SoccMan Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 29 minutes ago, Kadenge said: ok since we are all looking at the glass half empty, how about the glass half full...when was the last time (excluding this WCQ) where we tied Mexico at Azteca and the USA away? Sure but we still have to play 4 away games in Central America and history is not even close on our side . Yes it’s great that we got those results in the US and in Mexico but Central America is a different animal even the US does not have such a great record in Central America. PastPros and Califax 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 3 hours ago, admin said: He is the reason this team does well. With that mustache the opposition are intimidated by the fact we have a porn star on our team. Didn't help England when they had Ron Jeremy err the aptly named David Seaman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil R. Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 (edited) This is the worst case scenario coming true. Eustaquio is the straw that stirs the drink for us. We wouldn't be where we are right now without him. El Salvador on February 2nd is still 10 days away. Given how vastly different we are without him (like the first 70 minutes in Jamaica), let's hope he can play 1 of the 3 matches. Edited January 23, 2022 by Neil R. gator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 1 hour ago, SoccMan said: Sure but we still have to play 4 away games in Central America and history is not even close on our side . Yes it’s great that we got those results in the US and in Mexico but Central America is a different animal even the US does not have such a great record in Central America. Would you rather play Mexico at Azteca on Friday or this Honduras team in SPS? narduch and MtlMario 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 30 minutes ago, Neil R. said: This is the worst case scenario coming true. Eustaquio is the straw that stirs the drink for us. We wouldn't be where we are right now without him. El Salvador on February 2nd is still 10 days away. Given how vastly different we are without him (like the first 70 minutes in Jamaica), let's hope he can play 1 of the 3 matches. Given the current state of the pandemic, I can envision several much worse scenarios that could yet occur. Califax, El Hombre, Xavier. and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBR Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 9 minutes ago, jonovision said: Given the current state of the pandemic, I can envision several much worse scenarios that could yet occur. Have any in-contention WCQ teams been forced to forfeit because of an outbreak, globally? narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaub Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Big doomer energy in here. Next man up, we’re mentally tough enough to deal with this for once. tarnado1555362291, shorty, Danielperu and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 6 minutes ago, JBR said: Have any in-contention WCQ teams been forced to forfeit because of an outbreak, globally? I've been wondering about this. What happens if one of the Octagonal teams has a major covid outbreak before a match? I doubt it would be a forfeit. Maybe reschedule for June? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frmr Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 14 minutes ago, theaub said: Big doomer energy in here. Next man up, we’re mentally tough enough to deal with this for once. I’m with you. It sucks we have some important players out but it is what is. I’m not worried. Danielperu and MtlMario 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi44 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 And this is why we need depth in the squad. I always cringe when people say "oh we on' need <x> player anyway we good". No, you always want to be strengthening your squad and creating competition for starting spots. So yes, all those fence sitters would be very nice to have. And yes, we probably should have been calling bigger squads in the past so more players are familiar with the systems and such! gator and Bison44 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matro25 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, frmr said: I’m with you. It sucks we have some important players out but it is what is. I’m not worried. This is the lineup we dominated the USMNT in at the Gold Cup. Yes it was missing Mckennie and Adams in the midfield but it was still a squad that had Robinson, Acosta, LLetget etc guys who are going to get minutes against and possibly start. Our strength was never in the middle anyways so even if we did have Eustaquio the Americans would play us off the park. Their Achilles heels is the wing and as long as everyone else is there (Buchanan, Laryea, Adekugbe, Millar, etc) we should be fine IMO. I still believe missing Davies is more detrimental as teams had to game plan for him. USMNT don't have to game against Stephen they just need to play the MMA midfield and that equation is solved. EJsens1 and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colliedor Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 This is a bigger issue considering a lot of our mids are out of season. Playing 3 games in a week after not playing in almost 3 months... Hope these guys were working hard to keep math fit during this time. I swear Pulisic was in a similar position and like 3-4 days later he was allowed to join the team. Califax 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, Colliedor said: This is a bigger issue considering a lot of our mids are out of season. Playing 3 games in a week after not playing in almost 3 months... Hope these guys were working hard to keep math fit during this time. I hope so too. Their ability to solve partial differential equations on the fly under pressure will be essential. blueseeka, RichV, Cheeta and 4 others 2 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colliedor Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, admin said: I hope so too. Their ability to solve partial differential equations on the fly under pressure will be essential. lol dammit I didn't see that typo. Admin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infernal Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Chad_Impact, johnyb, Xavier. and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 11 minutes ago, Infernal said: that was pretty emotional by Pep. Who was he referring to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhCanadaOhBaby Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 6 minutes ago, Kadenge said: that was pretty emotional by Pep. Who was he referring to? Xavier. and Kadenge 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkOffPunch Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Colliedor said: I swear Pulisic was in a similar position and like 3-4 days later he was allowed to join the team. Pulisic had Covid before the first window but had fully recovered before rosters were announced. Only missed the ES game due to fitness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scullion44 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CZH7HqevTyy/?utm_medium=copy_link Xavier., N1ckbr0wn, Corazon and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad_Impact Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 1 minute ago, scullion44 said: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZH7HqevTyy/?utm_medium=copy_link So it's official, love it 💥! Hope everything works out and he excels at Porto toontownman, scullion44, Corazon and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QBCS Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Stephen Eustaquio to Porto. toontownman and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 conspiracy theory: Porto and Eustaquio faked the positive test news to afford time for him to sign the contract before the international window. Watch him now rejoin our squad and start on Thursday toontownman, costarg and N1ckbr0wn 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad_Impact Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 2 minutes ago, Obinna said: conspiracy theory: Porto and Eustaquio faked the positive test news to afford time for him to sign the contract before the international window. Watch him now rejoin our squad and start on Thursday It was a false positive 😉 Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frmr Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 I thought it was only going to be an option to buy? Premature to say goodbye if it's only an option, no? johnyb and Approve My Account Pls 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Approve My Account Pls Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 23 minutes ago, Obinna said: conspiracy theory: Porto and Eustaquio faked the positive test news to afford time for him to sign the contract before the international window. Watch him now rejoin our squad and start on Thursday This has crossed my mind several times Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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