Round of 16 | Romania vs Netherlands | Austria vs Turkey
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Jamie (@Vault Dweller) are here to talk about United's dreadful home defeat at the hands of Big Ange's Tottenham Hotspur. Should this have been the end of Ten Hag? How long does he actually have left? And does Nik finally want ETH out?!
Yeah i looked him up after the Georgia game, where it was clear he wasnt a natural LB, looks more like a creative midfielder playing FB
Also on a soaked pitch in hammering rain. It was outrageous
Calm down, keeper should be saving that.
Nonsense. There's no way anyone knows this. Its just a made up random number.
Let's hope Turkish fans don't throw objects at players next time. Well, they probably will
Please enlighten us which "better attackers" there are available to us, I'm looking forward to reading your suggestions.
It is Austria.. they play a 35 year old average player at front because they just dont have better. He cant pick any better.
Which is why xG is not an exact science and misses the context of where the goalkeeper is positioned, the speed of the cross, the height of the cross and whatever else.
It was a top quality save, brilliant, but I’d expect most international goalkeepers to save that at least 20-40% of the time.
At a nice height too, unlike Banks which was lower down.
Looks very impressive
I must admit - I am unfamiliar with the ritual of taking a turkey to the beach.
Schmeichel is such a fine older gentleman
Arnautović is the worst striker I have ever seen. So pretty much any other striker in the world would do.
Karma for taking Ronaldo off against Brentford, I don’t make the rules.
It was a good save, but people saying it's the best they've ever seen? Calm down. He was a bit over the top with the acrobatics too.
Where it landed and how it gave the keeper an opportunity to make the save. A better connection could have seen it go in.
Where are all the Ronaldo haters now?
Ronaldo is still a top striker in this game when you look at this dreadful performance from Austrian forwards.
Another one of Ronaldo haters Rangnick humiliated.
Ronaldo is still a top striker in this game when you look at this dreadful performance from Austrian forwards.
Another one of Ronaldo haters Rangnick humiliated.
Taking of Ronaldo seems like it would reward positive karma....
I think he's single , so any bird will do
It’s better than Matterface and Dixon.
I feel he’s headed it down a little too much which has given the keeper a chance, and space to read the bounce.
It’s not the same as a point blank save like Seaman's or a downwards header which has bounced so much closer to the keeper like for Banks.
It’s a really good save, but it’s one you’ll see plenty of keepers make.
Ronaldo haters are having a terrible week.
Ronaldo to the next round and their hero Rangnick out of the tournament.
Yeah, I'm glad I'm not the only one that is bemused by the hype. It's a good save, but I'd say he should be expected to save it.
Not sure you know how international eligibility works.
Also he was going towards the opposite direction at first
Comes from very high up and not from perfect angle, which makes it a lot harder to put exactly to the corner. Good power, correctly down the ground and close enough to the corner. I think it was at least a good header, probably very good header, even great could be justified.
Not even a coach.
Yep , I'm crying here
Turkey will beat Netherlands then?
Let it go Cristiano, let it go.
You'll also see loads of keepers just not react at all or do a star jump effort to try and save it... Or palm it into the net.
It's definitely not a most keepers save it type thing.
I don't think that's how it works. I think Ronaldo is a bit of a twat but I'm glad Portugal went through because of Bruno.
Ah yeah thanks, hope Rangnick will listen to you and look for better strikers who hold an Austrian passport for the upcoming internationals, should be easy to find
Bold, huge call. Huge.Okay you are actually trolling
Sorry that it took me a while to figure out
I think the main takeaway is that every team on that side of the draw could beat any other team - on paper England have the most quality, but they're also the most dysfunctional (mostly thanks to the manager).
I think England have a decent chance of getting to the final, due to the quality in the team, but when they come up against a team with similar quality they'll get hammered. And then Southgate will get a contract extension and waste another 4-6 years of talent.
I think there was more time than that with how close to the attacker the ball bounced but look, it’s just a different opinion and I’m not going to be too critical of what was still a good save.
Why didnt Rangnick not impregnate a Austrian woman who would have given birth to a superstar Austrian striker about 25 years ago?
He is supposed to be a long term planner. Seems like bad planning to me.