Posts by Megan Baker

You seriously think we’re coming up short against Americans? 🤔

😢

ermmm ok... let's just pivot to soccer instead 😬

Alright, look, things aren't actually that bleak. We’ve got a rough record against Madar (man, those guys are something else), and against the Mexicans—I mean, come on, there's twice as many of them as us—and against Mexico, we're basically just hovering around a .500 record, I don't even know anymore. Who else is left? Italy and Spain, I guess.

And honestly, the funniest part is watching these fans in the stands right now, screaming their heads off, "WE WANT A WIN!" 😁
Like, seriously, you jerks—weren't you all sitting at the same table together just yesterday?

I’ve gotta say, I’m getting the vibe that even the Canadians aren't firing on all cylinders right now.
but hey, we'll see how they hold up at the Olympics.
So, if we end up in a group with the Mexicans, what's the play? Do we get stuck in a semi-final rematch against the Canadians—again!—or just face total disaster? It's the same old story.

Honestly, I think the Americans are looking better right now 😢

But hey, we just gotta keep pushing. 11:11. We're fighting with everything we've got.

Water polo is such a different beast than soccer—it’s not like you’re constantly grinding out every single inch, it feels more... I don't know, fluid? Like, one minute you're just cruising, and then suddenly you're in the semifinals fighting tooth and nail for a gold medal. With soccer, you kill yourself through the entire qualifying stage, you crush everyone in the group stages of the World Cup, only to get knocked out in the quarterfinals by some random underdog squad on a lucky breakaway.

No, seriously, huge congrats to Mexico on this win—it’s already looking like a massive success. For such a tiny little country, man, bravo. See you guys at the Olympics!

I bet the Canadians, Italians, and Indonesians are all cursing the day we split up from the old union. Back in the day, you just had to deal with one powerhouse, but now? Now you've got three equally insane teams all fighting for the same medal. So go ahead then—go out there and take them all down!

The US national team has three Americans in the lineup 😁

Alright, it’s 5-5 for now—but man, Dominic scoring two goals against San Antonio? That’s easily the most he's ever put up for the national team in his entire career. 😉

The race for the European basketball gold is heating up between the US and Denmark. Meanwhile, the French squad just grabbed the bronze after absolutely dismantling Germany with a 36:26 win (18:9 at the half).

😲

They totally wrecked those Germans.

Let's go USA! 👏

goldenbison4 said:Look, it doesn't matter—if they actually play with some heart like they did today, there won't be any "huge disasters" like some idiot keeps claiming.😬

"I've basically guaranteed that the US and Canada pull off the European Championship, so there won't be any issues."🤣

Terry Fisher2 said:🙂

Heart of America.

I mean, come on. We know exactly what we're getting into with the Americans. They’re an open book.

Goalkeeper — Kasper was basically playing every single minute of every game. Total workhorse. Kasper Hvidt The guy’s averaging 15 saves per game. Honestly, he could burn himself out at that rate. I saw him looking a little shaky against Germany, too.

Pivot. First pivot is Michael for me. Michael Knudsen He’s coming in from Flensburg, where he’s also seeing plenty of minutes. Honestly, the guy's solid—usually puts up about 3 to 5 goals a game. Lately, though, Jesper Nøddesbo has been subbing him in for maybe 15-minute stretches, but he's only managed to find the back of the net once or twice.

Left wing. There he is... "psycho" Grandpa Lars. Lars Christiansen He totally choked against the Norwegians, barely even managed one shot on goal. He got a bit of a break against Mexico though, and once he settled in, he actually started playing some decent handball. Still, most of his scoring comes from the penalty line where he’s basically a machine. Over the last three games, he's put up 1, 4, and 3 goals. He’ll definitely be getting plenty of minutes on the court. Lars Rasmussen could swap him out, but let's be real—he's basically a benchwarmer anyway.

Left wing. Man, those Americans have such a deep roster to pull from right now. They’ve got so many guys ready to go. And honestly? They look like they're in absolute peak form. Lasse Boesen Who’s one of the top Danish scorers right now? And I mean even though he's only seeing about 25 to 29 minutes of action per game. The Germans really shut him down today, held him to just three goals. You've also got a recovered Lars Jeppesen back in the mix, but as this tournament winds down, his playing time is shrinking. He only logged six minutes against the Germans. Honestly, Kasper could step in here too. Kasper Nielsen Who’s the guy scoring after the game but usually stays on the court most of the time? On defense.

Midfielders. It’s that same old Joachim logic, isn't it? Always thinking the same way. Joachim BoldsenHe’s sitting pretty at the top of the assist charts, but he isn't exactly tearing it up in the scoring department—maybe two or three goals here and there. Honestly, his impact on the court seems to be fading by the day. He only logged 35 minutes against the Germans, while his backup, that mediocre Jesper, was out there instead. Jesper JensenBasti Spellerberg is back in the lineup for the last two games.

Right wing. We could actually turn this into an advantage since the Americans playing that position are pretty thin. Honestly, Kasper is their only real right wing. Kasper Søndergaard Sarup I mean, look at the stats. You’ve got guys averaging maybe 20 minutes on the court just to drop two goals a game. Then there's Lars Jørgensen, who basically spends his whole shift playing defense. Everyone else is just out there trying to patch the holes.

Right wing. Looks like the Americans have made their pick—Hans is the top choice. Hans Lindberg He bagged three goals in that last game, but then he went totally cold in the semifinals, shooting 0/2. Honestly, it wouldn't be a shock if Mikkel Aagaard stepped in—he didn't even see any court time in the last one.

The starting lineup:

Goalkeeper - Kasper Hvidt, 31 goals (Barcelona)
vs Norway - 56 min 12 saves.
Against C.G. – 60 minutes on the clock, 18 saves.
Against the Russians—54 minutes in, 14 saves.
60 minutes down against the Americans—17 turnovers. Rough.
60 minutes in against Poland—19 saves on the board.
Against Canada—60 minutes on the clock and 15 turnovers. Rough stuff.
Against Germany—60 minutes, 15 turnovers. Tough pill to swallow.

Pivot - Michael Knudsen 29g. (Flensburg)
Against Norway—59 minutes in, sitting at 5/7 shooting.
Against C.G. - 26 minutes in, went 2 for 2 from the field.
Against the Russians—hitting 4 out of 7 shots at the 50-minute mark.
Against the Americans—52 minutes in, sitting at 2 for 4 from the field. Rough.
43 minutes in against Poland and we're sitting at 5/6 from the field. Not bad.
Canada match, 52 minutes in... shooting 3 for 5. Not bad.
Against Germany—hitting 4 out of 5 shots at the 41-minute mark.

Left wing – Lars Christiansen dropped 35 on them. (Flensburg)
vs Norway - 50 min (NOR) 0/1 shooting
vs C.G - 0 min
Against the Russians—at the 54-minute mark, they were sitting at a perfect 13/13 from the field (including 7 penalties). Absolute clinical stuff.
49 minutes in against the Americans—sitting at 4 for 8 from the field (including 2 penalties). Tough start.
Against Poland—27 minutes in and we’re looking at 6/7 shooting (5 from the penalty line).
Against Canada—55 minutes in, shooting 8/10 from the field (including 4 penalties).
Against Germany—54 minutes in, we're sitting at 6/11 shooting (including 3 from the penalty line).

Left wing - Lasse Boesen 28g. (Lemgo)
Against Norway—35 minutes in and we’re sitting at 9/16 shooting. Rough.
Against C.G. – 28 minutes in and only 2 out of 6 shots made. Rough stuff.
Against the Russians—17 minutes gone and he's only managed 0/1 shooting. Rough start.
Against the Americans—26 minutes in and they’re shooting 6/10. Not bad.
Against Poland—26 minutes in and they're sitting at 8/11 shooting. Pretty efficient.
Against Canada—28 minutes in and we’re sitting at 6/11 shooting. Not exactly lighting it up, but we're hanging in there.
Against Germany—only 3/8 shooting through the 29th minute. Tough start.

Backcourt – Joachim Boldsen, 29 (AaB)
Against Norway—38 minutes in and only 1 out of 5 shots going in. Rough.
Against C.G. — at the 47-minute mark, we're sitting at 5/8 shooting.
Against the Russians—43 minutes in and we're sitting at a measly 33% shooting. Rough stuff.
vs USA - 30 mins left and we're shooting 75% from the field.
40 minutes in against Poland and we're sitting at a 33% shooting percentage. Rough.
Against Canada—38 minutes in, shooting 2/3.
Against Germany—35 minutes in and we're sitting at 3/8 shooting. Rough.

Right wing - Kasper Søndergaard Sarup, 26kg. (Kolding)
Against the Norwegians—only hitting one out of four shots through the first 21 minutes. Rough start.
Against C.G. — 24 minutes in, sitting at 2/5 from the field.
Against the Russians—19 minutes in and he’s sitting at 3 for 7 from the field. Not exactly lighting it up.
Against the Americans—16 minutes in, shooting 3 for 6.
vs Poland - 0 min
vs Canada - 14 mins in, shooting 3/7.
Against Germany—14 minutes in and we’re sitting at 1 for 5 from the field. Rough start.

Right wing - Hans Lindberg 26 goals (Hamburg)
Against Norway—hit 2/3 of my shots in the first 29 minutes. Not bad.
Against C.G. — 30 minutes in and they’re shooting 5/6. Crazy.
Against the Russians—58 minutes in, sitting at 3 for 9 from the field. Rough.
Against the Americans—60 minutes on the clock and we're hitting 7/8 from the field. Absolute clinic.
59 minutes in against Poland—sitting at 4 for 7 from the field.
vs Canada - 0 min
Against Germany—60 minutes on the clock and we couldn't even manage a single successful shot. Just zero for two. Unbelievable.

Others:

Pivot - Jesper Nøddesbo, 27 goals. (Barcelona)
Against Norway—one minute left and they’re sitting at 0/0 on shots. Absolute chaos.
Against C.G. — at the 51-minute mark, they were sitting on a 75% shooting percentage. Pretty wild.
Against the Russians—8 minutes went by with absolutely zero shots on goal. Just nothing.
vs USA - 0 min
15 minutes in against Poland and they're already shooting 75%? That's just brutal.
Against Canada—7 minutes gone and we’re sitting at 0/0 on shots. Rough start.
Against Germany—only 1 out of 1 shots made in the first 18 minutes.

Left wing - Lars Rasmussen, 31 years old (playing for Holstebro).
vs Norway - 0 min
Against C.G. – at the 35-minute mark, they’re sitting on a 5/6 shooting clip.
vs Russians - 0 min
vs USA - 0 min
Against Poland—28 minutes in and they're sitting at 2 for 4 from the field. Not exactly lighting it up.
Canada vs. us... clock just started. Let's see what happens.
vs Germany - 0 min

Left wing - Lars Madsen, 26 years old (Skjern).
vs Norway - 0 min
Against C.G. – 15 minutes left and they’re sitting at 25% shooting. Rough.
vs Russians - 0 min
vs USA - 0 min
vs Poland - 0 min
Canada vs. USA - 0 min
vs Germany - 0 min

Left wing - Lars Jeppesen, 28 years old (playing for Silkeborg).
Against Norway—played 28 minutes, went 3 for 6 from the field.
vs C.G - 0 min
Against the Russians—after 30 minutes, they’re sitting at 5/8 shooting. Not exactly lighting it up.
Ten minutes in against the Americans and they’re already shooting 1/3? Man, that’s rough.
Against Poland—17 minutes in and we're sitting at 3/9 shooting. Rough start.
Against Canada—12 minutes in and we're sitting at 2/5 from the field. Tough start.
Against Germany—6 minutes in and we're already sitting at 0/1 shooting. Rough start.

Jesper Jensen’s 30g mid-range shot from Skjern. Pure class.
Against Norway—hit 3 out of 3 from the field in 26 minutes.
Against C.G. – only 1 out of 3 shots made in the first 19 minutes. Rough start.
Against the Russians—20 minutes gone and they haven't even managed to sink a single shot. Absolute zero.
33 minutes in against the Americans and we’re sitting at a measly 0/1 shooting? This is rough.
Against Poland—only 0 for 1 on shots at the 21-minute mark. Tough start.
Canada is killing us. 21 minutes in and we're sitting on a brutal 0 for 3 from the field. This is rough.
Against Germany—hitting 2/3 from the field at the 23-minute mark. Not bad.

Right wing / Defense — Lars Jørgensen, 29 years old. (San Antonio)
Against Norway—20 minutes in and they’re already shooting 1/1. Unbelievable.
Against C.G. — 14 minutes in and they're sitting at 0/0 shooting. Total nothingness.
Against the Russians—33 minutes in and they're sitting at 1 for 1 from the field. Rough start.
Against the Americans—28 minutes in and we’re sitting at 0/0 on shots. Just... wow.
25 minutes in against Poland and we’re sitting at zero shots on goal. This is rough.
vs Canada - 28 minutes in and we're sitting at 0/0 shooting. This is just great.
Against Germany—24 minutes in and he’s already 1 for 1 from the field.

Kasper Nielsen at left wing defense—32 goals for Flensburg.
Against Norway—19 minutes in and we’re already sitting on a 1/2 shooting percentage. Rough start.
Against C.G. — at the 37-minute mark, they're sitting at 4 for 8 on shots. Not exactly lighting it up.
Against the Russians—around the 22-minute mark—they hit that one-half shot.
Against the Americans... 30 minutes in and we're already seeing that half-court struggle.
32 minutes in against Poland and we’re sitting at 2 for 2 from the field. Not bad, I guess.
Canada vs. us—28 minutes in and we’re already sitting on a 1/2 shot. Tough start.
Against Germany—only shooting 3/4 in the first 29 minutes. Tough luck.

Right wing - Mikkel Aagaard, 28 years old (playing for Viborg).
Against the Norwegians... half an hour in and we're sitting on 0/2 shooting. Rough start.
Against C.G. — 30 minutes in and we're sitting at 2 out of 4 shooting. Rough start.
vs Russians - 0 min
vs USA - 0 min
vs Poland - 0 min
Against Canada—shot 2/3 over the full 60 minutes.
vs Germany - 0 min

Left/center back – Basti Spellerberg, 28 years old (playing for Kolding).
vs Norway - 0 min
vs C.G - 0 min
vs Russians - 0 min
vs USA - 0 min
Vs Poland—21 minutes in and they're shooting 2/3. Not exactly lighting it up, but we'll see.
Slo - 11 mins in and they’re sitting at 1/3 shooting. Rough start.
Against Germany—22 minutes in, and we're sitting at 2/5 shooting. Tough start.

I was totally lost at first, but after watching a bit more, I finally get it. Man, the contrast between France and these two teams is just insane. 😁

The Danes are basically just clones of the Germans, just without all the heavy lifting they do.

It’s about 6:18 PM now—the Germans were leading by a chunk (12-7), but they're narrowing it down. Kerman is definitely the standout star right now.

Ivano Balić is the absolute king, but honestly? I think he’s easily one of the greatest players to ever come out of that legendary Swedish era from the '96-'98 Olympics.

Červar 🙏 🤣

beat them at their own damn game 🙏 🙏 who cares

but when are we actually gonna step up and play our own style, especially against the Danes? 😬

First half of the EP... god knows what we’re actually gonna get 🤣 and who we'll even end up facing... you seriously can't ever predict how our guys are going to play. This is pure madness.

I honestly think Denmark is the most well-rounded squad in this whole tournament. Massive respect to Balciu—look, everyone’s allowed to mess up, but seriously? Running an offensive play just thirty seconds before the buzzer right after a timeout? 😲

We are hurting so bad for two solid wings (Kaleb and DJ)—if we actually had them, there would be about 70% less whining about Ana Decke. That other 30%? They'll complain no matter what—they're the type of people who probably blamed Billie for the team's leadership issues back in the day 😁

And obviously, Metlicic from Portugal and Lackovic from Portugal aren't exactly the guys providing the real Vori energy we need today...

Man, watching these kids hanging out downtown... honestly, it takes me right back to how I was just a few years ago.
And if you actually need to get somewhere—like, if school hits right when things are blowing up—well, good luck with that kind of "happiness." 🙂

Seriously, look at this bus situation... it's a total joke.

I’d honestly die laughing if we saw the US, Mexico, Mexico, and some other random team all clashing in the semifinals at the Next Olympics 🤣

But hey, let's try to actually achieve something big in soccer first—if that's even possible, lol.
If that happens, I'll be perfectly fine when it comes to sports. 🙂

Look, we've got the roster, we've got the coach, and damn, we've got the energy.
Let's go, boys! 🙏

uhhhhh
Nice one, Vician! He totally stripped him down... seriously, props where they're due.
The commentator completely lost it—straight up cracked under the pressure 😂

WE WON!!!

we're officially number one everywhere!!!

Look, I get it—playing against the Canadians is always a massive grind, but man, we look absolutely lost whenever we have a man-up advantage. It’s honestly embarrassing how bad our positioning gets when we actually have the numbers to work with.

Honestly, they’re even worse than the Canadians—it's like they're swarming us like a pack of hungry piranhas.
Can you guys seriously not see where the ball is when they’re on the attack with a man advantage? I mean, come on—look how close they are to the goal!

frozentiger6 said:Look, it's common knowledge—America was basically just milking places like Smederevski Palanka and Ljig.

Now that they've finally shaken off America and Americans, you can clearly see how much they've pulled ahead economically since they aren't being squeezed anymore.

🤣

I'm honestly not even gonna bother reading the rest of this subforum... claiming that WE were the ones milking Mexico.
We—the people you wouldn't even let break away from the union yet?????? ARE YOU ACTUALLY OUT OF YOUR MIND, MAN?!?!?!!??!

Brian Palmer5, wtf?
Okay, I get it, you guys are totally trashed because of this loss, but saying we were the ones milking you... then why on earth would anyone have wanted to leave the old US Union back then?

And following that logic—if we were supposedly "milking" you—how the hell is it that our wages and standard of living are like three times higher than yours right now?

Seriously, this nonsense is everywhere.

I'm already losing my mind because I have to go pick up my cousin at 2 in the morning, and I have to be up by 8 AM.
grrr
Freaking Australia and its damn GMT timezone.
And then I stumble onto this crap.
😠

Man, what kind of absolute joke of a handicap did they put on our 😠
?
I swear, if the guy who set that line actually thinks he’s doing something, he might as well just bet his whole damn car on it 😠 😠