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[Pachinko_]

Greek media so take it with a grain of salt, but the Argentine players are openly lobying to their federation to get rid of their coach, two games into the world cup.

Which seems perfectly normal, just to show how inexplicable it seemed to all us international fans that Kidd survived all these years without anyone jumping him in a dark alley somewhere. Can't decide if NBA fans are just bored/dumb/indifferent or too civilized.

[humanrefutation]

Greek media so take it with a grain of salt, but the Argentine players are openly lobying to their federation to get rid of their coach, two games into the world cup.

Which seems perfectly normal, just to show how inexplicable it seemed to all us international fans that Kidd survived all these years without anyone jumping him in a dark alley somewhere. Can't decide if NBA fans are just bored/dumb/indifferent or too civilized.

Their manager isn't responsible for their loss.

[Pachinko_]

Greek media so take it with a grain of salt, but the Argentine players are openly lobying to their federation to get rid of their coach, two games into the world cup.

Which seems perfectly normal, just to show how inexplicable it seemed to all us international fans that Kidd survived all these years without anyone jumping him in a dark alley somewhere. Can't decide if NBA fans are just bored/dumb/indifferent or too civilized.

Their manager isn't responsible for their loss.

they suck from top to bottom TBH

[humanrefutation]

Greek media so take it with a grain of salt, but the Argentine players are openly lobying to their federation to get rid of their coach, two games into the world cup.

Which seems perfectly normal, just to show how inexplicable it seemed to all us international fans that Kidd survived all these years without anyone jumping him in a dark alley somewhere. Can't decide if NBA fans are just bored/dumb/indifferent or too civilized.

Their manager isn't responsible for their loss.

they suck from top to bottom TBH

They're just old. Past their prime. Reminds me of Spain's collapse in 2014.

[BUCKnation]

Eh, their manager is pretty bad.

[humanrefutation]

Eh, their manager is pretty bad.

Their manager won the Copa América with Chile in 2015 - beating Argentina in the process.

He isn't a bad manager. He isn't great - as his experience with Sevilla was mixed - but they didn't lose because of him.

[BUCKnation]

Eh, their manager is pretty bad.

Their manager won the Copa América with Chile in 2015 - beating Argentina in the process.

He isn't a bad manager. He isn't great - as his experience with Sevilla was mixed - but they didn't lose because of him.

Sure, but they set up so poorly and left a lot of useful players home. No reason only one of Dybala, Aguero or Higuain could to be on the pitch at the same time.

[humanrefutation]

Eh, their manager is pretty bad.

Their manager won the Copa América with Chile in 2015 - beating Argentina in the process.

He isn't a bad manager. He isn't great - as his experience with Sevilla was mixed - but they didn't lose because of him.

Sure, but they set up so poorly and left a lot of useful players home. No reason only one of Dybala, Aguero or Higuain could to be on the pitch at the same time.

I didn't like subbing out Aguero for Higuain, for sure. But Croatia was bossing their midfield so throughly that they couldn't even get passes into the box.

[BUCKnation]

Their manager won the Copa América with Chile in 2015 - beating Argentina in the process.

He isn't a bad manager. He isn't great - as his experience with Sevilla was mixed - but they didn't lose because of him.

Sure, but they set up so poorly and left a lot of useful players home. No reason only one of Dybala, Aguero or Higuain could to be on the pitch at the same time.

I didn't like subbing out Aguero for Higuain, for sure. But Croatia was bossing their midfield so throughly that they couldn't even get passes into the box.

That's why I'm saying their set up was bad. They had 2 DM's in the middle with no creativity, using Banega or bringing Pastore or Lamela would have eased that. Di Maria and Dybala were left on the bench despite being clearly better options. If they get a result in this match they are pretty much guaranteed to go through so there is no point in resting those guys. Total mismanagement and no heart by Argentina once they went down. That 3rd goal and the constant dirty play was pathetic.

[humanrefutation]

Sure, but they set up so poorly and left a lot of useful players home. No reason only one of Dybala, Aguero or Higuain could to be on the pitch at the same time.

I didn't like subbing out Aguero for Higuain, for sure. But Croatia was bossing their midfield so throughly that they couldn't even get passes into the box.

That's why I'm saying their set up was bad. They had 2 DM's in the middle with no creativity, using Banega or bringing Pastore or Lamela would have eased that. Di Maria and Dybala were left on the bench despite being clearly better options. If they get a result in this match they are pretty much guaranteed to go through so there is no point in resting those guys. Total mismanagement and no heart by Argentina once they went down. That 3rd goal and the constant dirty play was pathetic.

Argentina hasn't had heart since this tournament started. It's like they're playing with the sword of damocles swinging over them. Sampaoli paced the sidelines like he thought a firing squad would be waiting for him if they lost.

Sure, they could have played Di Maria and Banega, but neither one of them impressed against Iceland. And neither one can hold a candle to Rakitic or Modric.

Dybala is interesting as he occupies a lot of the same kinds of spaces as Messi. There was some talk leading up the the tournament that Dybala might not even make the squad because of some belief that he couldn't play with Messi. I think he should be able to take some of the pressure off of Messi if he's out there with him, and besides, how good of a player are you if you can't compliment one of the GOATs.

Higuain is like a walking symbol of international disappointment. It was hilarious when he was being jeered by his own supporters.

And then Mascherano is old as **** and Otamendi is overrated as ****.

If I was going to be critical of Sampaoli, I'd say that he didn't have a counter for Croatia's aggressive pressing and zone marking of Messi. He should have found ways to turn him into a decoy instead of allowing Messi to basically mope his way through that match.

[AussieBuck]

**** soccer pick an Australian football team

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AFL is hard to pick a team because so few games are on TV and when they are it's like 2 in the morning. Those games are fun to watch though.

I reckon you could get it through the AFL website international service. That's a guess though.

[BUCKnation]

I didn't like subbing out Aguero for Higuain, for sure. But Croatia was bossing their midfield so throughly that they couldn't even get passes into the box.

That's why I'm saying their set up was bad. They had 2 DM's in the middle with no creativity, using Banega or bringing Pastore or Lamela would have eased that. Di Maria and Dybala were left on the bench despite being clearly better options. If they get a result in this match they are pretty much guaranteed to go through so there is no point in resting those guys. Total mismanagement and no heart by Argentina once they went down. That 3rd goal and the constant dirty play was pathetic.

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Argentina hasn't had heart since this tournament started. It's like they're playing with the sword of damocles swinging over them. Sampaoli paced the sidelines like he thought a firing squad would be waiting for him if they lost.

Sure, they could have played Di Maria and Banega, but neither one of them impressed against Iceland. And neither one can hold a candle to Rakitic or Modric.

Dybala is interesting as he occupies a lot of the same kinds of spaces as Messi. There was some talk leading up the the tournament that Dybala might not even make the squad because of some belief that he couldn't play with Messi. I think he should be able to take some of the pressure off of Messi if he's out there with him, and besides, how good of a player are you if you can't compliment one of the GOATs.

Higuain is like a walking symbol of international disappointment. It was hilarious when he was being jeered by his own supporters.

And then Mascherano is old as **** and Otamendi is overrated as ****.

If I was going to be critical of Sampaoli, I'd say that he didn't have a counter for Croatia's aggressive pressing and zone marking of Messi. He should have found ways to turn him into a decoy instead of allowing Messi to basically mope his way through that match.

I will say its a tough job to manage that team with Messi. Yes, Messi is great and all, but you really have to have a tactical masterclass to win with that side. You want to attack b/c you have Messi and clearly teams will sit back against that attack, but the rest of the roster just isnt built to do that. The defense is very easily broken down on counters and on offense they don't have anyone to find the holes for Messi and Aguero. You can't really set up to counter either b/c you know the other team wants to bunker even more given the talent gap.

Just a tough spot.

[trwi7]

**** soccer pick an Australian football team

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AFL is hard to pick a team because so few games are on TV and when they are it's like 2 in the morning. Those games are fun to watch though.

I reckon you could get it through the AFL website international service. That's a guess though.

I mean, that still doesn't solve the main problem that most games are on from 2 to 5 in the morning. Like I said, I do love watching the games when they're on though.

[thomchatt3rton]

Wow Germany. Go-ahead goal in the 95th minute (playing with 10 men too). Heartbreaking for Sweden.

[blazza18]

Sweden playing not to lose could cost them a spot in the last 16.

[thomchatt3rton]

From what I understand, "playing not to lose" is and has been Sweden's total identity. I'm not sure how much they could've changed that now. But I'm no footy expert.

[MickeyDavis]

Sweden playing not to lose could cost them a spot in the last 16.

Mike McCarthy must be their coach

[StickeeFingaz]

Senegal vs Japan has been a lot of fun.

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