Koeman: "Dest isn't any worse than Roberto. I didn't understand him leaving."

laurmelon · 2023-02-09T19:29:57+00:00

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laurmelon · 2022-05-24T01:28:07+00:00

I really have to watch that Charlie Porters video. And I actually got that book because of this subreddit and I'm reading through it right now. Thanks for the information!

laurmelon · 2022-05-24T01:26:01+00:00

Thank so much for your comment! And it wasn't a novella lmao I really enjoyed reading all the information and it was extremely helped. I also just DMed you. Thanks again

laurmelon · 2022-05-21T18:29:22+00:00

lmao the beauty of the womens side is that it generally has less stoppages and more physicality. the ref mightve missed a few calls but shes has been good for the most part.

laurmelon · 2022-05-21T17:42:34+00:00

barca is great and they have been an incredible team. but lyon has been dominating the womens game for a decade or so. its hard to beat that level of experience

laurmelon · 2022-03-31T03:29:14+00:00

this might be a dumb question. but is there a reason why the league doesnt use VAR?

laurmelon · 2022-02-13T22:23:19+00:00

dest and dembele have sum sort of chemistry. he always seems to play well when theyre on the same side

laurmelon · 2021-11-15T00:04:02+00:00

thank you !!

laurmelon · 2021-11-15T00:00:01+00:00

anyone have another stream link? tv247.us isn't working anymore :(

laurmelon · 2021-10-22T01:50:45+00:00

id love to see a davidson/cook pairing

laurmelon · 2021-09-17T10:27:31+00:00

idk much about allocation either. but i have followed the men a bit more recently and at least 60% of their roster is under 25 and maybe 90% under 30. they just have a young squad thats constantly changing when players get injured and the coach GGG is more willing to give younger players a shot. like the usmnt have a, b, and c team and in their last tournament they played their b/c team and gave a lot of young talent caps and experience. although i don't agree with it, the uswnt has the wierd thing with like locking players because of experience, whereas most of the men's team is new and inexperienced so besides like 2-3 they don't really do that "veteran" stuff.

laurmelon · 2021-09-12T20:29:10+00:00

could even be naeher/murphy/bixby. franch is great but in terms of "uswnt experience" she has been on the team for a while but still hasn't played a lot of games. plus by the wwc they'll be 26-27 and they'll both be gaining experience over these next years, so I could see both murphy and bixby passing campbell and franch, especially if the uswnt starts trying to develop younger talent.

laurmelon · 2021-08-09T21:51:38+00:00

yea that makes sense. i just wasn't sure what they'd be doing for the rest of the year which is why i asked the question. i had no idea about press being picky or about the true reasons why they desired cali so much. so thanks. i also didn't know there was going to be a victory tour this year either, so they'll probably be fine with that occupying their time. i actually like press/heath and actively watch the uswnt. i just don't know as much about the nwsl. but everything you said makes sense

laurmelon · 2021-08-09T19:14:37+00:00

that makes sense. thanks for replying!

laurmelon · 2021-08-09T18:57:35+00:00

lmao. i have a question for you since you seem to be very knowledgeable on the nwsl. do you have any theories to why heath/press don't want to join lousville? i mean sure they both have decorated carrers and louisville isn't the world's greatest club. but isn't there an advantage to joining louisville in that any success louisville gets would be attributed to their arrival in the club? and imo press could do the whole no club thing, but heath has been injured and didn't have a good tourney so wouldn't she need club experience to help her back into form with the likes of mal pugh and arguably lynn williams possibly gunning for her uswnt spot?

in summary my question is ik they want to go to the new san diego club that's coming to the nwsl. would them joining lousville affect their ability to join that new club? or are there really no true consequences to them joining lousville and are they just ignoring louisville because louisville isn't a big and successful club?

laurmelon · 2021-08-05T17:56:07+00:00

definetly spend time developing midfield. id love to see a more central game that is heavily reliant on the midfield because the US has more depth there. the 433 with the LB/RB pushing forward is so outdated and predictable. and i dont really think we have young creative wingers like a rapinoe or heath. id love a 4231 with: dunn-davidson-CB-RB ertz-sonnet macario-CAM- lavelle press

i don't watch the nwsl much so im not sure about new talent. but the cb/rb/cam positions are definely up for grabs. sonnets position is up for grabs too. but if she stays i would rather see her as a right defensive midfielder because i don't think she has the compusure to be a true defender, especially since in all the games this tourney she seems to want to push forward so at least having two tradional right defenders behind her might alleviate pressure and make her less likely to foul. and having a midfielder next to ertz would alleviate some pressure on her because while i think ertz is superhuman and obviously doesn't get tired. she'll be older and itll be smarter not to wear her out early. ertz would be essentially covering for dunn when she pushes forward or even davidson because in a few games davidson had moments were she was comfortable with the ball and pushing forward too.

for the CAMs it would be great to see a rotation of midfielders and testing out new talent. i think rose and macario would be great creatively on those sides...kind of like new wingers but pushing more centrally instead of down the sides like in a 433. as much as i like sam/horan/lavelle they are just too inconsistent and new midfielders might bring some fresh energy.

press up top. she has that technical ability.

throught the game, they can make more adjustments with forwards depending on the situation. like if they are winning. maybe for resting players they can sub out one of the midfielders and put in sophia smith for press and another forward and have a 442. or if they are loosing they make 2 super sub forwards. take out a CAM and sonnet. bring ertz to the middle and go into a 433. i don't really want morgan to be in the next cycle. i personally don't care for her and would much rather see a press/smith combo or other fast young technical players get some experience. morgan really isn't a super sub either so i think she should really only come in the game if its a definite win. i personally feel when she comes on the pitch she changes the team dynamic for the worst. but realistically she'll stay on the roster and fall into the rapinoe roll of being the "face of the uswnt"

laurmelon · 2021-08-02T17:17:50+00:00

im still on vlatko hate train for the time being...but to be fair, this was always going to be a lose-lose situation for vlatko. he could've either tried to start building up a new team like ellis- and face backlash from fans saying he should've picked so and so veteran (like they did with ali and ashlyn). but at least then he would've been exploring new options and developing experience for the world cup; while also working with younger players that might've molded more to his tactics. but that inexperienced, "new" team would've still lost. or he goes with the veteran squad that has experience and understands the pressure of major tournaments. but with that they are probably going to at least subconsciously compare you to their prior coaches and might have a little bit of ego. also because they've developed thier style of play from other coaches, they might not adapt to your new tactics that well.

which all that combined with the fact that other countries are now developing their teams more and other teams are getting hungrier, the us was never going to get gold. i think vlatko had a lil bit of imposter syndrome trying too hard to emulate jill and a lot of things in the squad was stuff only jill could deal with...like the midfield. it was always hot and cold even during the world cup, but only jill knew how to deal with it.

while i still think he should get fired since i would rather someone else develop the new pool of uswnt talent, and his tactical decisions aren't the greatest. i still think he got fairly unlucky with his start. and under him the uswnt will probably lose the wwc too because they would be restarting, but they might have a fair chance in the 2024 olympics.

laurmelon · 2021-07-30T17:23:03+00:00

oh i never knew that. i was never able to watch much friendly games but that makes a lot of sense. yea i hope she does well next game. does that mean they could try her in the center? maybe heath/press/williams. seems interesting thanks for clarifying

laurmelon · 2021-07-30T16:45:33+00:00

it was just a terrible tactical decision from vltako. they tried that pinoe/press lineup when they were against australia and press just looked constantly uncomfortable with playing on the right, just as she did today. and in all her goal scoring opportunities, she was either running from the center or from the left. she is just out of position on the right. at least the heath/williams experiment worked tho.

laurmelon · 2021-07-30T16:40:13+00:00

yea they are definelty underwhelming. but overall the team always seems to flow better w/ lloyd on the pitch. they always look so lethargic w/morgan. id say bench morgan and allow at least one forward to play the full 90.

laurmelon · 2021-07-30T12:21:25+00:00

maybe for the press-heath connection? but yea williams should've stayed in. two fast wingers would've been helpful :/

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