Ghoat

Got em right where we want them, up after 1 min, and overconfident. Rafa is playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers.

Luckily in the US (ESPN streaming) , that's not an option!

I almost miss Fat Sam tactics. Too soon?

Barrow-Barnsley is wild. Barrow down 2-0 at ht, with a red at 38'. 4-4 in extra time

I love the fact that he has clearly set up the team sheet to.... wait, what the hell is a fullback trio and a pair of cbs set up to do?

I fully expect a starting lineup with at least 5 selections and another 3 on the bench that leave me pissed off and scratching my head.

It would be nice if we could pick a CM who could comfortably play as a 10. Of course last window when we needed a 10, we bought 4 of them instead of a striker, and none of them are still with us.

Get a good price?

I'm really starting to think I never want to see Godfrey at CB again - he just offers to much going forward on the outside with his pace and willingness to run. His left foot is as poor as mine, makes me wonder if he couldn't possibly be the RB we need. Branthwaite was excellent, very calm and great recovery speed. Keane was almost unnoticeable because he just calmly did his job, and not only did Holgate actually remain in the game, he settled and played well. Young strikers did thier job and proved the deserve some minutes. Shocking result. I was braced for 4-0, 5-1 even a couple days ago before we had another 4-5 players we scratched.

Can CONCACAF refs get any worse? Asking for a friend.

I thought he said 6 of 11? I was distracted by Friend's outstanding marking of Townsend on the ball.

Can we sign Willock at halftime,or do we have to wait till December?

Starting 4-4-2 out of posession with Iwobi up top as right ST

Ah OK. Tricky one you are haha

ESPN? I have it in both English and Spanish via the app lol

Or 4-3-3 with Townsend and Gordon wide, Iwobi central or maybe even as a 10 with Davies and Gomes flanking him

Jacksonville State is a really good program in their division, in the middle of nowhere in NE Alabama. Hell, they took Auburn to overtime in a season opener a few years ago, I left the game in the 4th quarter and went to a bar to watch the end. Speaking of which, I hope Auburn whips Penn State this weekend. FSU's collapse has been as fun to watch as Texas. And agree, fuck Notre Dame, NBC and the pollsters that overrate them every year

I'd imagine we will be using both Coleman and Townsend to pinch down on McNeil. and the attacks to come from the left with Digne and Gray pushing up

or Keane

Certainly didn't expect him to be outplayed by Jamis

I know it was, but that was just more an opening to rant about how much I fucking hate our federation. Have I mentioned that? I mean riot shield for fuck's sake!

CONCACAF is such a grind in WCQ. It's not that teams are good - it's the fact they AREN'T good that makes it so rough. They play physical as fuck to level the skill gap. When you get an aggressive skilled attacker, they are going to kick the shit out of him to slow him down. Similar to what James experienced in the EPL, but with much less protection. The officiating in CONCACAF is woeful to start with, and when playing on the road, and the crowds are all over the ref from the opening whistle due to the the theatrics, crowding the ref after damn near every call....they just simply don't protect the players from the away team. It's a little better when we play stateside, at least we play on a quality pitch and the center ref isn't as intimidated by the crowd. Last night we played on a dry patchy pitch with a track around it. In El Salvador there were police with riot shields in the corners, and when we took corners, they used the shield to protect the player taking the corner from the shit thrown at them - over the 8' chain fence that separates the stands from the pitch. So yeah, if I am a Chelsea, and I have a $50M asset in his early 20's, the last thing I want is for him to be a star player for the US, going into that road environment on a regular basis. It would be like every UEFA away match being played in Albania or Belgrade or such.

"Happy Fucking Birthday!" - Ricardo Pepi 3 goals and 2 assists by subs in the second half, good stuff! After Pepi scored his first goal, my 20 year old daughter said "I just updated his Wikipedia page". I that kid

I think this team might actually be more successful if they were qualifying in Europe. These kids, as talented as they are, aren't built for the shitshow that is CONCACAF

This is... I dunno, I got nothing