blue I think he has a lot to offer.

7 hours ago, dunlopp9987 said:

Well, tonight we start trying to erase the stain of the last qualifying campaign. Oddly enough, I think the truncated qualifying schedule (3 games every international break) favors us over almost every other nation. I think we have the best depth by far, and that will only serve us well with these quick games back to back.

Feeling cautiously confident that we will top the qualifying group.

I was feeling confident as well.  Not happy with the result.  El Salvador should be 3 points anytime we play them.  Mexico Costa Rica maybe even Jamaica on a good day Away?  Sure I get a draw there.  But el fricking Salvador?  They better get some wins and fast or it could spiral again like last time.

2 hours ago, Cornish Steve said:

Every team around us spent more money, that's for sure. It remains to be seen whether they improved. After all, we spent more than most in some recent seasons but didn't improve.

This

5 hours ago, Hafnia said:

How?  If other teams have strengthened which they arguably have then it's not the same.   

Man United alone have bought in Sancho, Ronaldo, Varanne...... Nearly a 25% change in their starting 11.  

its literally the same team carlo had, james allan doucoure dcl richarlison etc all still here no one left.  

52 minutes ago, dunlopp9987 said:

Did we though? Say Juve went and bought a striker, then Messi moves to PSG. All of a sudden there's no team that's in the market for him.

Saying that it's a locked-in guarantee that a player is going to move is never going to be smart business. Harry Kane looked locked on like he was leaving this summer. Should Daniel Levy have gone and spent £150m before he was sold and then found himself in a royal shitstorm when City didn't end up buying him?

levy knew he wasn't selling, we knew moise wanted out and we wanted him out.  point is we are always reactionary in our transfer business, never proactive, and it pisses me off

16 hours ago, Palfy said:

You can’t compare last season with this one, the team’s you have mentioned have spent big we haven’t, imo if we get anything from these teams it will be a far bigger achievement than last season no matter who the manager is. 

It’s the same team though so yes you can 

10 hours ago, Btay said:

No - we got that money in on deadline day.

Early in the window? When Carlo had just left us or when the major European tournament was on? Or both?

I agree it’s disappointing that we didn’t get the Rb but is coleman regarded better than the 4th or 5th option that was available? The money was there for Dumfries - he chose inter. Much of that is down to Carlo royally fucking us right before a European tournament. That threw a lot of plans out the window. I still think we might end up Aurier, not the best result but given what we have he could be a cost effective solution until we get someone we really want.

We’re in this position because we previously threw stupid money at bang average players like Gylfi…

We knew he was leaving all window.  Ever good club buys the replacement BEFORE they sell the player so they don’t get fleeced.  Only Everton hasn’t figured that out yet.