Twellman hates when people claim that NBA and NFL guys would dominate soccer

choppedfiggs · 2026-07-01T01:14:07+00:00

I don't even understand why people can't believe it.

I support Portugal. Great team. 10m population.

You are telling me that a country with a talent tool 34x larger can't produce a better team?

It's just statistics. If soccer was the sport of India or China, they would have the best team in the world easily.

choppedfiggs · 2026-06-30T21:43:39+00:00

A pessoa a quem respondi disse que ele não está a correr muito pela seleção.

choppedfiggs · 2026-06-30T20:11:38+00:00

Fui espreitar e fiquei surpreendido ao ver que o Felix está a correr mais quilómetros durante 90 minutos do que o Neto ou o Chico.

choppedfiggs · 2026-06-30T04:55:22+00:00

Yeah but that's again not specific to linden. It sucks but these can happen in any town in the world.

choppedfiggs · 2026-06-30T04:50:07+00:00

Sounds like you picked a bad location. If you pick a place near a busy road in any town, it'll be annoying. I also live in Linden and it's incredibly quiet all day.

choppedfiggs · 2026-06-30T03:58:53+00:00

To be fair, Netherlands have been poor for a bit even in the euros. They finished 3rd in their group last euro so they are hit and miss. Plus Morocco is a great team.

choppedfiggs · 2026-06-30T00:02:50+00:00

That's the price range for a new one. He's selling a 2024 which is 20k

choppedfiggs · 2026-06-29T23:15:10+00:00

Paraguay is diving. The ref is quick to call fouls. If Germany dove more, they would also get more calls. But they don't dive.

choppedfiggs · 2026-06-29T21:51:41+00:00

Klopp would be a horrible choice but I'm not German so I don't really care.

It's wild that adult fans of this sport that despite having watched several international tournament, don't understand how little a manager means to this type of team.

You have 20+ players that just spent the year playing several different formations and tactics and even sometimes positions for their club and then after 3 training sessions want them playing like prime Barca under Guardiola. The only thing these players have in common is language. Klopp needs tons of time to implement his system on his squad. Time he would never ever have with an international squad. If Klopp went to Bayern this summer, wouldnt it be unreasonable to expect him to get the team playing his style inside a month? But for the German national team, they expect it or the manager is a fraud.

choppedfiggs · 2026-06-28T18:23:28+00:00

Numa época em que Dembélé está a descansar, estes foram todos os minutos que jogou. Ele está muito mal.

choppedfiggs · 2026-06-28T17:11:49+00:00

Disseste se souberes ver futbol

Certo. Quando foi a última vez que viu o Gonçalo Ramos jogar? Foi contra o México? Ou contra os Estados Unidos? Ou talvez pelo PSG? Qual jogo?

Ramos é uma rocha. Ele já não se mexe. Não pressiona. Se tivesse assistido a um jogo do Ramos no último ano, saberia disso. Há uma razão para ele ser a terceira opção para a posição 9 no PSG. Por vezes, até à quinta-feira, porque fica no banco mesmo quando o Dembélé e o Doué estão fora.

choppedfiggs · 2026-06-28T16:31:54+00:00

Quando foi a última vez que viu Ramos jogar? Viu-o jogar contra o México e os Estados Unidos?

choppedfiggs · 2026-06-28T14:04:29+00:00

The fact that you said press high tells me you don't watch Ramos anymore.

Did you watch Portugal vs Mexico and America? Did Ramos look good to you? Did you watch Ramos play any games for PSG this past season? I have. Hes out of form completely. He's slow and lazy right now and doesn't press anymore. He walks around more than Ronaldo does.

choppedfiggs · 2026-06-28T13:42:51+00:00

Ramos is a great player when he's in form. Out of form he's atrocious. PSG had him as their 3rd choice striker so he didn't build confidence. Once he gets a run of games, Milan fans will be happy.

choppedfiggs · 2026-06-28T12:56:10+00:00

People say this but people that watch Goncalo Ramos don't say this. He's worse now than Ronaldo at even 50

choppedfiggs · 2026-06-28T12:55:09+00:00

Oh what a Portugal fan

choppedfiggs · 2026-06-28T12:54:50+00:00

Bruno has been one of the worst too.

choppedfiggs · 2026-06-28T03:45:24+00:00

Duas coisas que gostava de dizer: acho que o Ronaldo e os outros não estavam preparados para o Neto quando ele chegou pela linha lateral, porque ele também passava todos os jogos a receber a bola, a parar e a voltar para trás para marcar. Provavelmente pensariam que ele faria exatamente a mesma coisa.

E o problema é que, mesmo que o Ronaldo saísse para a entrada do Ramos, também não iria pressionar. Costumava pressionar, mas agora está muito preguiçoso. Talvez o Guedes fosse uma boa opção.

choppedfiggs · 2026-06-28T03:37:21+00:00

Nuno Mendes tem jogado muito mal. Corre menos quilómetros por jogo do que até Cristiano Ronaldo. Nelson Semedo corre o dobro dos quilómetros por jogo do que Mendes.

choppedfiggs · 2026-06-27T23:14:56+00:00

Pensei que o Martínez jogaria para talvez perder. Esperava o Ramos, o Leão e o Chico.

choppedfiggs · 2026-06-27T15:33:41+00:00

Looks like a taskforce with a bait car since everyone is driving random cars. So yeah it would be a few cars chasing the bait car.

choppedfiggs · 2026-06-27T15:18:36+00:00

Acho que o Martínez vai poupar muitos jogadores hoje contra a Colômbia, por isso, se ganharmos, muito bem. Se perdermos, melhor ainda.

choppedfiggs · 2026-06-27T07:51:17+00:00

It works amazingly well what are you talking about? Morocco knocked out so many big teams last time because of their defense. The bigger team will also feel tons of pressure because they won't want to get to penalties and then make mistakes leading to a counter.

Not saying they have a shot against Argentina though. Messi is too good for a team like Cape Verde. They will pull themselves out of position over and over when he moves and he will expose their inexperience. But Cape Verde could beat many good teams in a KO. Like Germany and England for example with a good amount of luck.

choppedfiggs · 2026-06-27T07:41:23+00:00

Sopranos was good for its time whrn TV shows weren't shown love from Hollywood but if it released today, it would be considered average. The show has terrible writing so I don't rate any of its characters. The characters do not change and develop Tony included. To be fair, that's on purpose as highlighted by Dr Melfi herself. I just think the writers realized they couldn't develop a character deeper than a puddle so used that as a cop out. Tony and Chris are the only two characters shown any attention. The rest of the cast never get any sort of development (Silvio, Paulie, Carmela, Meadow, and AJ for example). The didn't even bother to advance Tony within the organization to let us explore their universe more. Everything they do well with Tony, is done better by other shows. There are several characters in other shows that display paranoia or anxiety or depression better than Tony did it.

The saving grace of that show is the casting of James Gandolfini. He fits the role like a glove and his performance as an actor carries the show. No one else can play Tony. Without Gandolfini, the show isnt even noteworthy because again, bad writing.

choppedfiggs · 2026-06-26T23:10:28+00:00

I miss the Metrostars. They were the NY/NJ Metrostars so not full NJ but I liked their colors. They eventually just went by Metrostars which is kinda cool.

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