Euro: Group E: Sweden vs. Slovakia, 6/18/2021

[Eye of Ra]

Competitive enough to make the finals tournaments of major football events.

We can't even do that.

things are looking good for canada. larkin, david, davies among others.

 

[Eye of Ra]

hamsik is trolling us swedes. he was terrible in swedish league and now when he play our national team he is playing great.

 

[NyQuil]

things are looking good for canada. larkin, david, davies among others.

I've waited most of my life to make the World Cup again.

In 1986 I was only eight so too young to really appreciate it.

Living in Germany, my German friends were quick to remind me to manage my expectations.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Canada is the New Zealand of the Northern hemisphere. Brilliant at the one sport they care about more than everyone else on the planet, kinda struggling to keep up in the other sports.

 

[NyQuil]

Canada is the New Zealand of the Northern hemisphere. Brilliant at the one sport they care about more than everyone else on the planet, kinda struggling to keep up in the other sports.

I wouldn't necessarily go that far.

Our Olympic showings of late have been fairly positive, and there has never been more or better Canadian representation in the NBA.

There's even a documentary about it: The Carter Effect.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/nba/vince-carter-effect-canadian-basketball-tiff-1.4283096

Canada is the 2nd most represented country in the NBA for 7 straight years now, including this year's national record of 17 players. Obviously some of that has to do with the NCAA, our common culture and border, and the lack of a competing international league.

We also have international stars for the first time in football. We are actually catching up in other sports even as our dominance in hockey declines.

I'm not really trying to put New Zealand down in any way, it's really more of a function of having 7 times their population.

Australia is probably a better comparison, though they tend to focus exclusively on summer sports where we balance between winter and summer.

 

[Antiillafire]

If I don’t see drastic lineup changes next game I won’t support this team again until resignation of Tarkovic. Simply disgraceful

 

[Eye of Ra]

If I don’t see drastic lineup changes next game I won’t support this team again until resignation of Tarkovic. Simply disgraceful

slovakia needs to play against spain the same way we swedes did. poland too. and then we swedes take care of poland in last game.

final standings

1: sweden
2: slovakia
3: spain
4: poland

 

[kudla]

slovakia needs to play against spain the same way we swedes did. poland too. and then we swedes take care of poland in last game.

final standings

1: sweden
2: slovakia
3: spain
4: poland

Hahahaa you really never disappoint

 

[Antiillafire]

slovakia needs to play against spain the same way we swedes did. poland too. and then we swedes take care of poland in last game.

final standings

1: sweden
2: slovakia
3: spain
4: poland

We are losing to Spain by at least 3. Although I appreciate the support haha

 

[Wanderson]

You also would've conceded 3+ against spain if Morata hadn't started, so let's not get into the should've game there


...and you missed my point entirely. Nobody is saying you should've lost both matches by playing a 1-1-8; but you made today's match a lot harder on yourselves than it could've been by playing so negatively/basically.

Imagine playing with 8 strikers

That’s a lot of whataboutism. Sweden tried to play offensive football during the Nations League and failed hard.

They went back to their roots, playing defensively and counter attacking (against better and equal sides). Today they were the better team, and they won.

 

[cgf]

Imagine playing with 8 strikers

That’s a lot of whataboutism. Sweden tried to play offensive football during the Nations League and failed hard.

They went back to their roots, playing defensively and counter attacking (against better and equal sides). Today they were the better team, and they won.

I'm sorry but I just can't handle this irony

 

[Wanderson]

I'm sorry but I just can't handle this irony

That’s just facts.

If you want then you can check the previous results and the line ups. I guess you still won’t agree with Janne’s line up, but it might give you some knowledge about Sweden and why they are playing with players like Larsson and Berg.

Have fun.

 

[cgf]

That’s just facts.

If you want then you can check the previous results and the line ups. I guess you still won’t agree with Janne’s line up, but it might give you some knowledge about Sweden and why they are playing with players like Larsson and Berg.

Have fun.

I miss you guys when nationalism doesn't bring you to our forum.

 

[Eye of Ra]

I miss you guys when nationalism doesn't bring you to our forum.

¨
germany last 2 tournaments : missing playoffs

sweden last 2 tournaments: making it to playoffs



u cant blame löw, he is good coach.

 

[cgf]

¨
germany last 2 tournaments : missing playoffs

sweden last 2 tournaments: making it to playoffs



u cant blame löw, he is good coach.

Thank you, I just got an annoying text & I needed a good laugh

 

[Eye of Ra]

Thank you, I just got an annoying text & I needed a good laugh

who you want instead? uwe rösler?

 

[cgf]

who you want instead? uwe rösler?

Hansi Flick will be perfectly fine

 

[Albatros]

Jogi's legacy was saved by 2014, other than that he didn't really achieve anything noteworthy in 15 years.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Hansi Flick will be perfectly fine

he dont have much experiance as head coach. uwe rösler have.

 

[AB13]

Jogi's legacy was saved by 2014, other than that he didn't really achieve anything noteworthy in 15 years.

Nonsense. Löw did quite well in 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2016 as well.

 

[AB13]

he dont have much experiance as head coach. uwe rösler have.

Flick is inarguably a top 5 coach in the world don't take the piss

 

[Eye of Ra]

Flick is inarguably a top 5 coach in the world don't take the piss

look at what uwe rösler did in malmö ff.

 

[cgf]

Nonsense. Löw did quite well in 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2016 as well.

Well that's just not true.

He did well in 2008 & 2010, we pressed & were great on the counter. Then teams realized they couldn't give us space or we'd kill them on the break. Instead, they started giving us the ball & forcing us to learn how to play with all of the possession.

Jogi brutally botched it against Italy in 2012 & made plenty of mistakes in 2016 as well. The only time we did well under Jogi after 2010 was when he had Pep training most of the team & a world-class GK + CB pairing.

 

[cgf]

he dont have much experiance as head coach. uwe rösler have.

That's nice for him, I'm good with Flick as long as he doesn't share Jogi's obsession with keeping Kroos in the lineup 5 years too long.

look at what uwe rösler did in malmö ff.

Definitely more impressive than what Flick did with Bayern

 

[AB13]

Well that's just not true.

He did well in 2008 & 2010, we pressed & were great on the counter. Then teams realized they couldn't give us space or we'd kill them on the break. Instead, they started giving us the ball & forcing us to learn how to play with all of the possession.

Jogi brutally botched it against Italy in 2012 & made plenty of mistakes in 2016 as well. The only time we did well under Jogi after 2010 was when he had Pep training most of the team & a world-class GK + CB pairing.

Making the semis in 2012 and 2016 is still about on par with what you could expect from those squads. Results wise he absolutely didn’t underperform. You played nice football in 2012 and lost against Italy in a game where you played well. The 2016 semis against France are partly on Löw for sure.