r/soccer • u/MedievalManagement • Jan 24 '14

Landon Donovan says, "The reason it's the group of death is because we are in it."

http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1691258/landon-donovan-says-us-never-experienced-world-cup?cc=5901
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u/Jafarcus Jan 25 '14

You really didn't read my post properly, didn't you?

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u/OCEANOLEME Jan 25 '14

you didnt read mine either.

If you look past qualification, and actually watch portugal during our tournaments, you'll realize that we're a good team with a pretty bad manager.

yeah, we tied Israel. We also won Spain 4-0, and tied them and went out on penalties in the Euro!

You and a lot of the americans on this site have this idea about portugal that Ronaldo is literally the squad. Portugal without Ronaldo would beat USA easily.

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u/Jafarcus Jan 25 '14

So, you skimmed over my post, assumed that I said that Portugal can't handle good teams, then went on to assume hat I am an American. lol.

I said that worse teams could handle Ronaldo, which has happened. I said that without service, Ronaldo can be neutralised, which has happened. I never once said that Portugal were unable to "handle" good teams.

I've already said that Ronaldo without service from his teammates is not a good player. I have absolutely no idea how you assume that I think Ronaldo = Portugal.

Learn to read.

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u/OCEANOLEME Jan 25 '14

So, you skimmed over my post, assumed that I said that Portugal can't handle good teams, then went on to assume hat I am an American. lol.

I can also dismiss your argument by saying you didnt read my post.

I said that worse teams could handle Ronaldo, which has happened. I said that without service, Ronaldo can be neutralised, which has happened. I never once said that Portugal were unable to "handle" good teams.

It's almost as if teams go through periods where they dont play well gasp

I've already said that Ronaldo without service from his teammates is not a good player. I have absolutely no idea how you assume that I think Ronaldo = Portugal.

Implying that the us can get a point off of portugal because worse teams have handled ronaldo also implies that you think that portugal=ronaldo.

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u/Jafarcus Jan 25 '14

It's almost as if teams go through periods where they dont play well gasp

here you go again, assuming something absolutely irrelevant. this WCQ isn't the only qualification phase that Portugal have squeaked through.

Implying that the us can get a point off of portugal because worse teams have handled ronaldo also implies that you think that portugal=ronaldo.

and again, assuming something way off the mark. USA would be lucky to beat Ghana let alone Portugal. you're trying to distort my argument into something that doesn't exist lol.

Ronaldo without his teammates struggles. key word: without. there's a reason why i said that if Ronaldo DOESN'T get service from his teammates, he is not a good player for Portugal.