Netherlands vs USA - Round of 16

[TJQuik]

1 minute ago, Jattdogg said:

Because England does much better. It's coming home lads lol.

Correct

[Deeg67]

11 minutes ago, Jattdogg said:

Because England does much better. It's coming home lads lol.

I think a lot of English fans act out their frustration over their own national team's haplessness by making fun of the Americans.  Makes them feel less inadequate, I guess.

[TJQuik]

3 minutes ago, Deeg67 said:

I think a lot of English fans act out their frustration over their own national team's haplessness by making fun of the Americans.  Makes them feel less inadequate, I guess.

What's with this persecution complex? Every fan does it, don't tell me you weren't making fun of Germany and Uruguay

[Samilktray]

9 minutes ago, Deeg67 said:

I think a lot of English fans act out their frustration over their own national team's haplessness by making fun of the Americans.  Makes them feel less inadequate, I guess.

A World Cup semi final followed by a European championships final, I wouldn’t say I’m massively frustrated as an England fan tbf would have been nice to win 1 but it is what it is 

 

meanwhile the USMNT are competing in a tournament that sounds like a brand of instant coffee 

[Matt_Lcfc]

Focus will be on the next four years for the US. They seem to be on an upward trajectory, I thought that they gave it a good go today and were a bit unlucky. Ultimately, Dutch quality just shone through.

 

They have a good spine in their team though. Pulisic, Weah, Aaronson, Adams - all decent players. As the home nation, it will be interesting to see how they fare as they have performed better than what I’d imagined this tournament.

[Nalis]

What is success of the USA at a tournament, here and in 2026? From the outside looking in I'd say round of 16 is probably par and quarters and beyond are considered a success.

 

All depends on the pool of players at that time of course.

Edited 3 December 2022 by Nalis

[Jattdogg]

3 minutes ago, Samilktray said:

A World Cup semi final followed by a European championships final, I wouldn’t say I’m massively frustrated as an England fan tbf would have been nice to win 1 but it is what it is 

 

meanwhile the USMNT are competing in a tournament that sounds like a brand of instant coffee 

Come on, England would love to win the gold cup! 

 

Canada has won a cup more recent then England lol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Nalis]

Just now, Jattdogg said:

Come on, England would love to win the gold cup! 

 

Canada has won a cup more recent then England lol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm from Northern Ireland my friend, we'd even take the Brian Clough trophy

[Jattdogg]

8 minutes ago, Nalis said:

I'm from Northern Ireland my friend, we'd even take the Brian Clough trophy

Same

[Matt_Lcfc]

29 minutes ago, Nalis said:

What is success of the USA at a tournament, here and in 2026? From the outside looking in I'd say round of 16 is probably par and quarters and beyond are considered a success.

 

All depends on the pool of players at that time of course.

I think that you’ve nailed it here. R16 was probably the objective, that said, it’s all about the manner in which they achieved this. 
 

5 points from the group, and a competitive performance against the Dutch. I think that they will be satisfied with that, it certainly provides a platform to kick on in 2026.

Edited 3 December 2022 by Matt_Lcfc

[Koke]

Round of 16 is a success for the US. They're a better team now than years gone by, but even a meh Netherlands team is a notch above rhe US.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Thank **** the competitive hotdog eaters are out