Futbol Talk

[shoothoops]

Three straight games with a goal for Josh Sargent, two game winners, and the only goal in a 1-1 draw for Werder Bremen.

[The Sultan]

Three straight games with a goal for Josh Sargent, two game winners, and the only goal in a 1-1 draw for Werder Bremen.

Werder won 2-0

[shoothoops]

Werder won 2-0

Yep. 2-0 win today, 1-1 draw last game, and 2-1 win prior to that.

[JWags85]

Steve Cherundolo named the new manager of USL's Las Vegas Lights.  Selfishly, kind of bummed.

He's spent the last 6 years after retiring coaching in Germany. With Hannover, but more recently with Stuttgart and then the German national team. He wasn't getting HC looks but that's nice experience. He knows Jesse Marsch from the USMNT, so was hoping when he inevitably gets a Bundesliga job in the next 1-2 years, Dolo could join him.

If it was the MLS, ok I could see it, but the last manager of LVL was Eric Wynalda who gets mid level jobs based solely on his name.

I get the migration back to the States, but Dolo had been in Germany for 20 years and was very happy and comfortable there

[jesmu84]

unnatural carnal knowledge

[jesmu84]

Erik Lamela is a beautiful human being.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Erik Lamela is a beautiful human being.

So left footed that he had to pull a rabona there.   

[shoothoops]

26 player U.S. Camp Roster for Austria vs Jamaica and Northern Ireland in March.

7 players are only available for the first game.

15 players came through U.S. Developmental Academies.

10 Countries.

16 are 22 years old or younger.

[shoothoops]

Another day, another Daryl Dike goal, 1-0 Barnsley. Just inside the 18, Rocket, top shelf, near post, game winner. 7 straight wins since he joined the team.

https://twitter.com/BrianSciaretta/status/1368233523879018502?s=19

https://twitter.com/MenInBlazers/status/1368234566608158721?s=19

Barnsley has now acquired 28 out of a possible 30 points since Daryl Dike joined the team. He joins Josh Sargent, Gio Reyna, Christian Pulisic, Tim Weah, and Nicholas Gioachinni, as U.S. Camp Forwards this month.

Two more goals for Dike today in Barnsley win over Wycombe, 3-1 Final:

https://twitter.com/OrlandoCitySC/status/1372282883772194817?s=19

https://twitter.com/BarnsleyFC/status/1372283310450302982?s=19

https://twitter.com/OrlandoCitySC/status/1372289888503140353?s=19

[The Sultan]

Jeez just looked at the Championship table.  So we are going to see Norwich again next year.  Will they spend some money this time?

[shoothoops]

Daryl Dike has been getting some interest from Everton. EFL fans Player of the Month


https://twitter.com/FootballLeagueW/status/1376831143006310400?s=19


stlCITY founding partner and jersey sponsor:

https://twitter.com/stlCITYsc/status/1377277926765432832?s=19

[Billy Hoyle]

Jeez just looked at the Championship table.  So we are going to see Norwich again next year.  Will they spend some money this time?

probably not. Which is why I've been rooting against them. Like Fulham, they're the classic yo yo team.

[JWags85]

Eddie Howe looking like the new man at Celtic. Good for him.  Still only 43. He's a hell of a manager who did remarkable things considering the constraints at Bournemouth.  Shocked he never got serious consideration for better EPL jobs.  But now he has the chance to manage a club with true title and European chances.  Great audition to get a job back down South

[shoothoops]

Been a while since Bobby Convey: (Daryl Dike)

https://twitter.com/rogbennett/status/1379087910809518085?s=19

[BM1090]

That's probably it for Fulham's survival chances. So many missed opportunities.

It's certainly possible that Newcastle loses their next 3 or 4, but 3 points up with 2 games is likely too much to overcome.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

That's probably it for Fulham's survival chances. So many missed opportunities.

It's certainly possible that Newcastle loses their next 3 or 4, but 3 points up with 2 games is likely too much to overcome.

Newcastle is pretty bleak though, last weekend not withstanding.  Also some rumblings of Mike Ashley wanting to tank the season and then sell, as the EFL has a lower bar for new owners than the PL does.

Watford and Norwich have pretty much locked up promotion.  5 teams fighting for the playoff spots.

[JWags85]

Newcastle is pretty bleak though, last weekend not withstanding.  Also some rumblings of Mike Ashley wanting to tank the season and then sell, as the EFL has a lower bar for new owners than the PL does.

Mike Ashley has been trying to sell since they got relegated the first time more than a decade ago.  It's a regular tradition

[jesmu84]

https://twitter.com/RobDauster/status/1381299897002029059?s=19

Fire Jose

[Its DJOver]

Better name for the Champions League Semi's?  Oil Clasico, or Abu Derby?

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Arsenal beating Slavia Praga is about the only way I could ever pull for arse to win.  Good win over those racist pieces of shït.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/lacazette-arsenal-slavia-knee-racism-23922334.amp?__twitter_impression=true

[Pakuni]

Looking like a Euro superleague is becoming more likely.

LONDON — A group of the world's richest and most storied soccer clubs has agreed in principle on a plan to create a breakaway European club competition that would, if it comes to fruition, upend the structures, economics and relationships that have bound global soccer for nearly a century.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/18/sports/soccer/super-league-united-liverpool-juventus-madrid.html?smid=tw-share

Teams who have committed to it include:
Liverpool, Man United, Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid,  Juventus, Internazionale and A.C. Milan.
So far no commitments from Bundesliga or Ligue 1 clubs.

[Cooby Snacks]

Looking like a Euro superleague is becoming more likely.

LONDON — A group of the world's richest and most storied soccer clubs has agreed in principle on a plan to create a breakaway European club competition that would, if it comes to fruition, upend the structures, economics and relationships that have bound global soccer for nearly a century.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/18/sports/soccer/super-league-united-liverpool-juventus-madrid.html?smid=tw-share

Teams who have committed to it include:
Liverpool, Man United, Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid,  Juventus, Internazionale and A.C. Milan.
So far no commitments from Bundesliga or Ligue 1 clubs.

You gotta admire Spurs' commitment to never winning anything.

[Pakuni]

You gotta admire Spurs' commitment to never winning anything.

Speaking of Spurs, Mourinho has been sacked.
Better to be in the Super League and lose than not be in it at all.

[Pakuni]

This is getting fun.

@JoePompliano: BREAKING: UEFA President Ceferin has confirmed that all players in the European Super League will be banned from playing in the World Cup.

[brewcity77]

This is getting fun.

@JoePompliano: BREAKING: UEFA President Ceferin has confirmed that all players in the European Super League will be banned from playing in the World Cup.

I'm not sure UEFA can ban players from a FIFA competition, but if anything can be done to torpedo this ridiculousness, I'm all in favor. I believe they can, however, ban them from Champions League & from the Euros. What might be most interesting is WC Qualifying. If suddenly ESL players can't compete, it might impact the qualification of some of the mid-level qualifiers, though that might be a short term issue with the 48-team World Cup coming soon.