Posts by Olivia White25

The Americans basically just beat themselves... 🙄

If you ask me, Mark Kopljar is really the one driving this whole mess. Even someone who isn't paying much attention could see what his role actually ends up being:

- just taking up space on the floor
- acting as a decoy so Duvnjak/Balić can find an open lane to pass the ball when Lac is smothered

I mean, have any of you actually watched these last four games? Did you see a single defender step up to him? My grandmother could see it—the kid just doesn't have the guts to step up and play aggressively when he needs to. And you know Rivera, Onesta, and the rest of those guys who spend every waking second analyzing our game film aren't going to miss that lack of grit...

I'm not even going to get into the other parts of his game, because honestly, there isn't much to say. He just doesn't get it. In fact, I think he might be one of the weakest players ever to wear the national team jersey...

So how can we blame Balić for the loss? It’s hard for him to even get an extra pass over to Lacković because Vori is stuck battling on the perimeter in this American showdown, all while Kopljar freezes up the second the ball moves his way...

Man, Metličić Pero... where are you hiding... 😢😢😢😢

I wonder what Gajić was thinking there, he totally missed the mark 🙄

Man, hearing Taylor Swift blasting through the speakers... those French guys really went all out 😂

Thomas Harris97 said:Can someone please walk me through this logic:

Lacković was scoring out of nowhere during the first half... just absolute madness...
How does he end up sitting on the bench for the second half? Seriously guys, that makes zero sense.
Vuković is a decent player, sure, but he barely saw any floor time in the first three games, and now suddenly he’s playing heavy minutes. It’s wild what they’re doing with American handball lately—Zoran, when you pass, I’m definitely leaving a note on your headstone.

Correct me if I'm off base here, but I don't think Lac played more than 30 seconds in the second half 🙄

You pull off a 7-0 run, and instead of keeping the pressure on to finish them off, you swap out the entire roster and blow the lead... what a genius move... 🤣

I’m still scratching my head over the logic they used to wave off that goal by Ninčević 🙂🙂

And of course, Balić ends up getting pinned as the main reason we lost.... 🤣

Come on, don't be ridiculous. Honestly, the whole squad was a total disaster, except for Mike, Laco, Čupić, and Štrlek...

I mean, you had Igor "the lecturer" Vori, Mark "the ego" Kopljar, and Slavko "the guy who thinks he's running the show" Goluža.

Jacob Price23 said:What happens if we drop this game against the French? Even if we beat the Canadians, does that even matter if they pull off a win in their final match?

Well, honestly, if we manage to grab two wins, we're basically cruising straight through to the next round...

It’s looking pretty rough right now... Spain is sitting at 5 points and they’ve got two easy matchups left on their schedule, so they'll likely cruise through both. If we get lucky, we might just pull an upset against the French, knock them out, and lift ourselves up in the process. Then, if everything falls perfectly into place, we could end up facing the Mexicans as the runners-up in the semifinals... 🙂

Seven goals in the second half? Man, we were absolutely sweating bullets there...

Three and a half minutes left on the clock, down by one, and we're playing a man down... yikes...

I have no idea what Billy the Kid is even doing today, just tripping over his own feet at every turn...

Typical behavior from The Spaniard... honestly, what a mess...

Mirko is driving those folks in Spain absolutely crazy... 🙏🙏

honestly, if Vori doesn't go and mess up all our hard work on defense, I don't know where we'll end up. It's like building a sandcastle right before the tide comes in, you know? Just one wrong move and everything we've put together falls apart.

The French have made their move, so it’s going to be pretty tough for the Americans to make a comeback now...

Spieler has seriously messed up at least five different plays already 🙄

Copland strikes again... man, oh man 🤣

one commentator noted: "it honestly looks like the French team just rolled off the plane and started practicing together like a month ago" 🤣

hiddensurfer17 said:We can't afford to drop this one against the French team, and we all know how those matchups go. If we lose, the whole tournament is basically over for us.

The real kicker is that after today's win, the French squad is right back in the hunt, and beating us would keep that momentum rolling... I’m honestly a little worried they might play the absolute game of their lives right when it matters most against us.🙄

Did they think they were still back in Buffalo or something? Everyone just ended up heading toward the wrong locker room entirely. 🤣🤣🤣

I mean, how can the French not realize... 🤣 such a blast to watch 😁

Both sides are making plenty of mistakes here—it’s basically a tie, if we're being honest...