Martin Alvito
Player Valuation: £50m
It was never going to be our year. I would take getting out of the group if you offered it to me right now.
Our best shot at making some noise is four years out.
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USMNT
- Thread starter RAFUH
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Our best shot at making some noise is four years out.
carolinablue232
Player Valuation: £70m
Yep. And then we try and press them and they beat it with one pass.
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
This team isn't bad. Today's issue is intensity imo, they're getting outworked and that shouldn't happen in a world cup match
Martin Alvito
Player Valuation: £50m
Not saying it's bad, just that it's not quite ready for prime time.
Being at home will make a difference.
carolinablue232
Player Valuation: £70m
The amount of times we’ve played sloppy balls in our own defensive third is adding up. Just giving them chances
Billy Dean
Player Valuation: £70m
I'd agree with that assessment. I think it will be a very tight group with all 4 teams having a chance of getting through, but I'd probably make England and Wales slight favourites to get through. Thought I am curious about Iran under Queiroz too. They were a kick away from getting out of a much more difficult group in 2018 and they have a sort of home advantage this time too. It's going to be very interesting.
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
I'll reiterate again that getting knocked out by Wales and/or Iran is a failure and should cause heads to roll
Billy Dean
Player Valuation: £70m
I don't believe so. I think you're underestimating them.
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
I'm not, they have a lot of championship or relegation standard players who will be playing and we should not be losing to them.
The US being a middling team is over, they're not in the top tier but they're only one down and should expect to play at that level.
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
Trying to press with the fullbacks glued to the backline is never going to work
carolinablue232
Player Valuation: £70m
We have more talent than both. Not an easy ask but if we can’t advance ahead of them, it’s a failure.
carolinablue232
Player Valuation: £70m
Ferreira missed an open header and was otherwise invisible. We’re getting bogged down. Get someone on as a target to bypass them. Our whole back line and midfield also couldn’t complete a basic pass that half. Can’t be worse I guess.
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
The biggest issue here is intensity which is in theory fixable
Billy Dean
Player Valuation: £70m
Not sure you have more talent than Wales. I would say it's quite close run there. You have more talent than Iran. But as mentioned Queiroz's Iran have caused better teams than England, Wales and USA some problems in the past. If he can get them playing like they did in the previous 2 world cups then they might sneak through. I should also say that although favourites, I don't think England are by any means guaranteed to get through either. It will be very tight and difficult to call. But if I had a gun to my head I'd probably go with England and Wales to get through.
TheBigIguana
Player Valuation: £100m
Wales have Ramsey and Bale who are both past their peak and then what? Brennan Johnson is fine, I guess Ben Davies still works, and then you've got Joe Allen and Neco Williams?
Nah we have the better team. We're shaky at CB but stronger in all the other areas.