PES4eva
[Best 7] [Cantona 7] [Beckham 7] [Ronaldo 7]
- 1 June 2023
- Team
- Manchester United
Ronaldo! 😄
FIFA World Cup 2026 - Discussion Thread
- Thread starter bsmaff
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PES4eva
[Best 7] [Cantona 7] [Beckham 7] [Ronaldo 7]
- 1 June 2023
- Team
- Manchester United
Ghana defended well, we couldn't break them down. We weren't bad and we weren't good. That's about all I've got to say about this match 🤷
- Staff
- #93
Back down to earth with a bruising bump.
Jordan Henderson is a top bloke but I have no idea what he is doing at the World Cup. With the minutes he will be playing (close to zero I'm guessing) surely Palmer or AA would have been better blokes to have lounging around in the squad?
- Staff
- #95
He's purely there for "vibes", right? He's there as some sort of Tuchel spy, a pseudo-captain. I don't know why Tuchel feels like he has to be in the playing squad to get that benefit (as opposed to, I don't know, non-playing staff)... but I think that's his idea. Not that I agree with it - let Kane do the captaining.
But I also don't agree with not taking Trent Alexander-Arnold. I get it from the fact that we're so shocking defensively that, if we have a player who disappears from the backline too often, we'll struggle to deal with the hole he leaves - but... I think it's bordering on criminally insane to take Djed Spence over him.
crustcyb
Heavy International
- 27 September 2005
At least Henderson's not injured... like Neymar... right?
Quick note, as this is my (obviously watching from afar) 11th World Cup (I was too young in 1982 to remember anything, but from 1986 onwards I remember vividly): never before it has been so EVIDENT that Brazil will be eliminated sooner, rather than later. Like, even Japan (no disrespect) have a more cohesive squad and can totally eliminate Brazil in the first knockout round (of 32)... In years past, you could maybe trust the "mystique" or the "tradition". But those days are long gone.
Apologies about my 2 cents on the matter.
Me neither. And even with his defensive "lapses", I believe he's so good offensively (not to mention his dead ball prowess), that it compensates (or would compensate).