Moose Stuff
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No. He's well beyond that.
2023-2024 European Football Thread
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No. He's well beyond that.
hiphopfroggy
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Purp
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I think he could. Landon didn't challenge himself enough. He could have been better. But he wouldn't be a slam dunk in the starting 11 every time. I always thought Deuce was better anyway. Donovan had the statistical benefit of copious PKs that Deuce didn't get to take. Landon also missed a ton of PKs. Take away PKs and the stats for both players are clearly one sided toward Deuce.
Eight
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Dempsey
landon's high water mark to me was the 2002 world cup and some of the matches against mexico in azteca and if i recall correctly dempsey hadn't started playing for the men's national team until the mid 20's
dempsey is the best in the men's national team history, but i don't think of him at the same time as i do landon
Eight
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always was curious what would have happened with landon if he stayed with leverkuesen instead of coming back to the us
Chongo94
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Agree with y’all, Dempsey is or was far better than Landon in my estimation. Landon benefitted from being the first supposed golden boy to be in Europe and then the media attention from being the big fish in the small MLS pond at the time.
I always snicker at the Landon lovers that try to use his 5 week stay in Everton as proof that he could’ve stormed Europe.
I always snicker at the Landon lovers that try to use his 5 week stay in Everton as proof that he could’ve stormed Europe.
Chongo94
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Completely agree. His ridiculous pk bs before taking them drove me mad. When he flubbed them I Always yelled if hadn’t spent so much time squatting down and picking grass and crossing himself, he’d probably make more!
Purp
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Another quality Deuce had way more than Landon was leadership. Landon was the guy the media wanted to talk to, but I never got the sense that he spoke for the whole group. Landon's work rate was phenomenal, but that might be the only area he outperformed Deuce.
Plus, Landon never did anything like this...
Eight
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the champion league final is set with man city and chelsea on may 29 and i understand the attraction in past years why a city would want to host that game.
this year however i am waiting to watch this play out as turkey is still in lock down until mid may, only 4,000 tickets will be available for each side's supporters for the game in instanbul and there is the small problem of whether or not people will need to quarantine upon entry into turkey or returning back from the match.
understand wembley is booked on the 29th, but this makes absolutely no sense to have two teams from england and a handful of supporters to travel to turkey with all the travel restrictions in place
heck, f1 didn't allow fans in portugal last week, aren't that i know of this week in spain, and i can't recall the last european match i watched with a crowd of any type
this year however i am waiting to watch this play out as turkey is still in lock down until mid may, only 4,000 tickets will be available for each side's supporters for the game in instanbul and there is the small problem of whether or not people will need to quarantine upon entry into turkey or returning back from the match.
understand wembley is booked on the 29th, but this makes absolutely no sense to have two teams from england and a handful of supporters to travel to turkey with all the travel restrictions in place
heck, f1 didn't allow fans in portugal last week, aren't that i know of this week in spain, and i can't recall the last european match i watched with a crowd of any type
Chongo94
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Actually, I believe that some plans are in work to possibly host it at Aston Villa’s stadium.
dawg
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This. The only glimmer is that:
1) missing out on CL next year
2) no European football next year,
3) even if he was inclined to drop £400m, there’s the issue of a clueless front office that wouldn’t spend wisely if he did
4) a squad of players that played with zero urgency in the biggest match of the season. Roma, needing six, at least played with some pride
5) a manager that got schooled by the manager you canned for not meeting the standard
will convince Kroenke to sell. We’re years away from the top six, and the club’s value will only decline.
Eight
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makes too much sense, expect to here about the game being played in moscow because the russians aren't reporting any cases of the covid
Chongo94
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Let’s hope!
hiphopfroggy
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hiphopfroggy
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Moose Stuff
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Moose Stuff
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Dude is turning into a star.
