Vertebrae is plural. Neymar has a fractured vertebra.

LOL Memo Ochoa and James Rodriguez?! Memo blows (Rimando of RSL is better than Memo). Neither play in La Liga or EPL. Monaco purchased James for $60+mm. But other than that, great point

If only the super athletic (and proud-American) Miguel Cabrera had picked soccer growing up ...

And what would you, the tactical guru, have done differently?

"Never done shit" but everyone else is ignorant. Sure thing

Yes, Mariners have something like 55% chance of making the playoffs (depending on source of projections) versus the Yankees' 15-20%

There is no form. He wasn't great in two 60min performances played with different lineups. But his true talent is the same. Lukaku gives the team a better chance of winning than Origi. Lukaku is better than Origi. It isn't especially close right now. Don't let recency bias and helium fool you that badly.

Sorry, not delusional. Either ignorant or insane. Howard?! OCHOA?! You don't have a clue.

Many others? You're delusional.

"Crap for the first three matches"

But they weren't being saved! And who is to say they have a much bigger impact off the bench? Those two lead to a goal in regular time and you just saved every other player 30min of effort.

Form is a bullshit narrative

Tease doing well for Everton. And the year before that at West Brom. And he just turned 21 less than two months ago. He is a monster. But sure, start the kid who couldn't score for Lille.

Yeah I saw those two in the group stage. Fellaini didn't play the first game with Lukaku. Mirallas played out of position in the third game, otherwise he looked fantastic. There is absolutely no reason to sit players that talented unless there is an injury. It is dumb to base the decision of such a small sample.

My point is how dumb must Wilmots be to not start Mirallas and Lukaku?! Tired legs are not why those two were able to rip the USMNT to shreds. The quality of Mirallas and Lukaku is the reason.

Suuuuuure

This is some hilarious analysis.

Soccer is different from hockey, or baseball, or football, or college basketball, in that it's coldly predictable, for mysterious reasons that no one can really adequately explain.

LOL still with this Donovan shit? Have you seen him play lately?

Starting Lukaku wouldn't have been fair. Luckily Wilmots has proven to be an idiot this tournament. Who would you expect to play better: 19yo who didn't really stand out in Ligue 1 or the 21yo that looked dominant in the PL? It's so simple