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JonnyBit t1_iy0h5ev wrote

Reply to comment by TheRain911 in Canada eliminated from men's World Cup contention despite Alphonso Davies' historic goal by Genevieves_bitch

Yeah I bet his teammates loved it when he shot that free kick into the wall from the corner of the box instead of crossing their best chance of the half. Also bet they loved him missing his second ever pk attempt when David is the designated pk taker for his club, the once champions of France. Did you miss the articles about the Canada team being fed up with him? You new here?

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GreasyGinger24 t1_iy15uqe wrote

Don't know why you're down voted when you're 100% right.

That free kick had Hoilett's name all over it. Anyone who watched him in Cardiff knows he only scores from 20 yards out.

JD should have taken the PK. Same way Ronaldo, Bale or Lewy always take the PK. I love Davies and can't wait to see him in his prime in 2026 but these two situations cost Canada the tournament.

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JonnyBit t1_iy17agf wrote

It’s the fact that we’re on r/sports during the World Cup. Everyone thinks they’ve watched the sport their whole lives right about now and gets offended when any name they know is criticized. I know I’m a little extreme calling him a total ball hog, but I know I’m right with my explanations and everything.

World Cup is the one time where downvotes mean absolutely nothing lol, a quick scroll revealed that the guy I was arguing with had never made a soccer related comment in his life before this

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TheRain911 t1_iy0hjlf wrote

You miss the part where the team blows and hes the one carrying them? You new here? Team sucks, theyd have gone another year not having ever scored in the fifa cup. Atleast this saves us from complete embarrassment

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JonnyBit t1_iy0i6u7 wrote

Lmao yeah they totally would’ve gone another World Cup without a goal if they actually let a penalty expert take a penalty. What a weird argument haha

Canada’s roster is much better than you’re saying. Much better. They can do a little more team play. For sure.

This isn’t basketball.

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Khanspiracy75 t1_iy0psh0 wrote

Ok firstly, david is not a penalty expert, when lille won the league he was not the designated penalty taker and even though he was an important part of their team he was not the most pivotal player for them, as well, team play is all good and as a team they played well but even the best teams have at least one player who can change the game for their team alone and for Canada that is Davies without him we probably have zero successful counter attack chances and probably no significant ball progressions in the opponents half, also I don't know why your mad about davies taking chances as they come when i rarely saw any good executions of any other chances by Canada and to also caveat that the fact they got the chances was really down to 2 or maybe three players which included eustaquio or Davies almost all the time, they tried but weren't good enough, strikers didnt score and there was more than enough quality chances in both the belgium and croatia game for either of larin or David to score and they didnt. Another game to play against Morocco and I doubt either striker scores other than a tap-in.

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JonnyBit t1_iy0ut84 wrote

“Ok firstly,” I didn’t say he was their pk taker when they won the league. And yeah I mean, Larin is pretty ass, I won’t lie there. This has also been the World Cup of shutting down strikers, I’m not going to hold too much against them there but you’re forgetting Tajon as well who has been relatively instrumental in many plays. He deserves plenty of credit for the assist. I don’t think there is any defending Davies being Canada’s penalty taker, that’s genuinely mental. I don’t think he should be shooting free kicks from crossing areas too. Furthermore, the only reason I’m bringing this up is because multiple journalists have reported on there being friction in the Canada camp due to Davies’ selfishness on the field.

Also, I wasn’t being completely serious when saying he was a massive ball hog, more just in a “take the piss” mood today, but I think Canada would be a solid amount better if he focused a little more on team play than he currently does. I don’t think he’s a ball hog, but I think he’s a bit selfish, and it hurts Canada in instances.

I also absolutely wouldn’t bet against David in the next game.

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TheRain911 t1_iy0iju0 wrote

Well they shoulda had who was taking the pk sorted bwfore it happened then. You wanna blamw anyome then blame the coach. Hilarious to blame this on a pk miss. Lets go blame Lewandowski for his miss too ya? Silly. Youre the one making a weird argument. Be gone.

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JonnyBit t1_iy0itcf wrote

Canada’s coach has done absolutely incredible, I won’t blame him lol Lewendowski had significantly fewer touches than Davies. You’re bringing in some really bizarre comparisons here

And you seem angry? Weird

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