England beatable by US?
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From: Dwight Beers on 4 Jun 2010 09:51 On 06/04/2010 06:45 AM, Real Mardin wrote: > On Jun 4, 2:37 pm, Dwight Beers<hdbe...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On 06/04/2010 06:22 AM, gsn wrote: >> >>> England could not score against Japan. Also Mexico had a good game vs >>> England. >>> In CONCAF , as Dwight said in another thread, Mexico is only the >>> third best team. The US usually plays better than Mexico and wins more >>> often than not. >>> So it looks like it is possible to beat England (or atleast split >>> points)? >> >>> - gsn >> >> If the US goes into half time with a 2 goal lead, > > Right....... > >> which is very >> possible, > > Yes? Is it really? > >> especially if we start with our 5 best current players >> (Dempsey, Donovan, Torres, Buddle, Gomez), and then come out of half >> time with the attitude that we need to score two more goals--and not >> with an attitude that says we need to defend a two goal lead--then 4-0 >> is not only possible, but probable. Remember, you heard it here first!!:-) > > Quite. > > > Budweiser or Miller today? > I don't drink, not even Corona, not even after watching Mexican League football for the last couple of years. :-)
From: Mike Babyak on 4 Jun 2010 10:00 Real Mardin wrote: > On Jun 4, 2:37 pm, Dwight Beers <hdbe...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On 06/04/2010 06:22 AM, gsn wrote: >> >>> England could not score against Japan. Also Mexico had a good game vs >>> England. >>> In CONCAF , as Dwight said in another thread, Mexico is only the >>> third best team. The US usually plays better than Mexico and wins more >>> often than not. >>> So it looks like it is possible to beat England (or atleast split >>> points)? >>> - gsn >> If the US goes into half time with a 2 goal lead, > > Right....... > >> which is very >> possible, > > Yes? Is it really? > >> especially if we start with our 5 best current players >> (Dempsey, Donovan, Torres, Buddle, Gomez), and then come out of half >> time with the attitude that we need to score two more goals--and not >> with an attitude that says we need to defend a two goal lead--then 4-0 >> is not only possible, but probable. Remember, you heard it here first!!:-) > > Quite. > > > Budweiser or Miller today? > > > RM > I think we're more in the realm of psychedelics here.
From: Deeppe on 4 Jun 2010 10:36 On Jun 4, 6:35 am, Real Mardin <real_mar...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On Jun 4, 2:22 pm, gsn <gsnaraya...(a)ymail.com> wrote: > > > England could not score against Japan. > > Ok, but then the US couldn't defend against non qualifiers Turkey (who > could have been 3-0 up within about 20 minutes), so where does that > leave us? > > > So it looks like it is possible to beat England (or atleast split > > points)? > > Anything is possible, knowing the way England sometimes stutter in the > group stage perhaps a draw is the more likely result? > > RM 3-3 I'd be happy with that. Hate to go in the hole the first game. On the other hand I suppose it's best to get the match against England out of the way right up front rather than getting into a situation where they're the last match and a must win for the US to get out of group. This way we play England and then know what we have to do to get past the rest.
From: Mark V. on 4 Jun 2010 10:55 On Jun 4, 6:45 am, Real Mardin <real_mar...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On Jun 4, 2:37 pm, Dwight Beers <hdbe...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 06/04/2010 06:22 AM, gsn wrote: > > > > England could not score against Japan. Also Mexico had a good game vs > > > England. > > > In CONCAF , as Dwight said in another thread, Mexico is only the > > > third best team. The US usually plays better than Mexico and wins more > > > often than not. > > > So it looks like it is possible to beat England (or atleast split > > > points)? > > > > - gsn > > > If the US goes into half time with a 2 goal lead, > > Right....... > > > which is very > > possible, > > Yes? Is it really? > > > especially if we start with our 5 best current players > > (Dempsey, Donovan, Torres, Buddle, Gomez), and then come out of half > > time with the attitude that we need to score two more goals--and not > > with an attitude that says we need to defend a two goal lead--then 4-0 > > is not only possible, but probable. Remember, you heard it here first!!:-) > > Quite. > > Budweiser or Miller today? > > RM Dwight has always struck me as the type who'd prefer a nice cold Bitburger. The US will need all the help it can get from the woodwork, but a victory is not mission impossible. That being said, the defense is extremely vulnerable. If you don't want to put too much stock in tinker-time tune-up Turkish friendlies, just compare their 13 goals ceded in the CONCACAF hex vs. 6 in the last WC cycle.
From: Stephen O'Connell on 4 Jun 2010 12:18
"Dwight Beers" <hdbeers(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > If the US goes into half time with a 2 goal lead, which is very possible, > especially if we start with our 5 best current players (Dempsey, Donovan, > Torres, Buddle, Gomez), and then come out of half time with the attitude > that we need to score two more goals--and not with an attitude that says we > need to defend a two goal lead--then 4-0 is not only possible, but > probable. Remember, you heard it here first!!:-) I'd say you've been smoking the wrong sort of leaves! Whatever the merits of England or the USA, thinking the USA are going to win the match 4-0 is pure madness. I could see a draw though... -- Classic literature on audio: http://www.textbookstuff.com/ |