meetdoscar 335 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Victor moses MOTM 1st half, Van ginkel 2nd half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosnian Blue 2,471 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Went for Ramires. Love the bloke and how he never stops. He doesn't care if its the Singha All Stars or Barcelona. Fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 I said a few times after the Asia tour games, we need to use MvG and Ramires in the pivot, they compliment each other so well and they can both switch roles. For a 20 or 21 year old Marco has a presence in midfield. He reminds me of Michael Ballack so much as in hes an round midfielder, capable of defending and attacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 It's NYC as far as I can sayOops, ah yes New Jersey is the state, the game will take place in NYC. Certainly I have skipped my History class. Sorry for the mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Barbara, don't forget we didn't have KDB, Lampard and Schurrle today. These three will add so much to the squad depth.Personally I think our squad is near perfect. Like I've said before on plenty occasions, Rooney and De Rossi and we're pretty much done. The latter isn't needed as much I feel but Rooney is a must in my opinion simply because he offers exactly what all of the other three strikers lack: the link up play ability to control the ball closely and bring others in to play.I did mention them except Lamps.I meant play depth, not squad depth (in that bullet). I mean, we need to make up for the lack of very fast wings with the deep play from the first/second third to the last third. I'm not a Rooney fan, but even I can concede he's an improvement from our options now. Probably better than the three of them together as I really don't rate Lukaku, Ba and Torres at all. Lukaku has tons of potential, but there are so many things he needs to work on his game to be useful against tough opposition... he will be very important to us in the future, but in the present, I think he's far from being ready. That doesn't mean he won't score some important goals already. I think he's great to change the match throughout it, but he isn't yet regular starting XI material imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Marko van ginkel was very good as usual, moses was magnificent.Great goal from oscar. His energy and MVG's energy were missed in the 2nd half.Hazard doesnt like friendliesBa and Lukaku's link up play MVG-Ramires pivot looked great, but Ramires on the wing is still = -1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 I've read an expression quite often on both matches, please help the English dummy and explain to her what you guys mean by "to run the channels".A lot of people said Lukaku did that, but I have no idea what that means Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bir_CFC 3,455 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 I've read an expression quite often on both matches, please help the English dummy and explain to her what you guys mean by "to run the channels".A lot of people said Lukaku did that, but I have no idea what that means Meaning he didn't always stay in the middle and rather moved wide on several occasions to receive the ball to allow others to make runs from deep through the middle. Basically use it to pull CBs with him and get them out of position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 I've read an expression quite often on both matches, please help the English dummy and explain to her what you guys mean by "to run the channels".A lot of people said Lukaku did that, but I have no idea what that means Basically running into the wide areas of the pitch to open up spaces for the whole team. He did that very well today but was isolated in the middle so he was sort of forced to in order to create spaces for his team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,941 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 OmfgI thought it was 1pm today not 1 in the morning. I didn't record it. Fuck sake.. fuck life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teignman 441 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 I've read an expression quite often on both matches, please help the English dummy and explain to her what you guys mean by "to run the channels".A lot of people said Lukaku did that, but I have no idea what that means Generally, when one refers to running the channels, they are speaking of the vertical area between the fullback and center half. Lukaku was coming wide rather often and working in these areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Meaning he didn't always stay in the middle and rather moved wide on several occasions to receive the ball to allow others to make runs from deep through the middle. Basically use it to pull CBs with him and get them out of position.Basically running into the wide areas of the pitch to open up spaces for the whole team. He did that very well today but was isolated in the middle so he was sort of forced to in order to create spaces for his team.Generally, when one refers to running the channels, they are speaking of the vertical area between the fullback and center half. Lukaku was coming wide rather often and working in these areas.oh you guys are always so nice to me! Thanks a lot!My general English may be deep, but my football lingo is ridiculously small Good thing there are always so nice guys like you to explain it to me in a way I can understand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teignman 441 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Is Schurlle injured? I see no reason other than that why he couldn't have taken Ramires spot when he was moved to the wing.Great display all around though.He's ill. I think Jose said he'll be back for the next match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bir_CFC 3,455 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Oops, ah yes New Jersey is the state, the game will take place in NYC. Certainly I have skipped my History class. Sorry for the mistake.No you were right, it is in New Jersey and not New York. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea? 892 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 I've read an expression quite often on both matches, please help the English dummy and explain to her what you guys mean by "to run the channels".A lot of people said Lukaku did that, but I have no idea what that means that means he played like crap, but his fanboys are praising him because he didn't stand stil. Next week we'll here how he didn't get any service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukakutoStamford 779 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 To be fair unless you're from the US or are big sports fan you wouldn't know that the New York Giants (NFL) and the New York Jets (NFL) play their football at the Meadowlands which is in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Just a strange irony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonlol 154 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 only caught 2nd half; was cruise mode tbh. Red card ruined any chance of thrilling finish.Side note: Can anyone refer me as to where I can download the first half ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 No you were right, it is in New Jersey and not New York.http://internationalchampionscup.com/NYC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juankikdc 17 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 http://internationalchampionscup.com/NYCIt says NYC but it's in East Rutherford, New Jersey at Met Life Stadium as @Lukakuto Stamford pointed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Kills 164 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 http://internationalchampionscup.com/NYCMetlife Stadium is in East Rutherford, NJ. Home of the NY Giants and NY Jets. Everyone just calls it NY because everyone in the world knows NY. It's a million times easier and better to market something in NY than NJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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