canuckster19 Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 GSTQ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorvatToBaertschi Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 2 hours ago, canuckster19 said: GSTQ! God save the croatian squad who are a shadow of their 2018 former selves. Boy was that rough to watch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Boudreau Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 21 hours ago, UnkNuk said: Canada beats Haiti 1-0 in the first leg of their two game total goal series. Canada plays the next game on Tuesday at 5:30 at home. In Chicago. Should Canada win the series they will be in the final qualifying round for the World Cup for the first time since 1998. Hopefully for once they will get ranked accordingly in the Men's Fifa World ranking. They are good enough to be a top 50's area soccer country in the world. Yet they lag behind Iraq and Jamaica because of the ratings system. If a tiny nation like Iceland can go it. Canada has no excuses. They finally have some legit players like Alphonso Davies and Jonathan David who play for top teams in some of the best leagues in the world. They also have Cyle Larin who plays in Turkey. That is a great trio up front to build around. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKNuck96 Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 16 minutes ago, Chip Kelly said: Hopefully for once they will get ranked accordingly in the Men's Fifa World ranking. They are good enough to be a top 50's area soccer country in the world. Yet they lag behind Iraq and Jamaica because of the ratings system. If a tiny nation like Iceland can go it. Canada has no excuses. They finally have some legit players like Alphonso Davies and Jonathan David who play for top teams in some of the best leagues in the world. They also have Cyle Larin who plays in Turkey. That is a great trio up front to build around. You have to game the system slightly as a smaller nation, who you play and when it’s critical to ensure you are maximising your ranking points. The Swiss have a whole department dedicated to this and they take it seriously. breaking into the top 50 isn’t going to be easy as ahead of you, you have some decent teams, Costa Rica, Cameroon, Ivory Coast etc 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Sooo.....I'm watching Netherlands / Ukraine and it's nil-nil at the half.... I switch over to watch the Jays finish their demolition of the Red Sox and when I switch back it's 1-0 Holland. I take a short break to hang a shelf for my daughter and when I come back, it's 2-0, with 20 minutes left in regulation..... I watch for 10 minutes and Ukraine scores twice to equalize....(their first might be the goal of the tournament so far) I think to myself, "Okay, I;m jinxing them"....and I go outside to do the weed whacking. I just come back now and I see the Dutch scored in the 85th to win it... Now I don't know if I can watch the next match.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKNuck96 Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 16 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said: Sooo.....I'm watching Netherlands / Ukraine and it's nil-nil at the half.... I switch over to watch the Jays finish their demolition of the Red Sox and when I switch back it's 1-0 Holland. I take a short break to hang a shelf for my daughter and when I come back, it's 2-0, with 20 minutes left in regulation..... I watch for 10 minutes and Ukraine scores twice to equalize....(their first might be the goal of the tournament so far) I think to myself, "Okay, I;m jinxing them"....and I go outside to do the weed whacking. I just come back now and I see the Dutch scored in the 85th to win it... Now I don't know if I can watch the next match.... The Dutch were all over the shop with defending, absolutely awful, albeit they looked half decent going forward, it’s going to be a rollercoaster of you follow them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 11 minutes ago, UKNuck96 said: The Dutch were all over the shop with defending, absolutely awful, albeit they looked half decent going forward, it’s going to be a rollercoaster of you follow them Yeah....that was the book going in....van Dijk's injury puts them in a tough spot and it showed today.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lateralus91 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 15 hours ago, UKNuck96 said: You have to game the system slightly as a smaller nation, who you play and when it’s critical to ensure you are maximising your ranking points. The Swiss have a whole department dedicated to this and they take it seriously. breaking into the top 50 isn’t going to be easy as ahead of you, you have some decent teams, Costa Rica, Cameroon, Ivory Coast etc Haven't seen anybody discuss the ranking at length until this discussion here. It's nice as a rough estimate on the strength of teams. Otherwise I find it pretty useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKNuck96 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Lateralus91 said: Haven't seen anybody discuss the ranking at length until this discussion here. It's nice as a rough estimate on the strength of teams. Otherwise I find it pretty useless. It’s important once you crack the top tiers because it impacts seeding for qualification and major championships Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckster19 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 (edited) Not mine, found on reddit. Edited June 14, 2021 by canuckster19 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 7 minutes ago, canuckster19 said: Not mine, found on reddit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKNuck96 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 6 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: Was a great goal well taken and keepers will come forward but he was way way way to far out of his box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 2 hours ago, UKNuck96 said: Was a great goal well taken and keepers will come forward but he was way way way to far out of his box He was closer to midfiield than he was the 18 yard box.......WTF was he doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKNuck96 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 2 hours ago, RUPERTKBD said: He was closer to midfiield than he was the 18 yard box.......WTF was he doing? Tbh keepers do come out and will play occasionally as a sweeper, or to avoid being caught short with a pass back, but he was to far forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 1 hour ago, UKNuck96 said: Tbh keepers do come out and will play occasionally as a sweeper, or to avoid being caught short with a pass back, but he was to far forward Maybe he was channeling his inner Alisson Becker.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Disappointed that I can't watch Germany - France today....(%$#*@ work) Going to go out on a limb and predict a 1-1 draw.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKNuck96 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 1 hour ago, RUPERTKBD said: Disappointed that I can't watch Germany - France today....(%$#*@ work) Going to go out on a limb and predict a 1-1 draw.... Luckily just got back and will be watching it (8pm) here. with the traffic listened to the whole Portugal game on the radio, was such a good game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 1 minute ago, UKNuck96 said: Luckily just got back and will be watching it (8pm) here. with the traffic listened to the whole Portugal game on the radio, was such a good game I was surprised to see the final score....every time I checked in it was nil-nil.....then I look again and Portugal had scored three.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKNuck96 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 1 hour ago, RUPERTKBD said: I was surprised to see the final score....every time I checked in it was nil-nil.....then I look again and Portugal had scored three.... Hungary had a tight decision on an offside to rule out a goal (correctly) and then Portugal got one from a double deflection after that their will gave out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 1 minute ago, UKNuck96 said: Hungary had a tight decision on an offside to rule out a goal (correctly) and then Portugal got one from a double deflection after that their will gave out Full disclosure: Portugal (along with Italy) is my least favorite international side, so the result is a bit disappointing.... ...however, that disappointment is tempered somewhat by the thought of how much tougher it gets for them after this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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