Gian-Luca Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 2 hours ago, narduch said: Well for the Dijon Cup game they called in about 6 Academy players. If these idiots would have allowed bigger rosters I would have taken both, but with these minuscule roster sizes you will get situations like this where a player like Choiniere is left off.....oops sorry wrong thread! El Diego, narduch, Kent and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Reports I am reading today have the Turks striking as starters. Yilmaz makes sense to me to, at least. After Araujo's weak match I'd put Yilmaz up front, David as a complement, and play Yacizi as long as he lasts in the middle in Araujo's place, as at least he's more of a baller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 2 hours ago, Unnamed Trialist said: Reports I am reading today have the Turks striking as starters. Yilmaz makes sense to me to, at least. After Araujo's weak match I'd put Yilmaz up front, David as a complement, and play Yacizi as long as he lasts in the middle in Araujo's place, as at least he's more of a baller. I was expecting the Turks to start up front just given the natural need for squad rotation with 3 games in a week. Araujo usually plays out wide though and I don't think I've ever seen them play Yazici there. One of Lille's problems in terms of squad balance is they have a surplus of wingers and not many out and out strikers (even David playing as a number 9 isn't really his top strength or style as he doesn't win many headers). Speaking of one of their wingers who sometimes plays up front with David, according to this link Tim Weah has been called to the US national team friendlies but will depart back to Lille after their March 25th match against Jamaica. Despite the inaccuracy of listing him as a member of Werder Bremen, I am assuming this same thing is going to apply for Jonathan David for our matches (as I'm not sure how they can justify letting Weah play friendlies but denying us David for an actual WCQ match). https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2021/03/17/united-states-mens-national-team-name-26-player-roster-friendlies-vs-jamaica Addona and dyslexic nam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 David is on the bench Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowcrash Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 I suspect David comes in for Yilmaz at around 60' mark. If it looks like game is going to penalties, they might keep Yazici in to the end. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 David wearing number 13 because the starters are 1 to 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Not sure what PSG is going with but for Lille that's a surprising number of starters not starting while former next big thing Renato Sanchez isn't even dressed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, Gian-Luca said: Not sure what PSG is going with but for Lille that's a surprising number of starters not starting while former next big thing Renato Sanchez isn't even dressed Mbappe on the bench Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) PSG already up 1-0 via Icardi. Edited March 17, 2021 by narduch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 So, looks like both teams are more concerned about not burning out players for the league. Sure, both clubs may feel the Coupe is a small prize given what their bigger goals could be, Lille the league, PSG league but especially Champions. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Pretty good stream http://p2pstreams.com/soccer-6/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Just now, narduch said: Pretty good stream http://p2pstreams.com/soccer-6/ You would watch even if he isn't playing? I use first row sports in its various iterations, usually find a decent option. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Unnamed Trialist said: You would watch even if he isn't playing? I use first row sports in its various iterations, usually find a decent option. I have it on in the background while I work from home. This way I'm ready if he enters. I've been using Redditsport.live but all their links were garbage today. I actually found this one on Twitter Edited March 17, 2021 by narduch Unnamed Trialist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 PSG lead 2-0 at the half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 David came on at the half for Yilmaz johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 PSG wins 3-0. I guess Lille can concentrate on grinding out the league title now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoH037 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 5 hours ago, Gian-Luca said: I was expecting the Turks to start up front just given the natural need for squad rotation with 3 games in a week. Araujo usually plays out wide though and I don't think I've ever seen them play Yazici there. One of Lille's problems in terms of squad balance is they have a surplus of wingers and not many out and out strikers (even David playing as a number 9 isn't really his top strength or style as he doesn't win many headers). Speaking of one of their wingers who sometimes plays up front with David, according to this link Tim Weah has been called to the US national team friendlies but will depart back to Lille after their March 25th match against Jamaica. Despite the inaccuracy of listing him as a member of Werder Bremen, I am assuming this same thing is going to apply for Jonathan David for our matches (as I'm not sure how they can justify letting Weah play friendlies but denying us David for an actual WCQ match). https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2021/03/17/united-states-mens-national-team-name-26-player-roster-friendlies-vs-jamaica Because Weah is staying in Europe, David wouldn't be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, LeoH037 said: Because Weah is staying in Europe, David wouldn't be We should have just played in Naples. Perhaps they would have ignored the Florida part cronaldo7, johnyb, narduch and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Just now, Kadenge said: We should have just playShed in Naples. Perhaps they would have ignored the Florida part Should have played in Iceland or Azores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 22 minutes ago, LeoH037 said: Because Weah is staying in Europe, David wouldn't be I guess I should have added "convincingly" in front of the word "justify". A year ago we kept hearing that the Coronavirus doesn't know any political borders or boundaries, but apparently that isn't true - according to Ligue 1, it is more virulent depending on which countries decided to join the EU or to pull a Brexit. RS, CanadaFan123, johnyb and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoH037 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Personally wasn't expecting David to be there, so if true then its not really news. Apparently Bundesliga teams will also be allowed to hold players if there's a need for them to quanrantine upon returning to Germany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 3 hours ago, Gian-Luca said: I guess I should have added "convincingly" in front of the word "justify". A year ago we kept hearing that the Coronavirus doesn't know any political borders or boundaries, but apparently that isn't true - according to Ligue 1, it is more virulent depending on which countries decided to join the EU or to pull a Brexit. This is where FIFA needs to step in. Absolutely 100% illegal to arbitrarily release players on this basis. There is no case to be made that playing in the EU is any safer. These clubs are trying to take advantage of a pandemic and limit travel of their players. As if a friendly in Austria is okay but a WCQ in Florida isn’t. And no doubt there will be players playing in European internationals who are based in North America. What a farce. gator, ghostknownunknown and narduch 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoH037 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 1 hour ago, CanadaFan123 said: This is where FIFA needs to step in. Absolutely 100% illegal to arbitrarily release players on this basis. There is no case to be made that playing in the EU is any safer. These clubs are trying to take advantage of a pandemic and limit travel of their players. As if a friendly in Austria is okay but a WCQ in Florida isn’t. And no doubt there will be players playing in European internationals who are based in North America. What a farce. Lol... pretty sure FIFA is the one giving them the green light to do so... and arguably if a player must travel father for a game then the higher the risk that player catches something so yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 (edited) Looks like they moved Lille's next match to Sunday at Noon ET. It also means it's no longer on TV5 Edited March 18, 2021 by narduch Unnamed Trialist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 (edited) I don't know if anyone else watched the David part of the match. Lille did press the 2nd half and as it advanced, took it to PSG, who tired. Pochettino did good changes to keep them in it, but still. David had a hard left footer from the top of the box stopped by Navas, Bamba had a close one, then there was a penalty--which Yacizi missed, or Keylor stopped. In the end Keylor was probably their MOTM. If that had gone in, the way Lille was pressing, there would have been a real opportunity to tie it late and go into extra time. I don't think PSG was as dominant as it looked, and it was encouraging to see a Lille pushing and attacking effectively and with certain coordination. I don't think they are going to feel their chances vs PSG in the league in a few weeks are any worse because of last night. Edited March 18, 2021 by Unnamed Trialist dyslexic nam, johnyb, narduch and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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