Posts by Adam Collins4

Charles Young11 said:Oh yeah, because we’re all such handball experts, right? Heh.

We could run the best defense in the world, but if our guys in the net aren't snatching 15 shots out of the air, we aren't winning—unless we spend 60 minutes relying on five or six superstars to carry us, which just leaves everyone dead on their feet by the time we hit the quarterfinals, just like always.

I never said our goalies suck; I’m saying they aren't elite. They can't magically stop 15 shots if the defense isn't playing solid. You need those top-tier keepers who can pull off 15 saves regardless of what the defense is doing, but that's not what we have.

Right, because you're clearly the only one who knows anything...
Look, someone like Shola isn't some "expert" at stopping fast breaks...
Or saving penalties...
Nobody—and I mean absolutely nobody, not even the most legendary keepers—can rack up 15 saves in a game if the defense in front of them is a sieve...
Even a 16-year-old kid with a decent shot can score on one of those "elite" goalies... maybe not every single time, but they can certainly do it...

And trust me, I've seen plenty of examples of that happening on the court.

Someone put it perfectly—it’s not even really about the goalies... it's about the defensive line standing right in front of them...
I mean, look, no keeper is ever going to play at their absolute peak if they don't have a solid defense constantly putting pressure on the shooters and making their lives easier...
Handball has basically just turned into a game of pure positioning these days—nothing else matters—and when it comes to that, the defense is everything...

kuku said:I was chatting with one of our national team players over the weekend, and he told me straight up—he’d sign anything right now if we had actual gold at the World Cup, all because we lack a legitimate goalkeeper.

Well, he isn't signing anything under these conditions, even if he's convinced we'll finish on top again—though it'll be by the skin of our teeth after barely scraping through games.

The reality is, every single powerhouse team chasing a medal these days has at least one elite keeper—some even have two—while we're stuck with nothing but mediocrity. That’s why we aren't going to dominate the tournament; our goalies can't even maintain a decent save percentage on an off day, let alone match what the rest of the world is doing.

Son, do you even have a clue what you're talking about?
Calling Samuel an average goalkeeper really shows just how much of a "deep conversation" you actually had with this "national team player" of ours...
Or maybe it just reveals how much of a stretch it is to call that person a "national team player" in the first place...
A 15-save average... 15 saves out of how many shots?

ruggedsailor25 said:Alright, let me try to summarize your life story here—you’re probably some Ivy League student studying over in Vienna, your parents are basically middle-class suburbanites living paycheck to paycheck, and you fancy yourself this big-picture globalist. You can't stand the small-town fascist vibes of local politics, and you're just dying for all of us in the old territory to get along like brothers again one fine day.

Pretty good guess, right?

Man, as soon as I stop letting her borrow my clothes, ruggedsailor25 goes right back to her old self...😉

Why doesn't anyone just say "go eat sand"? At least they said it in their own original version...