No, I'm not apologizing for anything I wrote about Romelu Lukaku two weeks ago. I stand by everything I wrote there. He's the top tier II striker in the world and nothing more than that. I owe Lukaku an apology because yesterday I called him a rich man's Jozy Altidore. I didn't realize how insulting …
US Soccer: CHICAGO (June 11, 2019) – U.S. Men’s National Team defender Tyler Adams has been forced to withdraw from the roster for the 2019 Gold Cup due to injury. Following further evaluation in New York City, the 20-year-old has been diagnosed with acute on chronic groin issues that will require a minimum of 6-8 …
I've kept my feelings about the Gregg Berhalter hiring pretty close to my chest mainly because I didn't really know how I thought about it. On one hand I liked that he isn't some re-tread international coach. He seems like a progressive guy that wants to really build something for US Soccer. On the other …
The Bundesliga season ended less than two weeks ago. Since then Borussia Dortmund have made not one, not two, not three, but FOUR signings. A fifth if you count the U23 signing they made too! https://twitter.com/BlackYellow/status/1133834221183750145 https://twitter.com/BlackYellow/status/1131203922775937024 https://twitter.com/BlackYellow/status/1131203650372734977 https://twitter.com/BlackYellow/status/1130759031704965121 https://twitter.com/BlackYellow/status/1133019308341288960 Meanwhile Manchester United can't even complete the signing of a kid from Swansea City. Ed …
Continue reading Let’s quickly check in with Manchester United’s summer signings
When Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was appointed caretaker manager at Old Trafford one of his most important jobs over the second half of the season was to assess the squad. Figure out which players were good, which were underperforming, which were simply being incorrectly used by Jose Mourinho, and do we have any youth players ready …
Look, this is a post that almost no one is going to care about and I know that. I'm fine with it. But I came across this while researching a different post and we have to talk about it. Or I have to write about it so I can pretend someone else cares, because it …
Continue reading We Have To Talk About The 2007 Community Shield For a Second
I'm in the midst of reading the original version of Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski's Soccernomics, which let me tell ya, is an absolutely fascinating read 10 years later. Anyway, they dive into a chapter about whether it's good or bad that Manchester United win every year (remember, it's 2009). They remind us that back …
Continue reading Salary Caps regulate finances not sporting fairness
Last week you couldn't look at any English publication without seeing headlines about Paul Pogba going to Real Madrid. The way the newspapers were speaking, it almost seemed inevitable (hyperbole is one of the English media's strong suits after all). Over the past five days there's been almost nothing written about Paul Pogba. That's weird. He's …
CONCACAF released the dates for the first round of Nations League fixtures on Tuesday. I guess that's cool? The USMNT will have the month of September off, before taking on Canada and Cuba in October and November. The US's group, as well as almost the entire rest of the Nations League isn't going to turn …
Continue reading CONCACAF releases dates for Nations League fixtures: Cool?
There's been a lot made of Paul Pogba recently. I laid out my thoughts on the matter last week. Pogba is United's best player by far. If he left the team would objectively be worse. He's also being covered extremely unfairly by the media and the fans are seemingly trying to run him out of …
Continue reading How Ole Gunnar Solskjaer handles Paul Pogba will determine expectations
