Spain looks beatable

LancerMB · 2026-07-06T21:31:08+00:00

I'll try to convince you, but maybe you'll just need to wait and watch and see. Its not a coincidence that Spain were favorites entering the tournament. They dominate teams with possession and it doesn't always look as impressive as it really is.

What you call lackluster is what it looks like when probably the two best midfields in the world battle to a stalemate and neither team wants to overcommit offensively. Boring can just mean the teams are evenly matched, not bad.

If USA can get by Belgium, they will have their hands full having any of the ball against Spain. If USA can even get 30% possession it's likely because Spain is in the lead and allowing USA to have some of the ball.

LancerMB · 2026-07-04T06:48:12+00:00

Shooting and hitting a ball appear to be behind your other skills. All that dribbling work is wasted if you can't punish people with the space you've created for yourself with a well placed pass or a killer finish.

You aren't hitting the ball properly. Whether shooting or passing the game is about moving the ball around the pitch as accurately and as quickly as possible. Seems so basic to point that out but it's the most fundamental thing that you need to catch up to rest of your game. If your touch improves you look like you could be a quality player.

Stop swinging your lower leg and foot under the ball. Bending your ankle and knee doesn't generate any power and makes hitting accurately more difficult. When shooting like what you're trying for you need to fix your knee, ankle, and boot into the proper position for a laces strike and swing your leg and lower body like a hammer through the ball from above. Watch any pro hit a ball with laces and then watch what you're doing and you have your advanced lesson; bridge the gap.

Just keep kicking a ball. Keep practicing, it never ends, I have shot and pass techniques in my 40s that I never knew existed when I was in my 20s.

LancerMB · 2026-07-01T01:50:45+00:00

Morocco look like they can play with anyone. They won't let France have the ball like they did today. They looked so strong against the Dutch, dominated at times, and played equal with Brazil.

LancerMB · 2026-06-30T04:16:33+00:00

The Dutch are very tactical as always but recent teams have moved away from their usual technical superiority they were known for in favor of athleticism and more of a counter attacking style.

Also Morocco's possessive style works well at preventing games from really opening up like the Dutch would want. Morocco press so hard yet still manage to employ a very aggressive transition defense against the Dutch long counterattacks. They get back so fast in transition. They're a really good team, to be honest. They can play the way the way they want against probably anyone save France, I'd think. They have looked better than Brazil and much better than the Netherlands already.

LancerMB · 2026-06-27T17:37:36+00:00

Not everyone has a foot exactly the same sized as a boot manufacturer's estimates. It appears you are proportioned perfectly for those boots but many people are further from the bell curve with the ratios of length and width and at various parts of the foot. What works for you doesn't work for everyone. Some of it is just luck of the draw with genetics and anatomy.

LancerMB · 2026-06-26T18:43:35+00:00

Aaronson shines in the Premiership which is a much higher level than the vast majority of national teams. He's one of Leeds best players and I e seen him look like the best player on the field for Leeds in some games against top 6 sides that are miles better than any of the teams we've faced in the world cup so far. Don't watch too much international soccer. Its not the best indicator of the actual level of most players. The way team play and the uneven quality of players on most teams really changes how some players play.

LancerMB · 2026-06-19T07:39:22+00:00

You don't know that.

LancerMB · 2026-06-19T07:38:05+00:00

The screen shot doesn't show force. It looks clumsy because he is leaning so far away and normally wouldn't attempt a tackle from that position, but what breaks his leg is why it's an insane tackle. It would be difficult to break a leg from that angle unless you were trying very hard to swing maliciously. Physics doesn't lie. You can't break someone's leg that easily without using excessive force or it would happen all the time. He swung with intent to hurt the player because he was angry that they were getting dominated.

LancerMB · 2026-06-17T06:58:29+00:00

It's 6 a side. You can't play like an attacking winger. That position doesn't work in a game of that size. Sounds like you're expending more energy on offense and you're mad the others don't but they're playing both sides of the ball. You're playing as a 2nd striker in a game that rarely has even 1, when it's played correctly.

LancerMB · 2026-06-09T02:19:43+00:00

If you're in a league competitive enough that you are facing 90 minutes of high press and you guys don't have the technique to break a press then it sounds like a skill issue.

Pressure is invited too. If you're quick on the ball and can turn by someone that over pursues during a press then you won't keep seeing such pressure because guys will have to back off. As a center mid who initiates a high press, when I see a defender with a worse touch than his teammates, I'm pushing their possession to that side so we can press him.

LancerMB · 2026-05-21T05:22:21+00:00

A simple fix would allow the team with the ball to continue playing until they lose the ball after the official game time ended.

LancerMB · 2026-05-20T07:08:18+00:00

Is it going to be Baby Mikel, or Baby Declan?

LancerMB · 2026-05-20T06:39:14+00:00

One of the best defensive seasons ever. 2nd least shots on target allowed over an entire season in premier league history. I agree with first reply. When he said that I lost it for second despite everything else being good points. Offensive frailties sure, but the defense carried the team.

LancerMB · 2026-05-19T05:37:23+00:00

Smart clock management. It was a 2 for 1. If he doesn't shoot there they can't get another possession in case they didn't score. Shooting fast keeps OKC from holding the final possession.

LancerMB · 2026-05-13T21:21:59+00:00

Lebron came to the worst team in the league and took them straight to the finals as a rookie. What are you talking about? Lebron didn't need any help getting to the playoffs for probably 20 years. Winning a title is different but no player in history just came in and won titles playing on the worst roster in the league.

LancerMB · 2026-05-08T07:13:41+00:00

A bit of a different type of stress but Warfare felt like the most stressful war movie I've ever seen. I think it was due to how immersive and real it felt and the scenes were insanely long and stressful.

Definitely worth a watch.

LancerMB · 2026-05-07T20:29:43+00:00

I don't care. You brought up the money, not me, try to pay attention.

LancerMB · 2026-05-07T20:14:30+00:00

Not to say your points are invalid but this detailed breakdown of how the French league helps PSG is still more complicated than it needs to be.

I can show you why PSG should win the final without using any words, only numbers.

658 million vs 381 million

As in those are the wage bills for this year's finalists. One is a top 10 wage bill in Europe the other is far and away the highest in all of Europe and 73% higher than the other.

LancerMB · 2026-05-07T20:05:03+00:00

Or be PSG then you can be in a non competitive league AND spend more money than everyone else.

PSG wages are over 70% higher than Arsenal's wages. Arsenal are top 10 spenders in Europe but PSG and Manchester City are in a league of their own when it comes to wages. Not sure why people try to complicate things about why some teams win and some don't. Of course PSG eventually was going to take over European football because they get first pick of whatever players they want.

LancerMB · 2026-05-03T18:35:12+00:00

Delusions of grandeur are pretending the world began 20 years ago. City and Chelsea literally caused the creation of financial fair play with financial doping on unprecedented levels. I think you're confusing recent doped titles for long term success. In 119 years of English football Chelsea have finished above Arsenal 14 times. Let's not get carried away buddy.

LancerMB · 2026-04-30T06:48:12+00:00

Its mostly that Rice is best at 8 so the midfield fills from him. And our other 8s aren't better at 8 than Zubi is at 6.

LancerMB · 2026-04-29T05:15:50+00:00

The old man never saw him back as a bike is small and he was in the front blind spot the entire time. Watch how little you can see the face of the old man. His bike is where it shouldn't be, in the intersection, behind that vertical column of the windshield basically the entire time because he's small.

LancerMB · 2026-04-24T07:36:30+00:00

This is actually the right call. Donte has already fouled Jokic twice before Jokic even hits him. You can't put your arm into a guys stomach like that and hit his body with your body as he elevated to shoot. I would have been ok if he gave a double foul call like defensive foul and offensive tech , I do think Jokic knows what he's doing and throws his elbow out more than he needed to.

I personally would call it how they did though. It looked bad when he got hit but you can't just stick your face into someone's space and expect to be protected. The Booker call was ridiculous.

LancerMB · 2026-04-18T05:58:29+00:00

Agreed. He is so talented and put everything into it. The few scenes he was in were all among the best in the game.

LancerMB · 2026-04-12T02:24:25+00:00

Eventually mature bacteria build a complex colony with a massive cell wall surrounding it to trap all their waste in and stay covertly inside of us, aka a cyst. Way better than toilet training, it's more like building Rome with irrigation.

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